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The innate and learned components of human language development

One of the major debates in psychology today concerns the human ability to develop and utilize language skills, the feature of humanity that has long been thought to separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom.

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Evil without motive in Poe's psychological characters

Edgar Allen Poe is well-known as a master of dark horror fiction teeming with murder, death and supernatural elements. The interesting thing about his work however is the particular psychology that he applies to his characters.

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The evolution of psychological epistemology from pre-modernism to post-modernism

From its foundation as a separate science from philosophy and biology, psychology has been a dynamic and ever evolving discipline with ongoing debate as to how to explain and describe behavior and the human mind.

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Honor, face, and dignity cultures: Leung and Cohen's analysis

Leung and Dov Cohen's article "Within- and between-culture variation: Individual differences and the cultural logics of honor, face, and dignity cultures" as a springboard for deeper analysis of the degree to which culture can impact personal psychology and vice versa.

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Instrumental conditioning in learning to ride a bicycle

One of the key principals in psychology is instrumental conditioning. This is when punishment or reinforcement is utilized to encourage the subject to engage in particular types of behavior.

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Gibson's direct perception theory and the ecological approach to visual perception

Within the realm of cognitive psychology, the concept of perception is a controversial topic. Various approaches attempt to explain the concept of perception.

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Psychodynamic, trait, and behavioral approaches to personality

Personality is one part of psychology where there are many conflicting ideas. It is fair to say that there is not one single approach to personality that is considered as accepted. Instead, there are a range of ways that personality can be considered.

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Inoculation theory and Obama's preemptive rhetoric on Iran

This is considered a social psychology theory that goes a long way to show how people reinforce their attitude as well as their beliefs so as to be able to maintain them in the long run. It was a concept that was developed by William J. McGuire in the 1960s (John Briggs, 2012).

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Ethical violations in the Little Albert experiment and human subjects protection

The little Albert experiment is a famous psychology experiment that was conducted by a behaviorist John. B. Watson.

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Methodological problems in qualitative psychological interviews

Investigators in the discipline of psychology strive to determine factors that affect the mind and behaviour and how these interactions occur. In order to form hypotheses and answer questions, these scientists adhere to the scientific method.

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