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Human facial recognition mechanisms and cognitive categorization processes

In humans, the recognition of facial characteristics that differentiate individuals from one another was profoundly important during our evolutionary development (Robinson-Riegler, 177; 181).

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Strengths and weaknesses of feminist and reality therapy

Both reality and feminist therapies focus on change -- either change in general, or fostering personal change to bring about a more positive social reality for women.

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The distinction between episodic and semantic memory

Robinson-Reigler and Robinson-Reigler (2008) summarize Tulving when they note that there are two different kinds of long-term memory: episodic an semantic. Episodic memory refers to those events that one has personally experienced.

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The retrieval process and memory accessibility in cognition

The third step in the process of remembering, the retrieval process occurs to the way in which people are able to get back the memories that they have already encoded and stores.

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Cognitive restructuring therapies for treating post-rape trauma and PTSD

The purpose of this paper will be to discuss and describe successful cognitive restructuring methods, cognitive coping styles and other effective types of therapy which help victims cope with post rape fear and anxiety symptoms, including ways to overcome the underlying fear that rape victims might…

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Group entitativity, cohesion, and intergroup prejudice reduction

Group processes are often dependent upon a group's entitativity. This term refers to the group's unity and cooperation in terms of various factors. These factors are connected to the variety of reasons why group members would choose to belong to a certain group.

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Positive and negative reinforcement in operant conditioning theory

Operant conditioning refers to behavioral changes attributable to the consequences of voluntary behavior. There are four types of operant conditioning: two that strengthen behavior and two that weaken behavior.

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How familiarity, personality, and physical appearance influence human attraction

Attraction is something felt by almost all of the creatures on earth, with both humans and insects choosing their partners depending on several factors ranging from behavior to appearance.

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Gordon Allport's trait theory and personality measurement

This is a guideline and template. Please do not use it as a final turn-in paper. Trait theory is mainly concerned with differences between individuals -- their personality traits.

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Daniel Batson's empathy experiments and Cialdini's alternative explanations

Empathy: Selfless identification or selfless aid? The experimental psychologist Daniel Batson (1981) defined empathy as the degree to which another human being is able to selflessly identify with another individual's plight.

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