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Personality type and heart attack incidence: a chi-square analysis

Some researchers have suggested that there are two main types of personality: Type A and Type B. Individuals with Type A personality are characterized as being conscientious and competitive. They strongly desire success and typically present with higher levels of stress.

~11 min read

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Concept analysis of the perception of pain in nursing

The aim of this paper is to increase the understanding of the perception of pain. The researcher purpose to clarify describe the characteristics of pain and recognize antecedents that effect the idea of pain and the likely outcomes of pain by utilizing Avant's and Walker (2005) theory of study.

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Parafoveal word recognition and skipping during reading comprehension

What is the name of your journal? For whom does it seem to have been written? Experimental Psychologists and researchers, Cognitive psychologists, sensation and perception psychologists/researchers, people interested in how individuals process visual information in order to read.

~3 min read

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Maslow's hierarchy of needs versus Hull's drive reduction theory

Motivation is common term, but it is not easily defined. This is due to the many studies, which provide different definitions for the term. While some define it as a set of beliefs, values, interests, others define it as a cognitive decision making process.

~13 min read

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Building a biochemistry foundation for patent law practice

After all, people who focus on the hard sciences usually do so because of plans to work in a particular industry or to pursue additional field-specific education via Masters or PhD programs.

~4 min read

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Education and Gender Effects on Stroop Color Test Performance

Analysis of how education level and gender influence reaction time and accuracy on the Stroop Color Test, with implications for cognitive control.

Psychology

~5 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 2,238 words

Why People Volunteer: Self-Interest Behind Altruism

This paper examines why people volunteer, using Teach for America as a case study to argue that volunteerism is rooted in self-interest rather than altruism.

Sociology

~12 min read

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Research Paper Undergraduate 2,410 words

Cognition, Intelligence, and Causes of Cognitive Impairment

Explores the nature of cognition, IQ measurement, and the environmental and genetic causes of cognitive impairment, including prematurity, fetal alcohol syndrome, and genetic disorders.

Psychology

~13 min read

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Changing self-defeating patterns through rational emotive behavior therapy

individual's power to change self-defeating patterns and emotional reactions. *in REBT, clients must do work on own to change their own thinking/therapist can only do so much

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Capital punishment justified only with DNA forensic evidence confirmation

The legally authorized killing of an individual as a source of punishment for a crime of which they have been convicted is known as capital punishment.

~10 min read

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