Book Review Undergraduate 759 words

Child Effects on Parental Communication in ADHD Families

A critical review of Wymbs & Pelham's 2009 study on how children with ADHD and ODD affect inter-parental communication and marital discord.

Psychology

~4 min read

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Book Review Graduate 628 words

Freud's Childhood Origins of Abnormal Behavior: A Review

A critical review of Peter Muris's argument that abnormal adult behavior is rooted in childhood, examining genetic, familial, and societal risk factors.

Psychology

~4 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 1,452 words

Thirteen Senses by Victor Villaseñor: Love, Trust & Marriage

A critical review of Victor Villaseñor's Thirteen Senses, exploring themes of love, trust, marriage, Mexican Indian wisdom, and materialism in 1920s California.

Literature

~8 min read

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Book Review Graduate 583 words

Older Transgender Adults' Experiences in Psychotherapy

A review of Elder's 2016 qualitative study on older transgender and gender nonconforming adults' psychotherapy experiences, themes, and recommendations.

Therapy

~3 min read

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1,843 words

The role of forensic evidence in preserving crime scenes

This is a template and guideline only. Please do not use as a final turn-in paper. The term forensic means, "relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge (as of medicine or linguistics) to legal problems" (Merriam-Webster, Inc., n.d.).

~10 min read

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675 words

Comorbidity of depression and substance abuse in adolescents

The population studied herein is the segment of adolescents whom not only struggle with substance abuse problems but also face depressive mood disorders.

~4 min read

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1,640 words

Environmental stressors and air pollution from cremation facilities in Portland

Urban or local environmental stress refers to the stressors that are present as a result of built environment and activities within an urban or local setting.

~9 min read

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2,395 words

Alfred Adler's theory of inferiority and personality development

Alfred Adler (1870 -- 1937) has been described as one of the founders of modern personality theory and psychotherapy (Hoffman, 1996, p. xviii). He was an Austrian psychologist and psychiatrist and studied at the University of Vienna (Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia).

~12 min read

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1,334 words

Defining abnormality through cultural and behavioral norms

An approach to abnormality begins with an exploration of normality. Abnormality can only be defined in opposition to normality. Put differently, the more normality is understood, the easier it becomes to distinguish clearly what is abnormal.

~7 min read

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526 words

Symbolic interactionism as explanation for social problems

No social theory can be applied with complete accuracy to any situation, because every situation varies, just as every person is unique.

~3 min read

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