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Manipulating Variables in Experimental Psychology Research

Explore how independent, dependent, extraneous, and confounding variables work in experimental research, illustrated by Schmidt's 1994 humor and memory study.

Psychology

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GAD Through Four Clinical Psychology Lenses Explained

Explore how psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and family systems approaches explain, treat, and evaluate Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

Psychology

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Foundational psychologists who shaped modern psychology

Over the centuries Western societies have constantly wrestled with: various ailments surrounding human behavior and why an individual will engage in the actions they take.

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Review of McMinn's Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling

Mark R. McMinn's Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, published in hardcover by Tyndale House in 1996, provides an in-depth understanding of how to include the three facets identified in the title in Christian-specific counseling practices.

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Institutional racism in psychology and education: Camus and cultural oppression

Albert Camus, in an interview, once noted "If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life, eventually, no matter whether one is a racist or a victim, one comes to feel the absurdity of life."

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Theoretical and methodological approaches in modern personality psychology

One of the most fundamental distinctions in understanding the history of modern psychology of personality is between research into the psychology of the individual and research into psychology through statistical research on groups of study participants.

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809 words

Universality versus cultural specificity in cross-cultural psychology

Is there truly a universal element to human psychology? Many great minds within the practice have debated whether cultural norms within the human mind are culture specific or more universal.

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629 words

Future directions in professional psychology: internet counseling, globalization, and feminization

What does the future hold for the field of psychology? It is always difficult to predict the future, but in the field of psychology, it seems many different things may be in store for the future.

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Gothic imagery and psychology in Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" and "The Pains of Sleep"

Diving in to the poem, however, what key phrases or even single words work to create the dark mood of the gothic? List at least five phrases or single words.

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Scientific theory in psychology: foundations and characteristics

The core of science is the combination of reason and the search for the truth. Scientific truths are postulated, theorized, then proven or disproven with the purpose of achieving a greater understanding of the world in which we live.

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