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Psychological trauma of colonialism in Things Fall Apart and Petals of Blood

Colonialism is one of the most traumatic events that can befall humanity. It takes a once peaceful existence and plunges it into chaos. Like a robber that breaks into a house, colonialism steals away the victim's sense of security.

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Durkheim's concept of social facts and collective consciousness

Durkheim, E. 1895. What is Social Fact? Rules of the Sociological Method. In Anthropological Theory: An Introductory Theory. Fourth Edition. R. McGee and Richard Warms. McGraw Hill

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Dialectical change theory and university governance conflicts

Six main types of change theories exist: (1) evolutionary, (2) teleological, (3) life cycle, (4) dialectical, (5) social cognition, and (6) culturally-based models.

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Men's empathic accuracy and sexual harassment perpetration

Farrow and Woodruff (2007) state that 'empathic inference' is the 'everyday mind reading' that people do whenever they attempt to infer other people's thoughts and feelings." 'Empathic accuracy' according to Farrow and Woodruff is "...the extent to which such everyday mind reading attempts are…

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Parental lexical input and early childhood vocabulary development

Experts agree that language formation, like many aspects of child development, is consistent with the classic "Nature through Nurture" theory. That is, all children have an in-built biological capacity to learn language within the context of environment.

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Workplace discrimination and perceived bias against Latino workers

The fact that Latinos experience discrimination in the workforce is not disputed, and this paper will point to research that provides verifiable data on that subject.

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Comparing the APA ethical code and Saint Leo University's general education program

We will compare the two codes by highlighting the similarities as well as the differences that exist between both programs.

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Psychological strategies in modern hostage negotiation operations

The history of hostage negotiation is traceable as far back as ancient Greek and Roman literature, and likely predates recorded history altogether (Butler, Leitenberg, & Fuselier, 1993).

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Descartes' six meditations on God and the soul

Descartes "Meditations..." This philosophical essay was written by Rene Descartes (1596-1650) in 1641. Descartes, also known for his famous "I think, therefore I am" theory, was also a mathematician and scientist.

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Psychological perspectives on international trade, investment, and economic growth

The objective of this work is to critically evaluate the views that International trade and investment are factors that promote economic growth.

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