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How successful people attribute achievement and maintain self-esteem

Success? What Qualities and Characteristics Define Success? What are the qualities and characteristics of success? There are many opinions on this topic, many ways to look at the question, and many different kinds of success can be brought into a discussion.

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Psychological profiles and motivations of terrorist organizations

Terrorism has become the bane of our time and terrorists have undermined the confidence and the security of people all over the world. Particularly, the aftermath of September 11 has created a constant fear among people world over.

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Psychological analysis of terrorist communications for intelligence forecasting

Ours is a high tech world, where mass communications has made possible the ability to connect with someone on the other side of the world in the time it takes to push a button on a computer keyboard (Thomas, Timothy, 2003).

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Defining state-sponsored terrorism: concepts and psychological dimensions

What is terrorism and what is state-sponsored terrorism? Terrorism: "The systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion" - Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

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Spearman's model of intelligence versus Gardner's multiple intelligences

The psychological discipline is an extremely complex one, because the nature of the human brain and its function is very intricate. Hence, any theory regarding intelligence will also be complex.

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Testing Zajonc's social facilitation theory in gymnastics performance

According to the social facilitation theory one's performance is enhanced in the presence of an audience than in when there is no audience. There are two main factors involved: a personal factor - the mastery or lack of mastery and a situational factor - the presence of others.

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Psychological analysis of Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"

Psychological analysis of a story gives us insight into human psyche and the way it is projected in a particular piece. This kind of analysis is immensely useful when used in conjunction with psychological theories of important person in the field most notably, Sigmund Freud.

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Diagnostic criteria, etiology, and treatment of gender identity disorder

The objective of this work is to research and report the diagnostic criteria and typical course of gender identity disorder including the theories of this disorder and the etiology and prevalence of this disorder.

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Saussure's semiotics model in stand-up comedy performance

Saussure's two-part model offers a solid framework with which to understand how semiotics permeates everyday human communication. The signifier (a word, an image, an act, or a sound) conveys a concept. Together the signifier and the signified create the signs we see, hear, or even smell and taste.

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Marx and Nietzsche's critique of historical progress and social control

The pursuit of sex, the accumulation of money, and the worship of institutionalized religion: these three principles (to love, to prosper, and to find relief from fear of the unknown) have come to define contemporary culture, particularly American culture.

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