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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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Counterintelligence failures in the Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen cases

In terms of national security, counterintelligence remains an essential component of maintaining a firm and secure hold upon potentially dangerous information.

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Sue Jennings' approach to dramatherapy as healing and creative practice

Sue Jennings explores the potential and the practicality of dramatherapy in her 1998 British publication, Introduction to Dramatherapy: Theatre and Healing: Ariadne's Ball of Thread.

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Albert Bandura's theories of social learning and self-efficacy

Albert Bandura was born on December 4, 1925 in Mundare, Canada. He is most famous as the psychologist who developed such significant theories as the social learning theory, social cognitive theory and self-efficacy theory.

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Color symbolism and motherhood in Toni Morrison's Beloved

Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved is at least two stories told at once. On the surface is the story of Sethe and the ghost of Beloved. Beneath the surface is the story of the African-American experience and the legacy of slavery. This story is the one told through symbolism.

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Standardized psychological testing: history and controversies

Science and technology have had a profound effect on the world, and will likely continue to do so for many years to come.

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Social deprivation as a cause of language and learning disorders

The objective of this work is to research and report social deprivation as it relates to learning and language disorders.

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Social cognition theory and reciprocal causation in learning

Social cognition is the study of how individuals process social information. The theory of social cognition emphasizes the individual; their behavior and their environment are all factors which influence their behavior.

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