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Bruce W. Tuckman's organizational theory and group development model

One of the more influential organizational theorists of the 20th century to remain active today is Dr. Bruce W. Tuckman. Although Dr.

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Drapeau's study of defense mechanisms in convicted pedophiles

In their article, Drapeau et al. (2007) examine the defense styles of pedophiles. They were prompted do so because so many pedophiles use denial to either deny committing an offense or as a means of minimizing an offense. It is important to recognize that by defense mechanisms, Drapeau et al.

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Behaviorism: history, development, and applications

There are many different schools and branches of psychological theory and thought, and even though this area of science is barely a century old these branches have all developed and evolved tremendously.

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Joshua Wolf Shenk's examination of the Harvard happiness study

Happy, Joshua Wolf Shenk examines whether there is a key to happiness. He does this by looking at a Harvard research study, which followed 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through their lifetimes. However, Shenk's examination of the study does not really focus on the study.

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Discriminative control of punished stereotyped behavior in adults with mental retardation

The problem of controlling behavior in humans who are challenged in their mental scope is of concern.

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MacLean's Triune Brain model and Bly's three brain theory compared

The brain is one of the most complex and one of the least understood organs of the body.

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The six stages of criminal profiling in investigative analysis

Criminal profiling, or offender profiling, is a process by which law enforcement deduces a psychological and demographic picture of a perpetrator. Clues from the crime scene are used to develop a composite identity of a suspect or suspects.

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Crisis intervention theory and school-based applications

Crisis theory intervention can be traced back as far as 400 B.C. (Roberts 2005). However, more modern crisis theory came out of studies that were done on crisis and bereavement.

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John Dewey's introduction to ethics and moral conduct

Dewey's introduction in Ethics is rather broad in scope and makes an attempt to illustrate a brief overview of the reasons necessary to write this particular treatise.

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John Dewey's pragmatist approach to ethics and social theory

Other than Aristotle, John Dewey has been called the greatest philosopher who ever lived. His beliefs on ethics, though, are somewhat different than other philosophers and not always in line with what individuals such as Aristotle and Nietzsche discussed.

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