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Reliability and validity of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale (WAIS) is an IQ test that is the primary instrument used to measure adult and adolescent intelligence from ages 16 to 90. First published in 1955 by David Wechsler, the most recent edition (WAIS-IV) was released in 2008 (Kaufman & Lichtenberger, 2006).

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Addressing professional impairment among Indiana social workers

In the course of social worker's in Indiana performing clinical duties they are likely to provide service to Impaired Professionals.

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Gender differences in pathways to criminal behavior and violence

One of the most universal issues in human socialization is the degree to which males and females are socialized differently in human societies throughout the world.

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Personal commitments required for social change leadership

Creating social change is not an easy thing to do. Those who devote their lives to leading social change must have certain qualities in order to successful elicit change. Dealing with societal problems can be a very burdensome load for someone to take on.

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Critical thinking instruction and pacing in a student teaching observation

Cycle Background - 4/5th Blended Classroom of Highly Capable Students in a Suburban School. Demographics and psychographics listed below. Teacher is Mrs. K., a 18-year vetran teacher who has been working with HC children for the last three years. The Student Teacher, Mr.

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Major depressive disorder symptoms, treatments, and clinical implications

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an illness that impairs the "mood, thoughts and behavioral patterns," according to an article in the Journal of the American Dental Association (Friedlander, et al., 2001).

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How retirement fulfillment depends on pre-retirement social connections

Retirement is a period of life only made possible for large numbers of people by virtue of the tremendous improvement in human health in the last century. Prior to that, life expectancy for the average person was not much greater than their professionally productive years.

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Accuracy and self-presentation in online dating profiles

Colloquial wisdom suggests that when it comes to mating "birds of a feather flock together"; however, common wisdom also suggests that "opposites attract." Which is it?

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The survivor mission: purpose, pathology, and personal consequences

The survivor mission is a phenomenon that is oft recurrent in attempted suicide cases where a person, trying and failing to repeatedly kill himself, may conclude that he has a specific mission in life and that, therefore, his life was preserved on that account.

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Challenges and limitations in DSM-IV-TR multiaxial psychiatric assessment

axes including the worth and limitations of each axis and which difficulties might be encountered in determining of each axis for any given patient.

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