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Coach Carter as a therapeutic tool for personal development

Though based on a true story, there are many elements of Coach Carter that can be seen as directly related to standard elements of fiction. The titular Coach himself, played compellingly by Samuel L.

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Teacher learning through parent-teacher conflict and classroom discipline

In the classroom the teacher may assume he or she will always wear the mantel of authority. The student is assumed to be the recipient of his or her superior wisdom and years. However, even a teacher or must learn how to become a perpetual student of human nature.

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Compliance, obedience, and conformity: mechanisms of social influence

Social influence is believed to occur when an individual's emotions, behaviors, or opinions are influenced by others'. Compliance, identification, internalization are the three broad varieties of social influence that have since been identified.

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985 words

Metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology in educational philosophy

The notion of education refers to the learning process that continues from the time a person is born till the time of his death. Individuals engage themselves in the learning process in order to gain knowledge that can shape and contour their learning styles.

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Behavioral training and the human-animal bond in therapy dogs

Therapy dogs basically refers to dogs that are trained to offer affection and comfort to individuals in hospitals, nursing homes, stressful conditions, retirement homes, schools, and mental institutions like disaster areas.

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961 words

The nature versus nurture debate in intelligence research

Is one shaped by nature or by nurture? This question of nature vs. nurture has been the center of controversy since the beginning of time.

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Methods for achieving word recognition through cognitive processing

Word recognition plays an integral role in the general education, and edification, of people. As such, it is increasingly important to determine just what ways word recognition is achieved, so that the process can be refined and increase learning.

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686 words

Cultural bias in standardized IQ testing and measurement

IQ tests are in common usage in the United States, in the education system. There have been many criticisms of the reliance on IQ tests as a measure of intelligence, in part deriving from the overreliance and misuse of such measures.

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Ben's behavioral issues and family dynamics in Stepmom

Ben, the son from Stepmom (1998), presents with issues of erratic behavior and a seemingly incorrigible tendency to defy directions and evade adult supervision.

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The cognitive processes underlying human facial recognition

We see so many faces each day. How does the mind keep track of them all? Something that seems so simple is actually quite complex. There are a number of cognitive processes that help the mind recognize facial features in general but also familiar faces that represent known associates.

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