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Ethical concerns in the Stanford Prison Study and Surrogate Mother Study

The Stanford Prison Study was a 1971 study of how assuming the role of a prison guard or prisoner affected the attitude of presumably ordinary persons in a simulated prison setting. For two weeks, college students were supposed to assume randomly assigned roles of guards and inmates.

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Child sexual abuse's impact on at-risk youth behavior and prevention

Such a crime not only affects the child at the time the abuse occurs but also well into the future. For the purposes of this discussion we will investigate how the sexual abuse of children has an affect on at-risk youth behavior.

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European colonialism and the Torres Strait Islander population

The impact that European colonialism has had on indigenous cultures in the Torres Strait region is momentous; and, fortunately for those interested in factual history, it has been well documented.

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Richard Sennett's theory of public and private life in urban society

Professor and author Richard Sennett is frequently depicted in biographies and scholarly journals as a left-leaning social science thinker whose writing, though sometimes brilliant and always original, is also on occasion confusing and esoteric, sometimes psychologically baffling.

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Systems thinking and intuition in organizational change management

What do you think of managers who say that systems thinking does not allow for the application of gut instinct or intuition in order to effectively address change issues and the challenges they create in organizations? Is it possible to systematize change and, if so, how would we accomplish this?

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Japan's banking crisis in the 1990s: causes and recovery

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands." Japan's current, positive financial movements are touted to symbolic of the strength of the recovery and the end of a long and painful period.

~29 min read

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Social psychological research on ingroup bias and intergroup conflict

The study of how groups relate and outgroup prejudice has taken on a role of vital importance today, considering the riots in France, the threat of terrorism, labor disputes and other group dynamics, such as gang violence, that beset our society.

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Consumption and identity in postmodern cities

Postmodern cities are not known for their nation-state characteristics as cities were in ancient times, they are now known as places of consumption. A few weeks after the September 11 attacks, we heard Tony Blair urging his people to 'consume'.

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Feminist therapy and gender role analysis in psychological treatment

Feminists have purported that male and female perspectives on life have been developed from early childhood in different ways. Men view the world in terms of power and competition, or hierarchy. Women, view the world as a series of relationships and connections to others.

~9 min read

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Hildegard Peplau and psychiatric nursing leadership

Introduction the mere mention of the name of Hildegard E. Peplau lights up the image of a nurse who later became a bonafide legend in her own time, incomparable for her passion for change throughout her professional career (Clarke 1999).

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