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Montag's study of violent video games and emotional brain activity

In January of 2012, psychologist Christian Montag and a team of German researchers sought to explore the link between habitual video game play and reduced emotional or cognitive capability, and the findings of their study were published in an article entitled Does Excessive Play of Violent…

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Yoga therapy as treatment for negative symptoms in schizophrenia

In "Yoga Therapy for Schizophrenia," Bangalore & Varambally (2012) explore a gap in the research on treatments for schizophrenia. The authors point out that pharmacological interventions and traditional psychotherapeutic techniques have remained "sub-optimal," if not totally ineffective (p. 85).

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Personality in dispositional and learning theory perspectives

The objective of this study is to describe the role of personality in affecting situational behavior and examine the personality characteristics attributed to each of the theories. This work will additionally explain the interpersonal relational aspects associated with the theories selected.

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Openness in communication and meaningful coincidence on Interstate 8

The theory that attracted me to my ideas about this paper is Jae's theory of openness, which posits that the more open a person is in the process of communication, the more creative that person will be when it comes to solving problems.

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English and European theatrical interpretations of Hamlet compared

The many contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare enacted on the modern stage underline the fact that Shakespeare was a playwright for the ages, not simply a man of his own time.

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Anti-Semitism and persecution of Jewish people in modern times

The Jewish religion is one of the oldest faiths that still exist in the modern world. Those who practice the religion have celebrated more than five thousand years according to their calendar. This group has a history of prejudice and persecution that extends even into the modern historical moment.

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Freudian repression and the unreliability of recovered memories

Is repression a valid and legitimate process in the sense that Freud portrayed it or, alternatively, as might be presented in a more modern explanation?

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Othello as a tragic hero in Shakespeare's play

While Othello is not Greek and Shakespeare is not a Greek playwright, Othello embodies many characteristics of a tragic hero as outlined by Aristotle.

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Institutionalized racism in August Wilson's Fences

Racism and racial prejudices have many forms, some more obvious than others. For people who are part of the minority population, there will be some level of bias when it comes to hiring practices or other benefits.

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Jacme's theory of pestilence in western traditional medicine

Jacme's (1949)[footnoteRef:1] description of pestilence is based on the idea that it is caused by a change in the quality or substance of the air that he defines as alteration and putrefaction respectively.

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