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Diversity and inclusion gaps in positive psychology literature

Canadian Psychology entitled "Expanding Opportunities for Diversity in Positive Psychology" presents the results of a systematic review of literature. The review of literature covers the years between 1998 and 2014, spanning the bulk of the duration of the field of positive psychology.

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Sports psychology interventions for school athlete burnout prevention

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Simply put, social psychology addresses “individual behavior in a social context,” (McLeod, 2007).

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Social psychology of human rights and asymmetric intergroup relations

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Self-Determination Theory and the evolution of motivation psychology

The Psychology of Motivation Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2008). Facilitating optimal motivation and psychological well-being across life's domains Canadian Psychology, 49(1), 14-23.

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Organized psychology's role in the eugenics movement

The eugenics movement that began in the United States during the 1920s reached a brutal extreme with the Nazis’ experimentation with improving the racial stock of human beings through controlled breeding, and this movement would have significant implications well into the 21st century (Sutton,…

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The term “depth psychology” is appropriate for referring to psychoanalysis, but not for all types of psychotherapy.

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Cognitive psychology perspectives on social anxiety and panic disorder

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Humanistic psychology's core theories and historical development

Humanistic psychology has made a tremendous impact on the overall field of psychology and the social sciences in general.

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Humanistic psychology's approach to personal meaning and self-actualization

The individual’s experience and the personal construction of meaning are central to humanistic psychology. Theorists like Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow initially promoted this humanistic view of psychology, which was contrary to the prevailing tenets of behaviorism and psychoanalysis.

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