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Stereotype threat effects on explicit memory in aging adults

Yet the awareness of age-related memory loss can itself be a problem, causing a type of self-fulfilling prophecy known as stereotype threat. Stereotype threat refers to the sense of threat a person experiences when identifying with a stereotype.

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American naval submarine espionage during the Cold War

What is less well-known is the role that submarines played as tools during the Cold War. In Blind Man's Bluff, Sontag and Drew reveal with stunning detail the accounts of American Naval officers who manned submarines during the Cold War. Their mission was unequivocal: gathering intelligence.

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Nurse turnover and the role of nursing managers in workplace conditions

Nurse turnover refers to the rate at which nurses quit work in relation to the rate at which they are employed. Just like any other employees, nurses are affected by a number of issues that can either make them stay at work or quit.

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Innovations in health care technology and prevention strategies

There are a number of innovations that can lower the cost of health care. The first category of innovation is prevention. Researchers are studying the issue of prevention more intently, as the cost benefits of avoiding illness, or of early detection, are evident.

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Maya Lin's artistic process and the Fractal Tree in Austin

How does hearing the artist speak change your understanding and appreciation of her work? It seems that Maya Lin never talks just to be talking, or filling up space, or trying to give a listener what he or she wants to hear.

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Motivation strategies for improving performance in banking branch operations

The success of any organization relies much on the employees and the productivity of the employees.

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Human behavior theories applied to a college engineering student

There are several factors that have been used to explain human behavior in the past and there have been accurate instances that these theories have proven to be applicable and true. The subject of this human behavior study application will be a close friend with whom we study in college.

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Fodor's theory of mental structure and vertical faculties

Jerry Fodor's four accounts of mental structure subvert behaviorism by revealing a modular mind. The first account of mental structure in Fodor's theory is Neocartesian, and relates to the mind as being related to the structure of knowledge.

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Binet's contributions to intelligence testing and alternative definitions of intelligence

The author of this report is asked to answer three general questions about intelligence.

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The DSM-5 and item-response theory in personality assessment

The second question is why that methodology is the best. Third and finally is the question of if and how personality tests can be skewed by the person taking the test.

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