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Does Marketing Create or Satisfy Consumer Needs?

Explores whether marketing creates consumer needs or satisfies existing ones, arguing that the answer depends on how consumers define value.

Marketing

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Paula Vogel's portrayal of sexual abuse in "How I Learned to Drive"

The short story, How I Learned to Drive, was written by author Paula Vogel. While this piece is centered around an autobiographical style, it remains a mystery as to whether or not is her autobiography.

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Childhood obesity: causes, health risks, and modern lifestyle factors

Man has always attributed scientific advancement to an improvement in life style, better cures for life threatening diseases, improved health and decrease in disease related deaths. However, today it is evident that these advancements are equal parts beneficial and harmful.

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Edgar Allan Poe's philosophy of composition in "The Tell-Tale Heart"

The central elements of this philosophy used by Edgar Allan Poe are length, method, and unity of effect (Xroads 2013). In all of his works, he advises writers to follow a set of criteria for producing literature.

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Medication compliance barriers and solutions for homeless people with mental illness

Psychological, social and economic issues facing homeless people and ways to increase compliance among them. Within the homeless population there are many individuals that require medication for a psychological illness or problem.

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Working memory: encoding, storage, and cognitive function

Psychologists study primary memory to explain how humans and animals remember, as well as how they learn. Mathematical abilities, the ability to solve problems, reason, and understand language are all thought to depend on short-term memory.

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865 words

Does chess enhance cognitive ability? A literature review

Psychologists and cognitive researchers have long suspected a link between the ability to play chess proficiently and superior intelligence levels.

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Philip Zimbardo's concerns about the declining academic achievement of boys

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo shares some startling statistics about boys: they are 30% more likely than girls to drop out of school, they are outperformed academically by girls at every level from kindergarten to graduate school, they are less likely to earn a B.A., and more likely to be in Special…

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Gun control ineffectiveness in the Kip Kinkel school shooting case

Psychologist Jeffrey Hicks, after counseling 14-year-old Kip Kinkel, diagnosed the young boy's condition that "Kip had difficulty with learning in school, had difficulty managing anger, some angry acting out and depression." A year later, in May 21, 1998, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered 2 students…

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Effects of parental divorce on child development and well-being

Psychological Bulletin, 110(1): 2-46. The study shows how children of divorced parents demonstrate lower well-being when measured across various factors.

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