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Cognitive-behavioral therapy and the Chaney Allen method for substance abuse treatment

One approach that has gained a great deal of attention, particularly in the treatment of substance abuse, is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

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The relationship between physical fitness and general intelligence

According to Colom, Jung and Haier (2006, p. 1359), human intelligence incorporates more than sixty individual cognitive abilities. Yet, regardless of which particular ability is being tested, there is one common factor that incorporates all of them in a general factor of intelligence (g).

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Ethical implications of Milgram's obedience to authority experiment

Stanley Milgram's classic experiment into the nature and limits of human obedience to authority was not unethical at the time that it was conducted for several reasons: First, it was not anticipated that the research subjects would exhibit the extremes of behavior that many of them did exhibit by…

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Establishing a democratic government for the nation of Kramer

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The hero as role model in classical literature and myth

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Nature versus nurture in infant language development

Language Acquisition" (2004), the authors have put together an array of information on the development and origination of language in infants. Two of the most over bearing theories in language development is whether language is in fact due to nature or due to nurture.

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Strict construction and broad construction in American legal theory

The most commonly-espoused legal theories in the media today are those of 'strict construction' and 'broad construction' (otherwise known as 'judicial activism.') Strict construction, according to its adherents, means strictly adhering to the 'letter of the law' and strictly interpreting the…

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Wilson and Harsh's differing definitions of knowledge management

While much of what has been discussed in the area of knowledge management seems to be repetitious, there are still some interesting areas.

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Maslow's hierarchy and development in "The White Tiger"

I have read about your predicament with interest. You say that" "if you were making a country, I would get the sewages pipes first, then the democracy, the I would go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I am just a murderer" (White Tiger, p*).

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