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Zimbardo's Lucifer Effect and the Stanford Prison Experiment

The review of Philip Zimbardo's the Lucifer Effect starts by briefly describing the psychological experiment that sparked Zimbardo's initial nterest in the underpinnings of evil.

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Problem representation and its role in problem solving

Problem solving is a demand which is constantly upon us. Life is a series of tasks which may be impeded by any number of challenges and aided by any number of strategic methods.

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Understanding religious differences and their psychological significance

Practically every known human culture ever discovered maintains specific beliefs about the origin of human beings on earth, their place in the universe, and the nature and character of a supposed supreme being called "God." Exposure to the religious beliefs of other cultures exposes a challenge to…

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Psychological factors in investor portfolio diversification and risk tolerance

The article on "Investor Portfolios" acknowledges the psychological difficulties many clients have with focusing on holistic fund performance, rather than upon the performance of individual stocks.

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Kelley's Health Realization model for adolescent mental health and boredom

Kelley, Thomas M. (2004.) "Positive psychology and adolescent mental health: false promise or true breakthrough?" Adolescence. Summer 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2007 at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_154_39/ai_n6364175/pg

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Charles Cooley's looking glass self and primary groups

Charles Cooley was known for conceptualizing two important terms that offered an alternative perspective in understanding social psychology: looking glass self and primary groups.

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Psychological conflict and moral choice in Madison Jones's Cry of Absence

Cry of Absence by Madison Jones features a protagonist that is in a state of conflict between her id, ego, and superego. A murder has been committed in the protagonist's small, Southern town. The victim was an African-American man.

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Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment for juvenile offenders

Supreme Court has recently ruled that people who commit crimes that would otherwise qualify for a death sentence will not be eligible if they committed the crime before their 18th birthday. This is based on knowledge about the psychology of adolescents.

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Color and packaging design in multicultural marketing strategies

Multicultural Marketing in Practice: Analyzing Color and Packaging Design Tailored to Multicultural Perspectives Today's global environment is changing the nature of business as we know it.

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Donald Broadbent's experimental approach to studying attention

Donald Eric Broadbent an influential English experimental psychologist who was the first person to pull together the mass of diverse work on information theory that gave the area the coherence it lacked.

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