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Applied Behavior Analysis in treating autism and behavioral disorders

Applied Behavior Analysis methodology functions to understand certain behaviors and modify undesirable psychological characteristics not only at the individual level, but also at the collective level.

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Group dynamics in modern business organizations and teams

Organizations are more complex and unwieldy than ever before, and innovations in telecommunications and information technology have created an environment in which new business models are emerging every day.

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Behavioral interventions and physical activity in childhood obesity reduction

OBESITY RESEARCH in CHILDREN. Overweight and obesity has emerged as a serious health issue in the United States. Currently, the overweight/obesity rate among American adults is nearing the fifty percent mark with childhood overweight/obesity rates at thirty percent.

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Adult mediation and sociodramatic play in early childhood development

According to Vygotsky and his followers, children's social environments must be mediated by adults, so that children develop into fully functional adults. Unlike previous developmental theorists, Vygotsky did not believe that children 'naturally' met developmental milestones without direction.

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American indifference to the Holocaust during World War II

The Jewish Holocaust provides one of the most vivid illustrations of the potential moral depravity of which so-called "civilized" modern human societies are still capable of perpetrating under the right circumstances.

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Jonathan Wight's critique of modern economics through Adam Smith's moral philosophy

It is everyone's fantasy during a political debate to be able to channel a famous figure from the long-ago past and get him or her to justify your ideals. This is the premise of the 2002 book Saving Adam Smith: A tale of wealth, transformation, and virtue by Jonathan B. Wight.

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Implementing a pay-for-performance system at Utley Food Markets

A pay-for-performance system will have several implications for Utley management. The first is that management will need to define "performance." At present, there are no performance measures for the company. Employees do not know what constitutes good performance and that will have to change.

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Psychological effects of divorce on children and adolescents

The issue of divorce is complex and sensitive. This is particularly so for families with children, whose lives are dramatically altered by the eventual or sudden revelation of divorce.

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Strategies for successfully cohabiting with a romantic partner

Living with someone you love -- and not wanting to kill them afterwards! Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus. He's just not that into you.

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Biblical approaches to personal crisis intervention and counseling

There are numerous ways to define a crisis. It may occur on an individual level, a community level, a societal level, or in the worst cases in a regional or country level, even on the global level, although thankfully rare.

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