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Herdt's critique of individualism in adolescent sexual development theory

Herdt, G. (2004). Sexual development, social oppression, and local culture. Sexuality Research One of the most contentious debates in the field of psychology today is the question of nature vs. nurture, or the extent to which biology influences personal psychology vs. cultural constructs.

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Behavior-analytic exploration of pathological gambling compulsion and addiction

The article begins by focusing on the necessity and relevance of behavior-analytic explorations of pathological gambling, which has not, according to the report, drawn widespread research attention up to the time of writing.

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Alfred Adler's theory of personality development and social interest

Alfred Alder is one of the most noteworthy early psychologists to break from the Freudian model and to provide a new way of conceptualizing the human consciousness beyond the Freudian model of repression.

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Meaningful and practical gifts that cost little money

Presents that come from the heart and have special meaning for the recipient are better than presents that are more expensive. Non-material gifts are the best of all because they provide recipient with lessons that remain with them for an entire lifetime.

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The bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility in emergencies

The term bystander effect is often referred in relation to a situation where a greater number of people are present, observing a person in distress, yet they will be just watching him suffer rather than help the person out of prevent the situation.

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Freud's psychosexual stages and Erikson's psychosocial stages of development

Psychoanalysis offered main traditions exploring human development. Freud introduced psychosexual stages development Erikson introduced psychosocial stages development. Based information gathered weeks reading researching Brandman library formulate a 2 3-page APA style paper addressing: a.

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Type I and II errors in criminal trial verdicts

The second item is to explain how and why the report explains the prevalence and the happenstance of type I and/or II errors. Finally, the author is asked to explain which error is more "tolerable" and why that is the case.

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APA child custody evaluation guidelines applied to a family law case

American Psychological Association's Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations in Family Law Proceedings to the presented case study dealing with a family of five experiencing a turbulent time within the relationship.

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Criminal behavior and mental disorder: distinguishing psychopathology from crime

As Bartol & Bartol (2008) point out, criminal behavior must be distinguished from criminogenic psychopathologies. Anti-social personality disorder, for example, is an official diagnosis listed in the tome DSM-IV, used as the benchmark for all psychological diagnoses.

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Cultural influences on Big Five personality traits in clinical practice

Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are seen to be a result of culture that combines to form a personality trait. With this in mind can it be asserted that a practitioner needs to understand either of the two and not both to be able to treat or counsel their clients?

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