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Pursuing marital and family therapy as a clinical psychologist

If there's one TV show that could convince us having a dysfunctional family can be fun, then it would have to be the syndicated comedy series, Everybody Loves Raymond.

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Porsche customer decision-making across sports cars and SUVs

The intent of this case analysis is to evaluate the buyer decision process the typical Porsche customer undertakes when searching for a new high-performance sports car.

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Gender differences in jealousy: evolutionary theory and research evidence

Jealousy among men and women has long been a topic of study in many sciences, such as psychology, sociology, and even anthropology, because jealousy is an emotion almost all humans feel at one time or another.

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Ken Wilber's integral theory of consciousness and mind-brain integration

Model: (or, Outline of an Integral Psychology)." 2000. Shambhala.com. Ken Wilber attempts to offer what he calls a holistic approach to spirituality, integrating both neurological and more conventional spiritual models, in what he calls a synthesis of both mind and brain, East and West: "both mind…

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Critiquing Arnett's emerging adulthood theory through demographic evidence

Would you agree that becoming an adult is best explained using the emerging adulthood approach? What makes you agree or disagree with this statement?

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Bullying in Schools: Causes, Effects, and Prevention

Explores school bullying in Canada and globally—definitions, causes, psychological effects, and micro- and macro-level prevention strategies for educators and parents.

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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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Hillman's psychological vision of mountains and the human soul

If you stand before a mountain, it is almost impossible not to be moved by the majesty of it. Standing tall, having been there for eons, it is slightly worn down from its original heights, but it still reaches high into the clouds. A man cannot help but be moved to contemplate his own mortality.

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Jung's concept of personal myth and authentic individuation in psychotherapy

Casement (1998) describes Jung's idea of the 'personal myth' -- or the specific meaning that a person attributes to his or her own life, depicting the originality of that person's character in an overall context.

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The innocent child archetype in addiction recovery narratives

Bennett (year) notes that, "a useful model of personality (or of any other abstract construct) provides lots of hooks to hang lots of observational hats." He explains that the personality is made up of many different components that include value systems, ideals, thoughts, memories, and more.

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