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Sports participation and emotional well-being in adolescents

Annotated bibliography: Adolescent Psychology Donaldson, S.J. & Ronan, K. R. (2006, Summer). The effects of sports participation on young adolescents' emotional well-being.

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McMinn's framework for integrating spirituality in Christian counseling

Integrating Theology and Psychology in CounselingApplicationIn a human services counseling setting, such as a community services agency or hospital, as a counselor I would likely work with clients who are struggling with a variety of issues such as mental health, substance abuse, trauma, and…

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Inanna's descent myth in psychoanalytic perspective

Myth in psychoanalysis and depth psychology has a fascinating modern history that has involved the recognition of the importance of ancient myths and mythical structures in the understanding of the human psyche and the structure of the ego.

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Biological and environmental factors in human personality development

The formal academic study of human psychology is not much more than a century old, with most of its fundamental concepts evolving only in the 20th century.

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Foot-in-the-door, door-in-the-face, and low-balling compliance techniques

One common compliance technique used in social psychology is that of the so-called 'foot-in -- the door' approach. An example of such a technique was manifest in one experiment comparing different types of solicitation strategies to garner financial support for a museum.

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Profiling appearance-enhancing drug users: typologies and predictive limitations

Is criminal profiling an acceptable practice within psychology? According to Thomas Hildebrandt, James W. Langenbucher, Sasha J.

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The innate and learned components of human language development

One of the major debates in psychology today concerns the human ability to develop and utilize language skills, the feature of humanity that has long been thought to separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom.

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Evil without motive in Poe's psychological characters

Edgar Allen Poe is well-known as a master of dark horror fiction teeming with murder, death and supernatural elements. The interesting thing about his work however is the particular psychology that he applies to his characters.

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The evolution of psychological epistemology from pre-modernism to post-modernism

From its foundation as a separate science from philosophy and biology, psychology has been a dynamic and ever evolving discipline with ongoing debate as to how to explain and describe behavior and the human mind.

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Honor, face, and dignity cultures: Leung and Cohen's analysis

Leung and Dov Cohen's article "Within- and between-culture variation: Individual differences and the cultural logics of honor, face, and dignity cultures" as a springboard for deeper analysis of the degree to which culture can impact personal psychology and vice versa.

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