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Attraction and cultural constructions of personal relationships

The issue of attraction is simultaneously universal to our sociological orientation as a species and yet frequently misunderstood or unrecognized by a great many individuals.

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Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and adult education

Abraham Maslow was the eldest of seven children of uneducated Jewish immigrants who had settled in Brooklyn, New York, where he was born on April 1, 1908.

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Cultural variations in assessment and diagnosis of childhood behavioral disorders

The objective of this work is to examine how conceptualization, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of childhood mental health disorders may vary by culture. Specific questions addressed in this research are the following: (1) How do psychologists define culture?

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Tim O'Brien's depiction of hell in "How to Tell a True War Story"

In "How to Tell a True War Story," author and veteran Tim O'Brien makes it very clear that generalizations about war simply don't hold up.

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Responsibilities, education, and skills required for human resource managers

The key tasks and responsibilities of a human resources manager will vary within industries, and between differently-sized organizations.

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Frankenstein's failure as a father and creator

He approached; his countenance bespoke bitter anguish, combined with disdain and malignity, while its unearthly ugliness rendered it almost too horrible for human eyes. Mary Shelly, Frankenstein

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Employee theft and household chore responsibility: an analogy

The reasons for employee theft are not unlike the reasons that children fail to help with chores around a household. A child does not feel a personal and financial investment in the process of keeping a house running, because he or she does not make a financial contribution to the household.

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The American Psychological Association's Division 20 on aging

The American Psychological Association as we know it today is structured as a collection of special interest divisions. When it was formed in 1945 at the end of WWII, it contained 19 charter divisions.

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Job withdrawal: conditions, symptoms, and behavioral progression

Job withdrawal can best be defined as being 'on the job' yet not really 'doing one's job.' Job withdrawal is evident when an employee comes to work, sits at his or her desk, and collects a paycheck but does not really put forth an intellectual effort or use willpower and discipline to earn that…

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Obedience to authority and harm in Zimbardo's prison experiment

What is the extent to which one human can knowingly harm another? This is a question that psychologists continue to study, considering the horrors of such events as Nazi Germany. In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram's experiment told volunteers they were participating in a study about learning.

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