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Father's absence and drug use in African American adolescents

The authors, an associate professor of Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern University and a professor of Psychology at University of California, Riverside, initiated this correlational study to examine the relationship between drug and alcohol abuse in adolescents and absentee…

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Similarities and differences in first and second language acquisition

Language acquisition is a complex process that is still not entirely understood. The speed and apparent method by which infants acquire their native language continues to baffle researchers in linguistics, psychology, and neurology; no entirely valid explanation has been put forth that sufficiently…

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Contributions of Freud, Jung, and Rogers to personality theory

Write a summary of 350-700 words identifying the contributions of Freud, Jung, and Rogers. Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis and the father of modern psychology.

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Designing web-based resources for effective distance learning courses

Media options depend largely on the subject matter. A cinematography, music, or visual arts course would require more multimedia options than a course on history, psychology, or business.

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Rosenhan's study of diagnostic reliability in psychiatric hospitals

In this dated but intriguing article, D.L. Rosenhan, professor of psychology at Stanford University, poses a very interesting question, one that is still relevant in today's world-"If sanity and insanity exist, how shall we know them?" (1973, 250), meaning that under certain conditions, it may be…

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Hannah Arendt's analysis of Nazi perpetrators and individual responsibility

Eichman and the Holocaust, Hannah Arendt grapples with the role that Nazis, especially Eichman, played in carrying out this human nightmare. In particular, she focuses on the psychology of the holocaust from the perspective of its perpetrators.

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Personal journey from adoption work to graduate counseling education

My decision to pursue graduate education in mental health/counseling is an intensely personal one. My undergraduate education in psychology might lead some to believe that I would naturally be drawn towards further education in mental health, but this is certainly not the case.

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Designing a butterfly garden to enhance children's connection with nature

About 150 years ago, the psychologist Herbert Spenser wrote the book, Principals of Psychology, and emphasized the importance of "surplus energy theory" or for children to have a chance to release all their extra energy.

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Music therapy's expression of complex emotions through clinical analysis

The development of biology and the sciences in general have lead to the slow realization that all humans are fundamentally similar; however, the concurrent progression of psychology and genetics have, in the last century or so, begun to plumb the depths of the differences between human beings.

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Teaching "Bread and Jam for Frances" to preschool children

Bread and Jam for Frances is about a little badger named Frances who decides she only wants to eat bread and jam. Her parents let her have her way, using a bit of 'reverse psychology' on their daughter.

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