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Rediscovering my passion for law through self-discovery

EDUCATION: the University of Miami, BA communications major with a minor in psychology and sociology (year) When I was just eight years old, I fell in love with law after watching the hit American TV show Matlock. That was the year my mother signed me up to play the violin and I hated.

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Christian clients' preferences for prayer in counseling interventions

"Christian Clients' Preferences Regarding Prayer as a Counseling Intervention" is a quantitative study by Weld and Eriksen (2007) in the Journal of Psychology and Theology.

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Freud and Erikson's theories of human developmental stages

Sigmund Freud and Erickson are the leading psychologists to have ever lived in the history of human psychology. The two had their differences as well as similarities regarding the stages that the human beings go through as they grow up.

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Power struggles between aspiring leaders in cross-functional teams

Leadership is an incredibly complex concept that has been the focus of study from many different academic disciplines -- Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Business, Sociology to name a few.

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Framing strategies in political campaigns and public persuasion

An important part of getting the message across in political campaigns is an approach referred in as 'framing' (a psychology terminology). Individuals listen and hear the speech logic, but they do also respond, albeit subliminally, to the manner in which the issues are presented.

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Systems thinking approaches to sugarcane supply chain management

The key constructs of systems thinking were constituted in the first half of the 20th century in fields such as psychology, ecology, organismal biology, and cybernetics (Capra 1997).

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Why audiences are attracted to violent entertainment

Goldstein, Jeffrey 1999 'The Attractions of Violent Entertainment', Media Psychology, vol.1, no.3, pp. 271-282.

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Behavior modification in children through operant conditioning and reinforcement

Modifying and upholding the behavior of children is a subject held in very high regard in the psychology, social work and other communities.

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Neuroplasticity and personal change in Doidge's The Brain That Changes Itself

Neuroplasticity has gained traction, in the realm of pop psychology and also in the more credible arenas of counseling and clinical psychology. In Doidge's (2007) book, neuroplasticity is presented for a general audience but using research to substantiate claims.

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Bystander intervention and diffusion of responsibility in emergencies

Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8(4): 377 -- 383. doi: 10.1037/h0025589

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