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Professional competence and clinical skills in therapeutic relationships

The work of Overholser and Fine (1996) states that: "Professional competence plays a prominent role in the guidelines established by all disciplines involved in psychotherapy, whether psychology, psychiatry, counseling, or social work." Related as well is that: "The Ethical Principles of…

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Vygotsky and Piaget: comparing sociocultural and cognitive development theories

Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget were both born in 1896. Piaget was originally trained in biology and philosophy. Vygotsky received a law degree from Moscow University and studied literature and linguistics. He wrote a book on the psychology of art and received a Ph.D.

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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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Karen Horney's theory of neurosis and self-development

Application of Karen Horney's Theory of Self and Neurosis in Experiencing Personal Conflict or Anxiety Psychoanalysis as a major field in the study of psychology has developed, over the years, to a great extent, wherein developments are created, increasing extant literature on psychoanalysis,…

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The development of psycholinguistics from Chomsky to modern research

Psycholinguistics has been defined as the study of language and the mind; as the term implies, it is a subject that links both psychology and linguistics (Aitchinson 1).

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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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Eyewitness testimony reliability and cross-racial identification in criminal cases

Eyewitness testimony, or the sworn oath of persons who believe they have witnesses a crime, or portion of a crime, has long been studied in both the fields of criminology and psychology.

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Why the Scientific Revolution couldn't occur in China

Ethno- or cultural-centricity can take many forms, and it is not simply in the realms studied by the "soft sciences" -- sociology, psychology, and other investigations of human action, motivation, and community -- that problems and biases from such thinking emerge.

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Technology and human consciousness in Robert Zemeckis's Contact

There are a slew of Hollywood movies that directly or indirectly address the role of technology and its impact on human society and individual psychology. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Wall-E, films about technology cause viewers to think about their own relationship with machines.

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