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Eyewitness memory accuracy and expert witness testimony credibility

The quantitative study that I selected is an article by Villegas et al. entitled "Eyewitness memory for vehicles." In this particular study, researchers examined the proficiency of eyewitnesses to correctly identify the color and type of vehicle that would be used purportedly for some type of…

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Graham v. Florida and juvenile life sentences for non-homicide crimes

In Graham v. Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the question of whether it constituted cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to a life sentence for a non-homicidal crime.

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Schema development and maladaptive patterns in a client case study

Provide a brief statement that clearly defines the term: Schema; and, an explanation of how they are developed. A schema is a cognitive pattern or structure comprised of beliefs and perceptions. Worldview is a type of schema, which can be formed by cultural cues, family socialization, and identity.

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Plagiarism detection and correction in Cynthia Crossen's work

For this exercise in recognizing and avoiding plagiarism, Cynthia Crossen's Tainted truth: The manipulation of fact in America (Crossen, 1994) was correctly quoted and then shown to be unwittingly plagiarized by a student.

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Police coercion and false confessions in the Central Park Jogger case

Matthew Johnson's The Central Park Jogger Case - Police coercion and secrecy in interrogation (Johnson, 2003), posits the reasonable theory that police interrogation is "ripe for abusive treatment" and the equally reasonable position that custodial questioning should be entirely recorded and…

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Erikson and Rogers on identity conflict in Chaim's lifestyle choice

Chaim is a Hasidic Jew who hung out in the underground scene and became a very creative underground rock star. However, Chaim was internally conflicted: the underground lifestyle was the polar opposite of his Hasidic lifestyle and he tried to live Hasidic-by-day and underground rock-star-by-night.

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Authoritarian parenting in Cambodian and American cultural contexts

Lynn's parenting of her son takes an authoritarian approach to child-rearing. In her culture, parental authority is rarely questioned.

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Legal and ethical issues in Ron and Beverly's abuse situation

In presenting my analysis of the legal and ethical issues involved with Beverly's and Ron's situation, I've tried to push aside many of my own personal feelings that would bias me in my considerations.

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Daycare centers and child development: balancing work and parenting

Daycare centers are lifesavers for many families, and are especially helpful for working single mothers.

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Freud, Jung, and Maslow: Theories of personality development

One of the earliest theorists of personality development was Sigmund Freud. Freud defined the development of the individual's personality primarily in terms of struggle, loss, and repression -- namely the individual's family romance with the mother that was finally supplanted through a series of…

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