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Psychoneuroimmunology: interdisciplinary study of psychological and immune interactions

Psychoneuroimmunology is relative recent addition to the field of medicine and uses an interdisciplinary approach to study the relationship between a wide range of interlocking and interrelated systems within the body, including, but not limited to one's psychology, the functioning of one's mind…

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Patient attitude and quality of life in cancer care

The idea that the acceleration or retardation of cancers cells is positively correlated with an individual's attitude, personality, and emotional development is incongruent with my understanding of medical science and psychology.

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Operant conditioning and freedom in Clockwork Orange

Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess, contains many references to conditioning and to behavioral psychology in general. Burgess presents his readers with a view of operant conditioning and behavioral psychology as a dangerous, deadly pursuit of sameness and control over mankind.

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Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning theory and principles of association

Classical Conditioning is the first learning theory, which was created by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist. Classical conditioning is one of the foundations for the area of psychology known as behaviorism.

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Critique of Burkard and Knox's study on therapist color blindness

Burkard, Alan W. And Knox, Sarah (2004). Effect of therapist color blindness on empathy and attributions in cross-cultural counseling. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51:4, 387-397.

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Gender differences in jealousy: evolutionary theory and research evidence

Jealousy among men and women has long been a topic of study in many sciences, such as psychology, sociology, and even anthropology, because jealousy is an emotion almost all humans feel at one time or another.

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Impact of parental divorce on children's long-term adjustment

Divorce can have a devastating impact on a family. Children are particularly vulnerable when their parents are divorced. For many years, experts in the field of child psychology have investigated the impact of divorce on children.

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Is stereotyping inevitable? Unconscious bias and stereotype change

Stereotyping Inevitable: An Investigation of How People Use and Maintain Stereotypes, and How They Can Be Changed Social psychology by nature deals with the examination of social phenomena including stereotyping.

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Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment for juvenile offenders

Supreme Court has recently ruled that people who commit crimes that would otherwise qualify for a death sentence will not be eligible if they committed the crime before their 18th birthday. This is based on knowledge about the psychology of adolescents.

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Attachment styles and interpersonal attraction patterns

Klohen, Eva C. & Shanghong Lao. (2003) "Interpersonal Attraction and Personality." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Vol. 85. No 4, 709-722.

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