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  • Comparing and Contrasting Psychological Theories of Dreaming

    Comparing and Contrasting Psychological Theories of Dreaming

    Everyone dreams at night, but why do we dream? There are many theories and interpretation of why are we dreaming. We usually dream at our REM sleep which is the period of Rapid Eye Movement. But we do dream at NREM sleep as well, Non Rapid Eye Movement. Our brain will still be functioning while we were asleep. The common psychological theories of dream are from Sigmund FreudЎ¦s Ў§Wish FulfillmentЎЁ and Allan Hobson and Robert

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    Submitted: April 27, 2010 By: David
  • Article Critique : Psychological Status and Weight-Related Distress

    Article Critique : Psychological Status and Weight-Related Distress

    Section 1 This article was written by four American scholars ( Ellen M. Granberg, Ronald L. Simons, Frederick X. Gibbons and Janet Nieuwsma Melby) and published in the recent months in Youth and Society. In this article, the authors are following the recent researches on the relation between body weight increase and depression among adolescent females, but focus only on African- American teenagers. Indeed, African- American adolescent girls are believed to be more satisfied with

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    Submitted: April 28, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Psychological Evaluation

    Psychological Evaluation

    PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST REPORT I. PERSONAL DATA NAME: Clint Estreba AREA OF CONFINEMENT: Pavilion IV AGE: 33 y/o CIVIL STATUS: Single BIRTHDATE: August 28, 1974 BIRTHPLACE: Ormoc, Leyte EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: College – Undergraduate REFERRED FOR: REFERRED BY: DATE EXAMINED: May 5 and 7, 2008 II. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS The client was about 5’ 5’’ in height with fair skin and medium muscle tone. His head was shaved and appeared to be pale. He has a tattoo on

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Abnormal Psychology: Bipolar Disorder

    Abnormal Psychology: Bipolar Disorder

    Bipolar Disorder Mental illness has plagued human kind for as long as we have been on this earth. The science of psychology has made great strides in past century. The stigma of being mentally ill has begun to fall away and people are finally starting to get the help that they need to recover. Bipolar disorder is one illness that we have come to more fully understand. Through assistance from a psychiatrist, family and

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    Submitted: May 1, 2010 By: Tommy
  • What Is Black Psychology

    What Is Black Psychology

    Black psychology, in my opinion, is the study of behavior and mental processes of African Americans as it pertains to our identity as African Americans, identity as Americans, struggle with oppression, and being able to deal with white supremacy. Black psychology wants to know how we as African Americans deal with these former issues and continue to survive. According to John S. Mbiti, “African people behave and are motivated by what they believe, and what

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Artur
  • Psychology

    Psychology

    New group targets firehouse problems Push for money to fix stations stepped up Wednesday, September 12, 2007 By Coleman Warner A newly created private foundation supporting New Orleans firefighters aims to first address one hurricane recovery sore point: More than two years after Katrina, little or no money from FEMA's infrastructure repair program has been put to work on destroyed or badly damaged city firehouses. The New Orleans Firefighters Foundation will pressure officials in the

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Max
  • Anorexia Nervosa (nutrition and Psychology Related)

    Anorexia Nervosa (nutrition and Psychology Related)

    Alan Varatta HED: Nutrition Anorexia nervosa is a life threatening eating disorder defined by a refusal to maintain fifteen percent of a normal body weight through self-starvation (Arnold, page26). Ninety-five percent of anorexics are women between the ages of twelve and eighteen, however, “…in the past twenty years, this disorder has become a growing threat to high school and college students (Arnold, page 39)”. Anorexia produces a multitude of symptoms, and if not treated, anorexia

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Jack
  • Fields of Psychology

    Fields of Psychology

    Psychology (Ph.D. Code: PSY) Fields of study: Clinical, cognitive, and social psychology; neuroscience and behavior; visual perception. The program offers doctoral study for students who intend to become psychological scientists or scientist-practitioners. Students who plan to terminate their studies with the master's degree are not encouraged to apply. Admission is not limited to students with undergraduate backgrounds in psychology. Theory, method, and research experience in a number of areas of psychological science are emphasized. Course

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Janna
  • Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery

    Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery

    Tyler Akers African American Studies Book Review Rev. Clark 2-22-06 Breaking The Chains Of Psychological Slavery Through out the book I agreed with what NA’IM Akbar had to say about slavery. Some of his views weren’t the same as mine, but for the most part I enjoyed the book. Now I will share with you some of my thoughts on the book In chapter one the book talked about “The Psychological Legacy of Slavery”. One

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Women in Psychology

    Women in Psychology

    Prominent Women in American Psychology пїЅThe chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by manпїЅs attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than can woman (Darwin).пїЅ DarwinпїЅs professional assumption of the intelligence of women greatly exemplified the defining opinion of the day when psychology was in its developmental stages. However, many women went to great lengths to disprove and banish this thought. One such woman was Mary

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    Submitted: May 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • A Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder

    A Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder

    A Psychological Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder On October 25, 1994, Susan Smith drowned her two sons, Michael and Alex, in the John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina. For nine days she lied about knowing where the boys were. On November 3, she confessed to the killings and would soon go to trial. Susan’s defense team hired a psychiatrist to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of her. She was diagnosed as

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    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Philosophical Concepts Within Psychology

    Philosophical Concepts Within Psychology

    Psychology is the science of mental processes and behaviors” (Kosslyn and Rosenberg, 2006). Until the late 19th century, psychology was considered a branch of philosophy. In 1950, Rudolph Goclenius, a German philosopher was credited with conceiving the term “psychology”. In Greek, the root word of psychology, psyche, was defined by the word, soul. In the beginning years of psychology, it was thought as a religious study, as psychologists would try to examine the soul.

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    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Steve
  • One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Summary and Psychological Influence

    One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Summary and Psychological Influence

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest takes place in a mental institution in the Pacific Northwest. Chief Bromden, or Chief Broom, narrates the novel. Chief is large half-Indian who has been on the ward for 10 years and has led everyone to believe he is deaf and dumb. We immediately discover his paranoia, and learn he also suffers from hallucinations, including the Combine (a government-like assembly that controls society) and a mysterious fog that fills

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Opening Skinner’s Box Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater

    Opening Skinner’s Box Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren Slater

    Opening Skinner's box by Lauren Slater as a psychologist herself covers 10 great psychological experiences of the twentieth century to bring them to life by understanding how they were thought up, how they were received by other psychologists and what effects they had on the participants. For more then a century, psychologists have desperately sought to have their disciplines accepted. Psychology requires some degree of trickery in the experimental set-up. But how much insight do

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    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Top
  • Social Psychology

    Social Psychology

    Module 1 Doing Social Psychology blz. 3 t/m 14 Social psychology The scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Forming and testing theories Theory An integrated set of principles that explain and predict observed events. Hypothesis A testable proposition that describes a relationship that might exist between events. Correlational research: detecting natural associations Correlational research The study of the naturally occuring relationships among the variables. De grote kracht van

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    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Jon
  • Psychology of Serial Killers

    Psychology of Serial Killers

    “We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.” Theodore Robert Bundy In the past decade, Americans and researchers have given more and more of their attention to serial killers. The United States alone has contributed about 85% of the world's serial killers. It has been said that they come in many different forms. Society has many words for serial

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    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Psychology

    Psychology

    Introduction Psychology (from Greek, literally "to talk about the soul", from ψυχή, "psyche", soul, and λόγος, "logos") is both an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. Psychologists study such phenomena as perception, cognition, emotion, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Psychology also refers to the application of such knowledge to various spheres of human activity, including issues related to daily life—e.g. family, education, and work—and the treatment of mental

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    Submitted: May 25, 2010 By: Koopa
  • Psychology of Emotions

    Psychology of Emotions

    Psychology of Emotions Why do we feel the way we feel? How do our thoughts and emotions affect our health? Are our bodies and minds distinct from each other or do they function together as parts of an interrelated system? “Human emotion is not just about sexual pleasures or fear of snakes. It is also about the horror of witnessing suffering and about the satisfaction of seeing justice served…” (Damasio, Antonio) Emotions are part of

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Sports Psychology

    Sports Psychology

    It has been identified that through sports psychology one can improve their physical ability and performance. Sports psychology is the study of how the mind, mental states and behaviour effect sporting performance. There are several sport psychology techniques, which have helped me become a better volleyball player. These techniques include planning for performance, controlling arousal levels, mental rehearsal and concentration. The first technique of planning for performance is all about goal setting and rating your

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    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Max
  • Psychology in Fight Club

    Psychology in Fight Club

    Cary Williams Fentress watching in on these acts.PSYCH 1101 April 20, 2006 Psychology in Fight Club Insomnia is one disorder where a person is unable to sleep for long periods of time. This disorder can be directly related to stress. Many doctors who treat insomnia patients lead the number one cause to high levels of stress through out the day. Another disorder throughout the movie is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia literally means “split mind”. People that suffer

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Monika
  • No Behaviour Is Really Altruistic - Based on Theory and Research in Social Psychology, Critically Discuss This Contention

    No Behaviour Is Really Altruistic - Based on Theory and Research in Social Psychology, Critically Discuss This Contention

    Altruism is a subcategory of helping behaviour, and refers to an act that is motivated by the desire to benefit another rather than oneself (Batson & Coke, 1981; Berkowitz, 1970, cited in Hogg & Vaughan, 2005). The main issue with determining whether a helping act is truly altruistic is one of motivation; if we cannot determine whether an act stems from a desire to benefit others or some kind of ulterior motive, altruism is difficult

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    Submitted: June 9, 2010 By: July
  • The Psychological and Physiciological Effects of Guilt

    The Psychological and Physiciological Effects of Guilt

    Abstract: Guilt has physiological and psychological effects. The psychological effects can include something bad, such as feelings of worthlessness or inferiority. Guilt can also serve in a positive way as a motivator. A person may suffer physiological effects such as insomnia and physical pain. Discussion: Guilt is feelings of culpability, especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy. There are negative physiological effects caused by guilt. Guilt can make someone over responsible. They

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    Submitted: June 11, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Psychology 101

    Psychology 101

    Anti-Social In a world full of fears, perhaps the worst one a human being should have is that to be afraid of his fellow man. The human that should be most feared is the one that has Anti-Social Personality Disorder or in laymen’s terms the psychopath. The psychopath is probably the most deviant mind that exists and treatment is not very successful because there is not a cure or drug to control it. The

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    Submitted: June 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ap Psychology Free Response Questions

    Ap Psychology Free Response Questions

    AP Psychology Free Response Questions Directions: Read each of the following questions and answer any two. Please make sure that you address each component of the questions you choose and be sure to answer the questions in complete sentences. It is recommended that you time yourself, each question should be completed in 25 minutes. If you were unable to finish the essay in 25 minutes, please continue on and complete your response. Your answers should

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    Submitted: June 12, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology is the school I chose. Humanism is based on self actualization, self image, and free will or the ability to make voluntary choices. A key concept of humanistic psychology is that behavior is guided by ones self-image, subjective perceptions of the world, and by needs for personal growth. Abraham Maslow found that the needs of humans were in a specific order. Basic physical needs were at the bottom and they include air, water,

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    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: Wendy

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