Pragmatism and Modern Psychology
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This 6 page paper explores the philosophical concept of pragmatism and links it with modern psychology. Several theories are discussed including control theory, reality therapy, and personal construct theory.Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Prevention And Management Of Violent Behavior In An Elderly Mental Illness Workplace
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7 pages in length. The prevalence of violent behavior in an elderly mental illness workplace presents a particularly challenging problem for caregivers where management is concerned; only through prevention, according to Caplan's theory, can this undesirable reality be maintained. Correspondingly, nonadherence to medication is one of the most important components to be aware of where violent behavior among mentally ill elderly is concerned. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Prisoners: Lower Moral Development
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3 pages in length. Attempts to improve upon the moral demeanor of inmates has proven more than a little challenging for law enforcement officials and psychologists who realize that much of what is behind a prisoner's moral makeup is hard-wired by a combination of genetic and environmental influences. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Problem Solving: Carl Jung’s Four Problem Solving Styles
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of Carl Jung's Four Problem Solving Styles. This paper outlines the purpose of problem solving and its impact in terms of psychological processes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Problem-Focused/Solution-Focused Family Therapy
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A 4 page research paper that contrasts and compares solution- and problem-focused therapy for at-risk families. The writer discusses these therapies within the overall context of the history of psychology. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Proposal for Researching Visual Illusion
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A 7 page proposal for conducting a study in visual illusion. The purpose here is to propose a research study that can inform how much repetition is required in the process of making such adjustments in perception, beginning with perceived object size. The researcher anticipates that observed results will be more accurate through (1) ensuring homogeneity of vision ability and (2) informing participants at the outset that they can make as many attempts as necessary to reach the point at which their estimates of disk size matches reality. The results should be useful in informing how individuals reconcile perception and fact. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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PROS AND CONS OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELING
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This 6 page paper discusses the pros and cons of Christian Counseling. Basic services offered, sponsorship and ethics questions answsered. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Psychoanalysis and Femininity
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A 5 page paper which examines relationships between Sigmund Freud’s essay on femininity and Evelyn Fox Keller’s “Gender and Science.” No additional sources cited.
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Psychoanalysis and Writing
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A 12 page paper which features an original short story and then analyzes it by way of psychoanalytic commentary, discussing relevant terms to explain what details were included in the story and why. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Psychoanalytic Theory
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5 pages in length. The precedent setting properties of Freud's psychoanalytical theory is such that it all but restructured the way in which psychologists approached treatment for and understanding of the human mind, its heretofore unidentified behavioral subdivisions, as well as its capacity to subconsciously protect people from their fears. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Psychoanalytic Understanding and Myths, Folktales, and Narrative
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This 10 page report discusses the fact that modern psychoanalysis is a multifaceted discipline that depends on classic Freudian explanations as well as more contemporary empirical practices. Social scientists, researchers into human psychology, writers, and even “pop psychologists” have demonstrated an affinity for the mythological and heroic aspects of the human psyche. Individuals have been able to gain a better understanding of and appreciation for their own capabilities through their association with a particular culture, classic mythology, or spiritualism. As it is used and referenced in the practice of psychoanalysis, cultural myth and narrative serve to offer greater insights into collective human thinking. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Psychoanalytic Understanding and Myths, Folktales, and Narrative
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This 20 page report discusses the fact that modern psychoanalysis is a multifaceted discipline that depends on classic Freudian explanations as well as more contemporary empirical practices. Social scientists, researchers into human psychology, writers, and even “pop psychologists” have demonstrated an affinity for the mythological and heroic aspects of the human psyche. Individuals have been able to gain a better understanding of and appreciation for their own capabilities through their association with a particular culture, classic mythology, or spiritualism. As it is used and referenced in the practice of psychoanalysis, cultural myth and narrative serve to offer greater insights into collective human thinking. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Psychoanalytic v. Behavioral Psychology
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A 7 page research paper that explores the differences two schools of psychology: the psychoanalytic approach, founded by Sigmund Freud, and the behaviorist approach, founded by John Watson and B.F. Skinner. This examination of the psychoanalytic and the behaviorist approaches to research and the use of the scientific method underscores the differences in orientation between the two schools. This examination will show that, in many ways, the psychoanalytic approach to psychology and research is diametrically opposed to the behaviorist orientation. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Psychoanalytical Theory and 20th Century Art
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A 4 page paper which examines what influence psychoanalytical theory had on the representation of the body in 20th century art. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Psychodynamic Therapy
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A 3 page paper that begins with a general definition of this approach to therapy. The essay discusses some of the major beliefs of those following this approach. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Psychodynamic Versus Behavioral Approaches To Therapy
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An 9 page paper that discusses the many differences between these two approaches and the few commonalties. Each approach is defined and explained, psychodynamic beginning with Freud's theories and tracing behaviorist approaches from Pavlov to Watson and Skinner. The emphases, foci and major premises of the approaches are presented with comments regarding their differences. A brief outline of the procedures in each type of therapeutic setting is provided with the commonalties and differences pointed out. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Psychological Approach To Human Behavior - Behaviorism
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This 6 page paper begins with comments about the importance of understanding different theoretical perspectives related to human behavior. The paper then focuses on one specific theory - Skinner's model of behaviorism, including reinforcement schedules. Bibliography lists 4 sources. PGbhvsk.rtf
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Psychological Approaches to Counseling
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This 3 page paper examines five different approaches to psychological counseling, and what each counselor might ask a patient, based on the approach he takes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Psychological Aspects Of Motivation
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3 pages in length. Motivation - the instigator of reaction that can be either positive or negative in form - is a primary method for combating laziness. When someone procrastinate doing a particular task, the motivating factor that ultimately compels him to complete that task can be one that provides either a reward or punishment as incentive for accomplishment. Children are particularly receptive to reward/punishment approaches toward motivation, inasmuch as their trigger responses are inherently attuned to incentive-based performance. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Psychological Assessments: The MMPI-2, MCMI-3 and MMPI-A
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of these three basic psychological assessments, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-3 and the MMPI-A, commonly utilized in educational settings and compares and contrasts their central components. This paper focuses primarily on the first two assessments. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Psychological Differences Between Men and Women -- According to Johnson, Jung, and Ancient Myth
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This 5 page report discusses the psychological differences between men and women as interpreted in Jungian framework of thought. Robert A. Johnson’s books “She: Understanding Feminine Psychology” and “He: Understanding Masculine Psychology” serve as the primary point of departure on the issue. In them, he uses the myths of Aphrodite, Psyche, and Amor to discuss the feminine archetype and the story of Parsifal and the Holy Grail to discuss the masculine archetype. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Psychological Discipline: Gestalt
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4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the specifics of Gestalt and those who are credited with bringing it into existence. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Psychological Disorders and Treatments
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Three Perspectives: 10 pages in length. This paper examines the theories and treatments of psychological disorders as viewed by three different well-known theorists: Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, and Karen Horney. While their applications of treatment and theories of each of these psychologists might differ, each of them found varying measures of success in their methods. Included in this evaluation is a review of literature, analysis, synthesis and other applicable research. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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Psychological Paradigms of Inquiry and Explanation: The Influence of Values
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A 15 page discussion of the role of values in psychological research. Details the philosophical debate which has surrounded this question since the seventeenth century, particularly the rationalist/empiricist debate. Distinguishes between the qualitative approach and the quantitative approach and between inductive and deductive reasoning. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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Psychological Principles And Cultural Differences
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An 11 page paper that begins by discussing the difficulties of defining the concept of culture. The writer then discusses cultural psychologists and some authors' opinion that the approach to studying culture is unsystematic. Two unsystematic approaches are explained and three typical orientations to studying culture in psychology are also explained. Three examples are provided to illustrate the need for cultural competence, two in business and one in education. The write concludes with further comments about cultural psychology and the need for more research before psychologists will know how psychological principles can be applied in different cultures. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Psychological Testing
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A 6 page research paper that includes references to the Code of Ethics as published by the American Psychological Association, comments by psychologists and examples of studies in which the ethics of the researchers were questioned. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Psychological Therapy: For Better or For Worse
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A 10 page discussion of the evolution psychological therapy has undergone over its history. The author observes that while sometimes a therapist is able to achieve trememdously positive results in regard to the mental well-being of their patient, other times the therapeutic environment can not only be characterized by failure but can even be counterproductive. The therapeutic environment can, in fact, be characterized by the phrase “for better or for worse”. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Psychologist Erich Fromm Meets Robert Duvall’s ‘Apostle’
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A 7 page paper which applies Erich Fromm’s personality theory to protagonist Euliss ‘Sonny’ Dewey in Robert Duvall’s film, “The Apostle.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Psychologists Skinner and Thorndike: A Comparative Analysis
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This 12 page paper provides an outline of each theorist's work and compares and contrasts their ideas. Issues related to behavior are discussed. Other topics addressed include ethics and the measurement of intelligence. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Psychology - Cognitive Vs. Behavioral Perspectives
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A 9 page paper that explains and discusses the cognitive and behavioral schools of psychology. Major theorists from each perspective are identified. The writer discusses how these two perspectives are similar and how they differ. The writer explains tenets from each theory can be found in the other. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Psychology and Human Nature over History
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This is a 5 page paper discussing psychology and human nature over history. The development of psychology and the study of human nature evolved over two thousand years of philosophical theory. During the period of enlightenment scientific thought was beginning to be examined toward the field of the human mind in what was later termed the field of psychology. David Hume in the 1700s and his studies into human nature as a combination of sentimentalism and intellectualism were later revisited and refined by James and Wendt in the 1800s and discussed in relation to human will and conscious thought over actions by Dewey in the 1900s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Psychology and Research
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This 7 page paper provides an overview of qualitative and quantitative research approaches and the reasons that individuals use hypotheses in psychological research. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Psychology Is The Key To Unlocking The Mind
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This 5 page paper discusses the topic question by tracing the contributions psychology has made to understanding the memory, learning and behavior. The writer offers examples of the work done and the insight gained, including the most recent theories on intelligence and learning. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Psychology of "The Piano"
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A 5 page paper discussing this film from the perspective of Carl Rogers, Albert Ellis, Abraham Maslow and Lawrence Kohlberg. Those viewing "The Piano" can easily recognize its value as an all-around spellbinding film. A look at it from the perspective of several psychologists demonstrates it validity in human thought and behavior patterns as well. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Psychology Questions
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7 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses successes and failures in twentieth-century psychological schools of thought; introspection; unconscious; and a number of psychological theorists. No bibliography.
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Psychology: theoretical perspectives
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A paper which considers several different theoretical perspectives on psychology, including humanism, psychoanalytic, and behaviourist. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Psychology—Is it the Queen of Sciences?
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A 5 page research paper that analyzes whether or not psychology deserves the title "queen of sciences," given to it by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The writer considers the history of psychology and the main philosophies that motivate the major perspectives in this discipline. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research in Psychology
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This 8 page paper examines the quantity/quality debate. The concept of social science is discussed but the paper focuses primarily on psychology. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Radio & Maslow's Theory
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A 5 page research paper that examines the film Radio in psychological terms, drawing on the theory of human behavior developed by Abraham Maslow. The writer argues that this film exhibits several psychological principles, which illustrate human nature at its most basic level and at its highest. The spectrum of human behavior in the film, however, can be understood via the prism provided by psychologist Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy & PTSD
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A 14 page research paper. This paper has four parts: Post-traumatic stress disorder in which this disorder is described along with causes and psychological and physical effects and symptoms. The incidence of PTSD is also included. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, as originated by Albert Ellis. The philosophy and foundation of the theory is explained as is the approach to patients. How REBT is used to help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, including specific examples. The final section offers five recommendations for the study of combining other cognitive behavior therapies with REBT for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Raymond Cattell and Hans Eysenck’s Models of Personality
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This six page report discusses the work and models created by Hans Eysenck (1916-1997) and Raymond Cattell (1905-1998). Each developed specific theories regarding human personality. Eysenck’s is best expressed in the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) while Cattell’s 16PF or Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire serves as the best representation of his work on personality. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Reality and relativism
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A ten page paper which looks at social psychology theories concerned with the concepts of realism and relativism, particularly in relation to empirical and subjective research methodologies. Bibliography lists 10 sources
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REBT and PTSD
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A paper which looks at Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, how it is defined and the ways in which it is treated, with particular reference to the use of REBT. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Reconciliation of Psyche and Collective Unconscious
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A 5 page paper discussing the Jungian terms of soul, psyche, archaic mind and collective unconscious. Jung's theories were outrageous when he first presented them, but they appear to be far less so today. His description of a collective unconscious and the psyche as its home allows humankind to progress yet still retain instinctual aspects of existence. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Reflective Practice in Psychiatric Nurse Training
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A 24 page overview of the reflective process in psychiatric nursing. Includes an extensive literature review and a proposal to evaluate the degree to which psychiatric nurses at a major psychiatric hospital are exposed to the reflective process in on-the-job training and the degree to which they consequently employ the reflective process in their professional lives. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
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