Assessment in the Counseling Process
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An 8 page research paper that discusses the processes associated with assessment and formulating a treatment plan, which are considered to be some of the most crucial steps in psychoanalytic therapeutic counseling. This examination of this topic addresses specific issues and questions, focusing on assessment and the importance of a successful first session. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Khasmcopro.rtf

Assessment of Data in Relation to the Message of Bowling Alone
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A 7 page paper discussing Robert Putnam's book evaluating America's diminished attention to maintenance of social capital. We have become a nation of loners, of busy people who jealously guard the little "down time" we do have. The paper compares data collected in national surveys in 1974 and 1994 indicating that the decline is still increasing, and explores several options as to why that is so. Includes 2 charts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSbowling.wps

Assessments of Research Article
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This 13 page paper provides an overview of different research articles, and considers factors like validity, the use of a methodology, and the impacts of the outcome of the data. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assimilation and the Cuban-American Community
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A 9 page overview of the various forms of assimilative pressure which have shaped the Cuban American immigrant experience. The author notes that although they live in the United States, and indeed take pride in American values and freedoms, Cuban Americans are still culturally isolated to a great degree. Never-the-less, even this tight-knit community, is still subject to the same assimilative pressures which have been at play in this country since its initial inception. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPassimC.rtf

Assimilation: Mexicans in the United States
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An 8 page paper which examines the condition of assimilation in the Mexican culture in the United States. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAassmx.rtf

Assimiliation Into The U.S. / The Plight Of Minority Groups
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8 pages in length. The immigration and assimilation of Asians, Latinos, and African Americans has a history of controversy. Each group has been the subject of harrassment and exteme prejudice. One of the most blatant forms of harassment was the internment of Japanese during World War II. Unlide Latinos and Asians, Africans did not come to the country voluntarily. Their forced immigration reflects an era in this country's history that it may never really recover from. Different aspects of each group are discussed. Extensive Bibliography.
Filename: Assimi.wps

Asylum issues in the UK
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A seven page paper which considers the policy frameworks and processes in the UK with reference to asylum seekers and refugees, in terms of the ideological constraints which underpin them and the current initiatives extant in the EU with regard to asylum policy. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JLasyl.rtf

Asylum Seeking Children in the United Kingdom; Treatment and Provision;
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This 10 page paper looks at issues concerned with children refugees in the United kingdom. The paper starts with consideration to the legislation that applies to then as well as general background information. The paper then goes on to examine the role and duties of the local authorities and the way in which they are carried out. The paper concludes wit a summary of the reason why this issue requires further study. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Atkinson/Counseling American Minorities
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A 10 page research paper that offers a chapter-by-chapter summary of Donald R. Atkinson's textbook Counseling American Minorities. The writer summarizes all 16 chapters, briefly listing the prevalent topics in each. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khacam.rtf

Attachment And Separation
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A 4 page paper that briefly explains attachment theory, separation anxiety and separation anxiety disorder. The writer comments on the effects on children in foster care. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attachment Theory
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A 7 page paper. The attachment theories of Bowlby, Ainsworth, Rutter and Bronfenbrenner are explained and discussed. Different issues are also discussed in terms of attachment, such as divorce, deprivation, and abuse. A brief critique of some of the theories is also included. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Attachment Theory And Social Workers: Assessing Quality Of Care Received By Children
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8 pages in length. The lack of love, attention and guidance children receive during childhood has a direct correlation with unattached disorders and attachment theory, concepts that highlight "the lifelong requirement for close affectional bonds with others" (Sable, 1995, p. 334). Social workers utilize attachment theory as a means by which to assess quality of care children receive, looking closely for a number of variables that may lead to creating an unattached child such as abuse, neglect and inadequate parenting skills. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: TLCattach.rtf

Attaining and Assessing Client Goals
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5 pages. In this social psychology case study, a young man is despondent over the breakup of he and his girlfriend. He has considered suicide and is also compelled to use alcohol and drugs. Based on client assessment and goal attainment, this case study will focus on the target problems and possible solutions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JAsuicde.rtf

Attention, Automaticity, Metacognition and Procedural Learning.
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This 10 page paper looks at these four different subjects by considering four journal articles regarding each subject, looking at the content and the important of the article to the subject studied. The bibliography cites 16 sources.
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Attitudes about Aging
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This 3 page paper describes the problems one woman, mid-40s, has with aging.
Filename: HVAging

Attitudes to death
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A paper which looks at changing attitudes towards death and dying, and the way in which the concept of death is divorced from everyday life whilst it constitutes a primary focus of media entertainment. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JL2death.rtf

Attitudes Toward Aging
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This 12 page paper examines ethnic differences in respect to attitudes about aging. Various issues are explored including death and dying and how retirement is embraced. A questionnaire is included. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: SA504age.rtf

Attitudes Towards Harm Reduction for Substance Abusers: An Annotated Bibliography
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This 3 page paper provides an overview of an annotated bibliography on the attitudes of social workers towards harm reduction for substance abusers. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Attitudinal Variations Among Marijuana-Users and Non-Users
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This 14 page paper provides a hypothetical research study using a sample of 100 high school students. The inquiry has to do with whether or not drug users have different social attitudes. Results of the study are evaluated. A section on general methodology is included. The introduction contains a review of literature on the subject. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Attributing Sexual Consent
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A 5 page paper which reviews and analyzes the essay/research titled "Attributing Sexual Consent" by Grace Y. Lim and Michael E. Roloff. The essay appeared in the February, 1999 edition of JACR. No additional sources cited.
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Auguste Comte
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A 4 page research paper on Comte, who is considered to be one of the most influential philosophers of the nineteenth century. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of sociology, he was also influential in formulating positivism. The following discussion offers insight on how Comte’s viewed several issues. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Australia - Aboriginal Property Rights
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A 6 page paper. Australia has experienced a number of legal changes in terms of property rights since claims for rights were filed by Eddie Mabo and the Meriam People in the early 1980s. It took ten years for that case to be determined in the High Court. Known as the Mabo decision, the Court ruled in favor of the Aboriginal people. This was followed by the Native Title Act in 1994 and the Wik decision. This essay discusses these and their effect on property rights in Australia. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Australian Family Health Assessment: Stresses, Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Child Protection Concerns
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A 9 page discussion of family stresses that can result in domestic violence. Among the most innocent victims are children. The author provides guidelines that can be used in family assessments to predict domestic violence and ultimately utilized to protect children.
Filename: PPfamAss.rtf

Australian Immigration, Increasing Multiculturalism and Discrimination: A Research Proposal
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This 7 page paper provides an overview of a research proposal on immigration, multiculturalism and discrmination in Australia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHAusImmResP.rtf

Authority in the Family and Welfare Consumerism
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This 4 page paper is written in two parts. The first part of the paper considers how and why authority within the family has changed ion the UK since the 1950's, including reference to Foucault and sexual liberation. The second part of the paper considers why there has been an increase in welfare consumerism in the UK since the 1980's. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEfampow.rtf

Autobiography and Analysis
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This 5 page example biography provides a picture of a 25 year old white male attending school. His difficult life is evaluated in the context of sociological concepts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Babe Secoli in Studs Terkel’s “Working”
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A 5 page paper which examines the working relationship that Babe Secoli describes in Studs Terkel’s “Working.” The paper also incorporates the Phenomenological Model Of Work and Culture provided in a fax from the student. Source for this unknown. No additional sources cited.
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Baby Boomers & Their Retirement Years
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This 17 page report discusses the 'baby boom' generation (Americans born between 1946 and 1964) in terms of their retirement plans, options, and likely economic realities. This report examines general issues related to retirement and baby boomers but focuses on the issues confronting women of the baby boom generation as they move toward their retirement years. A hypothetical survey and its methodology and findings are also discussed in relationship to the topic. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Bach for Babies
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An 11 page research paper (which includes a 3/4 page abstract), which addresses the trend of playing classical music in utero and in early childhood in the hopes of creating a child prodigy. The writer examines literature pertaining to what scientists know about fetal development, that is, when a fetus develops the ability to hear and how well it can hear. Then, literature is examined that pertains to what possible beneficial effect, if any, can be attributed to listening to classical music. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Bad Driving Habits
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A 3 page essay that focuses on the dangers of driving while talking on a cell phone. Everyone knows that driving while under the influence of alcohol (or any inebriating substance) is dangerous, and results in senseless fatalities. There are laws that prohibit driving while drunk in all 50 states. Yet, people who would never drive while intoxicated routinely indulge in a behavior that is just as dangerous--talking on a cell phone while driving. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Baggy and Saggy Pants; The Cultural Interpretation of the Fashion
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Baggy or sagging pants (or trousers) may have started out as simple a fashion trend but they have become the symbol of a youth subculture. This 5 page paper looks at the way that the wearing of baggy/saggy pants developed and underlying meanings and values that the style may be interpreted as embodying and communicating. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEbaggypant.rtf

Baltimore Child Protective Services
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A 3 page research paper that offers an analysis of the Child Protective Services (CPS) agency serving the city of Baltimore, Maryland, which is part of the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR). This is a specialized agency dedicated to service for children who may be either abused or neglected and to the parents of these children, as well as other adults, who are involved in the “permanent or temporary” care and custody of children at risk (DHR). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khcpsmd.rtf

Baltimore’s Child Protective Services & Chessie
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A 5 page research paper that reports on the child protective services (CPS) in Maryland, specifically focusing on a computerized system designed to track the state’s 10,000 foster children. The system is named the Children’s Electronic Social Services Information Exchange, which has been dubbed “Chessie.” The writer reports on its current problems and offers evaluation and also refers briefly to a previous report, khcpsmd.rtf. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khmdcps2.rtf

Bandura's Concepts of Determinants in Social Learning
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A 5 page research paper on Bandara's ideas. The writer details antecedent, consequent, and reciprocal determinants and gives examples. No bibliography.
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Bandura’s Social Learning Theory: Case Study
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This is a 5 page paper discussing Bandura’s social learning theory in relation to a case study. The case of the 26 year old male who was convicted of rape can be studied applying several of the concepts used in Bandura’s “social learning theory”. Essentially, Bandura’s theory, which is highly accepted, explains that all behaviors whether aggressive or non-aggressive are observed and learned from within an individual’s social environment. Individuals who have witnessed aggressive behavior are more inclined to become aggressive themselves and this aggressiveness increases when the observed aggressiveness has been rewarded. Once learned, aggressive behavior is also organized and rehearsed which in the rapist’s case was indicated in his suspected attempted rape a few weeks earlier. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Barbara Ehrenreich and Reference to Marc Linder and Ingrid Nygaard’s “Void Where Prohibited”
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This 5 page report discusses Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed and her use of a reference to Linder and Nygaard’s Void Where Prohibited: Rest Breaks and the Right to Urinate on Company Time. The effectiveness of using that reference is discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Barbara Ehrenreich on the Working Poor and Not Getting By in America
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This 7 page paper discusses Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickel and Dimed,” as well as the system in place in Florida to assist the poor. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Barbara Ehrenreich's "Making Sense Of La Difference"
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4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses gender bias and establishing patterns of development in argumentative writing as they relate to Ehrenreich's article. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCEhren.rtf

Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America”
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A 5 page review of Ehrenreich’s findings on class and power in contemporary America formulated based on her experiences working in numerous blue collar jobs and trying to get by. The contention that the wealthy hold the power, the middle class wield that power, while the poor carry out their wishes with little reward and even littler power themselves is presented. No additional sources are included.
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Barrington Moore & Immanuel Wallerstein: Main Ideas
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11 pages in length. The study of social sciences is an ever-evolving component of man's existence that illustrates what it takes to understand human beings, their connection with each other and the environment, as well as how/why this particular species strives to constantly progress itself despite the consequences of doing so. Barrington Moore and Immanuel Wallerstein are two of the most prominent theorists of the twentieth century whose respective ideas have helped people gain a significantly better realization of the benefits and drawbacks that have accompanied such tremendous changes throughout the past century. Each man's theories have served to enrich the ability to compare and contrast ideas that may not be altogether complementary but at the same time work synergistically to create a more holistic understanding of the issue. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCMooreWaller.rtf

Barthes's View of Myth
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This 4 page paper looks at Roland Barthe's ideas and how they are related to semiotics. Myth is discussed. Marxism is also referenced. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA317Bar.rtf

Battered Women
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A very thorough 20 page research paper discussing the various prejudices and other social problems faced by Battered women. Focuses on many relevant sub-topics including : immigrant women, adolescent women, women's inability to "leave" their abuser, and the difficulties they face in receiving proper medical treatment. Bibliography lists 14 sources. Keywords : spousal abuse, domestic abuse, etc.
Filename: Batterd2.wps

Battered Women # 2
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A 5 page overview of Battered women, their psyche, and the problems that they face in our contemporary society. Discusses how the actual 'problem' belongs not to the women- but to the men who abuse them and offers insight into various causal factors. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Keywords : spousal abuse, domestic abuse, etc.
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Baumann's The Multicultural Riddle
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This 4 page paper examines this book and answers two questions posted by a student. The paper is written in Q&A format. One essay addresses the problem of carrying cultural baggage and the other looks at viewing ethnicity more like wine instead of blood. No additional sources cited.
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Beauty and Body Image
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A 4 page paper which examines Suzanne Jordan’s That Lean and Hungry Look and John Leo’s Mirror, Mirror on the Wall as they offer an understanding of women, beauty and body image today. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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