Being a Teenager During the Great Depression
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An 8 page paper presenting an interview with an 81-year-old woman about her teen years, which occurred during the Great Depression. The woman provides information about high school, home life, working as a teen and the responsibilities she had at home. The second portion of the paper compares the woman’s responses to Erikson’s characterization of the adolescent. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSsocTeen1930s.rtf

Betrayal and Suicide
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A 3 page paper which examines when betraying a friend is acceptable if they have threatened suicide. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAbetray.rtf

Biopsychosocial Development In Adolescence
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A 7 page paper that discusses the development of early adolescence. Adolescence represents one of the most critical developmental periods in life. It is a time of profound changes on all levels. Theories of these changes are discussed. 1 table included that compares Freud's, Erikson's, and Piaget's adolescent stages of development. The biopsychosocial model is explained and described. The importance of both family and peers during these years is also discussed. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Bipolar Disorder With Biographical Sketch
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A 14 page paper. The essay includes the definition, incidence, causes and symptoms of this mental illness and discusses the difficulty of diagnosing early onset of bipolar disorder. One of the issues with youth is the similarity to ADHD symptoms. The most effective treatment interventions are explained. The last section discusses suicide among bipolar disorder patients. A biographical sketch of a real person with bipolar disorder are intermingled in the text. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGbiplr3.rtf

Body Image: A Literature Review
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This 6 page paper outlines a review of literature on the issue of body image. This paper considers the impact that body image has on the development of eating disorders. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MHBodyIm.rtf

Body Image: Journal Articles Overview
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4 pages in length. Both research articles - [1] Davidson et al's (2006) "Adolescent Body Image and Psychosocial Functioning" and [2] McCabe et al's (2003) "Sociocultural Influences on Body Image and Body Changes Among Adolescent Boys and Girls" from The Journal of Social Psychology focus their respective studies upon how body image impacts the manner by which teens perceive themselves and how they believe they are perceived by their others in their age group. Each article submitted questionnaires to a random sampling of the target adolescent group in order to generate response to the following hypotheses: [1] To what extent poor body image influences peer interaction with adolescent boys and girls, and [2] the extent to which sociocultural influences forecast how/why adolescent boys and girls alter their bodies (i.e. lose weight) in order to be accepted. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLC2PsychArtC.rtf

Brief Summary Of Four Topics
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6 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses educational interventions with learning disabilities; the social necessity of educational and psychological testing; lesson plan in math for learning disabled sixth graders; and emotional and behavioral disorder (EBD). Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Carl Rogers: Client-Centered Therapy
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This 25 page paper examines Carl Rogers' concepts, their limitations and some of the ways in which they can be applied to working with adolescents. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: HVRogers.rtf

Challenging behavior in adolescents in school
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A paper which looks at the various factors which might contribute to adolescents demonstrating challenging behaviours in school, and at some of the psychological and sociological models which have been developed to address these issues. Bibliography lists 26 sources.
Filename: JL2chllngad.rtf