A Study of Recency as a Negative and Sometimes Faulty Perception Communicated in Management and the Work Environment
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the perception of the recency effect within the work environment. Recency in which the most recent information received by an individual seems to be given the most weight in decision making has a great deal of importance in the field of management and the work environment. Managers within the business environment are used to dealing with recency plans within a business sense in that recency in business is a measurement of customers who have purchased merchandise “recently” or within an advertising perspective it is the psychological effect in which customers remember the “most recent” merchandizing when purchasing products. Despite management knowing about business recency, few if any are aware of the psychological recency effect within their own decision making process and the perceptual errors which can be made. In fact, the recency effect within the work environment can lead to poor judgment, poor or inconsistent management and poor communication skills throughout administration. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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A Study of Tiredness on Emotions
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This six-page-paper presents a hypothetical study on the effect of tiredness on emotions. The paper describes the study participants, the study itself and the importance of the results on various professions such as doctors, police and fire personnel.
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AB 2989: Outdoor Environmental Education And Recreation Program
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8 pages in length. Wayward youth are a detriment to themselves and society alike; lacking appropriate role models and positive upbringing, at-risk and underserved populations grow up without the social skills needed for healthy assimilation and often steer headlong into a lifetime of career criminality. While there is no finite number of people who are affected by AB 2989, juvenile justice figures from 2000 place more than two million youths within the penal system. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Abraham Lincoln - Personality Development
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This 6 page paper begins by reporting and discussing events and experiences in Lincoln's childhood and early life and comments on certain events may have shaped his personality according to theorists. The next part of the paper discusses Lincoln's developmental level according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs and moral development according to Kohlberg. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Abraham Maslow’s Holistic-Dynamic Theory of Personality
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This is a 9 page paper including abstract that discusses Maslow’s holistic-dynamic theory of personality. Personality has been studied in regards to various psychological approaches including psychoanalytical theories, learning theories, dispositional theories and humanistic psychology theories among others. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) developed theories of personality from a humanistic psychological standpoint. His holistic-dynamic theory of personality advocates that individuals require the fulfillment of certain fundamental needs in order to develop their personality and use their intelligence efficiently, acquire higher functioning and problem solving proficiently. Basic needs consisted of safety, love and respect. A more complex hierarchy of needs addressed the more comprehensive concepts of belongingness, esteem, self-esteem and self-actualization among others. Without the gratification of having these fundamental needs met, individuals will suffer frustration and eventually psychological “sickness”. Within the work environment, individuals experience boredom, lack of energy, low self-esteem and personal and professional problems seems insurmountable. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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ADHD and Speech Pathology
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An 18 page paper discussing Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD), assessment, intervention and changes in views of medication. Discussion about ADHD is followed by a section discussing the role of the speech-language pathologist in treating the language problems that many ADHD children have. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Adler & Kohlberg And Addiction
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A 5 page paper that discusses the major concepts of Adler's Individual Psychology and what Adler attributes addiction to in terms of his theories. The paper also outlines Kohlberg's stages of moral development and discusses what Kohlberg would say about addiction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Adlerian & Person-Centered Therapy / A Comparison
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A 6 page paper that provides an overview and comparison of Adlerian therapy and person-centered therapy. This paper demonstrates that these different approaches can be utilized to address different levels of personality disorders. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Adolescence in the Context of Developmental Psychology
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of concepts to come from various theorists. Erickson, Maslow, Bandura and Piaget are each discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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