An Analysis of Personality from the Point of View of the Dispositional Perspective
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A Tutorial Paper: 6 pages in length. This is a model paper which helps a student assess the personality types and traits, as well as doing a personality factor analysis and learning how to change certain behaviors in order to become improved at goal-setting and meeting those goals.
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An Evaluation of ER's Dr. Elizabeth Corday's decision using Cognitive Dissonance Theory
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This 7 page paper examines an episode that sees Dr. Corday wrestling with a decision regarding a liver transplant. The theory of cognitive dissonance is defined and applied to the case. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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An Evaluation of the Video "Flexible, fearful, or feisty"
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This 3 page paper provides an overview and critique of the video about human behavior. The temperament of infants and toddlers is the focus of this paper. No additional sources cited.
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An Evolution in Our Understanding of Mental Illness: A Contrast of the Treatment Techniques in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Girl Interrupted” with Modern Psychiatry
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A 9 page discussion of the evolution which psychiatry has experienced in regard to defining and treating mental illness. Uses the experiences of this popular film and book to illuminate some of the atrocities which characterized the institutional setting just a few years ago. Contrasts these atrocities with the current state of psychiatric treatment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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An Experiment in Norm Violation
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This 8 page paper uses a hypothetical case study to create a series of norm violation experiments. What do these experiments teach us? Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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An Exploration of Theories Relating to the Cognition of Language
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A 5 page overview of the many problems which are inherent in understanding language. The author answers the question: Given the number of syllables and even words which sound exactly alike but which have different meanings, how do we cognize sound? Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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An Exploration of Transsexuality and its Implications in our Modern World
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A 6 page contention that insurance plans should pay for sex change operations in that these operations serve to correct error in human physiology, just as other types of medical approaches correct errors which manifest themselves as diseases or psychological disturbances. Furthermore, the contention is presented that society is obligated to treat those transsexuals who have undergone sex change operations as they treat others of the sex which has been chosen by the transsexual. This obligation extends, in fact, to placing those surgically altered transsexuals who enter the criminal justice system in prisons which correspond to their chosen sex.
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An Overview of Autism
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This 11 page paper provides much information about autism. Included is a literature review section with current research. Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment are each areas discussed. An abstract is included. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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An Overview of Parenting Theory and Practice
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This 11 page paper examines common aspects of parenting practice. Developmental stages are discussed along with parenting styles. Temperament is also included. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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