Critique of "Computers in Clinical Assessment: Historical Developments, Present Status, and Future Challenges"
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A 3 page paper critique of a paper appearing in the Journal of Clinical Psychology discussing various types of assessment that have used the Internet as the medium. The authors suggest that the single most inhibiting factor preventing more widespread use of Internet-based testing is that of copyright and other intellectual property restrictions. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Critique of an Empirical Study
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This 7 page paper provides a critique of an empirical study. This paper relates the major elements in a study by Savitsky, Epley and Gilovich, outlined in their article Do Others Judge Us as Harshly as We Think? Overestimating the Impact of Our Failures, Shortcomings, and Mishaps. No additional sources cited.
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CRITIQUE: STUDY OF YOUNG CHILDREN’S SLEEP PROBLEMS
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This paper critiques a pilot study about sleep disorders in young children, and whether such disorders can be determined in infancy. The paper acknowledges that while such studies are important, this particular one had a variety of flaws that need to be addressed in future studies. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Depression And Diabetes: Article Reviews
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10 pages in length. The relationship between diabetes and depression is an unmistakable - and perhaps unavoidable - occurrence of comorbidity. Each of these articles illustrates the importance of patient self-care and appropriate life choices as a means by which to offset the prevalence toward the comorbidity of depression and diabetes. While one study seeks to determine the most provoking factors that draw out the tendency toward both major and minor depression, another finds no more correlation between depression and diabetes than there is with those who do not have diabetes. Similarly, a third study sought to determine if those with either major depression or diabetes were more or less functionally disabled than those with diabetes and comorbid major depression. Another study examines how different locale and ethic composition impacts comorbidity, while the final article provides a broad overview of how depression and diabetes are often misdiagnosed and inappropriately treated. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Depression Article Synopses
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A 6 page paper. This essay provides a synopsis of two research articles about depression. In each, the attention to negative stimuli are investigated. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Depression: The Validity of Information on the World Wide Web
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A 5 page review of two web sites which present information on depression. The author emphasizes there is indeed vast volumes of valuable information on the World Wide Web but cautions that you must be careful of your source. Even web sites sponsored by advisory boards of true experts in a particular subject can provide biased information. A Review of DrKoop.com and Zoloft.com is provided to demonstrate those points. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Development of a Patient and Relationship to the Coping and Treatment of Illness
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This 6 page paper looks at the stages of identity development as identified by Erik Erikson, and then applies them to a case stud looking at the influencing factors on a patient who is suffering from cancer at a young age. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Developmental Psychology: Research on Adaptation
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This is an 8 page paper discussing research on adaptation in developmental psychology. Within the field of psychology, adaptation describes “the process of change in organisms or species to accommodate to a particular environment, enabling their survival”. From a developmental, biological and sociological level, there are considered to be two main types of adaptive behavior: closed programs which basically are transmitted from generation to generation and remain relatively unchanged; and, open genetic programs which are greatly influenced from environmental factors (Gale, 2001). In addition, adaptation can be discussed in terms of individuals or in terms of how groups adapt to new environments. Often individual adaptation is studied in regards to the biological or physiological components which are carried from generation to generation and largely these factors are inflexible and remain relatively unchanged. However, there are many studies which examine how social or environmental factors can also affect adaptive behavior and increase the survival in new situations. These studies examine the cultural, family and socioeconomic relationships in groups and individuals and indicate that while initially some individuals may not be flexible or adaptive to new environments, positive adaptation factors such as strong culture bonds, strong family relationships and resilience can increase adaptability in individuals suggesting that individuals are flexible and can be highly adaptive in new environments; factors which increase their chance of survival. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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DOES TV VIOLENCE SELL? AN ARTICLE REVIEW
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This 5-page paper is an article review on "Does TV violence sell?" which was a series of experiments conducted by Bushman. The article is reviewed, and the writer's own comments introduced.
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