Psychological Assessment/ Accuracy of Testing Apparatus
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A 5 page research paper that offers a brief literature review on recent research concerning the reliability and psychological assessment techniques and practices. Annotated bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khpsytst.wps

Psychological Therapy: For Better or For Worse
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A 10 page discussion of the evolution psychological therapy has undergone over its history. The author observes that while sometimes a therapist is able to achieve trememdously positive results in regard to the mental well-being of their patient, other times the therapeutic environment can not only be characterized by failure but can even be counterproductive. The therapeutic environment can, in fact, be characterized by the phrase “for better or for worse”. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPpsyThr.rtf

Psychology Approaches
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In 5 pages the author compares and combines two articles related to psychology, one from a current newspaper, and the other from a journal. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Appsych.wps

Psychology Research: Interpersonal Liking
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A 5 page paper analyzing the report of a psychological study. Nesler, Storr and Tedeschi (1993) conducted a study of female college students using the Interpersonal Judgment Scale (IJS) as the instrument by which the researchers rated a "liking" scale. The bottom-line conclusion of the researchers in "The interpersonal judgment scale: a measure of liking or respect?" is that the IJS may be limited in its ability to measure attraction. The purpose here is to review the article, but also to comment on general research methods. Design and validity are two primary points of focus. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSpsychLike.rtf

PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE
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This paper examines the literature and research available for psychosocial (i.e., non-medical or non-invasive) intervention in treatment of mental illness, mental retardation and learning disorders. The paper also examines how to best use the massive amounts of research that is available on this topic, both through the Internet and the library. Bilbiography lists 20 sources
Filename: MTpsycho

Reading & Behavior Problems
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A 6 page paper that provides an assessment of Smart, et al's 1996 article in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology on this very topic. Full ciration included.
Filename: Readbeh.doc

Relocation of elderly mental patients.
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A paper which looks at a research study into the effects of relocation on elderly mental patients, which offers several positive effects of carefully managed relocation and suggests that the negative conclusions reached be earlier studies can be challenged. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: JLeldreloc.rtf

Research Developments on the Subject of Smoking Cessation
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This five-page-paper presents a discussion and overview of two research studies regarding the cessation of smoking. The study participants , the methods used and the conclusions are all discussed. In addition the research methods are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: CWjournal. wps

Review of “Cognitive approaches to emotion and emotional disorders” by Mathews and MacLeod
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This 5 page report discusses an article in the 1994 Annual Review of Psychology titled “Cognitive approaches to emotion and emotional disorders” in terms of its validity as a research report, the various methods employed, and the readers overall impression of the report. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: BWjournl.wps