... "response-able" to the existential predicament that is life and the necessary struggles that arise through negotiating these conditions in every lived moment. In this essay I will give a brief outline of the history of existential thinkers, then discuss how the existential challenge emphasises one's freedom of choice of being-in-the-world and how ultimately one must take responsibility for how one reacts to e givens ... one's whole being, may manifest as an unexplainable dread and arise only in moments when normal se rities disappear. Yalom (1989) describes it as that which "whirrs cont...

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... concerned only with the objective data of behavior. Also one of Watson's main focuses was the concept of stimulus and response. There is no main founder of biological psychology. The history of this psychology dates back to ancient Greece. This kind of psychology focuses on the bases for behavior. These include the study of neuroanatomy and physiology, the influences of hormones and other chemicals both ... endogenous and exogenous, and the genetics and heritability of behavioral traits (Kalat, 1995, p55). The two main founders of cognitive psychology are ... most famous book being Love...

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... a threatening way is associated with anger, whereas preparing to retreat is associated with fear (Frijda, Kuipers, & terSchure, 1989). It is very important to bear in mind that these four factors are not independent of each other. More specifically, cognitive appraisal of the situation affects bodily reactions, facial expression, and action tendencies, as well as having a direct effect on emotional experience ... Psychology is the scientific study of how individuals think, fee and behave regarding other people and how individual's thoughts, feeling and behaviours are affected by other peo...

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... every year, MacLennon (1993) reports 140,000 cases reported in the year of 1986 and according to Alexander (1989) about 25% of all women report a history of sexual child abuse. Statistics show that sexual child abuse occurs more frequently among females, 7 - 13 years of age, compared to males and that 85% of abuse occurs within the home (MacLennon 1993). Such crimes demand attention not ... just a few external problems that can contribute to and magnify the effect of the actual act of sexual abuse. It has been proven that therapeutic intervention facilitates children's recovery (Alexand...

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... set up a standard procedure. She called this new procedure Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD). She conducted several case studies and controlled studies to test the effectiveness of EMD. In 1989 Shapiro's initial controlled study on the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder with EMD was published. In 1991 she changed the name from EMD to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She changed the name ... associated irrational cognition or negative self treatment at the same time as the eye movement or some other form of external stimulus. The procedure is divided up into...

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