... children taken from their parents during the war or due to hospital confinement. Critically however Bowlby's work was supported by his colleague, psychologist Mary Ainsworth's empirical studies on mothers and children. Furthermore, Bowlby's work has continued to be supported in recent years. Research on the importance of mothers to attachment security in the Metera Babies ... for her infant's physical needs, but cannot offer emotional support, an insecure attachment is likely leading to distress and detachment. Again, empirical studies have supported and expanded upon Bowlby's theory, par...

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... laws or generalizations are most frequently called behaviorists or cognitive psychologists (McLeod). According to psychologist Dr. Smythe, psychology as a science is empirical, mechanistic, quantitative, nomothetic, analytic, and uses operational concepts. He believes that within psychology the idiographic characteristics are unnecessary and useless. Smythe states in his research that "Science, we are told, is nomothetic; it seeks to formulate laws that hold everywhere ... Dr. Tim Thornton is yet another who supports the idea of combining the two studies. In his book, Towards Real Perso...

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... trend that autobiographical memory cannot necessarily be obtained by the child's conscious mind as it may by an adult. This concept is no longer accurate as modern theories and empirical data supported in Katherine Nelson's article suggest that children do indeed possess the potential to recall not only generic memory but also episodic memory (Katherine , 1993). From early ... from infancy through early childhood humans may have the potential to demonstrate autobiographical memory since for they still possess representational abilities. The first stage of representation is Enactive and ta...

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... -deviant behaviors and positive and negative reinforcements. Through everything that we absorb daily, we are shaped into the people we will be by a young age. This paper supports that social learning theory does have empirical support. The first article, A longitudinal test of social learning theory: Adolescent smoking, explores how social learning theory applies specifically to adolescent smoking. ... Smoking is not a criminal act by itself; nonetheless, adolescent smoking is considered a deviant behavior and often associated with drug use and delinquency. For this reason, Ronald L. Ake...

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... . Efficacy researchers use restrictive inclusion/exclusion criteria. The more selective the patient inclusion criteria, the greater the apparent efficacy of the treatment (Western & Morrison, 2001). In addition empirical findings are based on group means, not on individual patients actually treated (Maling & Howard, 1994). This enhances the treatments efficacy (internal validity), however neglects the importance of treatment ... generalization (external validity). This suggest that research findings may be over-optimistic and unrealistic when applied to everyday use in a clinical setting...

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... "a life worth living" (Linehan, 1993, as cited in Worchel & Gearing, 2010). The flexible nature of DBT whereby clients can enter treatment at any stage and move backward and forward through different stages throughout treatment distinguishes it from other treatment models (Worchel & Gearing, 2010). Structured, Multimodal Framework One of the reasons for using DBT in Shelley's case ... sexual abuse. Conclusion Therefore, based on the reviewed literature, it is possible to conclude that DBT and MI are effective approaches to addressing dysfunctional behaviours in adolescents. Yet it is cru...

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... ethics, normative ethics which is the legislation, rules and policies as well as applied ethics which is how we implicate ethics in everyday situations. The role of workers is to negotiate between professional conduct and applying an empirical and emotive understanding to the children and young people they work with. Understanding and valuing ethical theories can help complicated situations. Two theorists ... whose writings are intrinsic when working with children and young people are Emmanuel Kant and John Rawls. Child F disclosed that his mum was severely ... benefit the most disadv...

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... the light. The whole function of education is not to put knowledge into the soul, but to bring out the best things that are latent in the soul, and to do so by directing it to the right objects. The problem of education, then, is to give it the right surrounding." -(Plato's Republic, Book ... members. The state was controlling all aspects of education. The great purpose of education at Sparta was to develop courage through test and trials which were sometimes almost barbarous. The one great draw-back of the system of education was that it developed courage ... and physique both at the ...

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... lifetime. In this particular dream, my ex-girlfriend happened to be a mechanical robot. She, or should I say "It-, was equipped with many harmful weapons and looked incredibly indestructible. When she was so close to me that I could feel her breath on my neck, I woke up. I could not remember having ... clearer. Hillman argues that our perception of objects can be changed in dreams, particularly the "worst- images because we will remember those the most, and they have the greatest power in changing one's outlook on a particular image or object. Through Hillman I realized that though I of...

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... sentient being capable of many functions unique to humans. Though initially beast-like in concerning himself solely with his survival, the creature almost immediately develops human emotions, including compassion, envy, and anger. These emotions would contrast to the creature's expanding capacity for reason, locking the creature in a bout of inner turmoil exclusive to humanity. Ultimately, the creature would eventually ... sinned, knowing that the death of his creator marks the end of his chances for emotional bonding with another living being. As the creature develops his intellect, se...

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... science that deals with the capability of a computer to simulate intelligent human behavior. In Brian Christian's excerpt, "Authenticating" he studies the differences between computers and humans, and analyzes the differences by having conversations with bots. Although the computers may seem as if they are human when conversing, they are not. Whatever the computer replies is ... certain situations. A common misconception of artificial intelligence is that the computer's output is self-initiated. To date, not one computer has made the simplest self-initiated decision and has demonstrate...

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... of communication can be better understood when we realize that the counseling environment can encompass a number of professional arenas. These include psychological counseling, the health care environment, and even the education environment. There are several commonalties, however, which are found in each which determine effective verses ineffective counseling. These commonalties are particularly interesting in the ... such clients become complicated on the basis of their traditional beliefs, it can become complicated due to these individuals lack of access to counseling and health care ...

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... to these certain messages. A fear appeal is effective if it successfully generates the emotion of fear within a person. Not all fear appeals are successful, however. Some contain too great a threat, and some contain too little threat. These appeals can be simple threats from a friend or teacher or a commercial, television or magazine ad. The effectiveness of a fear appeal is greater if one ... accepted. The ecstasy fear appeal contains a moderate amount of fear directed at a specific group of people. Because of the specificity of the group, the message would most likely be accepted and so...

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... is yet to be solved. All authorities, however, agree that understanding the processes of vision is a key to understanding the wider cognitive processes. The two works under study, Gregory's Eye and Brain and Dodwell's Fundamental Processes in Vision provide an in-depth look into the psychology of vision by two of the most eminent scholars of this field. Both the authors, Gregory ... limitations (Gregory 20-2) is strongly put forward in his discussion on the limitations of Gestalt theory (9-10). He uses figure 6 (10) to demonstrate classical perceptual organizations used by Gestalt theor...

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... , communication appears to be a perennial aspect of humanity. The way in which one communicates reveals a great deal about a person. More importantly, to acquire a greater understanding of another human being and humanity in general one must look at their motives for communication. The "why?" of communication incorporates the context of the action, which must be understood in order to truly understand ... The meaning can be simplistic or extremely complex based on the motive of the communication. Within the realm of communication, there is an extreme correlation between the motive for com...

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... within this age-frame. The female gender tends to internalize emotions a lot more than boys, making them more vulnerable to psychological problems. There was a study conducted in 2002 by Pomerantz and colleagues, where middle school kid's performance in 4 different subjects was assessed. Listen to this, this is remarkable! Findings showed that girls outperformed the boys in all subjects, yet girls ... a more "passive" way than it expresses itself in boys; for example, girls are more likely to display an inattentive subtype; they are usually "day-dreamy," lethargic, withdrawn, and apathe...

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... general departmental seminar then break the teams up to provide specifics. The educational aims would first focus on the general implications for all individuals, such as the neuroendocrine, immune and metabolic system, then break the learning down into a more sports specific approach with the musculoskeletal system. Research supports the emphasis of sleep deprivation effecting these systems, Charles Samuels ... (2008) with Sleep, Recovery, and Performance: The New Frontier in High-Performance Athletics. The study, the effects of Sleep Extension on the Athletic Performance of Collegiate...

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... diminish differences. The basic results of her experiments indicated that differences decreased with practice (Kincaid, 1925). Later that same year a discussion of Kincaid's study pointed out several flaws and inconsistencies. In his article G.D. Stoddard pointed out that Kincaid's results could not be applied to all forms of learning. He states that of the best known learning experiments, ... indicate differing disabilities have working-memory impairments unrelated to verbal or visual-spatial information processing (Terry, 2009). Not all learning disabilities are completely negative. Sa...

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... . It focuses on explaining behaviour based on the present compared to the psychoanalytic approach which attributes behaviour to past experiences. It suggests that all behaviour is learnt through conditioning and reinforcement. It emphasizes the role that the environment plays in shaping our behaviour. This approach suggests that we learn through the processes of two types of conditioning. These are ... the classical conditioning and the operant conditioning. Classical conditioning, proposed by Pavlov (1941), describes behaviour as one that is learnt through association. Pavlov observed i...

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... a child's life, they go through a phase where they deserve to be degraded or banned, much like the Cinderella character was with her stepsisters and the rest of her family. Another case in his arsenal is that the vileness of the stepsisters relate to how a child should feel about their ... a child's worthless-like thoughts come from their early developments with parents. Examples from these such as potty training, where they have to be clean and neat. If there are not that, they get punished, which causes some mental trauma to the child, according to Bettelheim. The Cinderella story has...

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... cognitive dissonance can be found in all. While cognitive dissonance can create negative ideals, it can also be used to enlighten and teach people about the values of divergent stances, causing an acceptance or justification of opposing cognition's. By introducing cognitive dissonance or pointing out ... out earlier, cognitive dissonance may be most strongly intertwined with the problems of conflicts between groups, or in my case, the conflict between individuals and a group. Upon my acceptance to college, I had already experienced the struggle to justify dissonant cognition's in a situ...

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... one or two drinks can help calm the nerves, any consumption greater than two drinks actually causes anxiety. The drinkerþs nerves become more sporadic and perspiration increases. This personality trait as it is described with alcohol works in a cycle. Originally a person drinks to relieve anxiety but excess drinking ... leads to even more anxiety. The drinker then must consume more alcohol to cure the anxiety the original alcohol created and so on and so forth. What it boils down to is that the drinker will find himself drinking just to drink. No matter how the world ... alcoholic must ...

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... one or two drinks can help calm the nerves, any consumption greater than two drinks actually causes anxiety. The drinkerþs nerves become more sporadic and perspiration increases. This personality trait as it is described with alcohol works in a cycle. Originally a person drinks to relieve anxiety but excess drinking ... leads to even more anxiety. The drinker then must consume more alcohol to cure the anxiety the original alcohol created and so on and so forth. What it boils down to is that the drinker will find himself drinking just to drink. No matter how the world ... alcoholic must ...

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... which an officer would go about acquiring this information. Factors to be considered when performing a tactical evaluation fall into four categories: threat assessment opportunities, officer/subject factors, special circumstances, and the level/stage/degree of stabilization. Threat assessment opportunities are behaviors by the subject that can give you information about the threat potential a subject possesses. Indicators to be considered are ... to escalate through the other intervention options, if possible, before coming to the conclusion that deadly force was necessary to stop the th...

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... The participants were given a survey in which they were asked to read four case studies; two involving potentially "negative" emotions (i.e. loosing a family pet, and infidelity), and two potentially "positive" situations (i.e. a wedding day, and meeting a birth-family for the first time). Responses were recorded on the survey when the participant answered seven standard questions regarding the case studies. It was ... who were gathered from four undergraduate classes all the participants of which were enrolled in at the University of Utah. Three Psychology classes (Research Methods, Psyc...

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