A Personal Weight Loss Plan
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A 5 page experiment designed to effect realistic weight loss in a forty-two year old, 170 pound female. Determines the existing maintenance caloric intake and modifies that intake to effect a weight loss of three pounds per week. Charts the daily weight and caloric intake of the subject for the two week study period and graphs that information to illustrate the success of the program. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPweight.wps

A Research Proposal; Representational Abilities in Infant Imitation
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This 6 page paper is a research proposal to study the influences on infant imitation of facial expressions. The proposal is for a study that will compare two sample groups, and seek to ascertain if other associated factors, such as noise or movement will enhance the level or quality of the imitation. The paper outlines the reasoning, the methodology, including participants, materials, procedures and analysis, and outlines how it will be presented when finished. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEinimit.rtf

A Sample Experiment in Psychology
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This 5 page paper presents an overview on how to do a proper experiment. Various concepts such as statistical significance, the use of control and experimental groups, and which are the independent and dependent variables are discussed. A sample hypothesis submitted by a student is used to demonstrate how an experiment may be conducted. Sample results and an analysis of results are provided. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: SA216Sam.rtf

A Self Analysis of Rational Communication
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This 10 page paper looks at the way that communication within a relationship takes place and the influencing factors that may be seen as occurring. The communication is considered in respect to jealousy, self disclosure and self deception. The paper undertakes a literature review and then applies the theories to a seemingly real relationship (please note that it is fictitious).The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TErelcom.wps

A Sensory Perception of Happiness: The Beach
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This 4 page paper describes the beach experience. Calling on the sense of vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste, the author recounts the sensory perception of the beach. No sources are listed.
Filename: PPfiveSensesBeach.rtf

A Sports Psychology Methodology
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An 8 page paper discussing views of the effect of negative feedback on athletes and proposing a research methodology for assessing the link. The paper proposes assigning six athletes to each of six coaches, using two groups as controls, two for receiving mildly negative feedback, and two for receiving harshly negative feedback. It includes a chart of the predicted results, which is that the athletes receiving the most consistently negative feedback suffer the greatest decline in performance over the study's two-week period. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSpsychSport.wps

A Study of Recency as a Negative and Sometimes Faulty Perception Communicated in Management and the Work Environment
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This is a 10 page paper discussing the perception of the recency effect within the work environment. Recency in which the most recent information received by an individual seems to be given the most weight in decision making has a great deal of importance in the field of management and the work environment. Managers within the business environment are used to dealing with recency plans within a business sense in that recency in business is a measurement of customers who have purchased merchandise “recently” or within an advertising perspective it is the psychological effect in which customers remember the “most recent” merchandizing when purchasing products. Despite management knowing about business recency, few if any are aware of the psychological recency effect within their own decision making process and the perceptual errors which can be made. In fact, the recency effect within the work environment can lead to poor judgment, poor or inconsistent management and poor communication skills throughout administration. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TJrecen1.rtf

A Study of Tiredness on Emotions
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This six-page-paper presents a hypothetical study on the effect of tiredness on emotions. The paper describes the study participants, the study itself and the importance of the results on various professions such as doctors, police and fire personnel.
Filename: CWtired.wps

Abraham Lincoln - Personality Development
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This 6 page paper begins by reporting and discussing events and experiences in Lincoln's childhood and early life and comments on certain events may have shaped his personality according to theorists. The next part of the paper discusses Lincoln's developmental level according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs and moral development according to Kohlberg. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGablncl.RTF

Abraham Maslow’s Holistic-Dynamic Theory of Personality
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This is a 9 page paper including abstract that discusses Maslow’s holistic-dynamic theory of personality. Personality has been studied in regards to various psychological approaches including psychoanalytical theories, learning theories, dispositional theories and humanistic psychology theories among others. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) developed theories of personality from a humanistic psychological standpoint. His holistic-dynamic theory of personality advocates that individuals require the fulfillment of certain fundamental needs in order to develop their personality and use their intelligence efficiently, acquire higher functioning and problem solving proficiently. Basic needs consisted of safety, love and respect. A more complex hierarchy of needs addressed the more comprehensive concepts of belongingness, esteem, self-esteem and self-actualization among others. Without the gratification of having these fundamental needs met, individuals will suffer frustration and eventually psychological “sickness”. Within the work environment, individuals experience boredom, lack of energy, low self-esteem and personal and professional problems seems insurmountable. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: TJMaslo1.rtf

ADHD and Speech Pathology
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An 18 page paper discussing Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADHD), assessment, intervention and changes in views of medication. Discussion about ADHD is followed by a section discussing the role of the speech-language pathologist in treating the language problems that many ADHD children have. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
Filename: KSeduADHD.rtf

Adler & Kohlberg And Addiction
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A 5 page paper that discusses the major concepts of Adler's Individual Psychology and what Adler attributes addiction to in terms of his theories. The paper also outlines Kohlberg's stages of moral development and discusses what Kohlberg would say about addiction. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGadkh.rtf

Adlerian & Person-Centered Therapy / A Comparison
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A 6 page paper that provides an overview and comparison of Adlerian therapy and person-centered therapy. This paper demonstrates that these different approaches can be utilized to address different levels of personality disorders. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Adlerian.wps

Adolescence in the Context of Developmental Psychology
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of concepts to come from various theorists. Erickson, Maslow, Bandura and Piaget are each discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA314psy.rtf

Adolescence: Erikson and Piaget's Staging Theories Compared
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This 3 page paper compares and contrasts Erikson and Piaget's adolescent stages. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA742EaP.rtf

Adolescent Depression And Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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This 6 page paper discusses the use of cognitive behavior therapy with an adolescent female with several psychological conditions. She is diagnosed with a depressive disorder, an eating disorder, Anxiety Disorder NOS (Not Otherwise Specified), and who harms herself. Experts and research are reported as evidence of the effectiveness of this approach. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGtldpet.rtf

Adolescent Depression Treatment Research Study
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This 16 page paper is an extension of PGdpadl6.rtf. This paper includes an abstract, method section, results and discussion. The writer discusses depression in adolescents beginning with the high prevalence of this condition. Different treatments are explained and discussed, including SSRIs. The focus of the paper is on the effectiveness of medication, cognitive behavior therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGdpadRV.rtf