Article Synopsis; L. S. Vygotsky and Contemporary Developmental Psychology
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This 3 page paper is a summary of the article by Wertsch and Tulviste (1992), “L. S. Vygotsky and Contemporary Developmental Psychology” published in Developmental Psychology. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Assessing the Status of Older Adults
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This 5 page report discusses assessment of older adults in terms of a social, emotional, physical, and/or cognitive status. Accurate assessment is essential for care and treatment and must take advantage of appropriate guidelines and skills that are utilized by people trained and aware of the nuances of geriatric assessment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Assessment Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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This 5 page paper provides a brief description of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and then gives an overview of MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, second edition. Three studies are examined in order to evaluate the use of the MMPI-2 in ADHD research. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assimilating New Staff With Old Staff: Group Theory
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5 pages in length. Assimilating new and fresh into old and established has long been a difficult maneuver for people, inasmuch as human beings are habitual by nature and thrive upon routine; when something or someone different is brought into the mix, it disrupts the collective flow the existing group has already achieved. This concept is particularly pertinent to work situations where new staff often finds it difficult to assimilate into a department where an established group of workers has already formed a cohesive unit. Employing group theory to this situation allows one to better understand the dynamics of team mentality and why it can be an arduous process to break down the barriers inherent to established groups. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Attachment and Personality
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A 14 page paper that discusses the varied psychological principles which involve the issues of attachment in relationship to personality development. While there are many different components that go into making up an individual personality style, attachment plays many different roles in personality development. Attachment primarily begins with our attachment to our primary caregiver, and it is through this relationship that all other attachments, and relationships, are based. A discussion of the importance of infant attachment is addressed, as well as a study which illustrates how important the primary caregiver is in developing personality and attachments in later life. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Attachment And Separation
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A 4 page paper that briefly explains attachment theory, separation anxiety and separation anxiety disorder. The writer comments on the effects on children in foster care. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attachment Classifications And Cognitive Development
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4 pages in length. Cognitive development occurs from the moment one is born, inasmuch as parents attempt to instill various aspects of personal, social and emotional growth into their infants as a means by which to establish a strong bond that, therefore, supports the child's ability to engage in healthy interactions with others. The ways in which children are adequately guided – or not – in the ways of cognitive development through parental bonding, however, continues to illustrate the ever-present issue of childhood unattachment disorders. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attachment Theory
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Attachment theory, although relatively new within the field of psychology, has become the basis for understanding the relationship between an infant and those around him or her, especially in terms of the primary caregiver, generally considered to be the mother. This 5 page paper explores the parent, child attachment according to attachment theory. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attachment Theory & Carl Rogers
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A 4 page research paper that discuses these topics. Carl Rogers is one of the leading psychologists of the twentieth century. His therapeutic approach has been highly influential and can be seen as still applicable and relevant in work of psychologists who came after Rogers. The following examination, first of all, summarizes Rogers' theory of personality development and therapeutic approach and then discusses how it relates and connects to the attachment theory of James Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attitudes
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A five page paper which looks at the various ways in which the development of attitudes is influenced by both internal and external factors, and the relationship between attitudes, opinions, beliefs and preconceptions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Attribution And Development
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This 7 page paper is based on the supposition that it is how the individual perceives the world as well as the way in which the people around them respond that provides the impetus for change and development. Seen in this manner, development theory is closely aligned with the theory of attribution. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Attribution Research In Predicting Human Behaviour
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This 6 page paper considers how useful attribution research is when predicting human behaviour. This is undertaken by outlining the theory and then examining how, and in what ways, the theory may be useful and add value to research. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Autism: Family and the Therapeutic Goal
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A 5 page examination of the considerations that autism entails from both a patient and a family perspective. This paper emphasizes that family involvement in the treatment plan is a critical component in enhancing not just patient but family welfare as a whole. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Autobiographical memory
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which autobiographical memory develops, and its importance in the formation of personality. The paper also looks critically at the factual accuracy of flashback memory, and the impact this has on such issues as the reliability of witness statements. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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B.F. Skinner / His Contributions to Behaviorism
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A 14 page review of the work of the renown American psychologist B.F. Skinner in the behavioral sciences. Provides an overview of Skinner's work in operant conditioning and naturalistic ethics. Includes an extensive review of the literature, both historic and contemporary, in search of support for Skinner's theories. Concludes that while Skinner has received much criticism, much of that criticism revolved around a misunderstanding of his theories. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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B.F. SKINNER AND FOOD PREFERENCES
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This 3-page paper uses Skinner's theories of S-R behavior and operant behavior to discuss why people develop a certain preference for food. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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B.F. Skinner And Programmed Instruction
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An 18 page paper. B.F. Skinner has often been called the most influential behaviorist in history and definitely the most influential in the field of learning theory. His operant behaviorism laid the foundation for learning theories that have been used in our classrooms for the last forty years both in terms of managing classrooms and in terms of instructional strategies. One of the offshoots of his work was programmed instruction, also called programmed learning. This paper explains Skinner's theories and provides a history of programmed instruction. It then discusses the integration of the two. The writer also makes a point to discuss the fact that Skinner's theories are theories and not processes. Examples are included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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