Poker and the American Dream: An Analysis of Why Senior Citizens Play Poker
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A 5 page discussion of the analogy presented by Rex L. Jones in the essay "Poker and the American Dream". Critiques the contention that they reason people play poker is a sort of pursuit of the American dream, the one big pay off which will make life worthwhile. Points out that because of the multiracial, multiethnic, and multiclass nature of the United States there is no one American dream. Notes that Jones' contention of a classless society is simply not true and that many factors interplay to determine a person's success or failure in life. Points out that poker is really just a form of gambling, a pursuit which has more adverse impacts to an individual than positive impacts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPpoker.wps

Practitioner Research: Article Review
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A 5 page review of The New Paradigm Wars: Is There Room for Rigorous Practitioner Knowledge in Schools and Universities?. Authors Anderson and Herr present the arguments for and against practitioner research. This essay reviews their article and offers some opinions about practitioner research. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Predicting Expressed Emotion: A Study With Families of Obsessive—Compulsive and Agoraphobic Outpatients
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This paper provides an overview of the article Predicting Expressed Emotion: A Study With Families of Obsessive—Compulsive and Agoraphobic Outpatients by Chambless, Bryan, Aiken, Steketee and Hooley. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHPsyA66.rtf

PSCYCHOSOCIAL 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.rtf

Psychological Article Review
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This 8 page paper reviews and critiques an article that assesses the role of autobiographical memories in predicting vulnerability in depressive patients. The paper looks at the hypothesis, methodology, analysis and results before discussing the results in a broader context. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEdepauto.rtf

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.
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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.
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Review of "Things I Have Learned (So Far)"
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A 6 page review of this 1990 article by Jacob Cohen. The author devotes this article to the discussion of the application of statistics to psychology and other sociobiomedical sciences, noting what he believes is sound in the process and most specially noting what he believes is not. The article should be required reading for everyone who finds themselves conducting the types of research that rely so heavily on statistical analysis in order to form their conclusions. Particularly suspect is the reliance on the statistical significance of the null hypothesis. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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REVIEW OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLES
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of a number of qualitative and quantitative research articles, and provides a comparative view. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Review of Two Sociology Studies
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An 8 page review of and commentary on two research articles. One provides an account of the experiences of several volunteers entering mental hospitals in the early 1970s; the other studies couples' television viewing behavior, specifically as it involves use of the remote control. Both of these studies are revealing, Rosenhan's (1973) for its disturbing honesty; Walker's (1996) for its confirmation of conventional wisdom. Each study also could be used as preliminary information for more comprehensive studies of the same topics. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSsocArtRevRemC.rtf