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Pedophiles and Abnormal Psychology:

as "normal" based upon psychological rather than social margins. Those who land outside of said boundaries are classified as abno...

Abnormal Psychology: The Diverse Perspectives

understanding and explaining human behavior, then it stands to reason that the disciplines of that science would gravitate towards...

HIstory of Abnormal Psychology From Biblical Times

This essay begins with how mental illness and abnormal behavior was perceived during Biblical times and how it was treated until H...

A Comparison of Three Psychological Journals

to disordered emotional behavior or pathology; * ? sociocultural effects on pathological processes, including the influence of gen...

Abnormal Psychology Study and Law Enforcement

repressed anger" (Shannon, 2001; p. 60). This rudimentary profile can describe hundreds of thousands of Americans, of cours...

Abnormal Psychology and the Film Copycat

is a virtual prisoner in her home (Copycat). She has withdrawn from both work and her life and the only contact she has with the o...

"House of Sand and Fog" - Abnormal Psychology

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at "House of Sand and Fog". The film is explored for its thematic content related to ab...

DSM Eliminates Multiaxial System

This essay discusses several issue regarding psychology. It begins with a report that the new DSM does not use a multiaxial system...

Early Perceptions of Mental Illness

that if mental illness was caused by a weakened or weakening of the mind, then the stable environment and care that was provided i...

Issues in Psychology

A positive life leads to health in all areas, physically, mentally and spiritually. The negative side is a general lack of consist...

An Overview of Abnormal Psychology

on the balancing of the "four humors" and the application of now-debunked practices such as blood-letting (Snitchler & Harris, 201...

Paraphilias, Learning Theory and the DSM

The learning theory perspective provides a basis for creating functional change when fetishism or paraphilias are particularly pro...

John Hinckley: Abnormal Psychology

of abnormal behavior was that, in 1981, he sought to assassinate the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan (Meyer, 2008). ...

Professionals in Abnormal Psychology

recognizing psychological disorders, dealing with behaviors that might result from these disorders, and how to properly administer...

Abnormal Psychology: Amnesia

take place, which is within two distinct systems. One system is referred to as "declarative memory" and this system records "names...

Licensed And Unlicensed Abnormal Psychologists Ethical And Legal Concerns

to having such a comprehensive approach to ethics, inasmuch as the industry would cease to exist without these codes, principles a...

Cross-Cultural Psychology

There is a direct relationship between cultural and cross-cultural psychology. It is cultural psychology that provides the basis f...

Psychological and Medical Knowledge on Homosexuality

the most obvious homosexuals have always been men. Others have been ridiculed and harmed in one way or another. And, still yet, ma...

Abnormal Psychology Depression

This all contributed to a lack of stability in his life. He got a job at a printing company in 1960 and within a year, he married...

Practice of Psychology

behind human behavior and learned a great deal within the setting of the laboratory. Psychoanalysis began with Freud and gained de...

American Psychology - Considering Three Streams

also divides Humanistic Psychology into three divisions: transpersonal psychology, somatic and experiential therapies and radical ...

Comparative Analysis of 3 Psychological Theories

someone ... we are not saying that he or she is in a particular internal state or condition. Instead, we are characterizing the pe...

Reaction Essay/Pedophiles & Priests

abusers" (Jenkins 133). This use of language paints Church officials as innocent victims of social change, rather than being knowi...

Naming Pedophiles

In sixteen pages this paper examines whether or not pedophiles should be shamed by having their identities revealed with the empha...

Psychology and the Community

What is community psychology? This research report focuses on that very subject. Ecological psychology is referenced. This special...

A History Of Psychology

This paper examines the history of psychology from ancient times to the present. The author focuses on psychology's evolution fro...

The Contributions of Abraham Maslow

danger, job security, stability in life and even a degree of structure that one can depend on (Boeree, 2007). The next level inclu...

Industrial Organizational Psychology

1921, James Cattell founded the Psychological Corporation for the purpose of advancing psychology and promoting its value in indus...

Branches of Psychology

psychology is social psychology, which also includes sub-disciplines such as environmental psychology which have become quite prom...

Psychology's Sub-Disciplines and Their Practical Import in Brief

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at psychology as a whole and its many different sub-disciplines. The paper examines beh...