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Effects of Cocaine

In an overview consisting of five pages cocaine is examined in terms of its physical, social, and psychological effects along with...

Effectiveness of Drug Abstinence Programs

view, sustained changes occur -2- only when clients are willing and able to survive and prosper in new environments. ...

A Consideration of Anabolic Steroids

In fifteen pages this research paper reviews the current literature on anabolic steroids and includes a discussion of its uses, ef...

Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy

the distinction of being responsible for more deaths any other lone killer before him in U.S. history (Shih, 1997; p. PG). John W...

Children Who Murder

of youthful homicide perpetrators present with a history of adverse familial factors," such as "physical abuse, sexual abuse, inst...

Racism and Psychology

In twenty pages this research paper presents a psychological analysis of racism and its causes. Twenty two sources are cited in t...

3 Theorists on Psychological Disorders

Three Perspectives: 10 pages in length. This paper examines the theories and treatments of psychological disorders as viewed by t...

Alcoholism Causes

This research paper discusses in five pages alcoholism and its causes and includes sociological, physiological, and psychological ...

Children Who are Physically Abused, Depression, and Suicide

(Nester, 1998). The physical harm a child incurs as a result of child abuse, of course, is inextricably coupled with the...

Testing Apparatus and the Accuracy of Psychological Assessments

In five pages this research paper evaluates psychological assessment testing in order to determine whether or not these methods ar...

Overview of Social Psychology

In nine pages this research paper examines social psychology in an overview that includes divisive psychological and sociological ...

Chippewa Cree and the 'Psychological Sense of Community'

in nine pages a community's psychological sense is the focus of this fictional research project on Montana's Chippewa Cree Rocky B...

Television Violence and Its Influences

of theatrical films shown on TV. Reasons for violence? There is never a simple answer to that question. But people often commit...

Theories of Child Development

what is good or bad for childrens development is riddled with methodological flaws and the results subject to many different, even...

Research Proposal on CPI and the Five Factor Personality Model

known as the NEO Personality Inventory. This was put forward by Costa and McCrae (1985). This is a measure of five personality tra...

How Do People Perceive Risk

Risk has become a popular research topic in a number of different fields of study, each of which has its own theories. This paper ...

Gage, Galton and Biopsychosocial Approach

This research paper concerns the biopsychosocial approach and the case of Phineas Gage and the theories of Francis Galton, which w...

Overview of Breast Cancer

This research paper pertains to breast cancer and presents an overview of the topic. The writer describes its diagnosis and stagin...

Literature Review on Christian and Psychological Theories of Personality

mind of the observed and verified by a criteria of "consistency, coherence and practical usefulness" (Ehrenreich, 1997, p. 34). A ...

Overview of Sleep Apnea

symptoms (Zepf, 2003). The "gold standard" for diagnosing sleep apnea is to use polysomnography in a sleep laboratory (Zepf, 2003)...

August Wilson's Play Fences

the theme of baseball. While in was in prison, Troy had excelled in baseball and, after his release, he continued to perfect his g...

Biography of Fidel Castro

a "Jew, because he had never been christened," young Fidel thought they were referring to a noisy bird that was known by that name...

Kidney Failure and Treatment

chronic disease. A medical dictionary, available online at http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com, indicates that the ter...

Psychological Advertising: Offensive Content and the Impact on Self-Esteem

self to ideal image in ads F. Offensive stereotyped images of gender in foreign publications G. Differences in male and female re...

Parent-Child Conflict - Exploring the Various Dimensions

conflicts. The identified purpose of the study is to determine "whether parents use of power-assertive or negotiating strategies t...

Changing a Personal Behavior

friend or family member in order to make this identification. It has been noted frequently in empirical literature that there ha...

Attachment Theory

to her father and myself. This can be problematic in regard to the non-custodial parent, but Attachment Theory principles and rese...

Examination of Personality and Psychological Disorders and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

make good decisions (Bush, 2002). In CBT, the therapist plays an active role in helping the individual to solve his or her probl...

Examination of Validity and Reliability Concepts

pictures four targets. In the first one, the shots are all groups to the right of the center. This means that the researcher syste...

Counseling and Christianity

been established by the naturals sciences. It is this automatic chain of associations that must be broken. Since it is one of the ...