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Communication Process - published: 05/09/2013

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Communication is the transference or exchange of thoughts or information. “Although this is a simple definition, when we think about how we may communicate the subject becomes a lot more complex” (N.A., 2012, pg. 1, para. I). The communication process has eight key factors: “the...

05 Sep 2013
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Popularity of tattoos growing in American culture

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

The word "tattoo" stems from the Tahitian word “tatu”, meaning “to mark or color [the skin]” (Webster, 1913). A tattoo is the placement of pigment within the skin to create a picture or design. The process of tattooing is produced by deep puncture wounds in one's skin....

04 Sep 2013
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Organizational effectiveness paper

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Selection tools are used by employers to determine if a potential new hire is the right person for the job. Selection tools in essence separate the good from the bad. Selection tools weed out potential employees that have great strengths and will become assets to the organization from those with...

04 Sep 2013
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Motivation: Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

There are theories that have been developed to explain the concept of human motivation, personal training, and management skills of employees in their professions. Among those theories is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow's hierarchy is a theory was developed in 1943 by a psychologist named...

04 Sep 2013
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The security plan: Private Doctor's office

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The target area is of a private physician's practice. The location for the practice is a known urban part of town. The location of the practice has both benefits and downfalls. Since the practice is located in a very busy and highly populated section of town, the practice is well known and has...

04 Sep 2013
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No place is really safe

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

My Grandfather is an Evangelist minister for Greater Works Ministry in North Carolina. I spoke with him briefly as I expressed my concerns about the article. He attempted to reassure me as he says that there is nothing to worry about, as his patrons are the “kindest men and women God has...

04 Sep 2013
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Analyzing components of various disorders

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Investigating the workings of various disorders aids the research in comprehending the embodiment of behaviors that human beings hold. Anxiety, mood, somatoform, and dissociative disorders hold emotional, biological, behavioral, and cognitive effects within a human being. Being able to find the...

04 Sep 2013
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Defining abnormality

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

During the past century the perception of gender and sexual preferences have changed within society. The reason for this change is because people are welcoming free expression of a person's identity and orientation. This freedom enables one to conform to his or her true self rather than the...

04 Sep 2013
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Historical perspectives of abnormal psychology

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

Psychopathology or abnormal psychology is the study of mental illness. For the duration of earlier centuries a variety of methods were executed by psychologists and employed in order to aid individuals from distress due to their psychological abnormalities. It must be understood that normal...

04 Sep 2013
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Dispositional personality theories

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

Character shows explicit thoughts about an individual's nature even the methods an individual is liable to conduct one's self throughout conditions that can be set for future events. Gordon Allport stated that every person has distinctive pieces of personality qualities which make up that...

04 Sep 2013
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Psychodynamic personality theories matrix

Case study - 7 pages - Psychology

The psychoanalytic approach assumes that the psychological apparatus of the mind needs some kind of energy to make it go. Psychoanalytic theories place a lot of emphasis on how "the self" develops. The infant is born with no sense of self - this self gradually develops through its interactions...

04 Sep 2013
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Strengths and limitations of theories

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Everyday the social order tries to gain knowledge of personalities and individual's actions. Employing the accurate techniques assists in determining the conclusions to consider to hypothesize about numerous individuals. Psychodynamic theories research mental powers so as to provide ascension in...

03 Sep 2013
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Case study of Elvis Presley

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

On January 8, 1935 Elvis Aaron Presley was brought into the world in East Tupelo, Mississippi (Hansell & Damour, 2009). Elvis' had a twin brother that was born a half of an hour before he was but sadly he died during birth. His father was incarcerated for the period of three years when Elvis...

03 Sep 2013
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Social psychology

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Learning and comprehending social psychology includes special observation of human beings operating within the social order. General, clinical, educational, experimental, developmental, community, research, and cognitive psychologies are all disciplines in the extensive subject of social...

03 Sep 2013
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Domestic Violence - published: 03/09/2013

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

Domestic violence is a serious problem that can occur to any person despite maturity, ethnicity, age, male, or female. Domestic violence dramatically affects the victim and the families of the victim, coupled with society. The account of domestic violence has left a disturbing finger print that...

03 Sep 2013
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Multicultural experience

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

The diverse cultural occurrence that I placed myself directly in was working toward familiarizing me with a dissimilar faith or belief of my own. The one spiritual examination that I desired to be present at and gain knowledge from was presented at a Pentecostal based house of worship. As a...

03 Sep 2013
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Infidelity

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

The verdict one concludes that the regarding behaviors and actions are developed within their personal cognition's, principles, ethics, beliefs, morals, and attitudes. With the subject of infidelity, one's personal ethics manifest their attitudes and behaviors. The guarantee that one makes in...

30 Aug 2013
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Classical conditioning

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

The Russian psychologist, Ivan Pavlov, paved the way for what is classified as classical conditioning. He brought it into existence through the extensive work, experimentation, and studies that he bore throughout his career. One aspect of the life of Pavlov that most individuals do not know is...

30 Aug 2013
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Salmon farming

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

Aquaculture involves the raising and harvesting of various species of fish and oysters. This practice is relatively new for salmons but it has been practiced by other civilizations over the past thousands of years with other species of fish. With the increasing demand of aquatic foods year...

29 Aug 2013
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Personality theory

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

It is a fact that human beings have a personality. When recounting or describing an individual must individuals will indicate character value and morals of one numerous times previous to generating the bodily portrayal. The traits of an individual develop as a byproduct of his or her individual...

29 Aug 2013
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Introduction to cross-cultural psychology - published: 29/08/2013

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Educational to abnormal psychology, there are a variety of categories that within the field of psychology. It is effortlessly observed that many individuals do not share the same ways of thinking as others. This is because individuals are exactly that, individuals. This causes people not to see...

29 Aug 2013
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Traditional and non-traditional cultures

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Comparing and contrasting two different cultures, fortifies the existence of one versus the other. It tends to shed light on the extremes and subtleties that exist within each of the cultures studied. Placing cultures in a compare and contrast study one may find similarities, influences, and...

29 Aug 2013
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Leadership and performance in the workplace

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

In order for Woody's Veneer Factory to improve the development of performance and diversity of employees in the factory, the I/O psychologist will need to develop a high-performance team that will focus on collecting ideas, knowledge, and experience from other individuals that will increase...

29 Aug 2013
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Major depressive disorder

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

Within the world's cultures most individuals will come a time within their lives that they will have an episode of depression. Major depressive disorder or MDD holds an expansive range as well as subtypes of the disorder. Investigate into the study of MDD does illustrate a relationship among...

29 Aug 2013
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Article analysis: Intelligence testing

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

The word intelligent has a multitude of diverse descriptions. There are some individuals who deem intelligence to be how smart one is. Then there are individuals who hold the belief that one's intelligence is a scale that rates the amount of knowledge and the worth of that knowledge that an...

29 Aug 2013
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Ethnic group conflict

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Within Southeast Asia there is a region called Burma. Throughout this region there is much suffering because of the war waged between the Myanmar Tatmadaw regime and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Party. The individuals who make up the Democratic Karen Buddhist Party are an ethnic assembly who...

29 Aug 2013
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Probation and parole officers job analysis

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

With the recent market declining it is much harder to locate a job. This is the same for the employers but it is not because they have a lack of individuals seeking employment. It is sifting through the masses to try to find an individual that will labor at their job with the goal of positive...

29 Aug 2013
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Industrial/organizational psychology

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Industrial/organizational psychology was accepted in the late nineteenth century. There are two key divisions that I/O psychology is composed of and both are considered to be types of psychological science. The workforce and the affiliation shared throughout an organization are symbolized within...

29 Aug 2013
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Script for orienting new employees

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

After an arrest is made, knowledge of the criminal act(s) as well individual(s) who have participated in the criminal act then becomes public knowledge. The Albany Police Department's Public Information Officer produces bi-weekly arrests and responses for the public on the company website under...

28 Aug 2013
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The legal and political issues of Darfur

Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Educational studies

In 2003, the escalation of conflict in Darfur has been one of the biggest humanitarian crises of the twenty-first century. The United Nations did not call it genocide and sent only a limited number of mediators and United Nations personnel to Sudan. There were many conflicting reports on...