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Scientific Revolutions and the Perspectives of Thomas S. Kuhn

of practitioners" (Davidson, 1997, p. 13). The existing paradigms of the science community, according to Kuhn, are established vi...

Revolutions in Science and Technology

While it is true that Fleming noted the effect of this substance on bacterial growth, the discovery entirely by chance, as Fleming...

Scientific Thought

phrase "its not rocket science" is used to suggest that a certain topic is not that difficult, implying that science is quite diff...

Peter Dear: “Miracles, Experiments and the Ordinary Course of Nature”

the 17th century, a time when religion was a powerful force in society, and when going against church teaching was considered here...

A Study Using the Scientific Method

In order to test this hypothesis, the research team established four 50x50 cm quadrants, with 50 cm between them. Each of these qu...

Major Psychological Theories

Cognitive behavior therapy is effective with a wide range of problems, including very complex and challenging life situations. Bu...

Science in the Media

a explain how and why this is bad for the environment, including the problem of molecules which take many decades to break down, a...

Atmospheric Modeling and the Scientific Method

to directly observe phenomena that are otherwise too large (such as the solar system) or too small (cellular anatomy) to be viewed...

Depth Psychology/Early Childhood Educational Setting

conclusion that this behavior was associated with the subconscious factors posited by Freud. How the unconscious is conceptualized...

Children: To Spank Or Not To Spank

The main contention resides with the fine line that separates harmless yet effective swats with an open palm and heavy-handed stri...

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS RESEARCH

This 6-page research provides a literature review about cognitive psychology and research on facial expressions. A discussion abou...

Cognitive View of Psychology

involved "between stimulus/input and response/output" (McLeod, 2006). The principal areas of interest in cognitive psychology are ...

Article Synopsis; L. S. Vygotsky and Contemporary Developmental Psychology

social as well as individual. The to important elements in terms of modern though are the "zone of proximal development" which is...

The Misuse of Psychology

1879, closely followed by the Johns Hopkins University in the US in 1883. in 1890 James Cattell developed psychological tests, dev...

Why Psychology Is Considered A Science

"mental life contains no independent elements but different moments mutually implicating each other in the whole" (p. 42). ...

History/Education & Educational Psychology

Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) with the first applied educational psychologist, as he attempted to put Rousseaus philosophy into ...

Depth Psychology And Healing

mythico-religious symbolism and thus, it is spiritual and instinctive (Chalquist, 2007). Expansions on this premise were undertake...

Milestones in Cognitive Psychology

(University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 2008). There are five common themes among cognitive psychologists: analysis is perceived as ...

Is Psychology a Science

are being made in the functions of different parts of the brain, for instance, which give us much greater insight into areas like ...

Structuralism, Mixed Methodology And Wundt Titchener

was significant, inasmuch as through his theory of structuralism he sought to uncover the contents - rather than functions - of co...

Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology

has moved beyond that to also incorporate genderless implication as well. III. DOES SOCIAL DARWINISM RESTRICT WOMENS GROWTH IN CO...

Social Psychology

an individual? For example, is the group a set of friends, family, or a set of co-workers? How an individual relates to a group ca...

INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND EMPLOYEE SELECTION AND TRAINING

organization and employee. Belova, in a dissertation study in 2002, described the use of I/O psychology in conjunction with...

Jigsaw Classroom

other groups to get together and discuss what they have learned (Aronson, 2012). Cooperative learning techniques have been found ...

Psychopharmacology and Other Topics

a stereotypical image they held in their own minds. We are not always aware of our own prejudices but some people are and take s...

Medical Model and Psychology

in the 19th century. G. Stanley Hall was strongly influenced by Darwins theories of evolution. It was the catalyst for Halls scie...

Insights about Teaching and Educational Psychology

of performance measures that reflected a practical motivation, often creating a disconnect between learners and the educational fo...

Criminal Theory and Crime's Psychological Correlates

in the future. While the early years of forensic psychology were characterized more by mistakes in psychological diagnose...

Psychology Q and A

behavior of their employees in such a way as to make the firm more profitable. Simply stated, control means "making behavior happe...

Essays on Psychology

different islands of the Galapagos based on what their needs are in the use of their beaks. If they eat soft fruits or insects th...