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Cognitive Development And Piaget

adolescence are all a matter of happenstance. This presumption, however, does not reflect the intrinsic responsibilities of exter...

The Ethics of Using Cognitive Enhancing Drugs by Healthy People

Kerouac scrawled out the infamous story within a three week period and he credited that accomplishment to amphetamines (Foer, 2005...

Aspects of Human Development: Infancy

et al, 2004). Typically, the human body is comprised of millions of microscopic cells that each house many chromosomes, classifie...

Substance Abuse and Therapy

(Bromwell, n.d.). This approach would also try to have the patient develop different patterns of thinking (Bromwell, n.d.). For ex...

The Role of Acetylcholine in Cognitive Function

Interestingly, this electrical change is constantly regenerated by the nervous system as it travels throughout the system and does...

The Brain's Role in Cognitive Functioning

is comprised of pre-motor and motor areas (Johnson, 2009). The motor area has nerve cells that help ones movements and the pre-mot...

Assessing A Woman In Middle Adulthood

was not at all happy with her appearance. All her life up until just a few years ago she had been able to eat whatever she wanted...

Influences In The Discipline Of Cognitive Psychology

cognitive development theory; cognitive restructuring; and Bruners introduction of the cognitive revolution. Sperrys connection b...

Comparing Narrative and Cognitive therapy

necessary to explore the intricacies of transference, which is an integral part of the classic Freudian approach (Cutler, et al, 2...

THE PROCESS OF ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

do to earn a living and even what to buy with their own money (Borgen and Amundson, 1998). During this phase, adolescents also lea...

Action Slips and Cognitive Failure

one is interrupted in the middle of it. Wallace and Chen (2005) report that cognitive failure has often been related to issues lik...

Personality As A Stable Construct, Behavioral Versus Cognitive Learning And The Inaccuracy Of Eyewitness Testimony

the twenty-first century, the question is not does man continue upon this ever-broadening road of tremendous technological discove...

Comprehension, Reading, and Cognition

In seven pages the cognitive process is examined generally befor the focus shifts to how comprehension and reading pertains to cog...

Mathews and MacLeod's 'Cognitive approaches to emotion and emotional disorders' Reviewed

In five pages this report reviews and article featured in 1994's Annual Review of Psychology. There is 1 source cited in the bibl...

Marijuana and Its Cognitive Effects

sharp increase in its use (1994). Indeed, part of the reason why the drug is popuolar is becuae its destructive effects are not ad...

Perception, Sensation, and Their Effects on Cognitive Processes

In seven pages this report considers cognitive processes and the functions of perception, sensation, and thinking that despite the...

Cognition and Self Concept

In nine pages this paper discusses cognitive learning in a consideration of the role played by self concept in this process. Nine...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy

In fourteen pages and 4 parts this paper examines PTSD and Albert Ellis' REBT in a study recommendations for the combination of Po...

Brief Psychological Therapy

In six pages brief therapy methods are examined and include psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and strategic sol...

Two Articles on Disabled Veterans

In six pages 2 articles pertaining to veterans with disabilities are compared with a discussion of post traumatic stress disorder ...

Personality Characteristics, Cognitive Skill Development, and Birth Order Importance

This paper examines the significance of birth order in child personality and cognitive development in 5 pages. Seven sources are ...

Temperament in Paul's Case by Willa Cather

a conference of teachers evaluating him after his suspension. Cather tells us, "Disorder and impertinence were among the offenses...

Childhood Development Observations

In six pages this paper discusses child development in a daycare observation that includes personality, physical, socioemotional, ...

Medium Cool Film by Haskell Wexler

In five pages this paper examines the surrealism and documentary styles featured in Haskell Wexler's 1969 film with behaviorism an...

An Examination of Borderline Personality Disorder

process works. The job of developing a mathematical equation can be quite complex because there has to be some idea of the nature...

Group Therapy

Three modes of group psychotherapy are explored. Cognitive restructuring, Gestalt, and meaning-centered family therapy are discuss...

Cultural Differences, Psychological Premises, and Conversational Styles

In five pages the ways in which psychological premises and cultural differences can manifest themselves in conversational styles a...

Meditation and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

of psychology as well as the evolution of practice" (Resnick, 1997, p. 463). Psychology as a discipline has come to be an e...

Effects of Birth Order on Learning and Cognitive Development

In twenty pages assumed and perceived impacts of birth order on learning and cognitive development are examined with the inclusion...

Absentee Dads and How Kids Are Affected

In four pages this paper discusses how children's cognitive and psychosocial development are affected by absentee fathers. Four s...