Armstrong’s “Functionalism” as It Relates to Matthews’ Discussion of Being Alive and Being Conscious
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A 7 page analysis of the concept of consciousness and its relation to life. Includes a one page outline. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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ART THERAPY AS ALTERNATIVE THERPAY
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This 6-page paper involves a discussion of art therapy as an alternative therapy. Some of the uses for this therapy include catharsis, memory recall and expression. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTartthe.rtf

Article Critique/ADHD Study, An Intervention
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A 3 page article critique that examines a study that address a student’s behavioral problems that result from ADHD. The study intervention uses functional assessment and behavioral strategies. The writer summarizes the various sections of the study and offers analysis. No additional sources cited.
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Article Review of “Behavioral Counseling to Increase Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables in Low Income Adults” by Steptoe et al (2003)
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This is a 5 page paper reviewing Steptoe et al (2003) trial “Behavioral Counseling to Increase Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables in Low Income Adults”. Investigators Steptoe et al (2003) conducted a randomized trial to study the effect behavioral counseling had in regards to increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables in low income adults. The investigators were successful in outlining their assumptions for the study, participants, methods, assessment and measurements, results and conclusion in addition to including the limitations of their study. Using 271 participants aged 18-70 years old from a deprived ethnically mixed inner city area, the investigators conducted brief individual behavioral counseling sessions with groups based on the stage of change model as opposed to time matched nutrition education counseling. Assessment of self reported number of portions of fruit and vegetables as well as plasma carotene, tocopherol, ascorbic acid concentrations and urinary potassium excretion levels were taken at baseline, eight weeks and 12 months after the counseling sessions. Overall, it was found that consumption of fruit and vegetables increased in the behavioral (by 1.5 portions) and nutrition (by 0.9 portions) groups as well as an increase in the plasma carotene and tocopherol concentrations but the carotene levels were has a significantly higher increase in the behavioral group. The percentage of persons eating five or more portions per day increased by 42% in the behavioral group and 27% in the nutrition group. The investigators were able to surmise from these results that “brief individual counseling in primary care can elicit sustained increases in consumption of fruit and vegetables in low income adults in the general population” (Steptoe et al, 2003, p. 855). Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Article Synopsis; L. S. Vygotsky and Contemporary Developmental Psychology
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This 3 page paper is a summary of the article by Wertsch and Tulviste (1992), “L. S. Vygotsky and Contemporary Developmental Psychology” published in Developmental Psychology. The bibliography cites 1 source.
Filename: TEvygotsky.rtf

Assessing the Status of Older Adults
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This 5 page report discusses assessment of older adults in terms of a social, emotional, physical, and/or cognitive status. Accurate assessment is essential for care and treatment and must take advantage of appropriate guidelines and skills that are utilized by people trained and aware of the nuances of geriatric assessment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Assessment Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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This 5 page paper provides a brief description of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and then gives an overview of MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, second edition. Three studies are examined in order to evaluate the use of the MMPI-2 in ADHD research. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Assimilating New Staff With Old Staff: Group Theory
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5 pages in length. Assimilating new and fresh into old and established has long been a difficult maneuver for people, inasmuch as human beings are habitual by nature and thrive upon routine; when something or someone different is brought into the mix, it disrupts the collective flow the existing group has already achieved. This concept is particularly pertinent to work situations where new staff often finds it difficult to assimilate into a department where an established group of workers has already formed a cohesive unit. Employing group theory to this situation allows one to better understand the dynamics of team mentality and why it can be an arduous process to break down the barriers inherent to established groups. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCNewSt.rtf

Attachment and Personality
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A 14 page paper that discusses the varied psychological principles which involve the issues of attachment in relationship to personality development. While there are many different components that go into making up an individual personality style, attachment plays many different roles in personality development. Attachment primarily begins with our attachment to our primary caregiver, and it is through this relationship that all other attachments, and relationships, are based. A discussion of the importance of infant attachment is addressed, as well as a study which illustrates how important the primary caregiver is in developing personality and attachments in later life. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Attachment And Separation
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A 4 page paper that briefly explains attachment theory, separation anxiety and separation anxiety disorder. The writer comments on the effects on children in foster care. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attachment Classifications And Cognitive Development
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4 pages in length. Cognitive development occurs from the moment one is born, inasmuch as parents attempt to instill various aspects of personal, social and emotional growth into their infants as a means by which to establish a strong bond that, therefore, supports the child's ability to engage in healthy interactions with others. The ways in which children are adequately guided – or not – in the ways of cognitive development through parental bonding, however, continues to illustrate the ever-present issue of childhood unattachment disorders. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attachment Theory
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Attachment theory, although relatively new within the field of psychology, has become the basis for understanding the relationship between an infant and those around him or her, especially in terms of the primary caregiver, generally considered to be the mother. This 5 page paper explores the parent, child attachment according to attachment theory. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attachment Theory & Carl Rogers
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A 4 page research paper that discuses these topics. Carl Rogers is one of the leading psychologists of the twentieth century. His therapeutic approach has been highly influential and can be seen as still applicable and relevant in work of psychologists who came after Rogers. The following examination, first of all, summarizes Rogers' theory of personality development and therapeutic approach and then discusses how it relates and connects to the attachment theory of James Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Attitudes
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A five page paper which looks at the various ways in which the development of attitudes is influenced by both internal and external factors, and the relationship between attitudes, opinions, beliefs and preconceptions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLattitud.rtf