The Psychological Cost of Disasters
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This 18 page paper considers the impact that disasters can have on those who are directly and indirectly involved, including those remote to the disaster seeing it through the media. This paper examines four recent research articles that examine the way in which stress and anxiety including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) emerge in different section of the population. The first article looks at those who were directly effected by the September the 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the second article considers the impact of those remote to the disaster. The third article looks at the psychological adaptation of mothers where their children have been involved in a disaster, and the last considers survivors of an earth quake. These all indicate that new ways of dealing with disasters need to be develop, which are not limited to the PTSD approach. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEdisasterptsd.rtf

The Real Issues of Pornography and World Wide Web Violence
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A 5 page reaction to the research detailed in “Reactions to pornography on a college campus: for or against?” by authors Ilsa Lottes, Martin Weinberg, and Inge Weller. This paper reviews the findings of this study in which the views of students at a Midwestern university as to an adult’s right to access sexually explicit materials and their opinions as to the harmful and positive aspects of such materials. The contention is made that while studies such as this voice the acceptance of certain segments of the public of such topics as pornography, the real societal impacts of ready access to these topics outweigh the social acceptability. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPpsyPrn.rtf

The Scholarship Paradigm Shift in the Field of Psychology
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A 5 page paper which discusses the paradigm shift present in the field of psychology. This shift is that which addresses scholarship, which can be summed up in the condition of education. the paper discusses how sufficient and current knowledge is a very powerful and growing issue in the field of psychology. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Three Psychology Journals / Comparison
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A 5 page paper analyzing three psychological journals for content and slant. The journals are: The Journal of Abnormal Psychology; The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; and The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. While the first two concern themselves more with research, the last is more concerned with what Freud would say. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: 3journal.rtf

Time Management/Literature Review
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A 4 page research paper that analyzes a research article on a time-management study, evaluating its accuracy and procedures. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Using The Internet For Personality Testing
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This 5 page paper critiques a specific article: Buchanan, Tom & Smith, John L. (1999, February). Using the internet for psychological research: personality testing on the world wide web. British Journal Of Psychology 90. It also offers additional comments from other studies and points to the potential and limitations of this technology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGnetpscy.wps

Visual Neuroscience: Summary Of Two Articles About Perception
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4 pages in length. The writer offers a brief summary on Boeree's "Gestalt Psychology" and Singh et al's "Part-based Representations of Visual Shape and Implications for Visual Cognition." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCVisNeuro.rtf

WHAT SECRETS TELL/LUC SANTE
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This 3 page paper analyzes the psychological ideas behind secrets as presented in the NY Times article: What Secrets Tell by Luc Sante. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MBsecret.rtf

“Choosing the Right Pond: The Impact of Group Membership on Self-Esteem and Group-Oriented Behavior” by H. Smith and T. Tyler:
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This 8 page report discusses Heather Smith and Tom Tyler’s research effort and findings titled “Choosing the right pond: How group membership shapes self-esteem and group-oriented behavior” published in 1997 in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. No other sources listed.
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“Gender and Cultural Differences in Partner Selection”
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An eight page paper which looks at the way in which gender differences and cultural constraints influence individuals’ selection of their partners, and how much significance is attached in different societies to factors such as physical attractiveness, intelligence, social status and other salient elements. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JLpartnerselect.wps

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