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Carl Rogers, 2008.
An analysis of the background and achievements of the American psychologist, Carl Rogers.
982 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper discusses Carl Rogers, a prominent American psychologist who is best known for being one of the founding fathers of the humanist approach to psychology. The paper discusses Rogers' personal background and focuses on his achievements in the realm of psychology. The paper looks at the highlights of his career, including books that he wrote and studies that he conducted.
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"Rogers' person-centered approach focused on the development of the individual personality. According to Rogers, the personality is something that developed in principles rather than stages, with the main issue being the development of a self-concept and the progression from an undifferentiated self to being a completely differentiated individual. According to Rogers, a fully functioning individual would exhibit such characteristics as a growing openness to experience (or a move away from defensiveness), along with an increasingly existential lifestyle where the individual lives each moment fully and does not distort the moment in order to fit their personality or self concept but instead lets their personality emanate from their experiences."
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Personality and Leadership, 2008.
This paper explores the relationship between leadership and the extroverted personality.
2,783 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 83.95
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The paper examines research on the subject of personality and effective leadership styles and identifies settings in which certain personality types flourish. The paper discusses personality traits which can be mistaken for extroversion, such as hypomania, and attempts to make a clear definition of leadership. The paper presents the hypothesis that an extroverted person is more likely to succeed as a leader than an introverted person. The paper concludes from the research, however, that this hypothesis can not be substantiated.
Outline:
Definitions
Personality and Leadership
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"What makes an excellent leader? Does effective leadership stem from the combination of the right person and the right situation, or can an individual mold his or herself into a leader if given the right tools. Are there some personalities which are innately better at leadership? I believe that there are certain types of personality who will succeed in a leadership position. There are many types of personality, but for this study, I plan to research the extraverted personality."
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Freud's Theory of Jokes and "The Colbert Report", 2008.
An analysis of Sigmund Freud's theory of jokes and whether it can be applied to "The Colbert Report."
716 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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This paper discusses Sigmund Freud's theory of jokes, specifically focusing on triangulation and seduction. The paper then analyzes whether Freud's triangulated theory of joking applies to an explicitly political work of comedy like that of "The Colbert Report," a contemporary television satire, where the object of the joke is not personally known to the individual telling or listening to the joke.
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"The media tries to use Hillary's appearance and femininity against her like a dirty joke, to intentionally and sometimes unintentionally make her seem like a less serious contender for the White House, but Colbert engages in aggression against the sexism of the media by pretending to be outraged along with commentators from conservative shows as they obsess over Hillary's name change and what she has called herself in the past. The listener is presumably 'in' on the joke, and laughs along with Colbert, and feels better about Hillary. Finally, Colbert playfully notes that he would love to hear what Governor Mike Huckabee who lost 112 pounds was wearing as well as Hillary, during a recent appearance, and wonders why Rudolph Giuliani has not changed his name, given how many times he has been married. Showing that male candidates are not held to the same standards as Hillary in terms of beauty or being judged by their marital status brings the real point of the satiric report home, and provides a punch line. The affirmed relationship of the comic commentary is largely social, as listener and teller affirm mutual political point of view, in a positive way. The joke also affirms a personal need in at least some listener's minds to invalidate the sexist standards of the media."
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Suicide among the Elderly, 2008.
An analysis of the factors that contribute to elderly people considering suicide and what can be done to prevent it.
1,541 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper examines why older people, especially those suffering from depression and other illnesses, give consideration to suicide. It discusses the signs that carers should look out for that indicate that an elderly person may be considering suicide. The paper also looks at what can be done to prevent these aging citizens from harming themselves.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Available Literature Reflecting Pertinent Studies
Intervention Programs
Conclusion
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"It is clear that many older people, for a variety of health and situational reasons, give serious consideration to suicide. It is also clear that when there is psychosocial intervention, those older people begin to become more positive about their lives. And beyond that, the data found while researching this paper indicates that more seniors prefer counseling over antidepressant drugs; but counseling services are not available to many older people. The answer for community-based health care service providers is to increase the number of counselors available to the elderly, decrease the number of prescriptions for antidepressant drugs, and give special attention to the low income sector of older people because they are the most often in need and most often neglected."
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Environmental Systems In My Life, 2008.
An application of Bronfenbrenner's theory of development to the writer's personal life.
1,213 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 41.95
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The paper refers to Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of development that the developing person is embedded in a series of environmental systems that interact with one another and with the individual to influence development. The writer applies this theory to his personal life and his growth and development in his career. The writer discusses his dream of becoming a licensed professional counselor and how it will continue the series of environmental systems that have brought him to where he is today.
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"My life has been a series of interconnected systems. My mother and father immigrated to the United States from Cuba. An unusual couple, my mother had been a teacher in Cuba, while my father was functionally illiterate. My father emigrated to America, and once he had found a job and a place to live, he sent for my mother to join him. They lived in Yonkers, New York. My mother and father represent my first environmental system."
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Dream Interpretation and Metaphysics, 2008.
A research paper to determine the impact of culture on dreams and dream interpretation.
8,893 words (approx. 35.6 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 185.95
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The paper examines the role that archetypes play in the grief dreams of Americans with different cultural backgrounds, to determine what role, if any, culture plays in the dreamscape. The paper provides a literature review on grief dreams and studies the grief dreams of people from different cultures, including African-Americans, Vietnamese-Americans, Mexican-Americans and Indian-Americans. The paper describes the results that show that while cultural aspects may not change the basic content of grief dreams, it is clear that one's cultural orientation can certainly change how one views and interprets a grief dream and the archetypes present in such dreams.
Outline:
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Review of Literature
Chapter Three: Methods
Chapter Four: Results
Chapter Five: Discussion
Chapter Six: Summary and Conclusions
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"Every person dreams. Whether the dreamer remembers those dreams, or believes they drift into a dark see of absolute nothingness in sleep, the fact is that all people demonstrate the brain and eye activity that researchers know is associated with dreams. However, given that so many people fail to remember their dreams, it is clear that not all dreaming is memorable and productive. Even those dreamers who remember the majority of their dreams may find most of them to be insignificant and inconsequential. Likewise, even those people who find most of their dreams to be absolutely unmemorable occasionally have a dream that they believe reveals something significant. "
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Lifespan Development Theory, 2008.
This paper looks at the expectation theory that concerns child and adolescent development.
2,486 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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In this article, the writer presents an examination of the expectation development theory as it relates to child and adolescent life span development. The theory is developed by the writer using the character Forrest Gump as the case study. The writer notes that though the character Forrest Gump is a fictional character in a movie, the character provides a perfect back drop for understanding and applying the invented theory of expectation development. The writer concludes that the movie shows the world that the theory can be applied to human life with little regard to particular cultures or societies and this lends credibility to the truth of the theory itself.
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"The Expectation Theory of Life Span development involves several stages of life. It is built on the idea that individuals pass through various stages of expectations and if these stages are successfully met and handled they are mentally, emotionally and physically able to move into the next step of their life span development.
The theory examined and discovered that the importance of adults, peers and others in the life of an individual alternates as various stages of development are entered into and conquered.
"The first stage of the theory involves the child's expectations of the world. As the child is born and travels through his or her basic infancy the child develops expectations of the world and how the world should react to his needs.
This is observed by a child's cry when hungry, wet or ill and the expectation of that child that his or her needs will be met by those that surround his or her life.
"One example of this can be seen in the child who cries when hungry. The expectation the child has from that cry is that one of the caretakers will appear with a bottle or breast, however if that does not happen the child begins to expect negative results from his or her cry. This makes it difficult to move into the next stage of development."
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Dreams, 2008.
An overview of dreams and their interpretations.
1,733 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 56.95
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This paper discusses dreams and their interpretation, explaining the different ideas that have emerged from different cultures and overtime. The paper contends that, despite the fact that there is a great deal of information available regarding dreams and their meanings, there is still much debate as to what is considered to be correct.
Content:
Introduction
Dreams and The Ancient World
Dreams and The Western World
Dreams and The New Age
Conclusion
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"Despite this, however, there are still many arguments as to what dreams actually mean and whether they mean anything at all. Opinions differ - sometimes quite strongly - on meaning and value when it comes to dream interpretation. This is unfortunate for those trying to study dreams because the information that they find is often confused and conflicting. However, it is not unexpected that these differences of opinion would be quite strong because individuals have so many specific ways of looking at things and many people are still of the mind-set that they are correct and that everyone else is wrong."
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