“PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ADAMSON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS” A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Language‚ College of Liberal Arts In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Technical English Basillaje‚ Edmond Talingdan‚ Timothy John Victorino‚ Marifer A. Prof. Jose Rizal O. Dapat (Thesis Adviser) May 2014 APPROVAL SHEET This research work entitled‚ “PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ADAMSON UNIVERSITY
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Analyzing biological and humanistic Billy Ocean Week 3 PSY/250 Dr. James University of phoenix AGUC0909A Many people have different theories when approaching personality‚ some think its biological and others think it’s humanistic. In this essay I will be describing the biological approach to personality and the factors that influence the formation of personality. I will also be discussing Maslow hierarchy of needs and examine the relationship of biological factors and Maslow
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Illness Psychological disorder‚ also known as a mental disorder‚ is a pattern of behavioral or psychological symptoms that impact multiple life areas and/or create distress for the person experiencing these symptoms (Cherry Kendra). Films could be used as a medium for teaching anyone about psychology‚ social work‚ medicine‚ nursing‚ counseling‚ and even literature. Or media studies about mental illness and psychopathology (Movies and Mental). As such‚ I had watched a psychological thriller film
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Describe and Evaluate Two Social Psychological Theories of Aggression One social psychological theory of aggression is based on the Social Learning Theory. It is the behavioural approach‚ which suggests that all behaviours‚ such as aggression are learnt‚ through observation and imitation‚ the theory suggests that there are various steps which need to take place in order for aggression to be learnt. First of all‚ attention needs to be paid to the aggressive behaviour‚ it is then important for the
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Research topics with Explanation The topics of my choice concerns everyone in our country‚ they are problems of very important matter that happen in our daily life. One of them is to build more energy sources‚ which are solar or wind energy that will help our community for a cleaner environment. The second topic is‚ do you think is right for the authorities to tried as adult miners that are committing violent crimes? My third topic that I selected is‚ should the U.S. Government prohibit
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Crime and Deviance from a Sociological and Psychological assessment: The sociology of deviance is the sociological study of deviant behavior‚ or the recognized violation of cultural norms. Cultural Norms are society’s propensity towards certain ideals; their aversion from others; and their standard‚ ritualistic practices. Essentially the ’norm’ is a summation of typical activities and beliefs of group of people. There are various Sociological deviance theories‚ including Structuralist: why
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Biological Criminal Behavior The studies of biological behaviors have shown that criminals with a passion for their crime tend to have a genetic or physiological issue that plays a major part in their criminal activities. Gary Ridgway and John Hinckley Jr. portrayed significant degrees of physiological issues that may have contributed to the crimes they committed. Lack of education‚ moral support‚ love‚ and self-accomplishments may have also provided behaviors out of the norm. Criminal activities
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (12 marks) The biological approach is widely used in diagnosing and treating mental illness. The theory suggests that mental illnesses occur due to a physical cause. Physical causes include genetic inheritance‚ viruses‚ toxicity‚ physical trauma for example a head injury or perhaps an imbalance of hormones bought on by stress. These physical‚ external occurrences can distort thinking‚ emotion and behaviours in some people. Studies
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Marketing Management Psychological Pricing Rodrigo Fernández-Romero. 20th March 2010. Psychological Pricing Many sellers believe that prices should end in an odd number (9‚99€) instead of 10€ as price. Why?. • • • Because consumers have the tendency of ignoring the last digits instead of doing the rounding. Although actually seeing the cents‚ they may subconsciously ignore them. Some suggest that this effect may be enhanced when the cents are printed smaller (for example‚ €19.99)
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discussed. Also in this paper the discussion on how crime‚ twin studies‚ adoption studies‚ and testosterone studies are linked to genetics will be discussed. This essay will show some of the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence that is linked to genetics and crime. I will also be giving my feelings on whether or not I agree with police departments using these findings‚ or if they should dismiss such findings. The link between genetics and crimes is a very contentious topic when it comes to
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