RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Big Fish in a Big Pond: a study of academic self concept in first year medical students Abstract Background: Big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) research has demonstrated that students in high-ability environments have lower academic self-concepts than equally able students in low-ability settings. Research has shown low academic self-concepts to be associated with negative educational outcomes. Social comparison processes have been implicated as fundamental to
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with the following statements? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. 1. Boys and girls should attend separate schools. 2. Technology has made the world a better place to live. 3. Advertising can tell you a lot about a country. 4. Modern technology is creating a single world culture. 5. Teachers should be paid according to how much their students learn. 6. Classmates are a more important influence than parents on a child’s success in school. 7. Grades (marks) encourage
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Concepts of Psychology Three concepts about psychology that I identified in the fictional narrative were stress‚ mental disorders‚ and night terrors. These concepts will be define and explain in the composition. The first concept realized was the daughter‚ Denise‚ nightmare. In Psychology these nightmares are called night terrors‚ an extremely frightening dreamlike experience that occurs during the non-REM sleep. Denise nightmares were caused by her almost having a car accident. As it states
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Topic Outline and Working Reference Kimberly Williams COM/150 12/05/2012 University of Phoenix Topic Outline and Working Reference Topic Outline and Working References list Checkpoint Thesis: Media is an important part of a young adult life because it bolsters parent Knowledge while promoting communication‚ is used as an educational resource‚ and is a source for sexual health information. I. Online media opens up adolescents to the larger world A. The international nature
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Word count: 1‚633 How do others influence our behaviour? Discuss with reference to social psychology theory and research. Social influence has many different definitions in psychology‚ it is mainly used to summarise the field of social psychology. Mainly looking at “how thoughts‚ feelings and behaviour of individuals are influenced by actual‚ imagined or implied presence of others” (McGrath‚ 1970.) Our social life is mainly distinguished by our social influences; influences we are both consciously
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date | Knowledge | Critical thinking | Personal efficacy | 8/22/12 | | -Self-confidence is your ability to validate yourself-The way we should think is in a gradient (nuance is your friend)-No one is 100% anything-6(or 7) liquids of history in order:1 beer‚2 wine‚3 coffee‚4 tea‚5 booze‚6 coke‚7 (to be) waterSo most of history we’ve been drunk | -English makes us think in opposites and makes it difficult to be mentally healthy. -rid yourself of moral judgment because we suck at it. -if you judge
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Critical Brand Evaluation MM36620 A brand is not a logo; a logo is just a symbol that represents the brand. A brand is not a tagline; a tagline is an expression of the brand. It is not a product; a product is a tangible representation of the brand. While products come and go over time‚ brands can live indefinitely; your brand is derived from who you are‚ who you want to be and who people perceive you to be. A brand can be defined as ‘A name‚ term‚ design‚ symbol‚ or any other feature that identifies
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Research Evaluation Essay – Marishka Nicol Magness Counting the time it takes for the subjects to lie with open-ended questions‚ yes/no questions and also counting the time within answering the questions with a lie. The weakness of this method in general would be that the subjects have knowledge about the experiment and this might affect their behavior while carrying out the experiment due to nervousness and/or conscious or subconscious changes to their natural actions and reactions. But this
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Critial Evaluation of an Academic Source NMN Capella University ED5001 Critial Evaluation of an Academic Source This paper is a critical evaluation regarding the suitability of using scholarly articles as an academic source. We will analyze the “Critical Thinking: An Extended Definition” that discusses various scholar definiitons on what is critical thinking and the process of critical thinking. Checklist for Critical Evaluation Peer Review
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Social psychology is about understanding individual behavior in a social context. Baron‚ Byrne & Suls (1989) define social psychology as ....... “the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in social situations”. (p. 6). It therefore looks at human behavior as influenced by other people and the social context in which this occurs. Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others
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