UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Psychology Writing Center 3937 15th Avenue NE Box 351525 Phone: 206.685.8278 psywc@u.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/psywc/handouts.shtml Writing a Psychology Literature Review There are two main approaches to a literature review in psychology. One approach is to choose an area of research‚ read all the relevant studies‚ and organize them in a meaningful way. An example of an organizing theme is a conflict or controversy in the area‚ where you might first
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Effectiveness of In-School Programs and After School programs A Review of the Literature California State University Los Angeles Criminology 301 Professor Jenny June 7‚ 2012 Abstract In recent years‚ the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) noticed the increase in the number of teens between the ages of nine to seventeen being involved with gangs in the United States. While most people would agree that gang membership is an individual choice‚ scholars believe that
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Mediation and Advocacy Literature Review Judy Reeves BSHS/441 July 15‚ 2013 Melinda Barker Mediation and Advocacy Literature Review Mediation is the preferred method of conflict resolution in the majority of litigations. Mediation has many benefits and few risks to the parties involved. Three articles regarding mediation and advocacy will be discussed in this literature review. The articles pertain to cases where mediation was the method used to come to a settlement. This author will provide
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HEAT AND DEHYDRATION LITERATURE REVIEWS 1 Literature Review #1 By Josh Schreck A Review of “Exerciseinduced dehydration with and without environmental heat stress results in increased oxidative stress” Summary: This experiment and its results are very important for understanding the effect of heat on dehydration and their relationship. Many 90minute cycling trials were performed‚ with different combinations of temperature and hydration status. While all trials presented cellular stress
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Foulkes. SEC (2009). Subject Leadership‚ Review of the Literature and Research. Subject/Curriculum Leadership Programme Module 4 – (Code 003) – Sharing and Reflecting - Essay Review of the Literature and Research Type in ‘What makes an effective leader/manager?’ into any search engine‚ and instantly thousands of definitions appear. The terms are frequently used‚ but rarely defined consistently. The National College of School Leadership define them separately stating that ‘Leadership is about
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The article‚ “A Literature review of Characteristics and Factors Associated with Mass Murders‚” focused on mass murders’ personalities‚ mental health‚ and other factors that could have contributed to how or why these people became murders. It talks about how aggression is the behavior carried out with the proximate intent to harm someone. However‚ violence is the intentional use of physical force or power‚ threatened or actual‚ against oneself‚ another person or against a group or community. The
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Abstract The present article reviews contemporary literature on the related factors and interventions for adolescent girls with eating disorders. The incidence of eating disorders continues to rise amongst adolescent girls yet an effective intervention still fails to exist. Contemporary research links the sociocultural‚ biological‚ and physiological factors that put adolescent girls at such a high risk for the development of eating disorders. However‚ a gap in the literature remains in terms of what
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KFC spreading its wings and more throughout China By Ted Anthony The Associated Press BEIJING - The late Colonel Harland Sanders‚ whose bearded‚ down-home visage adorns chicken restaurants from Kentucky to Karachi‚ is headed for a new frontier: the mountains of Tibet. There’s more: The Mexican-style fast food of the Taco Bell chain will expand across China in the near future. Pizza Hut will step up its home deliveries. And KFC’s already imposing presence in the world’s most populous country
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Homelessness is a global tragedy that is an ongoing problem which arouses anxiety in government and civil society. There are many difficulties in defining what ‘homelessness’ really means. There has been a long debate about the definition of homelessness in Western countries (Neil & Fopp‚ 1992). Questions arise such as; how should we define people who don’t own their own accommodation but are staying temporarily with other households? Should they be labelled as homeless? This leads to the debate
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Writer: Linber LewisSchool: President’s College‚ GuyanaIf one asks the question‚ what can floods do?‚ then the following may seem like fitting answers. During the summer monsoon season‚ heavy rains cause destructive floods in Southeast Asia. In China‚ the floods of the Huang He River have been so frequent and devastating that the river is called Chinas Sorrow. Likewise in the US‚ record spring and summer rains in 1993 caused the Mississippi Rover to overflow its banks‚ flooding farms and towns from
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