adulthood‚ the more insensitive their measures are to normative changes that occur with age. Statistical assumptions are better suited to the demonstration of stability than of change (Cronbach & Furby‚ 1970)‚ and problems of design are intimidating (Schaie‚ 1965). Variations in samples or cohorts‚ times of testing‚ and types of measures make comparisons between studies confusing. It has been difficult to
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Title : ‘The Impact of Colour on Consumer Buying Decision’ Abstract This paper describes a study in the Marketing Psychological Influences on the Buying Decision Process. Especially how colour can make influence in the Consumer Buying Decision. Colour can dramatically affect moods‚ feelings and emotions. It is a powerful communication tool and can be used to signal action‚ influence mood and cause psychological reactions. Building on Grice’s (1975)theory of “conventional implicature”‚ the consumers
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Emotion 2004‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 1‚ 87–94 Copyright 2004 by the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 1528-3542/04/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.4.1.87 BRIEF REPORTS Gender and Culture Differences in Emotion Agneta H. Fischer‚ Patricia M. Rodriguez Mosquera‚ and Annelies E. M. van Vianen Antony S. R. Manstead University of Cambridge University of Amsterdam In this article‚ the authors report a secondary analysis on a cross-cultural dataset on gender differences in 6 emotions‚ collected
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Smart technologies for older people a systematic literature review of smart technologies that promote health and wellbeing of older people living at home www.broadband.unimelb.edu.au May 2012 Authors Meg Morris‚ PhD Chair Physiotherapy‚ The University of Melbourne Elizabeth Ozanne‚ PhD Associate Professor‚ Social Work‚ The University of Melbourne Kim Miller‚ PhD Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy‚ The University of Melbourne Nick Santamaria‚ PhD Chair Translational Nursing‚ The University of
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2. Psychological Development a. Factors Governing Development Psychological development refers to reaching psychological‚ emotional‚ social and cognitive milestones as part of an individual’s personal growth. Although adults have their own psychological challenges as they move through life stages‚ psychological development in childhood is a series of particularly intense and rapidly encountered milestones. These processes are also closely related to physical growth and the appearance of physical
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CFull Text * Translate Full textUndo TranslationTranslateUndo Translation Press the Escape key to close FromTo Translate Translation in progress... [[missing key: loadingAnimation]] The full text may take 40-60 seconds to translate; larger documents may take longer. Cancel * Turn on search term navigationTurn on search term navigation * Jump to first hit Headnote ABSTRACT A resilience framework for understanding cognitive aging implies a search for factors that buffer
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SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS Nosology: We have two large categories : 1- substance dependence and substance abuse 2- substance induced mental disorders we will deal with the descriptions of the clinical phenomena associated with the use of 11 designated classes of pharmacological agents: alcohol‚ amphetamines or similarly acting agents; caffeine; cannabis; cocaine; hallucinogens; inhalants; nicotine; opioids; phencyclidine (PCP) or similar agents; and sedatives‚ hypnotics‚ and anxiolytics
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Traits are consistent patterns of thoughts‚ feelings‚ or actions that distinguish people from one another. Traits are basis tendencies that remain stable across the life span‚ but characteristic behaviour can change considerably through adaptive pr ocesses. A trait is an internal characteristic that corresponds to an extreme position on a behavioural dimension. There have been different theoretical perspectives in the field of personality psychology over the years including human motivation‚ the
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Social Development Research PSY/201 The article I have chosen to review and summarize for this assignment addresses selectivity during social information processing. It investigates whether or not this selectivity evolves with age and social experience. This article was chosen because it is informative and interesting. The author chose to use the technique of experimentation to analyze whether or not increased age affects the way in which humans process social information. The article
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Review of General Psychology 2005‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 2‚ 111–131 Copyright 2005 by the Educational Publishing Foundation 1089-2680/05/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.9.2.111 Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California‚ Riverside Kennon M. Sheldon University of Missouri—Columbia David Schkade University of California‚ San Diego The pursuit of happiness is an important goal for many people. However‚ surprisingly little scientific research
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