Eating Disorders A vast amount of research has been done on the subject of eating disorders and their causes. Many eating disorders have been proven to emerge during adolescence and often serve as the foundations to more serious problems like anorexia and bulimia. This essay will explore the development of eating disorders in adolescent girls. It will show that these disorders are closely connected to the biological and psychosocial changes that occur during the adolescent period. Many
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1989‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 6‚1069-1081 Copyright 1989 by the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 0022-3514/89/SOO. 75 Happiness Is Everything‚ or Is It? Explorations on the Meaning of Psychological Well-Being Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin—Madison Reigning measures of psychological well-being have little theoretical grounding‚ despite an extensive literature on the contours of positive functioning. Aspects of well-being derived from this
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PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR DEPRESSION To read up on psychological therapies for depression‚ refer to pages 459–468 of Eysenck’s A2 Level Psychology. Ask yourself How can the behavioural approach be applied to the treatment of depression? How can the cognitive approach be applied to the treatment of depression? Which psychological therapy do you think will be most effective for depression? What you need to know PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY BEHAVIOUR THERAPY COGNITIVE AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL
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The Psychological Effects of LSD Introduction LSD has always been a center of controversy in American society‚ often times because peoplehave been miseducated about its effects or exposed to media bias. Its physiological effects onthe brain and body have become more and more apparent in the last few decades when research in neuroscience peaked. The psychological effects of LSD have been often difficult to describe and document very well -- they were first discovered on April 16‚ 1943 by
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Adjustment Disorder 1 Running head: ANXIETY DISORDER AND ADJUSTMENT DISORDER A Comparison of Anxiety Disorder and Adjustment Disorder Victoria Argueta Walden University Diagnosis and Assessment Dr. Edward Beck
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PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA Introduction A traumatic event is any situation whereby a person is affected psychologically due to the severity of the event. In such cases‚ a person may find it difficult to move on to normal life which they had no problem with before the traumatic event. A recent event that affected hundreds of people in Kenya was the Westgate terror attack. Terror attacks cause people to lose trust in humanity. This attack left many people traumatised Fortunately‚ these consequences
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Motivational Motivational theories essentially state the behavior is based on a factor of motivation for the individual. (Taylor‚ 2006) An example would be the man who steals in order to feed his family. This implies the cognitive and the learning theory. The learning theory may be implied as his father was a strong provider and the thief may want to accomplish in the same manner as his father did. The cognitive theory may be associated depending on how the individual views his world. Certain
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Bipolar Disorder: Finding the Light in the Dark Affecting nearly one percent of the population of the United States‚ bipolar disorder has quickly become one of the leading forms of mental illness (Spearing). While advancements in medical science and technology have allowed researchers and physicians to understand its elements more clearly‚ the effects of bipolar disorder are tragic and often deadly. Often the negative results occur due to a lack of proper diagnosis: some seventy-five percent
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Marketing and environmental stimuli enter the customer’s consciousness‚ and a set of psychological processes combine with certain customer characteristics to result in decision processes and purchase decisions. The marketer’s task is to understand what happens in the customers’s conciousness between the arrival of the our-side marketing stimuli and the ultimate purchase decisions. Four key psychological processes : • Motivation • Perception • Learning • Memory Fundamentally influence customer
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Introduction to Psychological Testing PSY/475 May 28‚ 2012 Dan Riner Introduction to Psychological Testing Tests are used to evaluate‚ identify‚ and give meaning to human thought and behavior. A test is a process that is used to observe behavior and describe that behavior using numerical scales or fixed categories. The five major categories of psychological tests include mental ability‚ achievement‚ personality‚ interests and attitudes‚ and neuropsychological. Tests are primarily used in clinical
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