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    Safety is accorded the highest priority by Indian Railways and all possible steps are undertaken on a continuing basis to prevent accidents and to enhance safety. Strategy of the Indian Railways for accident prevention include progressively achieving reduction in accidents attributable to human failure by way of introduction of modern technologies and devices and mechanization of maintenance. Safety measures taken by the Railways include timely replacement of over-aged assets‚ adoption of suitable

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    Psychological Disorders

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    Two main categories of treating psychological disorders Psychotherapy– is treatment in which a trained professional therapist‚ uses psychological techniques to help someone overcome psychological difficulties and disorders‚ resolve problems in living‚ or bringing about a personal growth. They do this through discussions and interactions with the therapist. Biomedical Therapy– relies on drugs‚ medications‚ and medical procedures to improve psychological functioning. Therapies Brochure BY:

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    intent‚ behavior and acts are learned‚ medical professional says otherwise. According to medical professionals‚ a psychological perspective focus on the mental aspects of criminals and noncriminal behavior. Psychological perspective‚ is based on an analytical approach to understanding criminal behavior. Therefore. Psychoanalytic Theory‚ greatly contributes to the understand of Psychological

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    Psychological Experiment

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    Design of a Psychological Experiment Psyc 100 (0110-0129) Fall‚ 1996 Dr. Sternheim Report #1 (10 points) Problem: Suppose you are a psychologist who is interested in the effects of caffeine on the eye-hand coordination of students enrolled at UMCP. Design an experiment to test the hypothesis that caffeine enhances a student’s ability to hit a baseball. Describe your experiment by answering the following questions: 1) What are the independent and dependent variables? The independent variable

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    Psychological Egoism: Fact or Fiction?? The descriptive claim made by Psychological Egoists is that humans‚ by nature‚ are motivated only by self-interest. Any act‚ no matter how altruistic it may seem on the outside is actually only a disguise for a selfish desire such as recognition‚ avoiding guilt‚ reward or sense of personal ‘goodness’ or morality. For example‚ Mother Teresa is just using the poor for her own long-term spiritual gain. Being a universal claim‚ it could falter with a single counterexample

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    Associated with Using Psychological Measures in the Multicultural South African Context Alaina Kamille Govender University of Kwa-Zulu Natal South Africa is deeply embedded in the roots of its past and so it inevitable that psychological assessment today would be greatly influenced by the history of our country. Foxcroft (1997) argued that there is a grave importance to understand the impact that South Africa’s past apartheid policies have had on the development and use of psychological testing. In her

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    MEASURE AND CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT The meaning of development is measured by statistical analysis in a country with ; national income ‚inflation ‚unemployment rate‚ balance of payment ‚life expectancy‚ the rate of literacy and such as more measurements in a actual country .Those measurements will show us how the countries are developing in the world ‚ by the numbers of macroeconomic measures we will be able to understand how the countries are growing economically and how the macro economical

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE Any act‚ including confinement‚ isolation‚ verbal assault‚ humiliation‚ intimidation‚ or any other treatment which may diminish the sense of identity‚ dignity‚ and self-worth. This is sometimes called emotional abuse. Some researchers refer to it by formal terms such as "chronic verbal aggression". Psychological abuse can make the person feel "less of a person". It diminishes the person’s sense of identity‚ dignity‚ and self-worth. Abused people often find that psychological

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    INTRODUCTION India is a developing country. This means that majority of the population belong to the working class. They have to struggle to make both the ends meet. In their struggle for daily living‚ they loose sight of the individual development‚ productivity‚ selfactualization etc. There are certain special characteristics with regard to the Indian labourer‚ such as coming from villages to city in search of work‚ being away from loved ones‚ having to accept work at poor working

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    Psychological Perspectives: Essay 2 Psychology is a study which involves scientifically monitoring behaviour and mental processes in an attempt to understand and resolve them. In this second assignment I aim to discuss and evaluate the competing ideas of free will and determinism‚ whilst also assessing both biological and environmental reductionism as ways of explaining human behaviour. Firstly free will is fundamental to the understanding of most common sense theories of psychology. It is

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