The Mental Prison of Despair: Correlations from “The Stanford Prison Experiment”
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A 5 page overview of this classical psychological study conducted in the 1970s. Comments on the group behavior of conformation. Introduces Doris Lessing’s “Group Minds”, Soloman Asch’s “Opinions and Social Pressure”, and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” to further illustrate the dynamics of group interaction. No additional sources are listed.
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The Scholarship Paradigm Shift in the Field of Psychology
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A 5 page paper which discusses the paradigm shift present in the field of psychology. This shift is that which addresses scholarship, which can be summed up in the condition of education. the paper discusses how sufficient and current knowledge is a very powerful and growing issue in the field of psychology. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Three Psychology Journals / Comparison
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A 5 page paper analyzing three psychological journals for content and slant. The journals are: The Journal of Abnormal Psychology; The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; and The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis. While the first two concern themselves more with research, the last is more concerned with what Freud would say. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Time Management/Literature Review
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A 4 page research paper that analyzes a research article on a time-management study, evaluating its accuracy and procedures. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Using The Internet For Personality Testing
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This 5 page paper critiques a specific article: Buchanan, Tom & Smith, John L. (1999, February). Using the internet for psychological research: personality testing on the world wide web. British Journal Of Psychology 90. It also offers additional comments from other studies and points to the potential and limitations of this technology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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“Choosing the Right Pond: The Impact of Group Membership on Self-Esteem and Group-Oriented Behavior” by H. Smith and T. Tyler:
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This 8 page report discusses Heather Smith and Tom Tyler’s research effort and findings titled “Choosing the right pond: How group membership shapes self-esteem and group-oriented behavior” published in 1997 in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. No other sources listed.
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“Gender and Cultural Differences in Partner Selection”
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An eight page paper which looks at the way in which gender differences and cultural constraints influence individuals’ selection of their partners, and how much significance is attached in different societies to factors such as physical attractiveness, intelligence, social status and other salient elements. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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