Social Science

So what would the world look like with roughly four billion fewer people on the planet? Well, I’m assuming that it would still be a rocky planet, and I assume it would still have lots of water on it too….
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Are you on the lookout for a beautiful Cinderella or a handsome Prince Charming with whom to live happily ever after? Here’s how to make a splendid first impression.  Physical attractiveness is usually the primary element which draws the attention…
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Whether psychologists emphasize internal or external influences depends on their theoretical perspective. Each perspective influences the questions psychologists ask, the kind of information they consider important, and the method of study used. The ‘biological theory’ helps us to understand how…
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Every body speaks louder than words and it takes your eyes to decode the body language, using your ears alone will leave you in the dark.  So what is your body telling others and what secrets are bodies around you…
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The influence of colors on mood is often subtle, but nonetheless apparent. People have known for hundreds of years the effect that tones and hues of colors can have on how we feel and the mood we are in, how…
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Mystical Psychosis: Picking Up Where Jung Left Off “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your…
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With the discovery of DNA and how each individual has a specific DNA, the DNA has become a genetic blueprint of an individual just as the finger print was previously used and is still used as identification in forensic science….
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B. F. SKINNER AND THE SKINNER BOX B. F. Skinner is probably most remembered for the invention of what came to be called the “Skinner Box” which was a box he used in his operant conditioning controlled experiments. Challenging the…
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It takes a truly strong person to learn from experience and the best part of the whole concept is that anyone can do it. So why can’t everyone do it? Well, it’s not as easy as it sounds and to…
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Traumatic memories are sometimes relived every day and sometimes they are pushed to the back of the mind and come forward when a trigger memory brings that trauma back to the forefront.  The DSM-III, DSM-IV, and the newest:  DSM-V all…
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