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November 2007
Research and Methodological Development in Psychology
Methods courses tend to have formidable goals. The mentors/professors want students to understand the terminology, logic, and procedures used in research; to integrate statistical procedures with research methods and to gain the capacity to design and conduct research and write APA-style reports. I recognize that a methods course as I teach Experimental Psychology requires a laboratory component. Labs, however, pose the following problem: students must have some knowledge of methods for lab exercises to be meaningful, but the benefits of the lab exercises are minimal if students cannot conduct them until the end of the semester. (more...)Posted on November 2007
International Council of Psychologists: August 2007 Golden Edition
The year 2007 marks the 65th golden anniversary and a strong sense of well deserved pride in the ICP history.
This year convention theme is “Peace, Hope and Well-Being across the Cultures”, with the state of the art approaches represented by the specially invited renowned keynotes as well as the ICP members.
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November 2007
Neural correlates of face object recognition in young children with autism spectrum disorder
Dr. Carver studies the brain basis of cognitive and social developmental change in the transition from infancy to the early toddler years. Near the end of the first year of life, infants begin to develop the ability to remember information over very long intervals. Dr. Carver’s research examines changes in the brain that allow this long-term memory to develop. (more...)
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Social impairments and individual differences in social development of children with autism
Children with autism not only display social impairments but also significant individual differences in social development. Understanding the source of these divergences, as well as the nature of social impairments, is important for improved diagnosis and treatments for these children. Current theory and research suggests that individual differences in response monitoring, a specific function of the anterior cingulated cortex, may contribute to social-emotional and social-cognitive impairments and individual differences in autism.
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November 2007
The Contact Work Primer
“Much more than a primer … this is a superb practical introduction to Pre-Therapy and contact work that will be of value to all mental health professionals working with contact-impaired individuals”.....
Pre-Therapy as individual psychotherapy was born in the United Sates and contact work for institutional settings was developed in Europe. This book reflects the development of contact work with growing range of clients.
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Biased Judgements of Euro Coins’ sizes: Stimuli-specific and Interindividual Suggestive Effects
The introduction of the Euro released both hope and fear. On January 1st, 1999, the Euro became the official currency in most states of the European Community (EC). For the majority of the population however, this expressed itself only in fixed exchange rates between the participating currencies, since cash money was not changed immediately. Suggestibility regarding the biased estimations of Euro coins from alleged different countries was examined. It was predicted that images regarding different nations would affect these estimations. (more...)Posted on November 2007
November 2007
Emotional and instrumental aggressiveness and body weight loss
Violence and aggressiveness are social concerns. Also, at a time of rising prevalence of obesity, many people tend to control their body weight through dieting. The impact of several specific diets on mood and cognitive performances are currently giving rise to an increasing number of studies. Aggression is a heterogeneous phenomenon that can take place in several situations and covers a wide spectrum of different behaviors and meanings. (more...)Posted on November 2007
November 2007
Migrant men: managing gay and European identities in London
This study explores the nature of multiple identities in migrant gay men living in London. By using a phenomenological perspective, the stories of eleven gay men have been analyzed to develop a better understanding of the meanings attached to migrant, European, national and gay identities. The study begins with a review of the main social psychological and social constructionist research around identities and highlights the role of social categories (structure) and multiple identities in creative actors (agency) that emerge as dominant discourses around the nature of the self. (more...)Posted on November 2007
November 2007
CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY: A ONCE AND FUTURE DISCIPLINE
Undoubtedly we are now witnessing the dawns of a new era in the theory and practice of Wundt’s “second psychology”, an era of re-discovery and re-assessment of all key issues that concern the maturation of a discipline. At such times proposing integrated and viable approaches to the study of mind and culture is both daring and praiseworthy. Michael Cole, Professor of Communication and Psychology at the University of California, San Diego, has successfully undertook such a task and by this offered us an exemplary textbook of “contemporary” cultural psychology. (more...)
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The Development of the Brief Social Desirability Scale (BSDS)
The objective of this work is to devise a brief, practical, reliable and valid social desirability instrument for use in contexts where a short scale is useful for example in the assessment of social desirability factor in psychiatric patients.
The Brief Social Desirability Scale (BSDS) has the advantages of brevity and practicality. It can be used before administering attitudinal surveys in order to factor in the effect of the social desirability on attitudinal questionnaires. BSDS is preferred in many test situations where the administration time is limited or subjects are unable to bear lengthy questionnaires and the related drop in reliability due to brevity of the scale remains tolerable.
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November 2007
Chuang-tze：A Positive Psychologist in Ancient China
The positive psychological movement has played a more and more important role in the stage of psychology. Positive psychology emphasizes subject well-being and has three pillars: positive emotion, positive traits, and positive institutions. Chuang-tze was a notable thinker in the history of ancient China. His life career and his world outlook provide an important cue to the understanding of positive psychology. The unexhausted life force and lofty state of spirit in his thought strongly influence and attract people of later generation. Moreover, his brilliant exposition about value and value judgment is the vital source for us to excavate his theory of value. (more...)
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November 2007
Over Age in Marital Status and Submissiveness as Determinant of Suicide Ideation in adults
Assertiveness trait of an individual is straight forwardness in all dealings of life. The person has independence in nature, non convincing with other’s ideas, and dominance in behavior in general, whereas submissiveness keeps his ideas to himself only, not dare to open her mouth, fearful to meet and exchange views with others, accept subordination and act as others say, hesitant to oppose other’s views. It appears that young adults today are more likely prone to emotional-disorders that develop suicidal thoughts correspond closely to marital-status, in that it tends to occur more frequently among single persons and those who are divorced and separated than among married living together. (more...)Posted on November 2007