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Symbolic Convergence Theory, 2008.
An analysis of symbolic convergence theory.
805 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 28.95
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This essay describes symbolic convergence theory, postulated by Ernest Bormann and used in group (especially small group) interaction and activity. The paper points out that, quite often in the business, political or social world several individuals with different backgrounds, aptitudes and preferences are asked to work together in a group. The theory addresses these kinds of situations. The paper concludes that the theory is somewhat too simple and limited to be anything else than an intuitive observation, with no potential for development and no real essential reflection on communication or group work.
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"An important characteristic of the fantasy that needs to be shared with the group is that it needs to belong outside the group and, in this sense, outside the idea that is shared or discussed with the group. The respective fantasy shared by one of the individuals is supposed to be able to trigger a similar reaction from the other members of the group and increase cohesion. As such, someone else from the group might remember that it's also the birthday of a member of his own family and he will share this with the group. This creates a symbolic convergence that will help increase the convergence of the group and helps "build a sense of community or a group consciousness" (Young, 1998; from Griffin, 1997)."
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Healthcare, Hospitals and the Uninsured, 2008.
An examination of the impact of the uninsured population on Sidonia Psychiatric Care Center.
1,807 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 58.95
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The paper focuses on the Sidonia Psychiatric Care Center, an acute inpatient care facility for adults, adolescents and children. The paper discusses how the facility had to adjust from a largely insured patient population, to a largely Medicare, Medicaid and uninsured population. The paper describes the difficulty in running Sidonia with such high running costs. The paper warns that while the debate continues daily about what to do about the uninsured in America, hospitals, especially specialty care like Sidonia, are getting closer to closing their doors to inpatient care altogether.
Outline:
Ten Years Ago
Today
Staffing
The Future
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"Sidonia Psychiatric Care Center is licensed for 110 beds, but utilize only 100 of those beds. They are an acute inpatient care facility for adults, adolescents, and children. This includes a dual diagnosis ward for adult drug and alcohol patients whose primary diagnosis is a psychiatric diagnosis, but whose secondary diagnosis is one of drug and alcohol abuse and addiction. Sidonia has been in operation for more than 20 years, since the middle 1980s, which is the halfway point between the emergence of managed care and overhaul of existing group plans, which evolved into today's managed care programs and the representative group benefit plans, which are vastly different than those of the 1980s."
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Personality Types in Business, 2008.
This paper looks at personality assessment tests and techniques.
1,354 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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The paper discusses the Myers-Briggs, Holland Codes and strong interest inventory personality tests that help companies determine the viability and suitability of employees or clients. The paper points out that whatever purpose business, human resources departments or employees have, there is a personality assessment method appropriate to the requirements and it is up to the individual or group to research the available methods and use them accordingly.
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Executive Summary
The Myers-Briggs, Holland Codes and Strong Interest Inventory Personality Type Assessment
Use of the Different Personality Assessment Tests in Business
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"Business and industry have gone through tremendous changes throughout the last few decades. Competition amongst businesses not only in terms of getting clients but getting the right people to do the required tasks is unprecedented. The atmosphere has become more competitive especially in today's globalize world where employers no longer compete for resources - human or otherwise - locally but regionally and worldwide as well. Before, a public relations firm in Minneapolis could have its choice of different PR experts locally; and can even shortlist the creme de la creme of the industry. Nowadays, the same PR firm must look nationally and the top candidates would not only have offers in key U.S. cities' PR firms but London, Shanghai, Macau, Manila, Paris or Bonn's PR firms as well."
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National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, 2008.
An analysis of the goals, technical aspects, and results of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
3,004 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 88.95
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This paper analyzes the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign put out by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. It describes the goal and basis of the campaign, as well as its target audiences. The paper looks at the strategic resources of the campaign and its theoretical basis. The paper then discusses the campaign from a technical point of view and discusses its results.
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"While the message was conveyed under the form of news in the papers, it sometimes took the form of an advertorial in magazines. In this way, the target was reached from multiple directions and with an increased frequency. Since framing directs the creation of meaning, the use of various framing techniques underlines the complexity of the campaign.
"Understanding the target audiences influenced the conception of the campaign's content. The texts (the signs) that were written and then transmitted through various media were adapted in their form (use of images, metaphors, tone of voice, etc.) so that they had the capacity to draw the attention of the audience."
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Alcohol Use, 2008.
Looks at the diminution in alcohol use in the U.S. and Europe.
2,740 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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This paper explains that the decrease in the use of alcoholic beverages in the U.S. and Europe is because alcoholic beverages, which once had a status as almost indispensable diet items, today are commodities of discretionary consumption. The paper relates that this shift was affected by several factors, including demographic changes, economic shifts, new social pressures, a growing health consciousness and direct action of the temperance movement. The paper also relates that teenage drinking is still a problem since young people are not given norms by which to judge their own behavior and thus emulate what they see in the adult world without the social anchor to do so responsibly.
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"The Canadian market is more like the American market than it is the European. For the beer industry today, based on reports from the advertising undertaken by different companies, the primary target market in North America as a whole consists of men and younger adults. This fact also explains the emphasis on youth in certain television ads, often with images of people in their twenties in singles bars, at parties, and in locales such as the beach, a swimming pool, a barbecue, or similar site."
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Children and Habits, Tastes and Consumption, 2008.
This paper researches what control or agency children have in the construction of their own habits, tastes and consumption, focusing in particular on the United Kingdom.
5,042 words (approx. 20.2 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 127.95
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Many of the same forces that are driving globalization are also fueling new interest in what childhood developmental differences exist among different countries in an effort to better understand how these differences may affect interpersonal relationships and social patterns in increasingly multicultural societies. While it is reasonable to assume that children all over the world share many of the same wants, needs and desires, it is also reasonable to assume that there are some fundamental differences that exist concerning what control or agency these children have in the construction of their own habits, tastes and consumption patterns as well. To identify these differences and determine their impact on modern societies, this paper provides a review of the relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature with a specific focus on the United Kingdom as well as an examination of these issues as they relate to other countries in North America, Europe and Southeast Asia as well. A summary of the research and salient findings are presented in the conclusion.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Cultural Influences of the Development of Individual Habits, Tastes and Consumption Patterns
Implications for Control or Agency of Children's Tastes and Habits.
Conclusion
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"In their book, 'The Politics of Consumption, Daunton and Hilton' (2001) report that consumption patterns that involve children have been the source of increasing attention in recent years: 'The status of individual goods has inspired particular moral critiques. Goods have been criticized for undermining control of the self such as alcohol, tobacco and other narcotics. Goods themselves may be morally acceptable, but the way in which they are produced, by non-free or sweated labour, may be the cause of moral and political complaint. And goods have been criticized when consumed by particular sections of the community, such as by children or by those who have inspired 'moral panics'' (p. 3). According to these authors, 'Within the modern state, the history of consumer politics and citizenship can be better understood as the history of the rights and duties which societies and individuals attach to consumption' (Daunton & Hilton, 2001, p. 13). Indeed, globalization is being driven by such consumption patterns and it is reasonable to assert that as children in the emerging nations of the world gain access to the material goods enjoyed by their counterparts in more affluent societies, their perceptions of what is good and bad will be swayed as well. As these authors put it, 'It is not so much a history of how consumer rights have been constructed and incorporated into state-sanctioned notions of citizenship, but a history of how rights and duties, the central pillars of liberal citizenship, have been constantly redefined in their relationship to consumption' (Daunton & Hilton, 2001, p. 13)."
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Group Dynamics and Technology, 2008.
An examination of group dynamics in a technological world.
1,557 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper examines whether group dynamics become increasingly relevant, practical or important as society adjusts to a more technological and united world. The paper explains that although technology has enabled human beings to become more isolated, hiding behind their computer screens on one hand, for an organization to manage the increasingly complex processes required for its operations, encouraging individuals to work in teams is increasingly valued, and the ability to cooperate is seen as an essential character trait in employees. The paper then points out that organizations in the future will face the challenge of having to unite workers who may be less and less well-versed in the emotional skills necessary to create a cohesive group unit. The paper also looks at how, as organizations grow ever-larger, newly merged entities must bring together a variety of individuals from diverse backgrounds and skills to work together.
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"Group activity is often referred to as "shared cooperative activity" which is something fewer and fewer Americans are seeking in their leisure time activities. Civic affiliation is on the decline yet more and more employers are demanding they engage in teamwork at work, as noted in Putnam's landmark 1995 sociological study Bowling Alone. The image of people bowling alone, side-by-side in the same building, but not involved in the same game demonstrates how an activity that multiple people happen to perform simultaneously is not a group activity, with the type of interactive dynamics necessary for creative and productive dialogue (Pavitt, 2004). Rather, a true group is a collection of people with the intention of pursuing some shared goal, intending to act together, in the pursuit of that agreed-upon purpose. Charles Pavitt adds the caveat that each person in a group must intend that each other person in the aggregate acts in pursuit of the goal."
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2008.
An analysis of the varied literature regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
3,881 words (approx. 15.5 pages), 25 sources, APA, $ 106.95
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This paper discusses some of the varied and abundant literature that exists regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The paper discusses the conclusions from many of the studies and how they are, at least in some cases, seen as very controversial, and are sparking a large amount of scholarly debate over the correct methods of addressing such a prevalent problem.
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"Other studies look to treat not just the physical ailments, disabilities or anomalies of ADHD but look to discover how treatments used to treat other disorders can affect those with ADHD if they were treated with them. One study showed the effects of behavioral therapy on autistic children and concluded, "Results suggest that behavioral treatment was effective for children with autism in the study" (Eikeseth, Smith, Jahr, Eldivik, 2007, p. 264). This leads to the question of whether such treatments can also assist those who are affected by ADHD. This particular study could be of interest because it dealt with such young subjects (ages 4-7) and it showed excellent results. If these same type of treatments were available for individuals with ADHD, and they worked as well, it would seem that implementation of this type of treatment would be beneficial to society, just like a study on a community's water source might also be beneficial."
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Critical Psychology, 2008.
A discussion to explain the meaning of the term "critical psychology".
836 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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The paper states that there is no practical definition of "critical psychology" and then offers a suggestion. The paper states that critical psychology should contain certain components and the paper highlights them and addresses them. The paper explains that the field of critical psychology takes a critical look at mainstream psychology, and in the process, embraces several disciplines within the field of psychology that practitioners of critical psychology feel have been ignored by mainstream psychology.
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"Parker wrote that critical psychology should include these important components: one, a "systematic examination" of how some aspects of mainstream psychological dynamics operate "ideologically and in the service of power" (in other words, mainstream psychology supports the status quo which is not always on the right side of social change); two, critical psychology should include a study of the ways in which "all varieties of psychology are culturally historically constructed," and how alternative versions of psychology may "confirm or resist ideological assumptions in mainstream models"; three, critical psychology should be a study of "forms of surveillance and self-regulation" in daily life patterns; and four, critical psychology should be an "Exploration of the way 'ordinary psychology' structures academic and professional work in psychology," and how everyday actions might offer the substance of a strategy for resisting "contemporary disciplinary practices."
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Freud and Gender Identity, 2008.
A discussion of Sigmund Freud's research into gender identity.
2,605 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 78.95
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In this paper, Sigmund Freud's research into sexuality bisexuality, homosexuality, gender issues) is reviewed. The paper holds that Freud is respected for much of the original research he conducted into the differences between the sexes, the personality issues that are affected by psycho/sexual dynamics, dream psychology, gender identity and other areas of psychology. It claims, however, that more than a hundred years after his work, there are more than a few questions about the objectivity of his research, the credibility of his theories, and accuracy of his work. The paper concludes that after examining the events that were happening in his life during the time he conducted some of the research, there is room for some doubt.
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"Meanwhile, according to Myths and Mysteries of Same Sex Love (Christine Downing), Freud himself was involved in "perversions" (e.g., homosexual relationships) with other men, namely Josef Breuer, Wilhelm Fliess (beginning in 1887) and later with Carl Jung, his close associate in research - a third gay relationship which was at its most intense period from 1907-1912, according to Downing (24). Knowing this information could possibly have the potential of casting a shadow of doubt on some of Freud's work in the area of same sex relationships and same sex research."
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Counseling Tools, 2008.
Four case study analyses discussing families that require counseling and the rationale behind the choice of therapy tool.
3,890 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 106.95
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This paper presents four scenarios of families that require counseling. It describes the history and family scenario in point form and then discusses the reasons behind the choice of therapy. It discusses the goals and strategies for the therapy sessions, as well as the ideas for change. The paper then analyzes the role of the therapist in the counseling sessions.
Table of Contents:
Family 1
Problem
History
Tool
Family 2
Problem
History
Tool
Family 3
Problem
History
Tool
Family 4
Problem
History
Tool
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"The father will also learn how to interact with his son in therapy in a safe and non-threatening way. Once the father learns how to demonstrate his feelings for his son, the son will likely stop acting out because he will recognize his father's love for him and discover he does not have to act aggressively to seek the love he deserves. He will realize that teasing and taunting by other children (if this is a problem) results from the other child's own self-esteem issues, and not from any problem with the son or his family or his culture. By interacting with his son, the son will learn how to embrace his culture more and learn that communication and love are good for the family and necessary components of healthy relationships with others. This may also improve the family dynamic as a whole. The father may learn to demonstrate for example, more feelings for the mother and other members of the family. The mother may become more soothing and loving if the father feels safe offering his feelings to her. Once the family begins acting as a unit that communicates, they can then write down new goals for the family which may include being more expressive and open toward one-another. The father may also explain why long work hours are necessary, but also commit to spending more quality one-to-one time with his son and with other members of the family, so they do not feel neglected or feel they have to act out their feelings."
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Aging in Modern Society, 2008.
This paper looks at the consequences of aging in current times, especially considering an ever increasing life expectancy age.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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Although much earlier in the history of humans, the age of 50 was once considered old. That statistic has changed significantly over the last two centuries due to greatly improved living conditions, nutrition and disease control. Population projections in the United States indicate the percentage of the population over 65 will continue to increase through the first quarter of the 21st century. A preliminary report from the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on U.S. statistics for 2005, places national life expectancy at 78 years, a figure that has been increasing steadily. This is much different than the life expectancy in 1800 of only 36. Considering these facts, this paper describes an interview with a 70-year-old neighbor and tries to offer insight into what it is like physically, cognitively and socially during this age.
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"So far, her problems with eyesight and hearing have been minor. She has had to wear bifocals since she was 60, but passed her hearing test and does not yet need any kind of hearing aid like her husband. However, the soreness in her legs and arms from fibromyalgia is becoming worse, and she finds it more difficult to do streneous things. She also has seen a difference in her ability to do things in the last five years and knows that changes are coming faster now in her physical and mental abilities. She realizes that this could be from not exercising enough. She and her husband take a couple of 20-minute walks each week, but this is not enough. Mrs. Freeman knows that this is wrong, since the older she gets, the more difficult it has been to exercise. She tried joining the senior workout sessions, but could not motivate herself to go to the center every morning. She gets frustrated because she does not like her extra weight, but not frustrated enough to encourage her to do something more strenuous on a regular basis."
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