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| Does Counseling or Psychological Therapy Help? | | 2008-06-24 00:00:00 | | Psychologists are healthcare professionals who rely upon scientific method to understand human behavior. Within a clinical setting, psychologists apply their expertise in a balanced manner, between a directive style and the recognition of the importance of allowing themselves to be more of a facilitator to help their clients help themselves. For most people, this approach [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
| | How To Get Started With Your Master Thesis - A Psychological Checklist II | | 2008-06-23 00:55:00 | | Much of the difficulty arising from the thesis-writing exercise is psychological rather than technical. To finish your master thesis, you shouldn't only have the right topic, adviser, method, equipment, reading materials, etc. It is much more important to have the right attitude. Think about it; solutions to technical problems can be found in many books, but if you don't have the will, the inclination or the patience to look for them, they won't do you much good. Here are some tips that can help you put yourself in the right frame of mind for dissertation writing.
Get Organized
You probably know the old saying, "It's easy to lose sight of the forest for the trees." This applies in thesis writing. You can become so caught up in individual tasks (e.g. reading all the materials you can find on your topic, interviewing subjects for your case studies, drafting and redrafting your proposal, etc) that you might lose sight of the fact that you do have a deadline, and that it's the complete ou | | By: Dissertation Writing Guru | | |
| | Your psychological health triggers your immune system | | 2008-06-20 05:15:19 | | It is very obvious that unhappy persons suffer from psychological illness as well as physical ailments. The people with a positive approach towards life stay psychologically and physically healthy. But is there any relation between psychological health and our immune system?
It now appears that immune function and psychological health may be directly related.
One recent study, [...] | | By: Your health and detox diet | | |
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| | Weight Gain and Weight Loss – the Psychological Ramifications | | 2008-05-20 20:37:59 | | With roughly the same amount of food being available to all of us in our society, why do some people end up with weight problems while others don’t? And moreover, why are some of us able to lose weight and change our lifestyle relatively easily, while others hold onto their excess weight? There are about three different answers to those questions. The first is physical – some of us have a faster metabolism than others. We just burn calories faster, so any weight that we do gain is quickly lost. The second answer is behavioral – this refers to the habits we have picked up over the years. If we have bad eating habits, they can be changed, but until they are, we are likely stuck with any weight that we do gain.The third variable is psychological, and it may even be the most powerful determinant for who will be able to lose weight and who won’t. Many of us have a psychological basis for our weight gain or weight loss. Until the psychological issues are dealt with, weight loss may w | | By: tips n trick diets success | | |
| | Having Trouble with Weight Loss? 3 Psychological Themes That May Be Keeping You Fat | | 2008-04-29 02:29:11 | | “I know what to do, I just don't do it.” You may be among the thousands, maybe even millions of individuals, who utter these words constantly. You diet. You lose weight. And yet, here you sit, perhaps heavier than you've ever been. You're frustrated, you're confused, you're angry, maybe you are even hopeless. I would be, too, if I were you. Unfortunately so many who offer weight loss services are not completely versed in all aspects of obesity, compulsive eating and food addiction - particularly the psychology of weight loss, and more important, the psychology of weight control. In my almost 20 years of clinical work as a “psycho-nutritionist” (a term I coined for a small group of elite professionals who deals seamlessly with nutrition, weight control, food issues and the psychological dynamics that impact them), I have certainly identified psychological themes that keep clients stuck until these themes are dealt with successfully. Because we are powerless to change what we d | | By: Health Care Guide | | |
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| The Psychological Benefits of Face lift: The Plastic Surgery Institute of California | | 2008-04-17 06:50:00 | | The face is the first place to show the signs of aging. It begins faintly, with just a few crow’s feet around the eyes. These signs of aging are frustrating and can have a profound impact on the psychology of men and women.With the help of the plastic surgery procedures known as face lifts, all these troubles related to aging can be effectively addressed. Facelift, also known as rhytidectomy is designed to restore the youthfulness of the face by reducing wrinkles and rejuvenating the face and neck area.The recent advancements in the cosmetic surgery procedures have led to natural results in a safe and swift manner. The face lift procedures can make a dramatic improvement to the facial appearance of an individual.Rhytidectomy procedure helps improve an individual’s psychological functioning by modifying their facial image. Most face lift patients enjoy having a higher self esteem and a better quality of life.The Plastic Surgery Institute of California is well equipped with latest me | | By: Face Surgery Orange County | | |
| | The Psychological Benefits Of Mentoplasty: The Plastic Surgery Institute of California | | 2008-04-16 06:56:00 | | Mentoplasty, also known as chin surgery is a plastic surgery procedure performed either by enhancement with an implant or reduction surgery on the bone.The goal of mentoplasty surgery is to improve the facial profile by creating a better balance between the chin and the other features of the face. The mentoplasty procedure is safe and the results are permanent.The latest advances in the plastic surgery procedures have helped to boost the popularity of the chin surgery procedure. Growing number of men and women in the United States are opting for the mentoplasty procedures to enhance their facial appearance.The chin surgery procedures can have a profound impact on the psychology of individuals. The plastic surgery procedure can tremendously boost the self confidence of an individual by improving the facial contour.Mentoplasty surgery can be used for both aesthetic as well as reconstructive purposes. By correcting the physical defects, chin surgery procedure can help improve an individua | | By: Chin Surgery Beverly Hills | | |
| | Forex: No psychological limitations | | 2008-04-15 13:23:00 | | Back when I first started learning about investing, I decided to start from the beginning and read basic books on personal finance as well as "guides" for understanding all of the investment world in a nut shell. Most of these authors were very knowledgeable and informative, but their investment advice was far too conservative for my taste. They would literally write chapter after chapter talking about the differences between conservative investing, which according to them generally yields | | By: forex for you | | |
| | The Psychological Asymmetry of Islamist Warfare | | 2008-03-04 13:55:00 | | U.S. military lawyers acknowledge that "civilians may not be used … to render an area immune from military operations… [or] to shield a defensive position, to hide military objectives, or to screen an attack. Neither may they be forced to leave their homes or shelters in order to disrupt the movement of an adversary." Such restraint is not unique to the United States but also extends to Europe, Israel, and in the post-World War II era, many Asian countries as well. Increasingly, though, Israel's Arab foes and Islamist groups discount such constraints in order to seek psychological advantage against technologically superior foes. Western governments are challenged today by an enemy whose behavior is inspired by theological doctrines that not only disregard the Western concept of ethical combat but for whom the killing of civilians—on both sides of a conflict—also serves a vital purpose.Policymakers and military officials often discuss asymmetrical warfare in the context of strat | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Military Awards Plastic Surgery For Psychological problems: | | 2008-02-24 23:08:00 | | As horrifying as it sounds, the Australian Defense Force has been practicing this method of emotionally pacifying its personnel. There have been breast augmentations, nose surgeries and tummy tucks recorded to have been performed on women in the defense on the grounds of psychological treatment. The Australian defense policy also allows male personnel to have a penile enhancement surgery on physical and psychological grounds. And from various reports, the Indian defense personnel are not far behind in taking advantage of plastic surgery treatment. The military, as an aid to the members making up their ranks, is allowed to make provisions for their physical well-being. To this end, reconstructive plastic surgery becomes necessary when injuries to the body are met when on duty. However, taking advantage of this facility on the grounds of psychological necessity can turn out to do more harm than good in the long run. Plastic surgery to cure depression is not really a remedy. | | By: Plastic Surgery Institute Of California | | |
| | Psychological Healing and the Religion | | 2008-02-11 14:02:51 | | The psychological study of religion in the United States illustrates confusions and similarities that exist between psychology and religion. It also focuses on different views provided by psychologists as they address areas of living that have personal implications.
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| | Bored? Check Out These Psychological Studies and Tests | | 2008-01-04 23:51:00 | | Having taken Political Psychology, I've developed a new fondness for psychology and how it impacts our lives. Particularly, this is with regards to matters that are fairly intrinsic to how we operate.Here is a collection of surveys, test, and articles that I've found particularly interesting about this topic :)Tests and SurveysHave you checked out what your Personal DNA is? I'm an Advocating Director which does actually seem pretty accurate. What are you? NOTE: This test takes a little while, but the results are really intriguing (including ways to change any given facet of your personality as you see fit).Academic ones care of the BBC:Memory trainingTry to improve your recall using World memory champion Andi Bell's technique.Explore your memoryStretch your memory with fun challenges designed by experts.Art and personalityIs there a connection between your personality type and the art that you like?What sex is your brain?Take the Sex ID test and find out more about 'brain sex' differences.Do you see what I see? - Sagiv and Ward, UCLIs Wednesday red? Take part in our experiment to test whether your senses overlap.Do you hear what I hear? - Sagiv and Ward, UCLDo melodies have a color? Take part in our experiment to test whether you hear colors.The 'What am I like?' personality testA test where you discover if you are a Big Thinker, an Idealist or another of 16 personality types.Disgust - Dr Valerie CurtisWhat makes you squirm and say "yuck"? Test your sensitivity to disgust.Spot the fake smile - Prof Paul EkmanCan you tell a real smile from a fake one?Personality - Neil ScottWho do you think you are? This psychology test scores you on five aspects of your personality.Morals - Dr Keith CoaleyAre you a pillar of society, or do you look after number one? Find out how moral you are.Lonely hearts - Prof Robin DunbarMake your lonely hearts advert to reveal the hidden message of attraction.Careers - Neil ScottWhat style of work suits your personality?Self-control | | By: Out in 10 | | |
| | Sleep is a Psychological Issue | | 2007-12-05 02:36:55 | | We all know that sometimes, getting the proper sleeping respite is ideal to be assured of recharged bodies and minds. Now there are factors that may hinder us from getting the proper respite. These include:
Problems or Worries
Unfinished Business
Stress
Sleeping Timetable
All of these things will surely have something to share as far as proper sleeping habits are [...] | | By: Sleepzine | | |
| | “Great heroes’ day” speech of Piribaharan and Psychological aspect of Terrorism | | 2007-12-03 03:18:04 | | Tiger terrorist leader Piribaharan, the self-proclaimed "sole representative of the Tamils", is to deliver his so called “Great heroes’ day” or ‘Maaveerar Naal’ address in 27 th of November which is in the following day of his birthday. In the south, his media and political agents are busy setting due mentality for his address. In the past, Piribaharan’s address used to be the high note after intensifying terror attacks by the LTTE carders. It is “Great heroes’ day” speech that LTTE used to disclose their political demands after successful surges of physical and mental terrors in the south.This is good time for peace loving people in the country to contemplate on this vicious terror cycle that had been in practice for two decades.TER + ROR + ISMDefinition:"The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.“****Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English LanguageOne can see that the word TERRORISM itself has the emphasis on TERROR.The whole game of terrorism is based on this terror factor and the success or failure of terrorism is fully depended on effectiveness of imposing psychological aspect of TERROR in the society.It is very important to understand terrorism as a vicious cycle and the whole cycle has different flavors of TERROR imposing fear on people’s mind.1. Mass murdering and Killing (invoking physical threat)Terrorists do various types of attacks on civilian targets to invoke physical threat to the people. In Sri Lanka, the large scale mass murdering started by attacking Sinhala villages namely Kokilai, Nayaru, Kent Farm, Dollar Farm, etc. Terrorist prefer mass murdering to isolated killings because it create fear in the society in macro level. They use sharp weapons like knives and swords rather than shooting in this type of attacks. It incre | | By: Lanka Rising | | |
| | | Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories | | 2007-07-28 04:28:00 | | Author: J.E. RoeckeleinPaperback: 692 pagesPublisher: Elsevier Science; 1 edition (March 2, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 0444517502In attempting to understand and explain various behaviour, events, and phenomena in their field, psychologists have developed and enunciated an enormous number of best guesses or theories concerning the phenomenon in question. Such theories involve speculations and statements that range on a potency continuum from strong to weak. The term theory, itself, has been conceived of in various ways in the psychological literature. In the present dictionary, the strategy of lumping together all the various traditional descriptive labels regarding psychologists best guesses under the single descriptive term theory has been adopted. The descriptive labels of principle, law, theory, model, paradigm, effect, hypothesis and doctrine are attached to many of the entries, and all such descriptive labels are subsumed under the umbrella term theory.The | | By: GanEden For Books | | |
| | Second-hand Smoke Exposure Linked to Psychological Problems in Children | | 2007-06-29 22:26:06 | | The first evidence linking mothers’ second-hand smoke exposure while pregnant to their child’s attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder has been published in the current issue of Child Psychiatry and Human Development. ADHD and conduct disorder behaviors are called externalizing psychopathology with symtoms that include aggressive behavior, ADHD, defiance and conduct disorder.
The study compared patterns of psychopathology among three groups of children aged 7 to 15 years, all of whom had significant behavioral and/or emotional problems. Children in group 1 did not experience prenatal smoke exposure. Group 2 mothers smoked during the last two trimsters of pregnancy. Group 3 mothers were only exposed to second-hand smoke at home or at work in the final two trimesters of pregnancy. In total, 171 children (primarily boys) and 133 women participated in the study.
Researchers found that children whose mothers had been exposed to tobacco smoke either by smoking or e | | By: Highlight HEALTH | | |
| | NCP Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Condition | | 2007-05-14 03:35:00 | | DSM-IV 316 (Psychological factors) affecting medical condition Choose name based on nature of/most prominent factor: Mental disorder affecting medical condition Psychological symptoms affecting medical condition Personality traits or coping style affecting medical condition Maladaptive health behaviors affecting medical condition Stress-related physiological response affecting medical condition Unspecified psychological factors affecting medical condition (Refer to DSM-IV listing for specific definitions.) These disorders represent a group of ailments in which emotional stress is a contributing factor to physical problems (coded on Axis III) involving an organ system under involuntary control. Any organ system may be affected, depending on the individual’s susceptibility. The result is the development or exacerbation of, interference with therapy for, and/or delayed recovery from a medical condition. Lists of related medical conditions are subject to change as research progresses because to date a clear psychological-biological connection has been implied but not yet scientifically proved. ETIOLOGICAL THEORIES Although the etiology of psychosomatic disorders is unknown, an individual’s emotional state and life circumstances are believed to significantly affect the onset, form, and course of psychosomatic illness. The interaction of psychological, social, and biological factors becomes evident as physical symptoms appear and diminish in direct relationship to the amount of stress the person is experiencing. Psychophysiological disorders do occur without known psychological components, but these disorders usually require some genetic predisposition to respond to stress pathologically. Psychodynamics Thought to center around issues of unresolved dependency conflicts, undischarged aggressive feelings, repressed anger, hostility, resentment, and anxiety, these conflicts are expressed somatically. Physiological responses correspond to uncons | | By: Nursing Care Plan | | |
| | | The Triggers of Success: How to Trigger a Successful Sale through the Power of Psychological Triggers | | 2006-06-10 15:47:00 | | By Joseph SugarmanA desire to buy something often involves a subconsciousdecision. In fact, I claim that 95% of buying decisions areindeed subconscious.Knowing the subconscious reasons why people buy, and using thisinformation in a fair and constructive way, will triggergreater sales response -- often far beyond what you couldimagine.I recall a time when I applied one of these subconscious devicesby changing just one word of an ad, and response doubled. Irefer to these subconscious devices as psychologal "triggers." Apsychological trigger is the strongest motivational factor anysalesperson or copywriter can use to evoke a sale.There are 30 triggers in all, some of which I will reveal to youin a moment. Each trigger, when deployed, has the power toincrease sales and response beyond what you would normallyexpect.There are triggers, for example, that will cause your prospectto feel guilty if they don't purchase your product. Let me giveyou an example. Whenever you receive in the mail a s | | By: Internet Marketing Weapon | | |
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