It involves a child's unconscious desire to possess the opposite-sexed parent's attention rather than the same-sexed parent. ... I learned about the projective tests, in which subjects reveal aspects of their personality when they talk about ambiguous stimuli "involves the Thematic Apperception Test and the Rorschach inkblot test. ... Reading about this, I learned about the factor analysis, which is the statistical procedure to identify groups of test items that involve basic components of intelligence. ... The most popular personality inventory is the Minnesota Multiphasic P...

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To test their hypothesis, the subjects were divided into three experimental groups and one control group. ... The groups were also subdivided into male and female subjects so that half the subjects were exposed to the same sex models, while the other half viewed model of the opposite sex. After the subjects were exposed to aggression, they were tested for the amount of imitation and non-imitation aggression. ... Gender was also positively correlated with imitative aggression and the subjects tended to imitate the same sex models more than the opposite sex. ... One of the finding of the ex...

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To test their hypothesis, the subjects were divided into three experimental groups and one control group. ... The groups were also subdivided into male and female subjects so that half the subjects were exposed to the same sex models, while the other half viewed model of the opposite sex. After the subjects were exposed to aggression, they were tested for the amount of imitation and non-imitation aggression. ... Gender was also positively correlated with imitative aggression and the subjects tended to imitate the same sex models more than the opposite sex. ... One of the finding of the ex...

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Vicary then conducted a six week test run at a theater in Fort Lee, New Jersey that caused a noticeable increase in concession sales. ... The results of his Fort Lee subliminal projection test became the seed of a National subliminal uproar. ... The word sex is the most frequently embedded word in American industry. Key says that sex is alive and embedded in practically everything around us. ... However, these beliefs were not concurrent with test scores. ...

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Although in Behaviourism it is believed that animals are practically and ethically more convenient to test. ... Thorndike had to test his theory to see if his hypothesis was right. Therefore he tested it out on a cat. ... At the bottom of the triangle is the most basic of needs; food sex and "basic survival needs". ... Animals were mostly tested on, because they believed that animals were practically easier and ethically more convenient to test. ...

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My strengths of spirituality, determination, compassion, and listening were revealed as well as tested. ... I also aspire to use my educational background and training to provide evaluation and treatment to sex offenders as well as individuals who suffer from severe mental illness. ...

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The great purpose of education at Sparta was to develop courage through test and trials which were sometimes almost barbarous. ... Plato's Scheme of Education: His scheme of education represents a state controlled system of compulsory education for both sexes. ... (b)Higher education: We shall face a very hard time when we arrive at the age of 20 & face the first great elimination test will be assigned the economic work of the community-businessmen, clerks, factory workers & farmers. Those who pass this elimination test will receive 10 more year of education & training in body & mind. ....

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The only problem Kohlberg faced with his theory is that his only subjects that he tested were male. ... She also cam to the conclusion that as men and women evolve over time regarding women entering the work force for example ad men taking care of their children that a lot of the perspectives will become shared between the sexes (Sociology, 1998, p.156 thru 187). ...

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1. Defining Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of human and animal behaviour with the object of understanding why living beings behave as they do. As almost any science, its discoveries have practical applications. As it is a rather new science, applications are sometimes confused with t...

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Background Alcohol consumption among university students is a continuing concern for the population (Wilk et al., 1997; DOH, 2005) and the general behaviours influenced by alcohol involve violence, unsafe sexual tendencies leading to unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, injuries and ...

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Research by Tun & Lachman found that the frequency of computer use was associated with cognitive performance regardless of the difference in age, sex, education, and health status (Tun & Lach; 2010). ... The more often we use computers, the higher scores we get intask-switching test, and this association was the strongest in adults with lower general cognitive ability. ...

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Such as age,sex, previous experience with language learning, proficiency in the native language, personality factors From these differeces, we can see they are all influencing language learning, metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategies can play an important role in individual differences and directly interrelates with and influences language outcomes. ... This is necessary to diagnose students' problems in language learning just as the function of a test which is used by teacher to know their students' level of linguistic proficiency. ...

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