In another long-term predictive study, Felsman and Vaillant (1987) followed a group of 456 inner-city men from early adolescence to middle life. ... The evidence clearly indicates that intelligence, as conventionally measured, is often unrelated to practical problem solving or to success in many important life endeavors. ... Obviously, a person with serious mental deficiencies cannot be trained to be a nuclear physicist. ... If someone who exhibits great ability to solve problems in the quiet of an office is unable to function well under stress and experiences relationships with others as stre...

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Those in the majority position remain unaware that the people who make up the minority have a different cultural way of life that should be valued and included. ... A person's cultural context can shape not only living patterns, but also the development of an inner world and the manner in which one relates to oneself and others. ... Worldviews, cultural views and family beliefs influence the manner in which a person approaches making decisions, problem solving, and one's attitude toward life. ... This form of healing demands that a person be willing to engage in conversation about pr...

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The adaptation-level of philosophy established the belief that the environment is a stimulus, and individuals respond in accordance with this stimulus to achieve balance in life. Environmental-stress philosophy is a subtopic, which states that the environmental component creates a pressure response with the person; the person then responds with coping techniques (Veitch & Arkkelin, 1995). ...

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Conflict of motivations is typically where self-regulation comes into play, student athletes want to participate in the social scenes of college life but also need to be concerned with health and performance. ... The self-regulation theory works well with a study of sleeping habits and recovery because it is dependent upon the person and his or her relationship to the environment, the change of that relationship is initiated by their self-set goals. ... Self-regulation is structure which mimics the life of student athletes who live by a tight schedule set by advisors and coaches. ... Counselor...

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By pressing A you win more points, pressing B you are subtracting points from the other players and C is protecting yourself from having the other person take away your points. ... When a person is suffering from a personality disorder they become more susceptible for self-harm or becoming suicidal. ...

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Moreover, they prefer to rely on such dogmatic thinking because they are driven by the fear of death and dogmatic certainties afford them security from death in the form of providing meaning in life especially in relation to the "others," or those outside of a group that one belongs to. ... Similarly, as Eidelman et al. propose, it is much easier for the same reasons to draw dispositional inferences about a person's behavior without taking into account situational factors, which naturally requires more time and effort to think about. ...

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According to Bowlby this bond serves as an internal working model and basis for all future relationships from infancy to adult life. ... In terms of the impact of disturbed relationships on personality, it is important to understand that Horney's view was that a child's perception of events, as opposed to the parent's intentions, is the key to understanding a person's personality. ... To cope, Horney believed that the child unconsciously develops a number of defensive attitudes or neurotic needs that she considered all humans need to succeed in life. ...

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