However, experts have offered theories involving causal factors range from personality problems to family, social, and economic considerations (Reed). ... Psychologists with a cognitive perspective focus on mental processes and the way people perceive and mentally represent the world around them, how they solve problems, and how they perceive their environment. ... At first, during the sensorimotor stage, children respond to the environment in a simple manner, seeking interesting objects and developing their reflexes. ... Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1974, p. 2) identified a number of pe...

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In order to try and change this problem, he managed to get himself appointed to be the head of the asylum Bicetre and Salpetnere. ... Statistical tests enable researchers in clinical psychology to calculate probability of a difference by chance. ... The one distinction that makes clinical psychologists different from the other mental health professions is that they try and alleviate distress by intervening before any symptoms or problems occur. ...

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By promoting various aspects of social reality, media also influence individuals' judgments about how to deal with important social problems (Iyengar, 1991). ... Also of concern is the probability that, in the absence of parental guidance, children become increasingly exposed to risk for influence by factors other than their parents that may result in less than positive social behavior. ...

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