Abstract
The paper discusses the following characteristics and features of each population-- their reason for gathering together, the "rules" that seem to govern their interaction; common behavior; their response to "outsiders;" their reactions to new group members; their communicatory processes; their handling of extreme emotions or outbursts; their appearance and dress; their handling of money and/or possessions; and the types of personalities noted in each group.

From the Paper
"In terms of handling money or possessions, one child was given some money by a parent in order to get a coke from a nearby vendor (he appeared to be the oldest child in the group). This soon resulted in about a third of the children asking their mothers to either give them money to purchase a coke or buy them a coke. Those children whose parents refused were upset, although the expression of this "upsetness" varied from child to child with a couple of children acting like they were about to die of thirst (and then the parent would be sorry) while others just put on a sad or miffed face and let it go at that, their attention almost immediately being caught by something else."

Tags:possessions, rules, behavior, response, emotions

Abstract
This paper briefly discusses the nature-versus-nurture debate as it pertains to serial killers. Using examples of several of the most notorious serial killers, this paper examines whether they may have had common backgrounds and upbringing (nurture) that led them to kill, or whether it was something inbred (nature).

From the Paper
"In looking at past serial killers, one must ask themselves what possessed them to do what they did? What made this man go over the edge and on a violent killing spree? For years people have tried to discern what the motivation behind this was. Some of the more mentally insane killers are a bit harder to piece the puzzle together for the mere fact that even if they divulge information about their life, it is entirely possible/probable that they are lying. People like Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, and Richard Ramirez are the subjects of debate in psychology, criminology, as well as certain history classes. These criminals have shared many of the same experiences as children but it appears that common fears along with external forces have driven them to their very morbid paths."

Tags:nature, nuture

Abstract
This paper explains that Gacy began his murders of young men in 1972; in December, 1978, police found 33 victims. In March 1980, Gacy was found guilty of all of the murders, and on May 10, 1994, Gacy was executed by lethal injection. The author points out that, throughout Gacy's life, he had been evaluated by psychiatrists and doctors who came up with the same conclusion: Gacy had antisocial personality disorder, was obsessive compulsive, had abused both alcohol and drugs, and had a sexual identity crisis possibly stemming from his abusive childhood, and possibly from a childhood injury to his brain. The paper states concern about the "very sloppy" police work related to this case, which began with a charge against Gacy of attempted rape of a young man in 1971.

From the Paper
"Gacy would eventually marry and settle down in Waterloo, Iowa in 1966. Two years later in May of 1968, he was being held on charges of coercing a young employee into homosexual acts, which spanned a period of months. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, however he proved himself a model prisoner and was released after only 18 months. While in prison his wife divorced him. After being paroled he moved back to Chicago. He eventually would remarry in May of 1971 and moved into a house. He quickly started up his own construction business. It appeared as though Gacy only hired young boys to work for him. He started bringing boys to his home, and would sometimes spend hours with them in the garage. Gacy told his second wife in 1972 that he was bisexual; however she was convinced that he was homosexual, and subsequently divorced him."

Tags:homosexual, sadistic, father, abuse, police, antisocial

Abstract
The central philosophy of solution-focused therapy is that clients bring with them strengths and capacities they can access and develop to make their lives more satisfactory. Assuming the client is the expert, the therapist is responsible for developing a collaborative context and helping the client articulate desired changes. The therapist magnifies client strengths, resources, and past successes, which leads to the construction of solutions. It is the purpose of this paper to use the Ward family as the case study to demonstrate the design and benefit of a solution-focused therapy program.

Tags:focused, therapy, plan

Abstract
This paper discusses "The Kingdom of Matthias", focusing on the main themes and ideas and whether it achieved its purpose of identifying what factors made the characters change their views about life itself and the world around them. The author illustrates how the book paints a realistic picture of the environment and ambiance of that period of history and of the mood and tone of perfectionism that people embodied.

From the Paper
"There are several significant ideas brought up by the author's which come together to form the main theme of the story: why did the character's involved fall dupe to an insane and unconventional "storyteller" and even more so why did Robert Matthews either portray or believe that he was the Prophet Matthias, the "Spirit of Truth" (94). First of all we will look at the true main argument of the book, which is how and why Robert Matthews became the self-proclaimed prophet Matthias. He seemed to fail at everything that he did whether it was with his trade as a carpenter, being shunned by his friends and co-workers on account of relaying his religious beliefs to them, or "his home life [being] degenerated into a nightmare of wife-beating and child abuse." (49)."

Tags:religion, awakening, america, johnson, wilentz, robert, matthews

Abstract
This paper describes some of the main theories of selective attention as well as how the selective attention process affects consumers. The paper relates this to advertising, marketing and psychology.

From the Paper
"Selective attention has been the focus of several different theories, which have developed over the years with better understanding of the process and of consumers. Anne Treisman describes selective attention as 'the basic features of interest that consumers respond to' (Attention and Effort), in order to obtain information. A feature is a specific characteristic on a dimension that people analyse during the process of perception. Treisman suggests that 'objects have elementary features that we attend to immediately and automatically' . She believes that the features combine to create an impression of a distinctive object. "

Tags:tresiman, Marketing, Psychology, Broadbent, advertising, billboards

Abstract
This paper explores what false memory is and how and why we use it. It also explores the difference between semantic and phonological processing. The effects of false memory and the varying factors influencing it including thought processing and time before encoding are investigated and discussed thoroughly. The papers also compares this experiment to other similar studies. The results are consistent across all participants and support the theory of false memory effects efficiently.

From the Paper
"One hypothesis that can be looked at is: HA: False memory effects are influenced by the depth of processing at encoding. HO: False memory effects are not influenced by the depth of processing at encoding. This can be studied by looking at the empirical results and searching for a large difference between the amount of unstudied critical words and the amount of unstudied unrelated words that are "remembered" across the field of participants. Another hypothesis that can be tested is: HA: False memory effects occur for phonological as well as semantic associates of encoding lists. HO: False memory effects occur for only phonological associates of encoding lists. From the results, it cannot be proven that these types of false memory effects absolutely exist, but can be strongly argued that they do. The larger amount of participants used the better the result that we can achieve."

Tags:disorder, psychology, dream

Abstract
A look at the leadership skills required for naval command. The author discusses the characteristics necessary for successful naval command: resilience, toughness, ruthlessness, and examines how these apply in case study examples.

From the Paper
'Leadership and command are dependent on a complex mixture of several factors that make any attempt to quantify the qualities as a concept elusive. In any situation, which is of itself a huge variable, the opportunities presented and the individual personality and capacity must be analyzed in conjunction with, and often juxtaposed against, the context. Thus in many respects leadership and command can only really be studied on a case by case basis. In terms of naval command the problem is compounded by the medium itself, the sea. When the entropy of war is the background to which the particular scenario is set the problem of quantification would seem to be even more difficult.'

Tags:navy, army, strong, tough, resilient, hard, strong, minded, leadership

Abstract
This paper examines how evidence-based practice closes the ever increasing gap between research and clinical practice and in particular, examines how, through a literature review, the best treatment for panic disorder without agoraphobia can be found.

Outline
What is Evidence Based Practice?
My Client
The Questions
The Resources
The Evaluation
The Client
Self-Evaluation
Strengths and Weaknesses

From the Paper
"First introduced to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition (DSM-III) in 1980 Panic disorder (PD) is characterized by cognitive fears such anticipation of death, unexpected panic attacks and somatic symptomology such as dizziness, trembling, or heart palpitations. Those inflicted with such a disorder have recurrent fears of panic attacks and feel anxious whilst such symptomology appears to be in remission. Recent diagnostic criteria such as DSM-III-R and DSM-IV report prevalence of 2.3% (Kessler, Stang, Wittchen, Ustun, Roy-Byrne, & Walters; 1998)."

Tags:behavioural, cognitive, evidence, exposure, interoceptive, therapy

Abstract
The paper discusses that while it is true that grief is a universal experience, the problem is that modern society has largely separated the concept of grief from the everyday experience of life. The paper points out that profound loss also has profound and varied effects upon the bereaved individual. The author, after reviewing many definitions and case studies, establishes a definition for grief: Grief is an emotion experienced during the event of bereavement; mourning is the action through which grief is expressed.

Table of Contents
Aims
Grief: Definitions and Attributes
Case Studies
Model Case: My Brother
Borderline Case: Deciding to Die
Related Case: The Decision to Change
Contrary Case: The Decision to Maintain the Status Quo
Conclusions from Case Studies
Grief: A Definition

From the Paper
"The aim of this concept analysis is therefore to understand grief from a number of viewpoints. This will be done by means of an analysis of grief through the stages of the process a bereaved person is expected to go through. These stages include physical and psychological processes. This is followed by a consideration of the social and religious support a bereaved person needs to work through the grieving process in a healthy way. Furthermore, case studies will be considered in terms of the established theories. Finally, conclusions are drawn in terms of the nursing profession and caring for a person going through the process of bereavement."

Tags:religion, support, physical, mourning, bereavement