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“The Denial of Death” by Ernest Becker
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This is a 7 page paper discussing Ernest Becker’s text “The Denial of Death”. Ernest Becker’s 1973 text “The Denial of Death” puts forth the premise that man’s preoccupation with his own mortality forces him to repress this possibility and in doing so adopts a belief system in order to be accepted into an “immortality system” for support and for the belief that life exists beyond current perception. For those people who are overly consumed by death and are unable to form a belief or a level of acceptance, they are victim to neurosis or mental illness. Others who accept death and are able to live successfully with the knowledge and acceptance of their eventual outcome can be considered heroic. Because the denial of death is responsible for the formation of cultures, scientific processes should not be used to influence this psychological process because man truly does know little about the ultimate foundations of life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TJEBeck1.rtf

“The First Human Cloned Embryo”: A Discussion of How the Research Conducted by Cibelli, Lanza, West, and Ezzell Pertains to the Mental Health Profession
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A 5 page review of the article published in the January 2002 edition of “Scientific American” recounting these researchers experiences in stem cell research. This article offers a fascinating glimpse into many aspects of cloning and stem cell research. The author of this paper interprets the research from a mental health perspective. Included is a discussion of the applications in the treatment of such conditions as Parkinson disease. An emphasis is also placed on the responsibility of the mental health professional to serve as an interpreter of stem cell research to the general public. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPcloneA.rtf

“The First Session with Substance Abusers”
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A 5 page analysis of the book “The First Session with Substance Abusers” by Nicholas A. Cummings and Janet L. Cummings. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAsubst.rtf

“The importance of birth order in the development of cognitive skills and characteristics of personality”
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A five page paper which considers the extent to which birth order influences a child’s development of cognitive skills, personality and self-perception, in relation to other factors such as parental socio-economic status and sibship size. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JLbirthorder.doc

“The Interruption of Everything” and the Realities of Middle Life
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A 12 page consideration of the behavior that characterizes a mid-life crisis. The writer uses the book by author Terry McMillan as a descriptive backdrop for discussing why mid life crises erupt for some but not others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPlitMidlife.rtf

“The Matrix” an Exercise in Social Psychology
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This 7 page report discusses the 1999 movie, “The Matrix,” from the aspect of social psychology. Interestingly, the field of social psychology almost always refers to some specific “matrix”-- the persuasion matrix, the influence matrix, the contingency matrix (and more) -- in which a person interacts with others and through which he or she defines themselves. Could it be possible that the primary purpose of the blockbuster “The Matrix” was to explore the interconnectedness that exists among all those varying types and levels of social and psychological “matrix?” No other sources listed.
Filename: BWsocmat.rtf

“The New Age Movement: The Celebration of the Self and the Secularization of Modernity”: A Review of the Book by Paul Heelas
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A 5 page discussion of the origin and premises of the religious movement referred to a the New Age. Dispels myths about this movement being associated with bell bottoms and sandals. No additional sources listed.
Filename: PPnewAge.wps

“The Rocking Horse Winner” and Freud
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A 4 page paper which examines D.H. Lawrence’s story “The Rocking Horse Winner” and applies the Oedipal theories of Sigmund Freud. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RArckfrd.rtf

“The Self and Social Constructivism”
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A five page paper which considers recent developments in the fields of social and cultural constructivism, and the ways in which these have affected the concepts of self and the mind in terms of individual interaction with the social construct of objective reality. Bibliography lists 8 sources
Filename: JLsocconstruct.doc

“The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”: A Review of the Contentions Presented by Author Alfie Kohn
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A 5 page overview of Kohn’s view that the utilization of a reward system in education and other social arenas results is more deleterious than positive results. Kohn contends that rewards-systems lead to extrinsic motivation, behavior in which the reward is obtained by any means possible even if that means is counterproductive in either the educational sense or in the ethical sense. The obvious consequence is a decrease in intrinsic motivation such as interest and a concern for quality. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPedRwrd.rtf