Abstract
This paper provides a review and analysis of the 2010 article "Creating Place Identity: It's Part of Human Nature," written by Jeanette Joy Fisher. The paper explains that this particular aspect of one's identity is composed of characteristics and physical dimensions that foster one's definition of self and are included in one's self-identity in a manner that helps one to function successfully in society. The paper defines place identity as those dimensions of self that define the individual's personal identity in relation to the physical environment by means of a complex pattern of conscious and unconscious ideas, feelings, values, goals, preferences, skills, and behavioral tendencies relevant to a specific environment. The paper concludes that over the last 40 years, as it has taken research from a number of other domains, environmental psychology has become unique and multidisciplinary domain that has earned the trust of other spheres of influence, and society itself.

Outline:
Creating Place Identity
Loss of Control
Influence of Immigration on Environmental Psychology
The Capacity for Reactive Change and Plasticity
Factors That Restrict or Compel a Society to Change
Local Focus and Control
Perception of Risks and Hazards
Experience
Adaptation versus Mitigation
Conclusion
References

From the Paper
"Adapting to environmental hazards suggests undertaking long-term changes in a manner that allows society to use the environment while interacting with it. Mitigation offers short-term measures like housing rehabilitation and insurance that reduce losses. An excellent example of the difference between mitigative and adaptive responses would be water shortages caused by an influx of people over a short period. In view of the fact most droughts are experienced on the community or regional level (Pagerankstudio, 2010), information must be provided by a trusted division of science and psychology. Environmental psychology has drawn upon other domains like environmental education that has research dating as far back as the 18th century (AbsoluteAstronomy, 2010), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, 2010) that has provided comprehensive environmental information since 1879. This in itself is an enormous amount of research and information from the perspective of a multidisciplinary domain; therefore, environmental psychology provides an excellent resource for both long and short-term environmental and psychological challenges."

Tags:place, identity, adaptation, mitigation

Abstract
The paper discusses how the validity of DID is important for the psychologist working in the field of modern psychology, since there are crucial factors in ego states that deny or process identity within the person with this condition. The paper explains that although the outdated MPD may provide too narrow a definition for those "split personality" features or ego states often seen with trauma survivors, there is a greater collusion of studies that use amnesia and other ego defenses that confuse a sense of self. The paper asserts that DID is a valid disorder that certainly needs more evaluation and clinical trials.

From the Paper
"This study on the validity of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) will examine the studies done on early childhood trauma, amnesia, and the multiple ego theories that prove this diagnosis empirically exists. By examining these definitive facets of the diagnosis, one can realize the depth of DID in relation to other connected disorders that validate multiple egos and early developmental trauma as a source for this condition. By organizing and evaluating modern research that has been done in relation to patients with multiple egos within various time frames, one can understand the diagnostic definition of DID as essential contrasting..."

Tags:disorder, psychology, dissociative

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In this paper, the writer identifies who he or she is, according to certain theories studied in class that are laid out in the text. These include the observational learning model, Piaget's stages of cognitive development, and Erikson's stages of psychological development. The writer points out that all of these go toward making a comprehensive self identity.

From the Paper
"One of the most fascinating questions that we all focus on at various stages in our lives is the definition of who we are. We express this in many different ways - during deep discussions with friends, for example, but also as a function of our everyday actions, and the choices we make, both large and small. It is accurate to say that who we are - personal identity - is present very early in life, but it gets stronger and more distinct as life goes on. In some ways, personal identity may also develop as life goes on, changing and going in different directions."

Tags:psychology, identity, theory

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This paper provides analysis and recommendations for social workers who work with homosexual clients, and aim to help these clients accept themselves and strive toward strong identity development. The paper explains that lesbian, gay, and bisexual women and men utilize therapy at rates higher than the general population; at some point within clinical practice, most social workers will work with a homosexual individual. The paper notes that our society is intrinsically heterocentric, which means it does little to acknowledge other sexual minorities and assumes that all people are heterosexual. The paper notes that due to society's demonstrated heterocentric and homophobic beliefs, prejudices, and practices against homosexual individuals, many lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients place the burden on themselves for being different and are viewed as having an illness rather than an equal and satisfying lifestyle. In conclusion, the paper emphasizes that advocacy needs to take part in the support, empowerment, and courage for the client.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Elements of a Treatment Plan
Identity Development in Homosexuals
Identity Development within the Treatment Plan
Implications for Social Work
References

From the Paper
"It is also important to review the client's surroundings at home. What types of people will they be around? Are there negative influences in friends and family members? Clients often have to face the reality that the friends they had may have to change, especially when working through substance abuse (Guardian Advocate Training Manual, 2006). If these situations do exist, relapse prevention plans will need to be developed and reviewed before discharge.
"After gathering all the information, goals are decided upon with the involvement of the client. It is important to include the client in goal development or else they will not feel connected to the goals and want to achieve them. It the client refuses any portion of the treatment plan it is important for the clinician to notate this in the file and find another alternative (Guardian Advocate Training Manual, 2006). This will provide an accurate record of all approaches that have been attempted. Proposed treatment plans bring together all the elements to assist the individual in reaching their goals."

Tags:gay, lesbian, therapy, psychology

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In this paper, theories on why long-term relationships provide a way to "get ahead" in life, but furthermore, how they create initiation, maintenance, and involuntary dissolution for these relationships. By analyzing power, identity, social facility (social acumen), and physical attractiveness in the timeline for relationships at different levels of intimacy, successful relationships must incorporate certain "pragmatic" variables of these terms over the course of the relationship. By providing examples from my own experiences and from my family and friends, the use of power and social acumen help to define how successful long-term relationships can evolve and grow through a solid identity.

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Tags:literature, psychology, marriage

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In this article, the writer discusses human development with relation to gender identity. The writer focuses on the beliefs Jean Piaget and his developmental stages. The writer maintains that factors such as family, culture, community and the greater society all have the ability to affect both behavioral and cognitive processes, which also affect gender identity.

From the Paper
"Developmentally infants begin to progress in the same manner, whether they are boys or girls. Piaget believed that all infants were born with the need to grow through assimilation, or the process of following the same patterns of action in relation to the objects around them. If the assimilation process did not function in connection with an object, then the infant used adaptation to find processes that would be useful. Piaget further believed that in this type of functioning the person was developing in the sensorimotor stage. Following the sensorimotor stage the infant or toddler entered into the ..."

Tags:psychology, development, gender

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This paper offers an explanation of Erik Erikson's work, titled "Identity and the Life Cycle." The paper outlines the ways in which the human ego develops in the context of social and cultural realities and is divided into three major sections. "Identity and the Life Cycle" explains ego development and historical change as a function of the specific space and time in which an individual is born.

From the Paper
"At the outset of "Identity and the Life Cycle", Erikson distances himself from Sigmund Freud. On page 18, the author criticizes specifically the "artificial differentiation" between the individual within the family and the individual within the mass of society. While Freud overly focused on familial issues and influences on the budding child ego, Erikson takes this one step further and claims that the individual's perception of socio-cultural realities are equally as significant. It is impossible, according to Erikson, to differentiate between familial and cultural or historical influences; individuals and families do not exist in isolation from the group in which they are formed."

Tags:human, development, psychology, ego, self

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In this article, the writer describes the psychology of personality as one of the most interesting and enigmatic areas of psychology. The writer discusses that essentially it deals with the way in which personality characteristics are formed and influenced by various factors; such as genetic disposition and external influences like society, family and peers.
The writer concludes that the understanding of personality is complex and involves a wide range of theories and perspective. The writer also maintains that personality is still one of the greatest enigmas in the psychological world.

From the Paper
"Carl Jung was to deviate from Jung's theory to a great degree. He too saw the unconscious as the primary element in understanding human personality and motivations but he developed a more holistic view of the unconscious than Freud in his theory of archetypes. This was to have profound consequences for the theory of personality and for psychology in general. This theory is focused on what he termed the collective unconsciousness which contains within it "...inherited predispositions to perceive the world in certain ways." Therefore this view attempted to explain human nature and personality from the perspective of deep rooted unconscious structures that were part of the psyche of all people. "

Tags:identity, traits, development, growth

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This paper examines the role of trauma in the etiology of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and some of the most successful treatments used to treat the disorder. The paper analyzes the disorder according to the DSM-IV, Sybil, and other articles of research.

Table of Contents:
DID According to the DSM-IV
Sybil's Story
In General: Treatment and Prognosis

From the Paper
"Psychodynamically aware psychotherapy is the most commonly cited treatment orientation. Incorporating eclectic techniques, cognitive therapy methods can be modified to help patients explore and alter dysfunctional trauma-based belief systems; however, standard cognitive therapy protocols for depression and anxiety usually require modification when used in the treatment of DID. Most therapists employ hypnosis as a modality in the treatment of DID. The most common uses of hypnosis are for calming, soothing, containment, and ego strengthening. (Barach, 1994, para 12)"

Tags:psychology, psychotherapy, cognitive, trauma

Abstract
This paper looks at the history of adoption, how the adoption process has evolved with time and the effect that adoption has on the psychology of the child. According to this paper, parent and child attachments are relationships, and it is the quality of these attachments or relationships that determine the child's template for all future relationships and the foundation of the child's core values and beliefs.

From the Paper
"Depending upon the age and maturity of the individual, experiences influence the personality in different ways, and the experiences and emotional relationships that exist in early childhood have effects that are incorporated into the "very structure of the personality" (Clothier). According to Clothier, experiences and relationships after the Oedipal development may mold or modify the presenting or external personality, yet their effects are generally not incorporated or built into the personality (Clothier). In the early years, the external environment combines with constitutional factors to determine personality, then later, through the influence of education, environment and experience modify personality manifestation, "even to the extent of creating the person we think we know" (Clothier). Although analogies are unsatisfactory, Clothier points out that in the construction of the personality, "constitution provides the basic metal, infantile emotional relationships and experiences add alloys and temper the metal, and childhood education and environment provide the superstructure, facade, and the paint" (Clothier).
The implication of this for the psychology of the adopted child are extremely significant, for a child who is placed with adoptive parents at birth or soon after, misses the mutual and satisfying mother-child relationship, "the roots of which lie in that deep area of the personality where the physiological and the psychological are merged" (Clothier). For the child and the biological mother, this period is part of the biological sequence, and it is doubted as to whether the relationship of the child to its postpartum mother can be replaced by even the best of substitute mothers because these subtle effects lie so deeply buried in the personality that it is impossible to evaluate them (Clothier). The adopted infant cannot experience the satisfaction of the nursing period with his or her substitute mother, however the child will experience his or her first important socializing relationship (Clothier)."

Tags:genetics, adoptee, origin, birth, identity, behaviour, medical, generations