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ReferencesKagan, J. (1998). Three seductive ideas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Reference in textThe pleasure principle is one of the “popular fallacies” Kagan (1998) tears apart…
ReferencesParker, S.T. & McKinney, M.L. (1999). Origins of intelligence: The evolution of cognitive
development in monkeys, apes, and humans. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Reference in textRather than juvenilization, adultification (Parker and McKinney, 1999) may describe…
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ReferencesGibbs, J.T. & Huang, L.N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological
interventions with minority youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Reference in textGibbs and Huang (1991) have compiled articles that…
ReferencesWortham, S.E.F. (2006). Learning identity: The joint emergence of social identification
and academic learning. New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from
EBSCO eBook Collection.
Reference in textDescribing the way academic and non-academic activities overlap, Wortham (2006)...
ReferencesBjork, R.A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition as an adaptive mechanism in human
memory. In H.L. Roediger III & F.I.M. Craik (Eds.), Varieties of memory &
consciousness (pp. 309-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
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ReferencesTschan, F. (2010). System theory. In J. Levine & M. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group
processes and intergroup relations (pp. 891-895). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Reference in textDiscussing its influence on group research, Tschan (2010)...
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ReferencesNeimark, J. (2009, September). The DNA cure. Discover, 36-41, 75.
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ReferencesFord, J. J., & T.H.Wise (2009). Stem cell differentiation in pubertal boars. Journal of
Animal Science, 87, 2536-2543. doi:10.2527/jas.2009-1906
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ReferencesNew drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from heart failure. (1993, July 15).
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ReferencesBrooke, J., Annand, J., Hammer, A., Dembkowski, K., & Shulman, S. (2009).
Investigation of bacterial pathogens on 70 frequently used environmental surfaces in a
large urban U.S. university. Journal of Environmental Health, 71(6), 17-22. Retrieved
from ProQuest Research Library database.
Reference in textBrooke, Annand, Hammer, Dembkowski, and Shulman (2009) found...
ReferencesBerg, C.A., & Upchurch, R. (2007). A developmental-contextual model of couples coping
with chronic illness across the adult life span. Psychological Bulletin, 133(6), 920-954.
doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.6.920
Reference in textBased on this model (Berg and Upchurch, 2007), further studies may...
ReferencesLangewiesche, W. (2006, December). How to get a nuclear bomb. The Atlantic.
Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200612/langewiesche-nukes.
Reference in textWhile traveling around the world, Langewiesche (2006), imagines himself a terrorist...
ReferencesProCon.org. (2009, February 5). Teen marijuana use, 1999-2006. In Medical
marijuana. Retrieved February 8, 2010, from http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/
viewresource.asp?resourceID=001557
Reference in textProcon.org (2009) also looks at teen marijuana use in states with legalized...
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