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  • 1Self-verification theory — For self testing in electronics, see built in self test Self verification is a social psychological theory that asserts people want to be known and understood by others according to their firmly held beliefs and feelings about themselves, that is …

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  • 2Self (psychology) — The self is a key construct in several schools of psychology, broadly referring to the cognitive representation of one s identity. The earliest formulation of the self in modern psychology stems from the distinction between the self as I, the… …

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  • 3Perfectionism (psychology) — Not to be confused with Perfectionism (philosophy). Perfectionism, in psychology, is a belief that a state of completeness and flawlessness can and should be attained. In its pathological form, perfectionism is a belief that work or output that… …

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  • 4Double consciousness — Double consciousness, in its contemporary sense, is a term coined by W. E. B. Du Bois. The term is used to describe an individual whose identity is divided into several facets. Du Bois saw double consciousness as a useful theoretical model for… …

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  • 5William Radice — Infobox Writer name = William Radice birthdate = 1951 birthplace = London occupation = Writer, Poet, Translator nationality = British subject = Poetry, Bengali literature, Rabindranath Tagore, children = 2 website =… …

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  • 6Hubert Harrison — Hubert Henry Harrison (April 27, 1883 December 17, 1927), a St. Croix, Virgin Islands born and Harlem based writer, orator, educator, critic, and radical political activist was described by the activist A. Philip Randolph as “the father of Harlem …

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  • 7Prometheism — (Polish: Prometeizm ) was a political project initiated by Poland s Józef Piłsudski. Its aim was to weaken Tsarist Russia and its successor state, the Soviet Union, by supporting nationalist independence movements of the major non Russian peoples …

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  • 8Oleksander Ohloblyn — Oleksander Ohloblyn, Ukr. Олександер Петрович Оглоблин (born in Kiev, 1899 and died in Ludlow, Massachusetts, USA, 1992) was one of the most important Ukrainian emigre historians of the Cold War era. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Publications 3… …

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  • 9Four Right Exertions — The Four Right Exertions unarisen arisen unskillful qualitiesguard …

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  • 10drug use — Introduction       use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …

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