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1.	What's the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist?
2.	I have boy trouble. I want to ask out my friend, but I am not sure he is going to say yes. Plus, he said he had a girlfriend when we talked during school. Plus, my parents don't want me to date.
3.	What does "nature versus nurture" mean?
4.	How does anomie theory explain deviant behavior?
5.	How do positive and negative reinforcement work?
6.	I have too many projects and not enough hours in the day. Is 8 hours of sleep really that important?
7.	How do I convince my parents to spend a few extra bucks to upgrade from a dial-up connection to broadband like a cable modem or DSL? They say I have to give some benefits for spending extra.
8.	I was told to write a 15-sentence answer to this question: When in life do you learn to expect the unexpected? I don't really know of an answer. Can you help me figure it out?
9.	What do you do when you're lost; when you can't concentrate and have lost your will to succeed? How can you get back on track?
10.	When I am making a speech or a presentation in front of the class, my face or body automatically shivers. My voice gets weird also. How can I stop it?
11.	How do I convince my parents to give me ten bucks?
12.	How should I deal with being a perfectionist?
13.	How do I convince my little brother and sisters to stay out of my room?
14.	How do I work out a problem with a teacher who loses the assignments I turn in and then accuses me of not doing the homework?
15.	How would you describe a rainbow to a person who has been blind their ENTIRE life and doesn't understand colors?
16.	When did gays come about?
17.	How is your mind connected to your dreams? Does this have anything to do with psychology?
18.	Why does a placebo work? And who does it work for?
19.	Dealing with the myth of Cinderella, written by the Grimm brothers, how could you analyze it in terms of archetypes that Carl Jung used?
20.	What percentage of people are considered geniuses?
21.	What does APA stand for?