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Risk Behaviors and Adolescents - A Talk

address the topic of how you, as adolescents, can recognize when youre being tempted to engage in risky behaviors, and decide whet...

A Synthesis of Psychological and Economic Behavior Models

theory refers to the study of how individuals choose to act within a group context; unilateral pursuit of self-interests has prove...

Defining Physiological Psychology

Banduras (1986) theory also addresses gender issues and how they span a significant range of behavioral concerns based upon perfor...

Social Influence and Art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque

Art has evolved in response to numerous societal factors....

Do Genes or Environment Determine Crime

Theories abound as to why people commit crime. One of these theories purports...

Persuasive Strategies

This essay explains how the writer intends to persuade family members to eat only organic foods. The ‘campaign’ will include justi...

Issues in Psychology

This essay offers five questions with answers. Topics include using behavior modification to change one's own behavior, developmen...

Organizational Behavior and Management

In a paper of sixteen pages, the writer looks at organizational behavior. The most important aspects of organizational behavior ar...

Naturalistic Observations

Observing people in their natural environment is an important exercise for psychologists. It is in this environment, one observes ...

Social Influence and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...

Al Franken and Bill Clinton

The writer suggests that possible motivation for some of Bill Clinton's behavior can be found in Al Franken's book Human Motivatio...

Anger Management and Behavior Modification

How behavior modification techniques can be employed in the context of an anger management program is discussed. This ten page rep...

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

could impede therapeutic progress (Martin, 2007). Beck decided it was essential to be able to identify and discuss these automati...

Avoiding Restraint and Seclusion

design. It is "not grounded in research that supports the therapeutic efficacy of this intervention, but upon the observation tha...

The Biological Bases of Behavior

parents have a heightened probability of developing alcoholism than do children of nonalcoholic parents (Grucza and Bierut 172). ...

Urban Black Male Adolescents

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

Cigarette Smoking in Adolescence (Article Review)

things also play a role in the analysis. While a variety of things are examined, and statistics complied, there is seemingly only ...

Behaviorist Model

frequency of the behavior; the fixed-interval schedule provides reinforcement after a certain amount of time as long as the person...

Behavioral Assessment

question might be whether or not this behavior occurs in other settings, at different times in the day, etc. (CECP, 2001a). As ...

SOCIAL INFLUENCE THEORIES AND AUDIENCE PERSUASION

The idea behind social influence is that the opinions and enthusiasm of others can encourage, persuade and sometimes force an indi...

GUILT, PUNISHMENT AND PLEA BARGAINING

The purpose of Bjerks (2007) article entitled Guilt Shall Not Escape or Innocence Suffer? The Limits of Plea Bargaining When Defen...

Factors and Elements of Organizational Behavior

than observed and described. Gareth Morgan suggested that it is "The set of beliefs, values, and norms, together with symbols like...

Organizational Behavior at One Failed Company

behavior incorporates theories from a number of other fields, including psychology, anthropology, sociology, social psychology and...

How Health and Social Influences May Prevent Economic Development

corruption have prospered. Therefore, corruption alone cannot be seen as a source of constraint. Sachs (2006) notes that the per c...

Public Administration and Social Change Effects

In five pages this research paper examines the growing trend toward government expansion and how this has impacted social change. ...

American Dream of Home Purchase

In five pages the American housing market is examined in terms of supply and demand, social effects, and narrowing the class based...

Recreational Drug Ecstasy and the Dangers It Represents

In 5 pages this paper examines the dangers of the Ecstasy drug in a consideration of its social and side effects. There are 5 sou...

Rhetoric and Its Social Discourse

OF RHETORIC OF A NEWS ISSUE One most recent case of rhetoric misuse was with the media bashing of Richard Jewell, the secur...

Luke's Gospel

In five pages the social impact of Luke's radical gospel and its effects on women are discussed. Five sources are cited in the bi...

Female Gangs; Social and Historical CausesGirl Gangs, Historical and Social Causes

This paper examines the reality of female gangs. The author addresses social and historical reasons for their inception, as well ...