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B.F. Skinner's Contributions

Law of Effect. In the Law of Effect positive effects serve to strengthen the stimulus/response connection while negative effects ...

Mothers Who Murder Their Infants

performed. Indeed, there is no argument that mothers who kill their children suffer from mental illness, yet it is the manner by ...

Anecdotes and the Recognition of Psychological Theories

adhering to rules and norms, and ultimately to a level at which one recognizes universal principals and can engage in ethical deba...

Was Washoe Cognitive and What is Hard Science?

the requirement of awareness. When deaf children learn signing from a young age it may be argued that at first the process is beha...

Science and Human Behavior by B.F. Skinner

B.F. Skinner's famous text which presents his revolutionary operant conditioning theories is reviewed in 10 pages. One source is ...

Food Preferences and the Theories of B.F. Skinner

the way (Psychology.org, 2003). Another aspect of Skinners theory was that of "chaining," in other words, the fact that te...

Organizations and Theories of Classical and Neo Classical

how much income (goods) and leisure they want to accrue (USCS, 2004). Individuals make a choice as well in terms of occupation and...

Overivew of Engineering Thermodynamics

In nine pages engineering thermodynamics is examined with such topics including heat exchangers and transfer, turbomachinery, nozz...

Economy of Jamaica

In ten pages this paper discusses Jamaica's economy in consideration of its conditions that applies various theories such as Keyne...

Classical Greek Literature and Women's Tragic Marriages

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

A Challenging Learning Experience

no positive reinforcement for me and an aversion to the machine developed. Positive reinforcement refers to when an event or stim...

Human Development and Its Major Theories

social psychology are one and the same; that organizations are the result of "repressed desires and ambivalent memories of ancient...

Personal Learning Experience

the frogs and cadaver and the association had to do with feelings of inhumane treatment of the frog and the knowledge of the smell...

Development Theories

stages. He said that there are three fundamental processes that are involved with learning new information. Assimilation allows th...

An Overview of Huntington's Disease

2008, 436). There is no cure for Huntingtons. Genetics The gene for the disease is found on the fourth chromosome (Collins, 19...

A Case History of Angina

of angina, but no indication of muscle damage or clotting (as would be the case in coronary thrombosis). It should also be...

Depression - General Overview

weeks in duration and exhibit at least five of the following symptoms: * You are depressed, sad, blue, tearful (Holisticonline.com...

Oil, Finance and the Political Economy of the Persian Gulf

created a transposition route between these different countries, in addition to this other common factors such at the geological l...

Employment Law and Employer Duties; A Case Study

is also an obligation on the employer to ensure that there are adequate welfare facilities arrangements, which may help counteract...

The Italian Footwear Industry

The writer looks at the Italian footwear industry using Porters diamond model, looking at factor conditions, demand conditions, re...

The Nurse Educator, Postprostatectomy Patients and Informative Websites

Dr. McCullough is "Director of the Sexual Health and Male Fertility and Microsurgery Programs at New York University School of Med...

Impact Of Chronic Illness On The Elderly And Families

medications or they could be a sign of depression (Turner and Kelly, 2000). Turner and Kelly (2000) state strongly that it is e...

Critical Success Factors

more quantitative; while strategic "planning tends to be idea driven, more qualitative" (Pacios 2004, p. 259). Whereas long-range...

Orwell’s 1984: Relevancy and Social Work

In this novel it seems that the people with the power, the government, or later the Party, were those with the wealth and design. ...

The Respiratory System and Asthma

("air passages," 1998). The larynx lies in front of the lower portion of the pharynx and is the organ where the voice is actually ...

'Shooting an Elephant' by George Orwell and the Honest Portrayal of Conflict

In six pages this paper examines how Orwell's essay honestly portrays British Imperialism in terms of its conflict and the human c...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

An Exploration of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans

total nine hundred and two patients were men and the remaining forty-three percent were women (Chen, 2003). DFSP typically develo...

Raymond Carver's 'Cathedral'

able form a friendship with the blind man over that summer. However, it is interesting to note that he only asks to feel her face ...

Cultural Influences on Attitudes to Schizophrenia

have on patient outcomes. It was found patients from the Mexican American families, where there was a lower level of EE were also ...