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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...

B.F. Skinner and Operant Conditioning

maintain productivity amidst the prison setting, supervisors must also maintain a strict adherence to control and authority so tha...

A Psychoanalytical Theory and Theorist Overview

advent, Freuds work represented an innovative approach to the problems which had plagued mankind practically since the beginning o...

Behaviorism and B.F. Skinner

The main point of Skinners theory was that learning was the result of a change in overt behavior, and those changes in behavior we...

Psychological Studies' Case Study on Mental Representation

timed in regards to their responses, Rosch reported that "response times are strikingly close to ratings of typicality" which mean...

Theorists and Theories on Nurture or Nature

extreme emphasis on the environmental determinant of development. Locke described parents as rational tutors who could mold the ch...

Comparison of Gestalt and Behaviorism

(1969 as Overskeid, 1995) states: "Behavior which is exclusively shaped by ... contingencies is perhaps the closest one can come t...

Personality and Psychological Theory

In twenty two pages this paper examines the psychological theories of Freud, Jung, Horney, Adler, Bandura, Rogers, May, and Skinne...

Programmed Instruction and B.F. Skinner

In a paper consisting of eighteen pages programmed instruction's history is examined and then an integration with the behaviorism ...

Psychological Indeterminism and Determinism

science, man used to think himself a free agent possessing free will. Science gives us, instead, causal determinism wherein every...

4 Approaches to Counseling

In eight pages the pastoral counseling of Charles Gerkin, the cognitive counseling of Frances Egan, the affective counseling of Ca...

Major Theories of Personality

In ten pages the personality theories of Maslow, Rogers, Adler, May, Skinner, Freud, and sociobiological theory are examined. Ten...

An Explanation and Possible Solutions Regarding a Seven Year Old Child's Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior

(Papert, 1999, p. 104+) - believed that children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the ...

Dreams from a Psychological Perspective

researchers investigating REM sleep report an interaction of the anterior cingulate cortex, amygdaloid complexes and posterior are...

Business Uses of Psychology

In ten pages this paper considers how psychological principles including personality theories and the programmed learning theory o...

Childhood Aggression, Cognitive and Behaviorist Theories

the amount of verbal aggression such as threats or insults increases. During this stage, person-directed or hostile aggression whe...

Life and Contributions of B.F. Skinner

the head of behavioristic psychology. It is a scientific approach. In Skinners view, it is not individual decision-making that s...

Skinner and Freud on Personality

In ten pages this paper examines heredity and environment as it pertains to personality in a theoretical comparison of the views o...

Behaviorism's Precepts from Ivan Pavlov to B.F. Skinner

This research paper consists of six pages and discusses the theoretical contributions of Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner to behaviori...

Analysis of the Determinism Philosophy

In five pages this research paper analyzes determinism as it was developed through the writings of Baruch Spinoza, B.F. Skinner, a...

Key Behaviorist Theory Terms

that decreases the occurrence of or eliminates a behavior (Boeree, 2006). A good example is the child always talking out in class....

Behaviorist Model

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

Classroom Management - Three Models

that people interact with their environment. A persons behavior is determined by the consequences of any given behavior. Reinforce...

Three Major Behaviorists

infant and child. Watson gave Albert one of the lab rats which elicited a play response from Albert. While playing with the rat, W...

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...

The Views of Tolman Compared to Watson and Skinner

by Watson. Watson integrated an experimental focus on showing the connection between stimuli and conditioned behaviors. Watso...

Child Development

of cognitive development. He identified four stages of growth that he believed were sequential and invariant. Michael fits into Pi...

Comparison of Leadership Styles Observed at RyanAir and McDonalds

and OLeary with a practical ole of making changes it is unsurprising he was unpopular and adopted an autocratic style of leadershi...

Psychodynamic Behaviorist Humanistic Social-Cognitive

id, ego, and superego. The id is about the base desires of the human, the superego acts like a conscious striving for the highest ...

How Can We Ever Understand our Persoanality

The term, personality, is difficult to define because different theorists define it in different ways. Allport, for example, belie...