SEARCH RESULTS

YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Contemporary Psychology and Pragmatism

Essays 391 - 420

Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn and Human Motivation

his cold-hearted analysis of the warmest human emotion. To many people, the basic behaviorist outlook has always seemed to be mora...

The 'Science' of Human Behavior According to B.F. Skinner

or punish it. If a given behavior results in an effect that the organism likes, this behavior will be repeated. If the effect is ...

Overview of Childrearing

Childrearing is considered in terms of parenting psychology, parent and child relationship significance, problems and solutions in...

Psychology and Its Philosophical Foundations

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

Understanding Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of generating greater understanding in a consideration of psychology and symb...

Overview of Sports Psychology

In eight pages this paper discusses sports psychology in a consideration of various issues and techniques including athletic per...

Loneliness in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In two pages an analysis of Eric P. Levy's article entitled 'The Psychology of Loneliness in Wuthering Heights' is presented in tw...

Descartes' Psychology and the 'Conscious Mental State' Theory of William James

This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...

Scientific Psychology and the Negative Consequences of Dualism of Mind and Body

In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...

Psychology and its Meaning

In seven pages this paper linguistically analyzes 30 psychology concepts in order to greater understand the meaning of this scienc...

Learning Psychology

In five pages this paper discusses learning and psychology with references made to Jerome Bruner's Acts of Meaning and also consid...

CyberSociety Psychology and Internet Intimacy

blooming all across the face of cyberspace, posing questions regarding the psychological healthiness of such questions and gauging...

Clinical Psychology Field

In 5 pages the societal contributions of clinical psychology are examined. There are 3 sources cited in the bibliography....

Response Paper on Frazier's 'Magic and Religion'

In five pages this response paper discusses psychology history as presented in Frazier's article and offers a reaction to it along...

An Overview of Child Development Issues

Children have been made to become adults far too soon. They are not allowed to be and act as children. They must take on adult r...

Social Psychology and Advertising

own car repairs and men cook dinner for the kids. Traditional roles have all but disappeared in an era where people have to fend ...

Social Psychology and Campaigning for the Presidency

In six pages this paper discusses how social psychology is applied to presidential campaign strategies. Five sources are cited in...

Social Psychology Diversities

In nine pages the diversities that exist in social psychology are examined in terms of whether or not integration should be attemp...

Mainstream Psychology and the Explanation of Gender Differences by Feminism

but one aspect of feminism in the middle part of the twentieth century; however, along with it also came undesirable consequences....

Government Regulation and Psychology

In five pages this paper discusses the local, state, and federal regulation of psychology and how this goes beyond its definition ...

Issues in Psychology

opens, Gilbert obviously conceives of his marriage as happy, that both he and Angela saw it as a full, rich life. While Angela has...

Love During the Age of Cholera

In a 6 page paper, the love qualities of the main characters in Gabriel Marquez's novel are compared with those in Robert J. Stern...

Significant Management Component of Organizational Behavior

charge." Have you ever been in a situation in which you have been the one who gets ready for the inspection, or the audit, or the...

Senior Citizens and Euthanasia

In twelve pages senior citizens are the focus of this examination of euthanasia with ethics and psychology considered along with t...

Connection Between Psychology and Speech

In five pages this paper examines the connections between psychology and speech. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

Life and Work of Karen Horney

In six pages this paper examines the amazing life and career of psychological theorist Karen Horney as represented in the text Wom...

Interpretation of a Passage in William Shakespeare's Othello

clear enough to demonstrate the fact that Iago no more wanted to amend his wrongdoing than he did avoid even further -- and inevit...

Neuroses and Biology

The writer examines the work of 20th century psychology Hans Eysenck and his suggestion that it is possible to inherit neurotic be...

Motivation, Interactionism, and Sports Psychology

In five pages interactionism is defined and then considered as a motivation approach in sports psychology. Four sources are cited...

The concept of Group Dynamics

The components and development of groups is duly noted and a discussion of social psychology theory is also discussed. Various rol...