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Operant Conditioning, B.F. Skinner, and Criminal Behavior

pigeons to coin the now infamous term "operant conditioning" to describe the phenomenon of learning occurring in response to an or...

Behavior Origins and the Development of Personality

that are raised apart, but some of the similarities in personality and behavior found in those studies were used as strong evidenc...

The Problem of Alcohol Abuse - Impact in Abusers and Families

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

Da Vinci Furniture Marketing Case Study

different from its competitors, with unique characteristics (Morgan, 2009). This may be the result of the ways the product charact...

A DISCUSSION ABOUT MOTIVATION

calories and getting more exercise. This is an example of extrinsic motivation; in other words, doing something for the sake of so...

Bystander Behaviors and Helping

a priority - this does not automatically mean, though, that ones actions will be unhelpful, simply that they are not motivated by ...

Psychopathic Behavioral Analysis of Pop Singer Michael Jackson

not the case. People like Jackson who, as infants, spend their formative years within the confines of a hostile, abusive or dysfu...

Criminality Theoretical Development

just tell a child hes good, and hes well, hes fine, does not produce anything, nor does it increase the childs self-esteem. Child...

Predatory Criminal Behavior and How It Can Be Dissuaded

2003, 124)" Despite our tendencies to ask such questions, however, we must somehow overcome the...

Explaining Behavior Through Personality Theory

psychology, in that it "accepts references to mental life and encourages the study of its full spectrum of manifestations as legit...

XBox Users and Buyers

event organiser set up promotion for the X-box with games such as Crash Nitrocart as well as the Simpsons Hit and Miss, These were...

The Passenger Train Industry as an Oligopoly

order to overcome potential problems associated with monopolies. Many railway industries had been nationalized, this facilitated l...

Communications and Consistency Theory

Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider developed one of the earliest consistency theories, balance theory, which focused on the relati...

Microsoft and Monopolies

competing Netscape equated to exclusive dealings and were anticompetitive (Lapotka, 2009). Not all charges were upheld; the second...

Consumer Behavior

they have always purchased (Postrel, 2009). Consumers can no longer purchase a simple chocolate bar or a package of laundry deterg...

Cognitive Therapy and Personality Disorder

hopelessness; he feels he is not good enough and not worthy. (2) affectivity (i.e., the range, intensity, liability, and appropri...

Adult Children of Alcoholic Parents - Assessing the Negative Impacts

and effectively determine the true scope of the impact upon adult children of alcoholic parents, one must recognize that such data...

A Research Proposal to Determine How Employers May Decrease Employee Absences

that employees may take time off of work for a number of reasons, some of which may be valid, such as illness and family emergency...

Study Proposal/African American Women and hypertension

which will be used to answer the research questions and determine if the main hypothesis has been verified. The student researchin...

Effecting Positive Classroom Behavior

Canters Behavioral Management Cycle is often very much misunderstood by teachers and other educational professionals. The Cycle f...

Analysis of Four Videos on Gang Behavior

group originally formed spontaneously, and then integrated through conflict" ("Frederic"). According to Thrasher, gangs are charac...

How Can the Persuasiveness of Marketing Communication Be Optimised?

way in which competing messages may be perceived as persuasive. In any commercial environment there is likely to be different mess...

Criminology and Biology

as pariahs. Although the film is science fiction, this along with other fictitious works demonstrates the problem of human nature ...

Topics Pertaining to Learning

it draws on what students already know, which aids them in assimilating new material. The learning environment should be both chal...

The Elderly and Substance Abuse

then developing a quantitative instrument for assessing risk behaviors related to the onset of substance abuse behaviors among the...

Important Developments in Nursing

prove that the reason for the higher mortality rate was poor hygiene and overcrowding (Glass, 2002). The research was suppressed...

Leadership Behaviors Analysis

The leadership of Mr. S. fits with this theoretical approach in that this supervisor views subordinates as capable of self-motivat...

Theories of Crime

Thus, extraverts are not impacted by punishment as much as introverts are (Brennan & Raine, 1997). Eysenck also argued that extra...

Corporate Culture and Performance

performance. They do not agree on exactly what that relationship is (Griffin & Moorhead 2007, p. 472; Hellriegel & Slocum 2007, p....

Discussion of Professional Nursing

the factors that make nursing unique The Department of Nursing at California State University at Fresno defines nursing as a "uni...