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Learning Theories of Burrhus Frederic Skinner

enlisted in his academic school of operant conditioners were losing the competition for good university jobs to cognitive scientis...

Society and the Ethics of Aristotle

In five pages Aristotle's contentions regarding overcoming self interests in human nature are examines within the context that acc...

People and Their Actions in 'Call Me If You Need Me' by Raymond Carver

In six pages this paper discusses human behavior as analyzed by Sigmund Freud and why people act as they do in an analysis of 'Cal...

The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris

The behaviors that human beings exhibit toward courtship, pair bonding, mating, and raising young are far more complex then those ...

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 ...

Different Views on Chaos Theory

7 pages and 7 sources. This paper provides an overview of the basic elements of chaos theory and relates them to views of their a...

Human Behavior and Sturdivant Electric Company

this situation is in the way the two men approach each other. Eden appears to be somewhat confident and perhaps a bit arrogant in ...

Paraphilias, Sexual Experience, and Human Sexuality Feelings, Thoughts, and Behaviors

In eleven pages 3 primary paraphilias types invasive, consensual, and noninvasive are examined in a discussion of feelings, though...

Environment, Genetics, and Human Behavior

In eleven pages this paper considers the origins of human behavior in a discussion of the importance of environment and genetics. ...

Theories of Human Behavior

In forty pages decision making and reasoning are examined in this consideration of human behavior theories in a consideration of s...

Environmental Effects on Behavior

In twelve pages this paper discusses how human behavior is affected by physical environment. Nine sources are cited in the biblio...

Blame and the Function of Religion

An insightful discussion of the expectations imposed on human behavior by religion. The writer also addresses the issue of Christ ...

The Global Warming Debate

unfreezes and temperatures climb. Alaska appears to be on a direct and damaging collision course with time, inasmuch as its entir...

Human Intelligence and Behavior: Gardner and Erikson

childhood years. Erikson suggests that our adult lives can, in fact, contain many changes. Stage seven (generativity verses stag...

Thomas Aquinas, On Law

reason provides a means of discerning action that is "according to nature" (77). He also cites Augustine in stating that there are...

Human Behavior According to Freud and Nietzsche

is something that is not synonymous with love. At the same time, the sexual system is more than just something that involves a man...

Kate Chopin/The Storm

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

Jesus/Human Relationships Above the Law

contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...

Isolation: How It Leads To Altered Behavior

of something he never anticipated to occur. When he did see the undesirable transition his "guards" were taking with regard to tr...

The Psychology of Human Behavior

Freedom is cherished the world over. Not all that cherish freedom, however, actually have it. Unfortunately, there is often an i...

Accounting for Human Behavior

they do? This question has been debated by psychologists, research scientists and philosophers for many years. This paper looks at...

Introduction to Psychobiology

the brain waves. Electrodes are places on the scalp and a machine picks up the shape and types of waves, e.g., alpha waves or beta...

Logic of Life by Tim Harford

successfully wean people from this dangerous habit. He reports that economic analysis finds that "advertising for nicotine patch a...

Is Financial Instability Inevitable?

basis, there are periods of stability, but there is a history of bubbles, in a stable financial environment this would not occur B...

Climate Change

change in the ozone due to emissions of various chemicals (Nodvin and Vranes). B. Humans are not causing global warming, it is jus...

Organizational Behavior and Human Interaction

nature and scope of organizational behavior). In addition, the scientific study of organizational behavior "refines common sense b...

Milgram’s Shock Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment

Human interaction varies in accordance with a number of factors. Not surprisingly, this interaction is one of the favorite subjec...

The Impact of Authority on Human Behavior

of volunteers complied with the instructions they were given, many were prepared to continuing giving electric shocks which could ...

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...