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Research Summary, Greba, et al (2001)

This research paper is a summary of the research conducted by Greba, Gifkins and Kokkinidis (2001), who investigated the amygdaloi...

Problems of Adolescence

Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...

Gender And Socialization: Nature Or Nurture?

in the field of child development have consistently found that this incongruous approach parents have toward their children begins...

Ethics Code, Progressive Discipline, and Conduct Code

code goes beyond mere regulations. There are many actions that are legal but that are not moral. As an extreme example, the use of...

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...

Communications and Consistency Theory

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

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...

Impact of Schizophrenia on Patients and their Families

The paper is a literature review on the topic of schizophrenia and the impact and influence that the condition has on patients and...

"Smoking Among Chinese Americans: Behavior, Knowledge, And Beliefs" - Summary And Response

The authors recognize how utilizing this single Chicago community is not sufficient to represent the entire Chinese American popul...

Congestive Heart Failure

the kidneys are not capable of disposing "sodium and water" (American Heart Association, 2007); this is what cases the edema (Amer...

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Somatoform

written about this because it is having a devastating effect on girls and women who try to fit the image. It is societys pressure ...

Patau's Syndrome: Trisomy 13

of their facial expressions are indicative of the condition, although the public often looks upon them as being somewhat unusual. ...

Deviance

it is not really that different in relationship to teenagers "normally" engaging in experimentation and rebellion. But, aside from...

Poverty in Alabama

Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas" (Tuscaloosa News, 2007). It should, however, be noted that in the past Alabama has also ra...

A Revies of Black Picket Fences by Mary Pattillo McCoy

the opportunities that were available to the African American in the 1960s, in terms of employment, have changed drastically in th...

Celiac Sprue

Diseases Information Clearinghouse, 2009). The symptoms of this disease are numerous and they can well vary from one person to an...

Torture is Wrong Under Any and All Circumstances

tough new rules of engagement" (Mayer, 2005). This change in viewpoint, which was called the "New Paradigm" by Alberto Gonzales, w...

A Personal Reaction to HIV and AIDS

an AIDS sufferer can speak to the weight loss, weakness, and increasing helplessness that the disease engenders. What was it and h...

1830 Swing Riots and Their Causes

from many different sources, some more literate than others, and some were quite clearly fakes or parodies (such as one written by...

Market Conditions and Economics

In five pages market conditions and product differentiation are examined in a consideration of issues such as pricing, monopolies,...

Sports and Economics

In five pages this paper discusses contemporary sports in a consideration of economic conditions such as community impact and athl...

HCFA and the Diagnosis Related Group

case fluctuate from this standard (Long Island Business News, 2002). The diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) are not only defined ...

SWOT Analysis of a Construction Site's Hazardous Working Conditions

project, with each employee being run through the rules, tested for their knowledge of the rules and demonstrating the correct and...

Gearing Up for War: Europe 1939

see. But the reporter was in Germany at the end of WWI and found the social and economic conditions there to be deplorable. The co...

Addiction Behaviors and Two Psychological Theories

up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...

Classical Conditioning

their salivary glands and what response it had when food was presented. Naturally, he quickly discovered that each time he brought...

Autism and Treatment

that are characterized as "autism spectrum disorders." This paper lists these conditions and then, because it is a short essay, co...

Behavior Influences on Health

it may not be recognised in all cases. The common symptoms of stress includes, tiredness and fatigue, weight changes for no obviou...

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...

Operant Conditioning Theory

but not parallel to Pavlovs (2003) conjecture. An empty, soundproof container sits with nothing in sight but a dish and a lever. ...