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B.F. Skinner and Erik Erikson on Personality

In five pages this paper examines Skinner's operant conditioning theory and his views on stimulus and response along with Erikson'...

Skinner's Operant Conditioning

sound of the food dropping and will begin to go to the tray as soon as it hears that sound (Skinner, n.d.). A small lever is next ...

B.F. Skinner's Analysis of Freedom

provides information on birth control and abortion. In some way, the government is providing reinforcement to the choice of not ha...

B.F. Skinner's Contributions

Law of Effect. In the Law of Effect positive effects serve to strengthen the stimulus/response connection while negative effects ...

Kinesthetic Learning and Spirituality

This essay pertains to spirituality and kinesthetic learning. The writer discusses how the student's kinesthetic learning style ca...

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...

Functional and Behavioral Approaches to Juvenile Delinquency

as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...

Information Science, Cognitive Learning or Social Learning Theory

is represented by mass media. Television influences children greatly. "Knowledge about many settings is based on a symbolic fict...

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...

Le Guin/Left Hand of Darkness

eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...

Human Behavior: Conditioned Responses

Utilizing rats and pigeons, Skinner (1965) set out to prove the whole of human behavior is based upon the fundamental concept of o...

Does An Effective Learning And Development Strategy Enables Organizations To Compete More Effectively?

order to asses show firms can use learning to create and maintain competitive advantages it is first necessary to look at the conc...

Learning as Adults

This essay begins with a statement about what the writer expects to learn in the adult education program and whether the writer sh...

Online Learning Issues

The purpose of Online learning, or, e-learning is to provide knowledge and enhance skills. There are many advantages to e-learning...

Word Processing Programs Support Cognitive Learning

Word processing programs support the cognitive learning theory by helping students learn how to edit their documents from beginnin...

Experiential and Reflective Learning - A Presentation

A key skill for those pursuing a career in leadership is the ability to learn. This paper is a presentation looking at the experie...

Training and Development in the Commercial Environment

the years, to return to a high reliance model would be difficult and would undermine motivation as adults would feel they were bei...

Memory and Learning

These problems have a neurological base. They can interfere in learning basic skills, such as reading, and they can also impede hi...

Criminal Justice and Various Educational Strategies

appropriate way students are able to obtain a full and eclectic spectrum of what is being taught. Of course, not every subject ne...

How Do You Learn Best

Learning styles have been researched and studied for decades. Do you know what your own learning style is? If you are a teacher, y...

Meaningful Learning Experiences

brain and how learning takes place supports moving away from a "mechanistic/Newtonian paradigm" that relies primarily on teacher-d...

The Case of Miss A; Planning with a People Centred Approach

housework and laundry. Miss A is unable to do much housework, does not eat meals with him and goes to bed very late due to eating...

Adult Undergraduate Learning

by in large, adults such a Emerald require instruction that shows them how their life knowledge relates to areas of academic study...

Overview of Learning

From this beginning, other theories involved that explain social behavior in terms of learning theory. According to social-learnin...

Drawing Up a Contract for Learning

a clear, understandable and realistic business plan that could be applied to a real life scenario without any adjustment. The deve...

The Relationship Between Cognition and Learning

application, which refers to gaining a deep enough understanding to apply the information in abstract settings; analysis when the ...

The Use of Computers in Online Education

may decide to spend some years traveling in their twenties and work late into their seventies or eighties. Conversely, they may de...

The Role of a Primary School Teacher

intends" (Kyriacou, 1998). The curriculum for the main part of determined by the government, with targets such the literacy and a ...

Planning and Assessing Learning Objectives

understand the impact and potential influences of teacher expectation. 6. The student should understand and be able to design appr...

Learning Theories And Teaching Models

to associate the ringing of a bell with being fed and would subsequently salivate when the bell was rung (Encyclopedia of Educatio...