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Learning theories in relation to cognition.

This paper looks at various theories related to motivation and learning, including those of Piaget, Bandura and Seligman. This fiv...

A Law School Admissions Essay

In a one page essay example consisting of six hundred words the love of law and desire for further study along with the motivation...

Kantian Ethics Applied to the Abortion Issue

the nineteenth century, abortion was seen as the only recourse for women who had become pregnant due to being lured into the bed o...

Yugoslavia War and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

In ten pages this paper discusses the UN's role in the war in Yugoslavia and also considers the actions and motivations of the maj...

Mexican Intervention by the US in 1914, 1916, and Woodrow Wilson's Reasons

refusing to acknowledge Huerta as the president of the country and at the same time, he tried to force Huerta to hold free electio...

Canarsie The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn Against Liberalism by Jonathan Rieder

the liberalism that they felt had betrayed them. "The lessons of Canarsie are critical ingredients for a revitalized liberalism th...

Saving Jews from the Holocaust examined in terms of cognitive dissonance theories.

A paper which considers cognitive dissonance with specific reference to saving Jews from the Nazi Holocaust. The writer takes the ...

Resistance Groups in Greece During the Second World War

In twenty pages this research paper considers the actions of the Communist resistance groups and how in Greece they emerged victor...

Suicide and Cults Explained

Religious cults have been a fact of life for years, but the phenomenon of mass suicides has recently engrossed the public. This pa...

A Modern Viewpoint Applied to Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

In five pages a contemporary perspective is used in an examination of the play and what would need to be changed in order to trans...

Jay Gatsby's Desire for Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

In seven pages this essay analyzes the motivation behind the title character's obsession with Daisy Buchanan and what she represen...

Lengel's Perspective Applied to 'A and P' by John Updike

In four pages this paper analyzes the inner struggles of Lengel by adopting his perspective in an examination of John Updike's sho...

Revenge of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

In five pages Heathcliff's motivation of revenge is examined in an examination of Emily Bronte's novel. Five sources are cited in...

Dream Analysis of Sigmund Freud Applied to Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

In five pages the dreams featured in Bronte's novel are subjected to Freudian dream analysis. Four sources are cited in the bibli...

Ethics, Violation, and Self Esteem in Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

In eight pages the protagonist's motivations in this 18th century classic novel are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibl...

'Newness' Concept of Salman Rushdie Applied to Foucault and Winterson

In five pages this report applies Rushdie's newness concept to gender stereotypes with an examination of Michel Foucault's The His...

Life Applied to Dante's 'Inferno'

In eight pages 'Inferno' is examined from the perspective of an alcoholic and the various levels the person must undergo on a jou...

Why the Tragic Hero Label Applies to Oedipus

In five pages this paper argues that the protagonist of Sophocles' play successfully satisfies the classical tragic hero criteria ...

Morality, Relationships, and Motivations in Works of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In five pages a comparison between these two authors and the depiction of morality, relationships, and motivations are considered ...

Overview of Serial Killers

is irrefutable. Senator Ed Perlmutter, who sponsored a bill to stiffen the punishment of animal cruelty charges, has no doubt th...

Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy

the distinction of being responsible for more deaths any other lone killer before him in U.S. history (Shih, 1997; p. PG). John W...

A Discussion of Applied Conflict Theory

be of nearly universal application for assessing intrapersonal conflict in settings ranging from home life to the board room. Bec...

News Media and Violence

In ten pages this paper examines the news media's reporting of violent acts and the motivation behind such reports. Five sources ...

Learning Theories Applied to Computer Education

This paper addresses the learning theories of constructivism and mastery learning. The author tests these theories by applying th...

Drug Use and Psychosocial Motivations

In ten pages this paper discusses the psychosocial motivations people have for using and abusing drugs. Six sources are cited in ...

Learning Abilities and the Impact of Variables

In eight pages this research paper assesses the impacts of motivation, locus of control, influence of peers, socialization, achiev...

Humanist and Existentialist Learning Development Compared

The learning theories of Erik Erikson, Victor Frankl, and Carl Rogers are compared in eight pages in terms of learning experience...

Applied Behavioral Analysis and Autism

In five pages UCLA's Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas's applied behavioral analysis or Discrete Trial Training is discussed within the context o...

Low Income Students and Education

In ten pages this research paper examines various issues associated with low income student education with strategies, motivation,...

KKK

In twelve pages this paper presents an overview of the Ku Klux Klan, its activities, and the motivation for them. Twelve sources ...