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Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn and Human Motivation

his cold-hearted analysis of the warmest human emotion. To many people, the basic behaviorist outlook has always seemed to be mora...

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 ...

Richard Matheson's and H.G. Wells' Use of Science Fiction to Portray Alienation

In a paper consisting of 5 pages alienation as a theme are explored in Matheon's I Am Legend and in Wells' The Time Machine and Th...

Historical and Contemporary Religious Responses to Science and Technology

empires that would endure for centuries. These initial ties would culminate in a genuinely global integration of human cultures. ...

Overview of Childrearing

Childrearing is considered in terms of parenting psychology, parent and child relationship significance, problems and solutions in...

Psychology and Its Philosophical Foundations

In five pages psychology and the foundations laid by philosophy are examined in a discussion of Herodotus, Socrates, Aquinas, Lock...

Understanding Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

In five pages this paper analyzes the novel in terms of generating greater understanding in a consideration of psychology and symb...

Overview of Sports Psychology

In eight pages this paper discusses sports psychology in a consideration of various issues and techniques including athletic per...

Loneliness in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In two pages an analysis of Eric P. Levy's article entitled 'The Psychology of Loneliness in Wuthering Heights' is presented in tw...

Descartes' Psychology and the 'Conscious Mental State' Theory of William James

This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...

Scientific Psychology and the Negative Consequences of Dualism of Mind and Body

In two pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes' theory on the dualism between the mind and body had negative consequences fo...

Mind and Body Dualist Philosophy and Rene Descartes' Psychology

considering them in De homine, and proposing that there was some kind of interaction between the two, Descartes provided a more cl...

Psychology Research

In five pages this paper considers psychology research with such topics of the misuse of values, quantitative and qualitative rese...

Feminism, Science, and Philosophy

In nine pages this research paper examines the ongoing debate regarding feminist philosophy and feminist science, addressing such ...

Existential Psychology and Existentialism

In twelve pages this research paper considers existential psychology and existentialism in an examination of definitions and writi...

Contemporary Psychology and Pragmatism

In six pages this paper discusses the relationship between contemporary psychology and pragmatism philosophy in a theoretical cons...

Carl Jung's Contributions to Modern Psychology

This research paper addresses many aspects of Jung's life, including his professional relationship with Freud. The author emphasi...

Jungian Psychodynamic Psychology

A paper on psychoanalyst Carl Jung and the psycho-dynamic school of psychoanalytic psychology he developed. The author outlines J...

Carl Jung's Contributions to Psychology

This research paper explores several aspects of Jung's career, including his relationship to Freud and his early life. The author...

Margaret Wheatley's Leadership and the New Science and Karl Popper's A Survey of Some Fundamental Problems

that seem to drive us to distrust change and the inevitable occurrences that are associated with such. "We seem fixated on structu...

Field of Science and Girls

and in the educational systems of this country regarding the paucity of women in scientific fields. A quick Internet search or s...

Psychology History

In twenty pages this paper discusses psychology in an historical overview that includes discipline and considers theoretical evolu...

Drug Addiction Treatment Through Developmental Psychology

In twelve pages this paper examines how developmental psychology has proven effective in drug addiction treatment therapy. Ten so...

Galilean Science, Ptolemy, and Aristotle Viewed from the Perspective of Karl Popper

In eight pages this paper considers Karl Popper's thoughts on Galileo's theories, who himself had been critical of Ptolemy and Ari...

Edward Lee Thorndike and Charles Darwin on Behavioral Science

In nine pages Thorndike's and Darwin's theories of behavioral science are discussed and contrasted and compared with contemporary ...

Birth Order Influences Upon Education and Social Behavior

In five pages this paper assesses the study, asks questions, and draws conclusion based upon Russell Travis' and Vandana Kohli's a...

Different Approaches to Science

In four pages this paper examines scientific experimentation within the contexts of Richard Pirsig's research and the text Science...

Article Assessment of Smart et al's Study on Behavioral Problems Associated with Reading

In six pages a 1996 article featured in the Journal of Child Psychology by Smart et al on reading and behavior problems is evaluat...

Loneliness Psychology Journal Article Reviewed

This paper consists of three pages and reviews an article on the impact of loneliness that was featured in The Journal of Psycholo...

'Philo Counselor' Article Reviewed

This paper reviews a Psychology Today article in two pages and discusses how the traditional psychologist differs from the more ph...