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Anecdotes and the Recognition of Psychological Theories

adhering to rules and norms, and ultimately to a level at which one recognizes universal principals and can engage in ethical deba...

The Concept of Conditioning

are two types of operant conditioning that is based on the belief that behaviors can be shaped by the expectation of consequences ...

Knowledge and the Impacts of the Concepts of B.F. Skinner and William Morris

In five pages this paper examines how William Morris' ideas on artistic awareness and B.F. Skinner's behavioral conditioning theor...

Behaviorism Theory and Human Behavior

2005; PageWise, Inc., 2005). He studied and reported on observable behaviors, thus, providing empirical data proving that psycholo...

Hard Determinism and B.F. Skinner

process. The psychologist, categorized second behind Sigmund Freud as the worlds most profound figure in the field, was initially...

Psychological Concepts: Functionalism and Skinner

Part 2. What theoretical concepts are attributed to B. F. Skinner? Which one of these concepts had the greatest effect on the fiel...

Motivation In The Workplace

the very same types of activities as primary drives, i.e., the individual needs to meet that need (Encyclopedia of Psychology, 200...

Major Theories of Personality

In ten pages the personality theories of Maslow, Rogers, Adler, May, Skinner, Freud, and sociobiological theory are examined. Ten...

Business Uses of Psychology

In ten pages this paper considers how psychological principles including personality theories and the programmed learning theory o...

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...

Walden Two, A Behaviorist Utopia

A 12 page research paper/essay that, first of all, discusses behaviorism, what it is and how it started and then moves on to discu...

Issues in Psychology Education

This research paper pertains to five separate topics, which are: heredity vs. environment, in regards to development; policy for i...

A Walden Two Reaction

they need to live. A lot of attention has been paid to this concept as much war and discrepancies are precipitated on the fact tha...

The Life and Works of Psychologist B.F. Skinner

independent thinker as well as an individual who was perhaps rebellious against the "norm." One author notes that this became quit...

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. ...

Behavior Conditioning and B.F. Skinner

In eight pages Skinner's assumptions regarding the scientific method and his human behavioral applications of them are examined an...

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 ...

Child Development

of cognitive development. He identified four stages of growth that he believed were sequential and invariant. Michael fits into Pi...

Organizational Behavior And Development

of concern for completing the task versus the degree of concern for people and relationships. Hersey and Blanchard (1996) argued t...

Developmental Psychology: Theories

who is considered one of the ten leading educators in American history for setting a significant precedence with regard to human b...

An Explanation and Possible Solutions Regarding a Seven Year Old Child's Antisocial and Aggressive Behavior

(Papert, 1999, p. 104+) - believed that children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the ...

Dreams from a Psychological Perspective

researchers investigating REM sleep report an interaction of the anterior cingulate cortex, amygdaloid complexes and posterior are...

Personal Case Study of Personality

a very early age. Five years later at age 22, some of these things have changed but not all. I came to realize that the reason I...

Psychological Indeterminism and Determinism

science, man used to think himself a free agent possessing free will. Science gives us, instead, causal determinism wherein every...

Personality and Psychological Theory

In twenty two pages this paper examines the psychological theories of Freud, Jung, Horney, Adler, Bandura, Rogers, May, and Skinne...

Childhood Aggression, Cognitive and Behaviorist Theories

the amount of verbal aggression such as threats or insults increases. During this stage, person-directed or hostile aggression whe...

Theorists and Theories on Nurture or Nature

extreme emphasis on the environmental determinant of development. Locke described parents as rational tutors who could mold the ch...

How Can We Ever Understand our Persoanality

The term, personality, is difficult to define because different theorists define it in different ways. Allport, for example, belie...

A Psychological Profile of Madonna

This paper examines various aspects of the life, personality, and behaviors of the pop star Madonna. The author utilizes the psyc...

A Psychoanalytical Theory and Theorist Overview

advent, Freuds work represented an innovative approach to the problems which had plagued mankind practically since the beginning o...