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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 ...

Using the Disruptive Incident Barometer for Functional Behavioral Assessment

period(s): Third grade school day. Number of levels of incident barometer: 20 (baseline of 12). Present baseline data across 5 da...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Used in the Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

a result, more diagnoses have been made (Grinage, 2003). It is now something that is also associated with trauma stemming from chi...

Harris & Weiss/Topics in Autism

the "Yu Family," with parents Harold and Grace. Eddie is their oldest child. Eddie is such a "good" baby, demanding little attenti...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

A Fictional Case Study of Autism and Behavioral Intervention

which Brydons behavior will be assessed are held every week on Fridays. During the first two of these practice sessions baseline ...

Strategic Planning and Behavioral Observation

to participate in activities he enjoys; * Ability to make transitions, even if he has some difficulty in the process; * Ability to...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Students with Major Behavioral Disorders and FBA

the occurrence and nonoccurrence of problem behaviors (2001). With the use of such an approach, the function of behavior is repres...

Play Therapy and Behavior

allowed for recognition of human thought as an "integral part of human behavior" (OConnor, 1991, p. 26). Prior to this point, beha...

Human Behavior Experimental Analysis and Applied Behavioral Analytical Techniques

and complex. Coots (1998) notes research results have indicated that in order for at-risk children to fully benefit from af...

Three Questions on Behavioral Finance

is made. Mayes cites 6 reasons that may impact on a rational judgment, these are overconfidence, fear of regret, cognitive dissona...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Therapy Approaches Behavioral v. Psychodynamic

is an emphasis on self-understanding that is founded on the premise that the more one understands himself or herself, the better a...

Using Twelve Angry Men to Evaluate Behavioral Theories

him. A coach has been appointed the foreman but he is ill equipped to do the job he has been assigned. He resents wasting his tim...

Counseling and Behavioral Therapy

cognitive behavioral treatments, including Stress Inoculation Training (SIT), prolonged exposure,and cognitive processing therapy,...

Borderline Personality Disorder and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment

to have their first interactions with a person with BPD as a result of emergency room visits following suicidal attempts. The the...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

EBD students and the effectiveness of CBT

This paper looks at research into students with emotional and behavioral problems, and consider which sort of interventions have b...

Scientific Skills and Their Proper Uses

In five pages this paper assesses the observation made by sociologist Dorothy Nelkin, ''Scientists should restrain their tendency ...

Uses of Technology in the Classroom

in order for the children of today to be "effective leaders and productive citizens" of tomorrow, they will require confidence in...

Computer Science and Graph Theory's Future

irrelevant nor is it important as to how long the lines are (2003). This idea is contrary to most other forms of mathematics such ...

Nursing Research Statistics' Questions

The non-technical interpretation of the results of a study is presented and assessed in the Discussion section. The Introduction ...

Answers to questions on Business Statistics 1

of an entire population can be difficult. If a sample is structured in the right way, a cross-section of the population is easier ...

Australian Statistics and Semiotics

of the words and the sentence construction. This is made up of three aspects; the build up of semantic representations, th...

Statistics and Article Summaries

preferred over teaching the perspective of the moment. Chu, K.H. (2002).To Switch or Not To Switch? Retrieved August 19, 2004 ...