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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...

Religious Affiliation and Prayer

the participants were active churchgoers and had voted in the 2004 presidential election (Hanek, Olson, & McAdams, 2011). The samp...

Diversity

dominant in relation to both numbers and the capacity to maintain status. The vying for power in this country may result in grea...

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 ...

The Legitimacy of Protest in Thoreau

action, one must carefully consider the possible alternative of a lawful, democratic form of protest, the overall value and useful...

Nature vs. Nurture - Examining the Dichotomy

deep-seated neuroses which unconsciously drive behavior (Keltner et al., 2001). Since the early 20th century, then, psychologists ...

Hemophilia, An Overview

focusing on the circulatory system, but including other bodily system as well; historical background; prevalence; treatments, curr...

Visual Illusions

stored and an unusual situation occurs, an optical illusion happens. There are four specific types of optical illusions. Ambiguou...

Group and Family Counseling Issues

of legal responsibility in cases where a lawsuit might normally occur; a key example of this is "no-suicide" contracts wherein cou...

"Dr. Glass-Case" by De Cervantes

Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...

Crisis and Change in the Commercial Environment

which examined the changes with in the California savings and loan industry, a significant changing environmental conditions inclu...

Hollywood Worldviews by Brian Godawa

and intriguing guide that advises readers on how to watch movies from a Christian perspective. Godawas purpose is not to evaluate ...

The Concept of Kings in Ancient Mesopotamia

were and what they sought in a ruler. That the king was to represent the highest values and virtues of society is evident from sch...

Two Topics in Psychology

This research paper has two sections. The first concerns the self-help trend and whether or not it can be viewed as effective, and...

Did the Founding Fathers Really Intend for a Total Separation between Church and State?

The writer presents a comprehensive discussion on whether or not the founding Fathers intended for there to be separation of churc...

Book Summary Keener on Jesus

Jesus is an historical figure. He lived on earth, He called His disciples, He died, and He rose from the dead. The events reported...

Overview of Fungal Meningitis

This research paper presents an overall view of fungal meningitis and includes a description of outbreak that occurred in the fall...

Self-Esteem and the Impact of Advertising

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at advertising and its impact on women's self-esteem. The view that advertisers target...

Comparing Siegfried Kracauer's Reality to Arnheim's Perceptions

he sees and thinks of his grandmother and has nothing to do with the present moment until the grandmother speaks (Widoger 22-23). ...

Machiavelli's Beliefs and Modern Political Relevance

concern the ultimate goal or greater good." In essence, he is arguing, according to Oldham, that the end justifies the means and t...

Overview of Self Mutilation

superficial variety is most common among adolescents. Self-mutilation is commonly the cutting of forearms or wrists, but there ca...

Wolfgang Mozart's Opera The Magic Flute and Its Depiction of Women

is angry she escaped and he is angry that he did not get what he wanted, sex from Pamina. This clearly establishes an attitude tow...

Puritanism of Nathaniel Hawthorne

he managed to illustrate some of the ridiculous restrictions and excessive emotional burdens that various religions placed on the ...

Reception Theory and Films Star Wars and Star Trek

viewers (Sklar, 1998). In this regard, reception studies seek empirical evidence, either "historical or ethnographic research," th...

The Modern Museum and the Significance in Defining African American Art

works signed by a famous artist. Rather, the visitor is exposed to the artifacts that suggest what life was and is like to African...

Heath Benefits of Aged Garlic Extract

point that relatively few paid attention to it at all. In many respects, the same has occurred in the discussion of anythin...

Looking at Empiricism and Rationalism

also believed in one realm. Spinoza writes: "By God, I mean a Being absolutely infinite -- that is, a substance consisting in inf...

Life and Politics of Phyllis Schlafly

role model for women. While feminists spout rhetoric to the effect that a woman must do such and such and should not do such and s...

What Women Want in 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In this simple summary we see that the Wife of Bath is saying that while women want love and they want beauty and they obviously w...

Saint Augustine and Seneca on the Relationship Between the Divine and Mankind

understand divinity. Both philosophers seem to have been influenced by the teachings of Plato. In Senecas On the Shortness of Li...