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Behaviorist Theory Contributions of B.F. Skinner

in scientific circles, was the psychologists most profound contribution to the study of human behavior. Utilizing rats and pigeon...

Religion and Approach to Dramatic Arts

of Peter Pitzele, "Scripture Window." For example, the group of fifth graders could be given the story of the Good Samaritan where...

Climaxes in William Shakespeare's King Lear

there, she might have added a dose of common sense to the proceedings, and pointed out to her husband that dividing the kingdom am...

Comparing Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

from Christian forces, one of the first actions that they took on occupying the city was to allow Jews to reenter Jerusalem, havin...

Creating a Personal Ethical Philosophy

that this is wrong. They believe that there is an intrinsic morality and that women should not be executed for committing adultery...

Culture of Costa Rica

and final voyage to the New World. Archeologists have determined that native civilizations existed in Costa Rica for thousands of ...

Islamic World, the West, and the Relevance of Medieval History

is based solely upon the influence of culture. Louis Rene Beres 2001 article entitled Terrorism and the Global Clash of Civilizat...

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and Religion

the book was fundamentally Catholic and religious, but then would also claim that "There is no allegory -- moral, political, or co...

Comparing Two Regional World Civilizations

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

Cultural Differences and Nonverbal Communication

the head in such societies might be confusing, at best, and misconstrued, at worst. Among the Taiwanese, in addition (whic...

A Comparision Between Laws on Religious Discrimination in the US and UK

by those wishing to discriminate by outline the ways in which they maybe able to legally avoid any recriminations for their action...

Exploration, Mysticism, and Religion

In eleven pages this research paper charts the course of religion as it evolved from exploration and mysticism. Seven sources are...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this research paper examines several sociological concepts relevant to this 1959 novel including British coloniali...

Hatred and The Heart of Hate and Learning to Hate by Bill Moyers and How Can We Understand Their Hatred by Elie Wiesel

Perhaps some would make an active choice to retain their hatred, but others certainly would be forced to face the fact that their ...

Transformation and Seventeenth Century England

In 4 pages, this research paper considers the rapid changes England underwent in terms of religion, economics, and politics, citin...

Civilizations of MesoAmerica, Egypt, and Greece

Mexico and other areas of central America, demonstrates a number of similarities with Egyptian culture: the main architectural for...

Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

that the "most powerful reason (for believing in religion) is the wish for safety, a sort of feeling that there is big brother wh...

Scientific Revolution and the Connection Between Science and Religion

great interest and considerable depth. His ongoing quest was not only to determine the role of religion within social confines bu...

Overview of Pentecostal Religion

Board of Directors, by a two-thirds majority vote, can suspend or expel a member (PFWB, 1999). Issues that are grounds for expulsi...

Overview of Cholesterol and Serum Cholesterol Reduction

the artery, requiring that the heart work harder to move blood through it. As rocks on the bottom of a stream bed create turbulen...

The Mathematical Contributions of Albert Einstein

the relationship between energy and mass, more specifically, "rest energy (E) equals mass (m) times the speed of light (c) squared...

Medieval Households by David Herlihy

lacked a concept of the coresidential, primary descent group, he used literary texts and census units. For the emergence of the c...

American Impacts of the Inca and Maya Cultures

the reverence toward their higher being, as well as their basic concept of lifes political journey, spoke to the "humble attentive...

Cat's Perspectives on Either Hunting Birds are Watching TV

and be a potato with them. Dogs crave the attention and approval of their humans, while we cats could truly care less what people...

England's Crime and Crime and Punishment from 1800 to 1850

times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...

The Components of a Tennis Forehand Stroke

contact and ended with completion of the swing. This was further sub-divided into early follow-through (the first 25%) and late fo...

Spirituality and Religion in Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

hopefulness here in Comala; instead, the air is heavy with an oppressive guilt that is positively stifling. It soon becomes readi...

Robert Browning's Poetry and Religion

try to be more than they are. In this poem we have a simple boy who works and praises God. He is told that the Pope praises God as...

Religions of the World

beliefs and the way in which such beliefs shape cultural practices and social infrastructures such as the law and the political sy...

Violence and Religion

were able to live cooperatively. What was "good" was whatever perpetuated the interests of given society and what was "bad" was an...