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Key Behaviorist Theory Terms

that decreases the occurrence of or eliminates a behavior (Boeree, 2006). A good example is the child always talking out in class....

Life and Contributions of B.F. Skinner

the head of behavioristic psychology. It is a scientific approach. In Skinners view, it is not individual decision-making that s...

Analysis of the Determinism Philosophy

In five pages this research paper analyzes determinism as it was developed through the writings of Baruch Spinoza, B.F. Skinner, a...

Theories of Personality by B.F. Skinner and Sigmund Freud

In ten pages this paper examines the personality developmental impact of heredity or biology in a consideration of these theorists...

Skinner and Freud on Personality

In ten pages this paper examines heredity and environment as it pertains to personality in a theoretical comparison of the views o...

Behaviorism's Precepts from Ivan Pavlov to B.F. Skinner

This research paper consists of six pages and discusses the theoretical contributions of Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner to behaviori...

Major Theories of Personality

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

4 Approaches to Counseling

In eight pages the pastoral counseling of Charles Gerkin, the cognitive counseling of Frances Egan, the affective counseling of Ca...

Programmed Instruction and B.F. Skinner

In a paper consisting of eighteen pages programmed instruction's history is examined and then an integration with the behaviorism ...

A Review of Reagan in His Own Hand

A 5 page review of the book complied from Ronald Reagan's own writings by Kiron K. Skinner. Reagan's propensity for writing down ...

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...

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...

Business Uses of Psychology

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

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...

Psychological Studies' Case Study on Mental Representation

timed in regards to their responses, Rosch reported that "response times are strikingly close to ratings of typicality" which mean...

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...

Food Preferences and the Theories of B.F. Skinner

the way (Psychology.org, 2003). Another aspect of Skinners theory was that of "chaining," in other words, the fact that te...

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...

Functional and Behavioral Approaches to Juvenile Delinquency

as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...

Impacts of Plato, Pythagoras, Wolfgang Kohler, and B.F. Skinner on Education

(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...

Learning Disabilities and Cooperative Learning

gone beyond Deweys premises (Brufee, 1995). In the current processes used in cooperative classrooms, students work in small groups...

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...

Operant Conditiioning in Learning

Skinner believed that we are what we do and he also believed that we can change what we do for the better. The key to his theory a...

Skinner Bandura Rotter Comments

This essay discuses the learning theories of each of these theorists and how they influence interpersonal relationships. There are...

Responses to Quotes

This 4 page paper gives an explanation of four different quotes. This paper includes quotes by Epictetus, B.F. Skinner, Mahatma Ga...

A Business Development Case Study

cars in year 4. This is a luxury market, and therefore less price sensitive, whilst it is good to keep car stocks to a minimum thi...

Overview of Healthcare Economics

In ten pages healthcare economics is discussed in an overview that includes planning, rational planning, costs, efficiency, equity...