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Life and Work of B.F. Skinner

conditioning is one of the simplest, but most profound discoveries concerning human behavior and the behavior of animals as well. ...

4 Approaches to Counseling

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

Medieval Italian History and Literature

points out that "communal Italy" is "historians shorthand for the high urbanized areas of Lombardy and Tuscany between the twelfth...

Classroom Management and Behavioral Conditioning

Upon its travels, the rat will inevitably apply body pressure to the lever, which in turn causes food to appear on the plate. The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

B.F. Skinner and Operant Conditioning

maintain productivity amidst the prison setting, supervisors must also maintain a strict adherence to control and authority so tha...

Learning Disabilities and Cooperative Learning

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

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...

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 ...

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...

Behaviorism/B.F. Skinner

the concept of positive reinforcement; the influence of negative reinforcement; extinction or non-reinforcement and punishment (Me...

Personal Learning Experience

the frogs and cadaver and the association had to do with feelings of inhumane treatment of the frog and the knowledge of the smell...

Learning Perspectives

functional literacy in the workplace. The learning process, then, is conscious and applicable, and can be understood relative to ...

Skinner Bandura Rotter Comments

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

Watson, Skinner, Tolman

(Hunter College, 2008). After doing this seven times, i.e., give Albert the lab rat accompanied with the loud metallic, Albert beg...

B.F. Skinner and William James

prominent philosopher, Carl Lange, was coining his own version of that theory. The resulting combination became known as the Jame...

Comparative Analysis of Thorndike and Skinner

human knowledge and behavior that has had a direct effect on education. Skinner focused on the ability to study behavior and like...

Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers, and B.F. Skinner

reinforcement, at least to an extent. II. Carl Rogers 1. Who is he? Some have said he was the most influential psychologist in h...

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...

Websites on Nursing Theorists Margaret A. Newman, Betty Neuman, and Virginia Henderson

are not listed on this introductory website. This theory remains relevant to contemporary nursing practice because it is client-c...

How Can Nations Gain Competitive Advantages

the industry. In Porters model the government is viewed as a catalyst to strengthen an industry. Porter also identified innovati...

2 Crime Theories Compared

typically combined with estate forfeiture, so the condemned mans wife and children were destitute. This is the sociopolitical cl...

Hubbert's Peak

(The Coming Global Oil Crisis 2003). Some Middle Eastern countries said their oil peaked in 1970, which allowed OPEC to create an ...

Addiction Behaviors and Two Psychological Theories

up with them. They will become compulsive and obsessive about getting their drug or drink. Classical conditioning theory would e...

Leader-Member Exchange Theory

to as the Vertical Dyad Linkage Theory (ChangingMinds, 2010; Rothbauer-Wanish, 2009). This is a leadership theory that focuses on ...