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Operant Conditioning, B.F. Skinner, and Criminal Behavior

pigeons to coin the now infamous term "operant conditioning" to describe the phenomenon of learning occurring in response to an or...

Creation of Violent Criminals

unseasoned violent offenders" to gather data (Athens 23). From this data, Athens formulated an experiential process that he argue...

Crime Sociological Theory

objection to the idea. "...It is too risky to allow mentally ill adults in a residential neighborhood close to schools and senior...

Theories of Criminology

it in the conventional fashion; because the desire for material goals has been imbedded into the individuals entire psychological ...

Battered Child and Battered Woman Syndrome Legal Overview

Lenore Walker which outlined the relationship between the defendants (Mrs. Ibn-Tamas) behavior and the characteristics of a "batte...

Imprisoned Child Molesters and Theories of Psychology

response to how the person was treated when he was a child? Is their a deep psychological deviancy that sees a child as an appropr...

Criminal Theory and Crime's Psychological Correlates

in the future. While the early years of forensic psychology were characterized more by mistakes in psychological diagnose...

Do Genes or Environment Determine Crime

Theories abound as to why people commit crime. One of these theories purports...

Risk Factors in Criminal Behavior Among Juveniles

Families are subject to a number of stressors that for the most part didnt exist just a few generations ago....

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...

Thrill-Seeking and Crime

(p.229). Whether people channel this desire to engage in risk-whether that desire is normal or related to something they lacked i...

Law Enforcement Officials and the Problem of Biker Gangs

In twenty two pages this research paper analyzes the criminal behavior of so called 'biker gangs' in terms of history and certain ...

The Biological Bases of Behavior

parents have a heightened probability of developing alcoholism than do children of nonalcoholic parents (Grucza and Bierut 172). ...

Abnormal Behavior And Psychpathology

of abnormal behavior. Recognition and treatment of mental illness has undergone a tremendous metamorphosis over the past three ce...

Are Criminals Made Or Born?

the head, cheekbones and jaws which were enlarged, lips that protruded and abnormal teeth along with dark skin (Jones, 2006; Willi...

3 Types of Psychological Themes

In seven pages the psychological themes of phobia research, how diagnosis and treatment have changed throughout history, and behav...

Criminal Behavior and Criminology Theory

diverse. Many criminals are characterized by some type of drug addiction (alcohol included) and they engage in criminal activity ...

The Origins of Criminal Behavior in Psychodynamic Theory

which posits that human behavior is the result of internal psychodynamic conflicts; conflicts in which different aspects of the mi...

Tired Nurses

The organizational behavior problem selected for this analysis is nurse fatigue. Thousands of nurses arrive at work in a state of ...

Teh Beginning of Operant Conditioning

Skinner's legacy is reinforcement. This theory has been applied in learning settings, such as schools, and also in counseling and ...

Case Study: Unsatisfactory Performance

degree is in business management. He avoids as many assignments as he can and pushes work onto coworkers. Does not admit he cannot...

Managing Student Behavior

child has behavior problems because of bad parenting but in many, many cases, the child has experienced good parenting. There is s...

Social Psychological Theory Current Event

This paper applies a social psychological theory to a current event. The paper demonstrates how the theory can be applied to a ver...

The Film 'A Thousand Acres' Four Psychological Theoretical Reviews

Cordelia character actually evolves as more of a villain than victim. Dramatic Interpretation From a dramatic perspective, it is ...

'Hidden' Personality According to Carl Rogers and Sigmund Freud

from which the ego and the superego become differentiated in early childhood (Holme, et al, 1972). Because the id is a component o...

Chapter Five of Personality Theories by Murray and Engler

Because culture is looked upon as collectively adaptive tools, Murray recognized how the function of dynamic interaction is essent...

Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life

According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...

Birth Order/Reaction, Critique of a Research Study

manner, Falbos research differs from previous study and increases the conceptual accuracy of his results. Study discussion Hypot...

Models of Leadership

that the organization performs, financially and in other ways, such as satisfying stallholder needs, this makes it a very relevant...

Leadership Motivation Conflict, Emotional Intelligence

What leadership styles can be related to what motivational theories? Effective leaders know there is a direct connection between t...