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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...

Personal Case Study of Personality

a very early age. Five years later at age 22, some of these things have changed but not all. I came to realize that the reason I...

Content and Process Based Motivation Theories

relationship (Armstrong, 2009, p320). Process theories place an emphasis on the differences that are found in employees, and inste...

Juvenile Deliquency as Revealed in Rebel Without A Cause

is an eternity to teenagers. It was his intention to tell the story of a generation coming of age in one night" (Hyams et al PG)....

Learning Theories And Teaching Models

to associate the ringing of a bell with being fed and would subsequently salivate when the bell was rung (Encyclopedia of Educatio...

Ainsworth/Attachment Theory

following discussion of attachment theory, which particularly focuses on the contributions of Ainsworth, offers an overview of it...

Economists Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Adam Smith

laissez faire held sway. In short, Smiths thought was that if the market and economy were basically left alone, that theyd functio...

X- AND Y-THEORY AND LOGISTICS

empowerment and the taking of responsibility. Though it might seem as though these two are at the opposite end of the spectrum, le...

The Deviant Behavior of Academic Dishonesty

time or another - displays deviant behavior. Human nature is defined by myriad elements, not the least of which is the social nee...

Do Management Theories Develop As Management Problems Arise?

were broken down into the smallest components which would acquire the issues give or training. John Childs describes this as the t...

7 Nursing Theory Issues

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

History Of Leadership Theories

theory (ChangingMinds.org, Trait, 2007). Trait theory still insisted that people were born with certain traits that "are particul...

Leadership And Motivation Models

models emphasized attitude, such as the degree of concern the leader had for completing the product versus their concern for the p...

The Communication Privacy Management Theory - Analysis

boundary. The private information falls within a boundary; the individual believes they own whatever information is included withi...

Modern Management Schools of Thought

In six pages contemporary management is examined in a consideration of theories that include those of Peters and Waterman, Engstro...

The Evolution of Leadership Theory

study of great men in order to identify their behavior patterns, with the belief that of these were emulated it may lead to great ...

Developmenetal Theories and Counseling

(Ginn 2009). Accommodation is the act of changing the cognitive structure in order to accept new knowledge or new experiences and ...

Five Leadership Theories

of trait theories is that a person is born with leadership traits. In other words, these theories argue that leaders are born, not...

Problems with a Duel Remuneration System in a Single Company

to be faced, in order to assess challenges and the best way to deal with them it is essential to consider the background of the co...

Human Behavior: Conditioned Responses

Utilizing rats and pigeons, Skinner (1965) set out to prove the whole of human behavior is based upon the fundamental concept of o...

Behavior Modification & Stopping Procrastination

with strategies adopted from cognitive therapy, are applied to a variety of situations and needs, such as schools and classroom be...

Psychological Theories

2003). Since the Gestalt therapist limits this sort of interpretation, this facilitates meeting the needs of clients who have cult...

Jean Watson's Theory Of Human Caring

the concept of paying it forward. Praying forward is that act of doing something kind or helpful for someone else, they, in turn, ...

Approaches to Psychology

as cycle speed follows no set pattern and can overlap one another within the maturation process. "In early developmental theories...

Three Developmental Theories

child also needs to have a basis for logico-mathematical knowledge. This type of knowledge comes from within the child and allows ...

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling: Case Study Analysis

of school for a year and needs direction. He has never held a job. Mark is currently living with his parents, receives SSI benefit...

Theories in the Field of Criminology

between Alien Conspiracy Theory and ethnic succession theories is that the former relies on physical and biological factors, where...

Tornstam's Gerotranscendence Theory

formulated by Lars Tornstam, a Swedish professor of sociology, has provided a new conceptualization of aging, as this theory perce...

Early Moral Development Theories

One of the earliest moral development theory came from Kohlberg who offered a stage theory in three levels. This theory has been t...

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...