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Operant conditioning

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

B. F. Skinner is commonly the first person that is thought of when operant conditioning is the subject being spoke on. The reason behind this is that Skinner was the psychologist that developed the beginning theory behind this behavior. It was his experimentation with animals that lead him to...

20 Aug 2013
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Learning and cognition

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

Behaviors with the procedure of gaining knowledge are more resent areas under discussion within psychology. Behavior is primarily the subject that psychology focuses on yet it is known that not every behavior is learned. Reflexive behavior is an instinctive response caused by a certain...

20 Aug 2013
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Developmental stages matrix

Essay - 2 pages - Psychology

The brain triples in size and their stomachs digest more food and more kinds of food, transmitting sustenance for the body to facilitate extraordinary enlargements. An infant on average weighs about seven pounds at birth. Generally, at two years of age the child will weigh around 30 pounds. The...

20 Aug 2013
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Psychological testing at the workplace

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

The workplace is unique because the qualities and characteristics of people and abilities are combined to help an organization to function properly. Organizations work diligently to measure the performance and productivity of these employees. However, psychological testing is a provision that...

20 Aug 2013
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Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

All the way from fundamental figures such as data portrayal, to utilizing multifaceted statistical method so to see potential blueprints or fortify scientific claims, the function that statistics bring research is immense and vital when dealing in psychology. This is also true with reference to a...

20 Aug 2013
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Research, Statistics, and Psychology

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Several uses of research methods and statistical reasoning are in attendance as is relevant to psychology. Statistics are a necessary utility to the comprehension of the facets of the ease of understanding completing personal research and grasping psychology articles or journals. The scientific...

20 Aug 2013
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What is meant by merit goods?

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Merit goods are basically products which are considered to have some sort of intrinsic value. However, such a broad definition may be inadequate and ambiguous, neglecting the complexities: For instance, what kind of “value” must it possess for it to be considered a merit good? To what...

20 Aug 2013
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Sanskrit and Latin: A comparative study

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

As the eighteenth century approached its end, another revolution was unfurling alongside the French Revolution. William Jones, in 1786, wrote, “the Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more...

20 Aug 2013
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How far should scientists be held responsible for the effects of their discoveries and inventions?

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

A phenomenon of recent years is the emergence of a class of full-time scientists. Accompanying this phenomenon is the question: to what extent should scientists be held responsible for the effects of their discoveries and inventions? In my opinion, they should be, to a large extent, because of...

20 Aug 2013
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A peace of dynamism

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

When, some three thousand years ago in ancient China, the Duke of Zhou set about building up the Zhou Dynasty, he instituted as a way to organize society the rites and music system, using rites to give expression to the differences between people on the one hand, and music to transcend these...

16 Aug 2013
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Perspective Paper

Case study - 4 pages - Psychology

Consideration of human action means primarily discovering how one's life occurrences shape a human being for the rest of his or her life. Modern psychology has very much established an organization in behaviorism. B.F. Skinner, Edward C. Tolman, and John B. Watson are only a small number of...

16 Aug 2013
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Anna Freud

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

There were a number of women during the 1850s who contributed to the field of psychology. These women were established, open-minded theorists and counselors. Although women of yesterday made remarkable contributions to the field one woman demanded attention over all the others. That woman's name...

16 Aug 2013
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History of psychology

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

Since the beginning of time there has been a superior obsession with the human mind and how it works. There are some people that believe that humans evolved and were not created. Whatever a human believes it or not it is very apparent that whatever you believe or don't believe the mind is still...

16 Aug 2013
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Ashford bus 642 week 5 discussion

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

After polling a small sample of my fellow enlisted military coworkers, asking them for their “career aspirations for the next five years,” I can now use content analysis to assess their responses. As Cooper and Schindler (2011) stated, “Content analysis follows a systematic process...

16 Aug 2013
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Ashford bus 642 week 5 assignment

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

For this scenario, I would use cross tabulation. As Cooper and Schindler (2011) put it, “Cross tabulation is used with demographic variables and the study's target variables” (p. 444). To be clear, demographic variables are “Personal statistics that include such information as...

16 Aug 2013
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Ashford bus 642 week 4 discussion 1

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

When it comes to conducting research, the party responsible for gathering the data has two options; they can either be passive and observe or actively communicate. As Cooper and Schindler (2011) stated, the researcher “…determines the appropriate data collection approach largely by...

16 Aug 2013
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Ashford bus 642 week 4 assignment

Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies

Observations look to identify conditions, behaviors, events and processes whereas the survey approach looks to find attitudes, motivations, intentions and expectations. The two can be further separated in that, active participation falls into three categories: the self -administered interview...

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Ashford Bus 642 week 3 assignment

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

When it comes to selecting the most appropriate measurement scale for a study, there are four properties most researchers are looking for; nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio. Nominal classifies date into categories without order, distance, or origin. Ordinal shows relationships of more than or...

16 Aug 2013
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Emergence of a young urbanised skilled population and democratisation: is there a link? The case of China

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

The link that is often presumed between the emergence of a young urbanized skilled population and democratization is not new, but the case of China is. More specifically, the central link claimed is that the emergence of these classes causes democratization; however, I will show in my essay why...

16 Aug 2013
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Voodoo and Catholicism in Haiti

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

Present day Haiti is a poverty-stricken land, with overpopulated urban areas, stripped landscapes, and a people struggling to survive in the face of civil turmoil and oppression. Bordering the Dominican Republic and otherwise surrounded completely by water, the Republic of Haiti (its official...

16 Aug 2013
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Vegetarian Nation: The Health Benefits of a Meatless Diet

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Since the beginning of time, human beings have been preoccupied with the notion of immortality. Achilles, the Greek warrior, was dipped into the River Styx as an infant so that he might be invincible in battle. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon headed an exploratory expedition in search of a...

15 Aug 2013
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The truth and reconciliation commission of South Africa

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of South Africa was formed by parliamentary legislation in December of 1995. It's purpose was to give the people and government of South Africa the chance to reach a mutual reconciliation. The apartheid had ended, but there were still wounds and...

15 Aug 2013
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Sexuality and Latin American Dance

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

Latin American dance is about as varied from country to country as is any aspect of a country's culture, such as its signature foods, clothing, and festivals. Each nation boasts a unique style of dancing all its own. However, dance in Latin America has one common thread, be you in Brazil, Puerto...

15 Aug 2013
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Counselling Theory

Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies

All counselling approaches may require need sort of theoretical basis, particularly person-centred counselling (Davies, 2012) which seems to necessitate a practitioner to have strong theoretical acumen to be successful. There seems to be a large disparity and diversity in individuals who receive...

15 Aug 2013
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Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

Season of Blood is one journalist's passionate take on the genocide that occurred in Rwanda at the end of the twentieth century. Like the Armenian genocide of the same century, its classification as an actual genocide was something that many were slow to accept. Fergal Keane hopes to abolish any...

15 Aug 2013
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Lesbians in the United States

Case study - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Basically, “Lesbians are female homosexuals, women affectionately and sexually attracted to women” (Burn 79). More complex definitions exist, encompassing the politics of lesbianism or the self-labeling of lesbians. But the most important thing to acknowledge about lesbians is that...

14 Aug 2013
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The Most Important Legacy of World War I: The League of Nations

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

It is often debated which of the great wars had a greater impact on the course of history in regards to domestic and foreign affairs. In such a debate one simply cannot escape the legacy of WWI. This first war, with its innumerable casualties and changing tides, set the stage for WWII and made...

13 Aug 2013
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The Cuban Revolution

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Each country has experienced various changes in leadership. The nature of these changes vary. Some countries receive a completely new form of government. Others maintain the same form of government and gain different leaders. Cuba provides an exemplification of this phenomenon. Following the...

13 Aug 2013
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Push analysis

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Americans face multiple issues daily. Several of the issues identified involve the government. Sapphire published a novel that illustrated the various issues regarding the government. The novel, Push, does this by telling the story of a 16 year old that faces multiple obstacles. Federalism,...

13 Aug 2013
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Appalachian Trial Pilgrimage

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

The term pilgrimage may be specifically defined. It may be identified as a journey. This serves a ritual to many. People that take pilgrimages are usually in search of spiritual significance. (Coleman, Simon, and Elsner) They may also be in search of moral significance. The journey is often to a...