Behavior Modification
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A 4 page research paper that discusses a personalized program for behavior modification in relation to overeating. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Behavior Modification in the Classroom
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the first four chapters of a book on behavior management by Walker and Shea. The book utilized is aimed at educators and provides useful suggestions. No additional sources cited.
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Behavior Therapy
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A 5 page review of behavioral therapy. This paper briefly summarizes the importance of behavioral therapy and the situations in which it is valuable. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
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This 3 page paper gives an overview of several different behavioral disorders including definition, treatment, current research. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Behavioral Evolution and the Formation of Culture
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An 8 page discussion of behavioral evolution and the role of behavioral science in that evolution. Notes that behavioral changes occur over time on both an individual level and a cultural level. Compares these changes with biological evolution through the process of natural selection. Warns that while the intervention of behavioral science may be of positive use in correcting truly aberrant individual behavior, it could be of tremendous adverse impact to cultural evolution as a whole. Encourages cultural self-control and warns against the approach of Westernization and deliberate cultural design and intervention. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Behavioral Interventions For Disruptive Behavior
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A 5 page paper that explains and discusses specific concepts and approaches. The concepts explained are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment. The two interventions explained are Differential reinforcement of other behaviors (DRO) and Response Cost, including examples. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Behavioral Psychology / Theories, Techniques, & Application
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12 pages worth of essays on Cognitive/Behavioral Psychology. Topics defined and explored include the use of different approaches to "organizing" human behavior, the application social theory, criticisms of behavior modification techniques, etc; No Bibliography.
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Behavioral Redirection
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This 2 page paper looks into this subject, inclusive of both nonverbal and verbal methods. Ideology regarding the use of other methods besides behavioral approaches are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Behavioral Treatment Methods in Self Injurious Behavior In the Autistic and Mentally Retarded - Treatment Effectiveness and Implications for Further Research
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A 15 page paper exploring self injurious behavior, its causes, and possible interventions. This paper describes the current state of knowledge and introduces several considerations for future research. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Behavioral/Operant Theory in Language Acquisition
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Theorist B.F. Skinner, one of the central behavioral scientists who developed his operant theory, argued that the process of learning and language acquisition was subject to the same element that impact operant responses to stimuli and that individuals are shaped by their environment and the responses of others to their process of language acquisition. This 5 page paper reflects the central arguments of Skinner regarding verbal behavior and considers the implications for the acquisition of language skills. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Behaviorism
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10 pages in length. To fully understand the nature of behaviorism is to realize that while there is a fundamental basis upon which all human beings act and react, there are still factors outside the traditional concept of conditioned response that play a role - albeit more limitedly - in how people behave and respond to various stimuli. That twins separated at birth and raised in entirely different family structures displayed a combination of shared and diverse behavioral traits illustrates the dual impact environmental and hereditary factors have upon demeanor. Annotated bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Behaviorist and Cognitive Theories on Childhood Aggression
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Behaviorist and Cognitive Theories on Childhood Aggression:This 8-page analytical essay compares the subject of childhood aggression relevant to the theories espoused by B. F. Skinner, John B. Watson and Jean Piaget. The merits and insufficiencies of each school of thought is examined. Childhood aggression and subsequent violence: Is there any one definitive solution? Bibliography lists 5 sources. SNCognit.doc
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