Essays on Bobby

PART A- Operant Conditioning Theory

Operant conditioning is a theory on behaviorism that was formulated by behavioral psychologist, B.F. Skinner. It focuses on an individual's changes in observable behavior. According to B.F. Skinner, once a behavior is followed by reinforcement, it is more likely to be repeated; however, if it is followed by punishment then it is not likely to be repeated (Plotnik, R., & Kouyoumdjian, 2014). Bobby is a seven-year old child who is used to getting gifts from his parents every now and then right from a tender age. Every time his mother decides to go to the mall, she takes him with ...

In the developed countries people often concentrate their lives around money and success, as their basic needs for food, shelter and safety are already satisfied. People tend to complain about the salaries that are too small or insurance that does not cover all the essential expenses they have. People live their lives and do not know about the atrocities and tragedies that are happening in the world every minute. The situation in Africa is the one everyone should be aware of to help those who suffer every day. Invisible Children is a 2006 documentary created by three young filmmakers ...

My final research paper will be based on the perception of free will and censorship in the society. Free will is afforded to all human beings, but many persons fail to understand that free will without a high moral standard is similar to removing free will from humans. Arguably, free will and censorship are often misunderstood by many persons. The government takes away the free will of persons when they implement censorship on persons, but persons also censor their thoughts and actions when they censor themselves from the truth because of a lack of knowledge that can help to ...

Thanks, God, I had the experience of online threats on the social network only one time. I remember very well what I felt when a stranger with obviously fake profile started to send me offensive messages. I deleted these messages so I do not remember if there were any real threats or just offensive words in those messages. However, I remember exactly that I was scared by messages. Interestingly, it was not a male who offended me on the social network, it was a female. Because I had the negative experience of online threats only one time I was ...

The scenario as set out in the question is one that has to be looked into keenly, critically identifying and isolating the various relevant events that directly or indirectly impact on the relevance and admissibility of evidence discovered and/or obtained at a crime scene. This paper intends to identify the relevant events with regards to the collection and/or obtaining of evidence relevant to the scenario and state whether each piece of evidence obtained is admissible or inadmissible; and backing up the various arguments with the relevant provisions of the United States Constitution, case law and statutory positions on the subject ...

Introduction

The ability to assist someone to understand himself or herself and his or her capacities besides developing his or her potentialities to solve the problems at hand and achieve social and psychological compatibility depends on a number of factors. The counselor needs to have better communication skills, knowledge and experience, passion, adequate resources, among others. Everyone needs guidance and counseling, which is vital in helping one solve the everyday problems.

Lack of guidance and counseling when one is going through difficulties eventually makes one become sick and even is some circumstances makes one commit suicide as a better way to deal ...

Tort laws refers to laws that offer solutions to persons injured or harmed by unreasonable actions by those around them, There are two types of torts, intentional torts and negligence torts (Feinman,2010). Intentional torts are torts whereby a person committing the offence has the intention to do it while in negligence torts, the acts leading to the injury are not always intentional or expected. Negligence torts can be avoided if proper care is exercised.

In Bobby’s case, it was a negligent tort case because most of the parties involved caused the injuries out of carelessness and negligence without the ...

“The Lottery” is a short story written in 1948 by Shirley Jackson. It was first published in June of that year in New Yorker magazine. It tells the story of a present day small town that conducts a lottery every summer on June 27. The purpose of the lottery is not revealed until the very end of the story. Reception for the story at the time was mixed. Many readers were shocked by the ending. It has since become an American classic and regarded as one of the most popular American short stories of all time. It is a required reading for many ...

Little Lady With Purse – a Sculpture by William Edmondson

Little Lady With Purse is one of the sculptures created by William Edmondson, a prominent African American artist, whose parents were freed slaves. An interesting fact is that there is an article missing in the name of the sculpture, the reason for which may be lack of the sculptor’s knowledge and poor education. The given sculpture is now being exhibited in Austin Peay State University Art Gallery in Clarksville, Tennessee. Material used for the sculpture, just like for the rest of the artist’s sculptures, is limestone. This makes this work of art look quite rough, even though we ...

Richard Gibson was born in the state of Michigan in the year 1995 to Sandra and Fred Gibson. His childhood was not a tranquil but his parents afforded the necessary comforts of life. They had in a peaceful neighborhood where the community lived harmoniously and were concerned for each other since they knew each other by name. The community was primarily composed of majority white as well as a black minority. From a tender age, Richard witnessed his father’s violent behavior owing to his habitual drunkard-ness and most of the time, his mother ended up being bodily abused, and mistreated. In ...

2016 Presidential Election Nominees 2016 Presidential Election nominees

Introduction:

After two consecutive Democratic Party victories in the Presidential Election (2008 and 2012), the Republican Party will be looking to regain the country’s top Executive position although they face significant challenges in doing so. President Barack Obama remains relatively popular although he has taken quite a battering on the healthcare reform issue with the Republicans fighting tooth and nail to deny him any progress in this field. His final two years will also be significant, since Congressional elections in 2014 will probably see the Republicans take over the Senate, thus ...

Introduction

Almost everyone loves to enjoy a weekend getaway in a secluded place once in a while. Such a getaway was what formed the foundation of James Dickey’s novel “deliverance”. The novel features four middle-aged city men (Ed, Drew, Lewis and Bobby) who go rafting and encounter death of a colleague, a broken limb, sodomy and other tough challenges (Dickey). The theme of deliverance is brought out through the character of Ed who takes over leadership and leads his friends to safety. According to Dickey, deliverance refers to the discovery of adventure, departure from the boredom of a routine lifestyle. It implies the transition from ...

Interpersonal Critique of Dumb and Dumber

Introduction The purpose of a comedy film is obviously to make you laugh. However, there are comedies that really make you laugh out loud, put you through suspense, action, and the ultimate result would be a funny thrilling experience; Dumb and Dumber is one of such films. In this 1994 blockbuster, two dim-witted friends accidentally steal a suitcase full of money; it becomes very comical when they try to return the money to the rightful owner. This paper will review the movie Dumb and Dumber and expound on how it is packed with interpersonal communication. In this comic movie, renowned ...

Profiling is the recording and analysis of a person’s psychological behavioral characteristics in order to assess or predict their capabilities in a certain sphere or to assist in identifying a particular subgroup of people (Merriam Webster Online). This process is done according to a person’s age, culture, gender, race, occupation, and others. In criminal justice, police and psychologists develop a criminal’s profile by carefully studying the evidence gathered. Criminal investigators say that a criminal exhibits certain characteristics during the crime, and this can be observed through the evidence found in the crime scene (Penven). In the case of mistaken identity involving Ronald ...

Identity Alteration

Anyone who has seen Nicholas Cage and John Travolta’s 1997 film entitled Face Off would be able to relate to the statement that identity alteration of that nature is mind boggling. The film portrays two men—one is a law enforcer and the other is a criminal, trading identities and in the process necessary has to go far to trading off faces. Many would probably say that is insane and no person in their right mind would agree to that because of the risk that it involves. Others would probably have to agree with the Feds’ decision to allow one ...

Compare and contrast essay

"Burning Chrome" by William Gibson As a beginning, it’s important to say that both stories “’Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison and "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson are real masterpieces, and each of them contains some special information encoded between the lines. The stories are playing a special part in the history of American literature. It is interesting to discuss the similarities of the texts to understand more deeply the idea that authors encoded for future generations. Also, at the first sight, the stories look completely different and incomparable, however, looking deeper, it is possible to find ...

10 C’s of Communication Effective communication is essential for the success of any organization. In order to add good communication skills, one must understand the basic facts of the communication. Ten C’s of communication are the well-known factors practiced at corporate and unofficial communication. Ten C’s of communication are important to be considered being on whatever the medium or channel. However, the priority or the importance of 10 C’s vary as according to the medium used. Communication can make or ruin relationships; whether, it is corporate or an unofficial relationship. Of the ten ...

The candidates for the 2016 Election will be Hilary Clinton and Douglas Kmiec for the Democratic Party whilst for the Republican Party the nominee will be Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal for Vice President. Clinton has a wealth of experience and is considered to be one of the top lawyers in the country as well as having immense experience on all fronts as Secretary of State. She was also a nominee for the 2008 General Election but lost out to Barack Obama who eventually won the General Election beating John McCain.

Topics for the election

Perhaps the topic which will dominate the 2016 Election will ...

Compare and contrast essay

- The day the Earth Stood Still

Producer decided to produce a film that demonstrated the suspicion and fears that penetrated the early Atomic Age and the Cold war. He decided that Science fiction was suitable for metaphorically discussing these grave issues. He reviewed various novels and short stories to get a storyline that he could use. Darryl F. Zanuck gave a green light to this project. The producer hired the service of screenplay writer Edmund North. The ideas were picked from Farewell to the Master, a short story written Harry Bate. Edmund completed the revised version of the screenplay on the 21st ...

Introduction

Science fiction in the modern world plays a crucial role in providing imaginative contents of the things that human beings should expect at some point in time. This genre explores the likely effects and consequences of the innovations that are scientifically based. This genre is used by people to address current trends in the world and warn them of the possible effects that may be brought by the trends in the late life. The setting of such content is based in futuristic events and addresses issues such as the development of science and technology and the most likely scenarios that ...

Review The concert I attended was at Madison Square Garden, New York. Time proved to be an elastic aspect on a Grateful Dead stage. The ending of the song happened after every possibility set in the structure and organized by the group's improvising empathy was tested and fulfilled simultaneously. One of the participants, Lesh, gave a good thought of the 31-minute stretching in a vocal charm. The escalating instrumental break was a glorious connected fury consisting of five voices racing in parallel and jamming, as well. The long roll of the music composition was a good evidence of the rapidly advancing idea evident in ...

History forms an essential part of our lives. It is from this that we make references to what happened and our future expectations. In conjunction with a group of archeologists, we discovered a time capsule of 1960s. It became of interest to us hence we opted to dig it up. I was given the role of digging up the capsule. In our study revelations, upon investigating the capsule, we discovered the following pertinent items. A tattered newspaper piece titled, ’Anti-war movement’, a cover page to a journal titled ,’Why Assassinate our political leaders?’, a piece of paper with inscriptions of ‘Feminine Mystique,’a cover to ...

Abstract

The Black Panther Partywas an American black revolutionary movement formed in 1966 in Oakland, California. Its founders were Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The group was originally named Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.The Black Panther Party patrolled black ghettoes with loaded firearms and protected its residents from police harassment and brutality.The group, later, evolved into a revolutionary group pressing for black Americans equality andnon-exploitative environment.In 1967, the Party gained a reputation through its large membership reaching up to 2000 members. Like in a collective identity, the group was a forum through which they could articulate their needs. The party had engaged in persistent ...

The role and the plight of the women in the society are often ignored especially in chauvinist communities. In some cases, the women are mistreated and killed yet the society does not take keen notice of the vices against the women. “Four brothers” is a movie that shows the desire of the four brothers to revenge for the death of their mother (Robinson, 2000). They discover some people killed their mother and vow to revenge. Although the police and the society interfere with their plans, they vow not to give up on their mission. This paper analyzes the movie, “four ...

Introduction

The ethical issue presented in this case is that the client is only concerned about the budget and project being delayed and is not concerned about the requirements of the room being explosion proof. Further, to solve this situation, Bull tells Dante that he will have the fire code official Bobby get back to him on the matter. Later, Bobby burns calls Dante and tells him that the room is explosion proof and they can continue with the work even without verifying that he has visited the site. Further, Dante is willing to accept the fire official statements and ...

For the live jazz performance assignment, I went to see the Bobby Torres Ensemble at the Jones Theatre at Doggy Hall in Pullman. It was a gripping performance overall. The Pianist, Brian Ward, was in an excellent mood, and really seemed to put everything he had into the performance that night, along with Israel Annoh on drums. The bass, played by Victor Little, was very relaxed, and really calmed the mood on a number of occasions. John Nastos, on Saxophone, was also very calm, and contributed a great deal to the atmosphere. Julana Torres was on vocals, and was very enthusiastic and ...

The American public has long been fascinated by the Kennedy family and its meteoric rise to “Camelot”. Certainly, patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy is a controversial, shadowy figure, contrasted with President John F. Kennedy, the dashing, playboy-like first Catholic President of the United States who would go on to be assassinated in Dallas in 1963 at the beginning of his re-election campaign. Edward M. Kennedy and his long tenure as a leader in the Senate, as, well, casts a long shadow. But for some, the most interesting of the lot is Robert F. Kennedy. Bobby, as he was known, became a leader of the ...

It is a good thing that Bobby is considering having a couching and counseling session with Paul. Her decision of doing so shows that she had nothing to do with the change of the company’s policy of only promoting college graduates. Having decided to approach Paul, she needs to put in mind that she is approaching someone who is feeling low because he missed promotion to a position that apparently was given to her. She will have to know how to handle the matter in hand with Paul. If necessary, Bobby needs to approach a third party like the transferred maintenance manager, ...

Who was James Brown? He was known my several monikers that paid tribute to his talent and contributions to the world of American music. Many have heard the term “God Father of Soul” or “the hardest working man in show business.” Of course, no one is sure as to whether “hardest working” is a description for amount of times spent in practice and musical development or how passionately he danced. James Brown was an American singer. James was the originator and chief pioneer of the style of music known as funk. Thus, he deserves credit for its complicated grooves ...

Law

The Injury Case of Bobby

Next is the school itself, the accident happened in school and at any given time the school should exercise safety and when students enters the school premises, the school is automatically responsible for the student’s safety no matter if it’s during recess of during the class. Although, many debates surrounding the applied principles of playground liability when no apparent school personnel are present during the accident, the school still plays a part on the case. There are several things to consider in order establishing involvement of the school in the incident. Since the case file already mentioned ...

Karen Tei Yamashita is an American based Japanese author who has wide knowledge in literature and creative writing. Her book, the tropic of Orange has outlined many critical aspects of literature and creative writing. This book was written to explain magical events that had occurred due to the introduction of oranges in Los Angeles (Gier 10). In this book, the author uses the various jobs done by the characters to outline her ideas. One important theme in this book is the theme of labor. The main reason for this is that it was a contributing factor to some situations that ...

Arguably, the responsibility of businesses and corporations has in the past been to increase shareholders value as well as making money. This implies that the main objective of the corporation is to focus on financial responsibility. Nowadays, this is not the case; multinational enterprises have expanded on its responsibilities to incorporate social responsibility. Certainly, the corporate responsibility for communities, environment, ethical practices, as well as working conditions has taken hold and gained tremendous momentum in various multinational enterprises. This new force within enterprises is known as CSR (corporate social responsibility). It is sometimes referred to Triple Bottom Line, implying ...

Introduction to cheating

Cheating is where a person or a group of persons acquire or do something in a deceitful, a dishonest, or a devious way. Here persons use incorrect and prohibited means to achieve something or results. In other words, illegal ways are used to manipulate results; here in this essay, some of the reasons that cause teachers to cheat for their students are highlighted. This is done basing on the articles District Administration and Kappan Magazine, both of them have highlighted some of the incidences involving cheating in schools. This paper contains the introductory part, which is used to introduce the issues under discussion, ...

Sociology: Black and Blue

Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen expresses the traumatic physical and emotional encounters of a nineteen year old woman; by the name of Fran who helplessly fell in love with Bobby Benedetti subsequently becoming his wife. Domestic violence entered the relationship very early intensifying after marriage and birth of a handsome son. The situation became catastrophic. Interestingly, opens the novel with Fran at a Philadelphia train station making her way out of New York into Florida. After years of battering inclusive of verbal and physical abuse Fran was forced to make the hard decision of running away from Bobby with her ...

​Acknowledges the death early:

​ In the YouTube video of Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy’s funeral mass, President Barack Obama first acknowledges the family members and relatives of the senator who were present. Then the President recognized the rest of those in attendance as well as the television viewing audience.

President Obama acknowledges Senator Kennedy’s death within 30 seconds of his opening remarks saying, “Today, we say good-bye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember their son, Edward, as the heir to a weighty legacy.”

​Keeps the deceased the center of discourse:

​ President Obama highlights Senator Kennedy’s legislative legacy, citing many landmark ...