Essays on Nicholas

Learning allows our brains to record and preserve beneficial behaviors and know how to avoid harmful ones. The consequences of the experiences we have or observe are stored in our memory as knowledge to influence our future behavior. The paper explores behavior change through a focus on the learning theories; classical and operant conditioning.

Operant Conditioning

It is a form of learning in which the response to a voluntary behavior influences whether or not the behavior will recur; this occurs through the use of reinforcements and punishment. Following the experiments of B. F. Skinner, we can conclude that a person or ...

The Russian Revolution were a series of revolts that happened in Russia is 1917 (Allen, 2003 p. 10). The revolution ultimately caused the Czar Nicolas to be removed from power and his family to be executed. This would lead to the beginning of the Soviet Union. The first revolution happened in March 1917 and was focused on what is now St. Petersburg. The Imperial Parliament took control of the country and formed the Russian Provisional Government Allen, 2003). Czar Nicholas soon stepped down as ruler because he did not think that he had an army large enough to stop ...

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Introduction According to the Associated Press, there were more poor people residing in the state of Washington in 2013 compared to the previous year. This was the case despite the poverty levels remaining steady “across the nation” (Le par. 1). In addition, the United Way has recently revealed in a “comprehensive report” that “1 in 3” Washington households “struggle financially” (Hobbs pars. 1, 22). The experts have arrived at their own conclusions as to why that it is currently the case in the state. However, even though the cause of poverty in Washington State has ...

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Use of internet and electronic technology has contributed to psychology through creating communication and relation platforms for psychologist and their customers. It is a mediating medium whereby the psychologists are connected to their clients through online mechanisms. Web sites, Web-based advertising, professional networking and electronic data storage are technology roles that are applied in the psychology practice. Furthermore, psychologists’ use technology in research and innovations. This helps in gathering more information relating to online therapeutic intervention and internet-based treatments. The new technology contributes new opportunities in the psychology practice and profession and it results is double edged. There are ...

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Sources of capital

The sources of funds for the company are divided into two categories means that the company is going to collect funds from two sources. These two sources of funds include debt and equity. The company is going to receive total long term debt of $13,000,000 from the financial institutions. This long term debt and capital from equity will be the major sources of the capital to the company. For now, the equity is held by the owners or the founders of the company that are also going to play the major roles within the organization as ...

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Evaluating an argument is crucial if we are to come up with a good judgment about the validity of certain statements. There is a need to critically examine the fairness, reliability and relevance of a given premise to establish if they are valid enough to support the conclusion. This paper aims to examine the given dialogues and provide a critical analysis of the arguments by evaluating the statements, on whether they provided a clear argument or not. Specifically, the statements will be examined against the ARG conditions to determine their acceptability, relevance and sufficiency of grounds in support of ...

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Although it is an indelible stigma on the history of one of the strongholds of modern democracy, slaver is an imprescriptible part of the United States history. By the beginning of the American struggle for independence against the colonial British powers, slavery became institutionalized practice of the early American society (Boston). Even after the basic tenets of the American democracy were established by the Founding Fathers, the overwhelming majority of the colored population was depraved of the most basic civil rights and subjects to the harshest forms of labor and other exploitation. Despite the fact that responding to the ...

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The current human capital task force constitutes of an increased number of female workers. What is notable is that as much as the female workers are playing a part in the development of their countries and their selves, certain conditions in the workplace seem to weigh a toll on their family lives. In this sense, fertility issues come into play, and it is often attributed to the erratic working conditions that female workers are subjected. This is a concerning trend given that irregularities that arise from their work patterns may limit their chances of becoming parents this is as ...

Sources of capital

The sources of funds for the company are divided into two categories means that the company is going to collect funds from two sources. These two sources of funds include debt and equity. The company is going to receive total long term debt of $13,000 from the financial institutions. Apart from debt, the company is going to receive capital from the equity holders as the company is going to issue 100 preferred stocks and 100 common stocks at the beginning of the business. This long term debt and capital from equity will be the major sources of the ...

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Bipolar disorder is one of the various clinical disorders that affect millions of people worldwide. There is no known cause for the disorder though genetics and environment play a significant role in exacerbating it. This paper examines the journey of one Carrie Mathison, a CIA agent who suffers from bipolar disorder. Like other patients with bipolar disorder, Mathison experienced frequent maniac episodes. She also exhibited high-risk behaviors, which are characteristic of bipolar disorder patients. That behavior was evident in her lack of inhibition and excessive drinking. Mathison also exhibited psychotic behaviors, particularly when she saw herself as a heroine ...

[Institution of Affiliation] In my perspective, I am not in agreement with the statement “For small projects the PM and TD may be the same person, which leads to schizophrenia!”. For smaller projects, the project manager and technical director should be different persons since their roles are slightly different. For instance, in cases weddings, the PM and TD perform different functions. Furthermore, these two persons have various roles to perform which may not be completed successful if it is assigned to one person (Ferraro, 2012). As a result, assuming that the two are same persons may lead to conflict ...

Discussion Question Journal

Chapter 14: The Social Contract Tradition Problems and Prospects Is it immoral to be a free rider? Is it irrational? Does the existence of free riders raise a serious problem for contractarianism? Why or why not? Take for instance a borehole constructed in an arid region by villagers. All member are to participate in contributing cash for this purpose. The water will serve the interests of the villagers. If say one or a group of members chose not to contribute but still got to use the water once the borehole was made, they would be referred to as free ...

Art is primarily seen as a depiction of the current on goings of people or what they face in their daily lives. Renaissance art is, therefore, a typical representation of the Renaissance period. During this period, European art was revived against a backdrop of economic growth. In this period, there was development of new technologies that steered various forms of art like philosophy, literature and much more. In this case, the art of painting seems to draw so much of our attention since it gives a more vivid picture of this particular period. Most forms of art were used ...

For over 2000 years Christianity shapes people’s spirituality across the world. What started in Judea and gained important momentum in Ancient Rome, spread rapidly across the Middle Eve European societies, who further promulgated Christianity to the rest of the world. Through colonization, missionary work or violent imposition, Christianity is the world’s most spread religion since the age of the discoveries, in the late middle ages (Spielvogel 504). Nicholas Kristof’s (2015) article from New York Times, “For Many, Faith Comes at a High Price” discusses Christianity in the context of the current socio – political events, marked by ...

PSYCHOLOGY

Nicholas being a three year old, he is bound to be an active child especially the fact that he is a boy, and boys are more mobile and active in comparison to girls their age. However, there are a couple of quite compelling factors as per the DSM- 5, which would definitely make the case of Nicholas one of ADHD(STAUDER 1755). Nicholas exhibited characteristics like not being able to attend to one activity for a specific amount of time in class, which is an issue of concern since these lessons are structured and tailored to the age group ...

“Is Google Making Us Stupid?”

Since its creation in the 1990s, the internet has been an immense tool in acquiring knowledge in an instant. To help with the pursuit of knowledge, search engines, such as Google, have continuously been created in hopes of being the better way of finding specific information. Recently, there has been some concern about the constant use of Google and how it affects peoples’ mentality. The people who are against using Google on every search claim that the engine is making people stupid by replacing learning knowledge and critical thinking skills with simply obtaining information at the quickest convenience. It ...

The Canterbury Tales is one of the greatest pieces of literature because of Chaucer’s story-telling techniques. He weaves together various stories and characters to create this memorable tale that continues to be studied and examined throughout the ages. However, some of the pilgrim’s tales are more engaging to the readers than other ones. For instance, the Knight’s Tale is filled with courtly love, jousting and war scenes, as well as the time honored knight’s code. It can be considered a tale of courtly love as well as an epic due to its writing style. Despite ...

Nature in city; seed bank; ecosystem and social-urban development.

The terms “ecology” and environment” have different conceptual meanings which often overlap with the concept of “nature” in the context of academic and scientific research and analysis. For instance, ‘Natures and Ecologies’ studies explore the environmental dimensions of ecosystems which includes both physical parameters and biotic attributes of a particular region. The “environment "includes the physical world, the social world of human relations and the built world of human creation. [Ankers 2005] Within the various uses of the word today, "nature" often refers to geology and wildlife. Nature can refer to the general realm of living plants and animals, ...

Since it has earned its independence from the English Empire, the United States of America slowly worked its way to the top of the international arena as the strongest nation in the world. It has managed to survive several major and minor conflicts and while it has found itself threatened by various groups, the United States has remained strong against these odds. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the US became the world’s only superpower and many nations adored the country and saw the US as a protector. However, in recent years, several new threats are starting ...

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Counseling psychology defines a specialty in psychology within the professional category that emphasizes on the need to facilitate both personal and interpersonal functioning around the entire life. The specialty borrows concepts from, social, vocational, educational, emotional, health-associated, developmental, and organizational issues. The goals of counseling psychology include a diverse range of closely attached practices that assist persons in improving their welfare, lessen issues, resolve crises and increase the capability of persons to improve their lives. The association of this area of specialization draws more attention from normal development subjects and issues linked with physical, emotional and mental issues. Counseling ...

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Ever since the Republican nominee for the U.S. President’s office, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the President of the United States of America, he has surprised the American public and the Republican Party with his proposals. One of the most surprising proposals is over the issue of immigration, which has been a throne in the throats of both party’s leaders. One of the proposals that have been offered by Trump has been over the issue of immigration. Trump believes that American mainland and the American people need to be protected, and the only way is to ...

The Republican Party has had many representatives in the political race to become the next American president. In the latest one, a single candidate has received more attention than the rest because of his opinions and expressions of his views on critical matters that most assume to be an expression of the Republican’s wishes. The Great Old Party (GOP) frontrunner in the presidential race has been reported to cause an outrage in the political arena after calling for the “complete shutdown” of Muslims in finding access to America (Epstein and Nicholas 1). In his defense, the billionaire claims ...

Two articles, A Necessary Evil: Framing an American Indian Legal Identity by Dwanna L. Robertson and Indian Identity by Nicholas C. Peroff address a very simple and yet almost endlessly complicated issue of modern Indian identity in the American society. Dwanna Robertson identifies three different types of Indian identity – ethnical, racial and formal. Nicholas Peroff has another tri-component classification system of Indianness (with a capital “I”), indianness (with a small “i”) and emerging third hybrid new indianness. Both authors provide arguments as to how they arrived at their classifications and what it means in real world and to real ...

On the 6th of August, 1945, the Enola Gay, a US B-29 bomber released an atomic bomb on the metropolis of Hiroshima and another unnecessary one in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The incident resulted in the instantaneous death of 80,000 individuals in Hiroshima, and 40,000 more in Nagasaki after they were vaporized, and more than 100,000 continued to die because of burns resulting from the radiation. The Allied Powers had initially pressured Japan to surrender and had warned that failure to surrender would lead to mass destruction. However, the Allied Powers did not mention the ...

Summary of the article

This article is about a study that was conducted to check the abnormal short latency synaptic plasticity in the motor cortex of subjects with Becker muscle dystrophy (BMD). Before the research could take place, the author indicates that the assessment of the cortical function especially with patients with BMD has brought about contradicting results. The researchers used the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) so as to explore the excitability of the motor cortex. Therefore, the participants of the study were thirteen patients suffering from Becker Muscle dystrophy. Out of the thirteen patients, six of them are stated to have ...

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In the summer of 1914, a military conflict centered in Europe occurred. It was called the World War I. All the world’s great powers were involved grouped into two opposing alliances: the Allies (Triple Entente) and the Central Powers. It was a time of mobilization which resulted to unfortunate occurrences. People lost their lives and property was destroyed which led to economic downfall in many states. Technological advances during this time were inevitable as it was a great war where both groups wanted to emerge winners. By the end of the war four great powers were defeated- Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary and ...

Scholars and researchers in human psychology have for a long time attempted to develop principles and theories that would explain most of the observable behaviors in human beings. Some important advances in human psychology have been made over the last few decades, and the modern theories in psychology have resulted from combined efforts of various people at different times and different places (Ward 71). Among the major advances in psychology is the development and application of psychological principles in the field of psychology and psychiatry. Psychological principles are diverse, and are used to explain various observable human behaviors. To show ...

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Many are the times when a person chooses a career without carrying out an conclusive career evaluation to determine whether one fits properly in the career chosen or rather whether the career fits the an individual. As Corey and Corey pinpoint, the process of choosing a career is not a onetime task but rather an ongoing process that only ends when one thinks that he or she has self actualized and has reaches the highest attainable level that he or she was ordained to reach (23). In most cases there exist a number of significant factors that impede effective career evaluation and career ...

Causes of Nurse Shortage

It takes only one hour for a member of the recruiting staff at Lakeshore General Hospital to get back to an applicant upon submitting an application seeking a nursing post in this North American Hospital (Gyulai, 2011). Empirically, the insatiable nurse shortage facing America, and the world at large that has apparently proved difficult to counter. Nurses, just like doctors, are of much importance in a hospital, therefore, their numbers in count with regards to healthcare. This profound deficit of nurses is attributed to increase demand for nurses while there is a reduction in the supply of nurses (Feldman, 2003). This paper aims ...