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behavior (Holth, 2005). This theory was supported by Thorndike and Skinner who believed that punishment was not effective at reducing the rate of responding and that in the absence of punishment responding rates would increase (Holth, 2005). This effect was noted by Skinner in an experiment he conducted with rats in 1938 (Holth, 2005). Skinner found that when rats were punished for pressing a lever, for a particular period of time, their rate of responding decreased. However, when the punishment…

Are you distracted? Maybe it's your phone or maybe you're listening to music, whatever you're doing, there is most likely at least one thing that is currently grabbing at your attention. In high schools throughout America, students are plagued with distractions that almost never stop. One of the most prevalent and detrimental distractions is technology. Technology is often misused in schools, by students. They are distracted by social media or internet games and often have a hard time focusing.…

psychologists about humans, but done in rats. This experiment was about how rats being groomed and licked by their mother will affect their future. Psychologists believe it’s the most parallel to grooming and licking; the experiment done in rats. The effects of the experiment were the opposite of what they thought they would find. They found that parents who respond to their children immediately and whom are very attentive, result in children being more independent in year one. On the other…

teacher does their best for so long and then being told that they’re a bad teacher causes them to not want to try as hard anymore, because they were giving their best effort and it wasn’t enough and often they feel it will never be. Another negitive effect of students writing false reviews like saying the teacher is a nagging b***** is that when students who have never met the teacher before, already have a bad opinion about the teacher before they have the chance to form their own opinion,…

can go wrong. One result could be legal issues depending on how the action was commenced and the effect it had on the people around it. Legal issues on social media these days is really bad for business and will most certainly have a negative effect on your company. There are also fines in place if the government was to find out that there is such legal issue going on inside your company. Another effect is how such act makes the company looks towards to public. Depending on the severity of the…

mutation randomly occur in the FGFR3 gene later in life. FGFR3 protein has many versions, which are found in different areas of the body. Many of these proteins are found in the cells that forms bone. FGFR3 is believed to regulate bone growth. Age can effects the mutation, therefore someone who develops achondroplasia later in life could pass a less severe case to their children. “Achondroplasia means without cartilage formation”(3), and is a Greek word. Achondroplasia is actually the most…

documentary it was brought up to light that these huge and rich businesses often hire cheap immigrant workers then after a few years they simply report them to immigration and deport those workers. Then they process starts all over again. This has a clear effect on our social health since we may be directly affected it by it since those people are people in society that have friends, families and relationships and they may tarnished due to the food industry's actions. In the documentary, it was…

Institute predicts that the industry will continue to grow and will supply more than nine hundred thousand jobs in the next 25 years. The oil and gas industry is very important for Canada’s economy, but this industry also has devastating environmental effects. Areas like parts of the boreal forest have been dug up for oil sands below and barely any of the original landscape has been restored. The extraction also increases greenhouse gas emissions and many people are opposed by the production. So…

activities. In high school it had no effect I was aware of that. The size of my school, or the location could have had an effect, as to why I didn't experience this as much. In college at MSU Great Falls I feel the same way about things as I did in my high school. As we are all aware, it is a very small school, with little diversity. Whereas even if you went right across the street to UGF there is more of a diversity throughout race and ethnicity. The effects in my community, I believe to be…

as Photoshop to change the model into a so-called perfect human form, which is usually unnatural and unachievable by the average person. Eating disorders, and low self-esteem seem to be a side effect of this. Media should not be so quick to change the human form because doing so is having a negative effect on both men and women’s mental state. Medias most well know tool is photo editing used for changing the human form. They can take a photo of an average looking woman and make her into a…