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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Behaviorism"”.
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Behaviorism in Education and Society: The Implications of Skinnerian Ideology
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BEHAVIORISM AND LOGICAL POSITIVISM: A REVISED ACCOUNT OF THE ALLIANCE (VOLUMES I AND II)
… suggested that the myth of an alliance between behaviorism and logical positivism arose from the incautious interpretations of philosophical reconstructions as historical conclusions. This and other historiographical issues are discussed in the concluding chapter, where it is argued that the …
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The question of method in social science
… initiated by John Watson and B. F. Skinner. Behaviorism denied the existence of the mind and argued that all human behavior could be reduced to connections between physical movements. Although the obvious inadequacies of such a behaviorism led to its abandonment, the subsequent paradigm in …
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EXPLORING DREAMING CONSCIOUSNESS FROM AN ENACTIVIST PERSPECTIVE
… account of dreaming experiences than behaviorism and functionalism. In particular, the enactivist account of dreams proposed in this thesis can explain two special characteristics of dreaming experiences that distinguish them from waking experiences: 1) the absurdity in dream content …
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Materialism and Mental Attribution
… dualism on the one hand and so-called analytical behaviorism on the other hand only if it can hold both that sentences containing mental terms are standardly used to talk about 'inner' processes, states, etc., and that these 'inner' processes, etc., are material in nature. It maintains that …
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The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence And Neuro-Linguistic Programming On Candidate Assessment In Talent Acquisition
… Theory, Psycholinguistic Theory, and Cognitive Behaviorism. A quantitative correlational approach was used in this study. To investigate the proposed research questions, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, simple regressions, and multiple regressions were conducted using data from 110 …
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In-School Suspension: An Effective Deterrent of Student Misbehavior or Just Another Form of Discipline
… framework which included basic concepts of behaviorism and social exchange theory. With these theories this research study sought to explain the relationships that exist within the ISS program and the effect of those relationships on deterring student misbehavior within a particular critical …
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A Qualitative Exploratory Case Study of Middle School Administrators’, Counselors’, and School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Team Leaders’ Perceptions of School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
… proactively. This particular study is focused on behaviorism and operant conditioning. A qualitative exploratory case study design was chosen as the most effective method to understand perceptions of the implementation of the SWPBIS framework in a middle school setting. The three data sources …
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Whole human design : designing for Humans, not Users
… definitions (like those found in Behaviorism) to Phenomenology-inspired definitions (Existentialism, Humanistic Psychology, Positive Psychology) to Religious perspectives. From there, based on an ethnographic research with 50 individuals, this thesis introduces a design framework, …
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A comparison of two computer-aided instruction methods with traditional instruction in freshmen college mathematics classes
… learning according to well-known principles of behaviorism and constructivism. In reality, studies of learning outcomes using CAI report mixed results about whether the use of CAI actually provides educational benefit beyond that of traditional instruction. This study was comparative study using …
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Survey of the Integration of Learning Theories In American Undergraduate Piano Pedagogy Curricula
… piano pedagogy. The broad categories of behaviorism and cognitivism were the two approaches most often included in undergraduate piano pedagogy courses, and Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, and B.F. Skinner were the three theorists most often included in undergraduate piano pedagogy …
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Educational technology tools used by extension professionals: a North Central Region survey
… systems and communication theory and behaviorism and cognitive theory are the environment and the framework that support the use of educational technology. The versatility of these educational devices has provided educators with innovative equipment that facilitates their teaching …
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Communication in the Ruins: Walker Percy and the Art of Symbolic Mediation
… including information theory, General Semantics, behaviorism, symbolic interactionism, structuralism, poststructuralism, and the New Rhetoric. Several voices within the field of communication also drew upon Percy’s work in topic areas such as rhetoric, communication ethics, philosophy of …
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A multiple case study exploring middle school attendance barriers and challenges.
… framework influenced by B.F. Skinner's (1953) Behaviorism Theory to inform the study. The PBIS framework applied consequences and rewards for positive and negative behaviors that influenced behavior (Sugai & Homer, 2006). This study investigated five cases of chronic absenteeism, and through an …
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Implementing Motivational and Participative Management Strategies to Curb Organisational Inequity
… business perspective because psychoanalysis and behaviorism dominated the developmental process of most of the motivation theories. In addition, the extant literature provides a great deal of information about the explicit relationship between satisfaction and motivation but very little about the …
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A Learning Theory Approach to Stress and Stress Management
… The positioning of stress within theoretical behaviorism provides a comprehensive theory and principles to explain the stress response, its acquisition and maintenance. Behavioral technology offers effective procedures to reduce the occurrence of stress and its effects. It is the position of …
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN SAUDI ARABIA: ACTION RESEARCH TO DEVELOP AN E-LEARNING CONCEPTUAL MODEL BASED ON BLOG TOOLS
… framework. The learning theories considered was Behaviorism, Cognitive and Constructivism with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Boud’s Model. Data was collected qualitatively and analyzed thematically. Triangulation was conducted upon the outcomes of the questionnaires, interviews, observations and blog …
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A loss of will: "Arminianism," nonsectarianism, and the erosion of American psychology's moral project, 1636--1890
… non-mentalistic, behavioral explanation (i.e., "behaviorism") may have been to blame (or credit). Yet, a broader historical case can be made that long-standing intellectual trends or "impulses" in American colleges may have also played a significant role. This dissertation examines these trends …
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Policing the Borders of An Empire: A Political History of Tagging (1960–2008)
… Finally, I emphasize the legacies of behaviorism in the field of punishment, and the role of ideology and racism in social control and population management. I also make important contributions to the field of social justice. I propose an applied political frame that prioritizes the …
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A study of student affairs educators' and practitioners' perceptions of alternative futures for student affairs programs
… the “Estimated Period of Occurrence." They were: Behaviorism; Demise; Human Development; Towards Academe; Marketing the Profession; Instruction; Professional Assistance; and Reorganization. Seven factors were associated with “Probable Impact on Higher Education.” They were: Student Development; …
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