Another name for operant conditioning is instrumental learning‚ introduced by Edward L. Thorndike 1913. Thorndike began studying “animal thinking”. Cat experiment: cat would perform a specific response‚ such as pulling a wire or a lever and was rewarded food after each escape. “law of effect” behavior is influenced by its consequences First book published‚ the behaviour of organisms 1938. Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat those responses that are followed by favourable consequences
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Attitude: How one feels about something in general (I have a positive attitude towards basketball). Balance theory: the theory that people try to maintain balance among their beliefs‚ cognitions‚ and sentiments. Cognitive dissonance theory: the theory that inconsistencies between a person’s thoughts‚ sentiments‚ and actions create an aversive emotional state (dissonance) that leads to efforts to restore consistency. Effort justification: the tendency to reduce dissonance by finding reasons for
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Chapter 6 IN SUNNY SPAIN(1882-1885) * Rizal’s Secret Mission To observe keenly the life‚ culture‚‚ languages and customs and laws of the European nations in order to prepare himself in the mighty task of liberating his people. - Djemnah with 50 passengers on board * Secret Departure for Spain Paciano‚ uncle Antonio Rivera‚ his sisters (Neneng and Lucia)‚ The Valenzuela family‚ Pedro Paterno‚ Mateo Evangelista‚ Chengoy and the Jesuit priest * May 3‚ 1882 - departed
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falls. • Hassan is the best kite runner in Kabul and he always seems to know where a kite will land before it falls down. Setting – • Kabul in winter time • Kite tournament • Shops (e.g. kite shop) • Amir’s House Characterisation – In this chapter Amir come out as a jealous type. When he‚ Hassan and Baba are in the kite shop getting kites for the tournament Amir says “He’d buy it for Hassan too. Sometimes I wished he wouldn’t do that. Wished he’d let me be the favourite”. Pg 45 -This shows
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Chapter 1/2: Ponyboy is a greaser‚ a greaser is a person in the greaser gang. He lived with his brothers Sodapop and Darry. Darry was always tough on ponyboy‚ his parents died in a crash‚ he was beaten up by the socs. The socs(socials) are the greasers rival gang. Johnny was beaten up by the socs and it made johnny very grievous. Chapter 3/4: They were hanging out with soc’s girls‚ and they found them hanging out with the girls. The socs are irascible and that makes them very dangerous. Johnny
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Symbolism is frequent in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club. The two symbols I chose are the jade pendant and the red candle. Each symbol has a significant meaning to the respective characters. In the “Best Quality” her now deceased mother Suyuan gives June a green pendant(life’s importance). The pendant was given to her after she and Waverly Jong got into a verbal altercation. In order‚ to fully understand why her mother decided to her the pendant you have to break down the situation. As a child‚ Waverly
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Introduction The purpose of my essay is to compare and contrast the novel titled Fight Club‚ written by Chuck Palahniuk‚ and the story‚ dated back to the Victorian age‚ known as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson. I will compare these two works by evaluating how these two authors represent the theme of dual/split personalities within a specific character found in within each of their respective stories. Each author portrays the idea of dual personalities
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David Fincher’s Fight Club is a narrated movie that explains the journey of the narrator’s mid-life crisis; the movie begins with the ending scene‚ a microscopic view of a gun inside of the narrator’s mouth. All of the particles and germs are very visible to give the viewer an idea of what to expect. This scene suggests a dirty‚ winding‚ and emotional journey that the narrator will take. The narrator at first finds himself with insomnia. At the same time he is obsessed with consumer goodshe buys
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testicles were removed. 6. Stuck between Bob’s enormous chest‚ the narrator finally finds peace and bursts into tears. The emotional release allows him to sleep. 7. the appearance of a woman named Marla Singer throws the narrator’s ’system’ out of whack. He recognizes her as a ’tourist’‚ having seen her
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Chapter 6 Summary – Friends Chapter 6 is all based the strengthening of friendship between the characters of Caitlin and Bill and of Old bill and Billy. In the section Comfort Bill talks about how he hated school and didn’t have any friends. The repetition of the negative quotes in the section emphasises how Billy did not belong in his old environment. “I never talked to girls‚ I hardly talked to anyone. Sure‚ I answered questions from teachers and occasionally I’d talk to some guys I’d know
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