progress in a lethargic & unprepared manner. b. Law of Exercise The second law of learning is the ‘Law of Exercise’‚ which means that drill or practice helps in increasing efficiency and durability of learning and according to Throndike’s S-R Bond Theory‚ the connections are strengthened with trail or practice and the connections are weakened when trial or practice is discontinued. The ‘law of exercise’‚ therefore‚ is also understood as the ‘law of use and disuse’ in which case connections or bonds
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Six Recommendation on Motivation theory The Goal of this Article is to analyse the various Motivation Theories for employees in the workplace environment. It attempts not to just present yet another theory of work motivation‚ rather focusing on metatheory which is the processes through which we can build more valid‚ more complete and more practical theories. The authors of this article have drafted six recommendations that they believe and feel that are the best. It is in their
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Learning Theory and Criminal behavior Nicole Scott FPSY 6135 April 06‚ 2014 Robbery and Expectancy theory A person is guilty of robbery if they steal and instantly before or even at the time of doing the act as well as in order on doing so‚ the person uses force on another person or even puts someone in fear and put in danger to force robbery. As a result‚ the robber is involved in a range of forceful‚ threatening and also violent behavior which can also include
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four (4) theories of the press‚ which one adequately represents the situation in Trinidad &Tobago? In 1956‚ three professors of communication; Fred S. Siebert‚ Theodore Peterson and Wilbur Schramm‚ published their Four Theories of the Press which went a long way in establishing a classification in the minds of students and educators of journalism. The book was originally published to help give historical‚ philosophical and international perspective of the press. The four theories were namely
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Durkheim’s theory of anomie and Marx’s theory of alienation have had a very strong influence on the sociological understandings of modern life. Critically compare these two concepts. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the two concepts of anomie and alienation and evaluate their merits. The analysis will cover various aspects of modern life under the two theories and seek to establish which provides a more convincing account. In order to critique the concepts against each other‚ it would
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Piaget’s Developmen Theory in the Classroom Education was shaped by many people‚ especially Jean Piaget. He was a Swiss born developmental psychologist. His theory cognitive development caused a new revolution in thinking about how thinking develops (Snyder‚ 2008). His theory consists of four stages of cognitive development: Sensorimotor stage‚ Preoperational stage‚ Concrete-operational stage and Formal operational stage (Snyder‚ 2008). Sensorimotor Stage is the stage of newborns where all they
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From the sociological aspect‚ there are two major models that explain the origin of law and crimes: the consensus theory and the conflict theory. These two theories have radically different views on what crimes are. “The consensus theory is rooted in John Locke’s (1632-1704) “Social Contract Theory”” (Cox). According to Locke’s theory‚ government is based on a social contract between rulers and their subjects. The government needs to deal with the population justly; otherwise the population will
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Emotionalism theory is an aesthetic and critical theory of art which is mainly concerned with the expressive qualities of art work. According to the theory‚ the most important thing about a work of art is the vivid communication of moods‚ feelings‚ and ideas. The theory posits that an artwork can either be shocking or entertaining but will mainly try to provoke you into action or call for your attention to any issue of concern. The artwork can either be realistic or acquire an abstract outlook
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selected was Faye G. Abdellah‚ her theory is based on a problem-solving approach with the key element being that the nurse correctly identifies nursing problems. Abdellah and her colleagues developed the Typology of 21 Nursing Problems‚ the problems were classified into three categories: physical‚ sociological‚ and emotional needs‚ these categories help to determine patient needs (George‚ 2002). I used Chinn and Kramer’s model to critically reflect on this theory (Meleis‚ 2012‚ p. 184). In doing so
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considered equals" (Hughes‚ 2002:161). Feminism focuses on the relations between genders and how both male and female become classified as distinct groups rather than a team united as one. The preceding was what feminists and historians want us believe‚ however‚ this is not always the case and quite possibly‚ it has never been the case. For some reason feminism became an international phenomenon. The feminist theory is fairly comparable to this explanation and determinedly claims that the
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