Chapter One Introduction Background of the study Teachers account for the majority of spending on education provided by schools: on average 64% in developed countries (OECD‚ 2007a) and often running to over 90% in developing and transition countries. Research evidence indicates that‚ apart from the student’s family background‚ the single most important factor in determining variability in student attainment within any single country is teacher quality (Hanushek‚ 2005). Therefore‚ the institutional
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Can classical and operant conditioning account for the development of phobias? Classical conditioning involves pairing an unconditioned stimulus with a conditioned stimulus. The conditioned stimulus then produces a conditioned response. Operant conditioning then refers to associations between the response and the outcome. The following essay will examine evidence supporting classical and operant conditioning as a cause of phobias. Other theories‚ such as biological and evolutionary‚ will also
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are conditioned from a young age to adhere to the standards set by the world state. Skinners theory of operant conditioning is seen at play when children are given treats upon discovering the death of a peer; by being rewarded—or‚ positively reinforced—at the sight of death‚ they begin to associate death with something positive‚ and on the whole view death as a good thing. Operant conditioning is also seen being used to dissuade children from certain things‚ such as when Delta class children are
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M/S GAGANGIRI CONSTRUCTION The Saraswat Co.Op. Bank Ltd. Rajapur Branch Dear Sir‚ ------------------------------------------------- Re: PERMISSION TO MORTAGE UNIT/ GALA/SHOP/ FLAT NO D4 / E5 ON GROUND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING KNOWN AS GAGANGIRI PARK WITHIN LIMITS OF RAJAPUR NAGAR PARISHAD RAJAPUR SITUATED AT S.N. 49 A H.No 7 ‚ RUMDEWADI RAJAPUR ‚ RAJAPUR ‚ DIST- RATNAGIRI BEING CONSTRUCTED BY US. 1. This is to confirm that we have allotted flat no. D4 / E 5
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and Addictions as Related to Classical and Operant Conditioning Learning can take place through a variety of methods; two of these methods are classical and operant. Classical and operant conditioning can contribute to a student’s success or failure; in addition‚ phobias and addictions can develop. “Learning is any enduring change in the way an organism responds based on its experience.” (Kowalski & Westen‚ 2011‚ p. 164). Classical conditioning has been shown to aid in the development and
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2. Discuss how Skinner’s principles of operant conditioning can be applied to personality development. Operant conditioning (the shaping of behavior through reward and punishment)is a form of learning in which voluntary responses come to be controlled by their consequences. It probably governments a larger share of human behaviour than classical conditioning. Since most human responses are voluntary rather than reflexive. The study of operant conditioning was led by B.F.Skinner. Skinner demonstrated
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WORKERS WELFARE AND PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BY UZOIGWE NNAMDI C. INTRODUCTION: The aim of this is paper is to provide the relationship between productivity and employee welfare in any business organization. It is a known fact that human resource is one of the most important resource that have to be managed appropriately if productivity have to be achieved and improved upon. Infact‚ organizations do not need to search for opportunities for productivity improvement anywhere
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A) List and explain the three reasons Adam Smith said productivity increases with specialization. Who was Adam Smith? a. Adam Smith is writer. He wrote a book titled “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.”+ b. Three Reasons i) Repetition • The more times that an employee performs a task‚ the more capable the employee are at the task. ii) Continuity • A specialized employee doesn’t spend time exchange from one task to another. iii) Innovation • A specialized employee
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IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON WORKERS ’ PRODUCTIVITY IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Ayodeji Olatunji Aiyetan1 and A. O. Olotuah2 1 Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria Department of Architecture‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria 2 This is a research on the relationship between motivation and performance of workers in the Nigerian construction industry. It identifies a number of motivational schemes that enhance
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Conditioning You know that moment when you are just hanging out in the shower‚ doing your thing‚ and you hear the toilet flush? My immediate reaction is to jump out of the water as fast as humanly possible. I have been conditioned by the sound of the flushing toilet to get out of the water because it is fixing to get scalding hot. This is called Classical Conditioning. "Classical conditioning is the learning process in which a neutral stimulus
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