What are the types of crime of the powerful? Crime‚ itself‚ is defined as ‘an act punishable by law‚ being forbidden by statute or injurious to the public welfare’. Power‚ or powerful refers to those who have the ‘ability or capacity to influence the behaviour of others or a course of events’ (Oxford 1989). In this essay then‚ the phrase “crime by the powerful” is not exclusive to misdemeanors carried out by elite financial institutions‚ corporations and dominant individuals such as civil officers
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1. A primary reinforce is define as “reinforcer than satisfies a biological need” (Ballantyne‚ Hull‚ Licht‚ 2016‚ p. 193). This compares to secondary reinforce which “does not satisfy biological needs but often gain their power through their association with primary reinforce” (Ballantyne‚ Hull‚ Licht‚ 2016‚ p. 193). Both of these reinforcers are found everywhere. An example of a primary reinforce is food and water since it is life sustaining. An example of a secondary reinforcer in my life is getting
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of psychological testing is to make more informed hiring decisions. Many companies consult outside companies to give and assess these tests in an effort to keep the tests unbiased and to help guard against lawsuits. Psychological testing is used to determine‚ in particular‚ the ability of potential employees to work under stressful conditions and to assess the potential of a prospective employee to handle the job effectively under those conditions. The use of psychological testing can lower the risk
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What are the different text types? There are four kinds of text types: Descriptive‚ Informative‚ Instructive‚ and Persuasive texts. Descriptive Text * A descriptive text is a text that wants you to picture what is being described. * Descriptive texts usually make use of adjectives and adverbs; use comparisons to help picture the scene (something is "like" something else); employ the reader’s five senses (how something feels‚ looks‚ smells‚ sounds‚ and tastes). Informative texts
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Does cannabis lead to hard drugs? Cannabis use does not lead to experimentation with harder drugs‚ Researchers say. Researchers said it does not act as a "gateway" drug‚ and that measures to curb cannabis use does not have a knock-on effect on the use of harder drugs. Instead‚ they say teenagers begin using cannabis‚ or marijuana‚ simply because it is the most available drug. They said they were not advocating decriminalizing cannabis. But they did question whether efforts to control drug
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can help us to motivated and increase productivity amount are peers and staffs. Not being able to understand human behaviors can reduce motivation and productivity. Positive Reinforcement is a very influential and effective instrument that help shape and change behavior with the goal to increase motivation. Positive Reinforcement works by offering an encouraging element to the person once the desired behavior is displayed‚ making the behavior more likely
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Worksheet Investigation Questions: 1. What does the lion represent? Why would the rulers of England include so many of them on the Coat of Arms? The lion represents dauntless courage‚ bravery‚ strength‚ ferocity‚ and valour. They would include so many lions because their pride. 2. What does the fleur-de-lis represent? Why is it featured on the Coat of Arms of British rulers? Fleur-de-lis represents purity; light; floral badge of France; represents sixth son as mark of difference. The Fleur-de-lis
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training a simulated rat under a Partial Reinforcement Schedule took longer to extinguish than being trained in a Continuous Reinforcement Schedule. The subject involved was a computer based rat. The rat was trained in a Skinner box to bar press under each a continuous reinforcement schedule and a partial reinforcement schedule. Extinction of both schedules was done and times were reported. The hypothesis was that a rat under a partial reinforcement schedule would take longer to extinguish its behaviour
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Test case design techniques II: Blackbox testing CISS Overview • Black-box testing (or functional testing): • Equivalence partitioning • Boundary value analysis • Cause-effect graphing • Behavioural testing • Random testing • Error guessing etc… Domain analysis • How to use black-box and white-box testing in combination • Basics : heuristics and experience CISS Black box testing requirements output input events SUT y domain testing x CISS Black-box: Three major approaches • Analysis of
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Demonstrates command of the content of the article: According to District Administration‚ in 2013 the state of Alabama put into place a new positive reinforcement plan for eight school districts. This is to help students be ready for college‚ and improve their behavior as a whole. “The top goals set forth for this program were to increase attendance‚ improve academic achievement and reduce disciplinary infractions” (p. 27). Teachers were trained and given tools to help their students. In order
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