Ethical theories are the foundations of ethical analysis because they are the viewpoints from which guidance can be obtained along the pathway to a decision. Each theory emphasizes different points such as predicting the outcome and following one’s duties to others in order to reach an ethically correct decision. There are three main kinds of ethical theory; deontology‚ utilitarianism and virtue ethics. Deontology meaning ’obligation’ or ’duty’ is an approach to ethics which says that the act of
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Air Conditioning Repair in Arlington‚ Texas With the arrival of spring comes warmer days‚ and as the temperatures get into the 80’s homeowners are turning on the AC. Unfortunately for some‚ they find the AC blowing warm air rather than the cold conditioned air expected. There can be a number of things causing the lack of air conditioning‚ and a few are simple fixes. Before calling Minuteman Heating & AC to schedule air conditioning repair in Arlington‚ Texas‚ check the following: Circuit Breaker
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Introduction Classical conditioning in advertising has been used by firms who sell products to get consumers to purchase from them instead of their competition. This essay will briefly explain what classical conditioning is. It will examine the problems with experiments on classical conditioning in advertising and briefly look at two experiments which try to overcome these problems in testing classical conditioning in advertising. The first experiment will look at the effects of background features
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Ivan Pavlov and Classical Conditioning How much has a dog’s saliva contributed to psychology? Most would think not at all‚ but it actually has as Ivan Pavlov accidentally discovered that he could alter the unconscious response of an animal through a process known as classical conditioning. Ivan Pavlov contributed much to psychology through his discovery of classical conditioning. Classical conditioning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov‚ a Russian physiologist who loved to work with dogs and their
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Flashbulb memories are Answer Selected Answer: vivid recall for earlier events associated with extreme emotions Correct Answer: all of the above Question 3 2.5 out of 2.5 points B. F. Skinner is associated with positive reinforcement‚ shaping‚ and cumulative records. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: True Question 4 2.5 out of 2.5 points Organic amnesia is when memory fades with the passage of time. Answer Selected Answer: False
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Explain the initial pairing of the banging bar and the rat in terms of learning through classical conditioning. What is unconditioned stimulus (US)‚ conditioned stimulus (CS)‚ and conditioned response (CR)? “Two months after pretesting‚ Albert was shown a white rat‚ and anytime Albert touched the rat‚ he was exposed to the sound of the hammer hitting a steel bar. After seven trials‚ Albert cried and demonstrated avoidance on presentation of the rat—the conditioned stimulus—in the absence of the loud
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Describe and evaluate the theories of Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic approach as an explanation of human behaviour. In the evaluation summarise and evaluate one other approach as an alternative explanation of human behaviour. This essay aims to describe in detail the theories of Sigmund Freud’s psychodynamic approach to the explanation of human behaviour. The writer will evaluate these theories and present them in terms of their strengths and weaknesses. The essay will also include a brief description
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APPLYING CLASSICAL CONDITIONING 2 Reflective Paper #8: Applying Classical Conditioning According to the National Institute of Mental Health in 2012‚ 30.5 % of people had arachnophobia– the fear of spiders ("Fear/Phobia Statistic‚" 2012). This fear was ranked third out of the top ten most common fears. Some people believe that this fear is learned by means of classical conditioning. If arachnophobia can be classically conditioned
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Attachment is a key part of childhood and there are many theories on how humans attach to their caregivers in childhood. Bowlby’s(1958) theory on childhood attachment drives from his idea that humans have an innate disposition to form a close attachment to one special caregiver or monotropy. This is the survival of the fittest idea‚ that only babies with strong attachments to their mothers will live through to adulthood and although that is not something that strictly applies to modern day life
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One of the main ways trauma can alter behaviour is through classical conditioning. Classical Conditioning is the act of learning something by associating it with a different event or subject. For example‚ if a bell were to continuously go off when feeding dogs‚ the dogs would associate the bell with feeding time. With trauma‚ a connection
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