The Cultural Factors Contributing to the Rise of Teenage Pregnancy in Society
Teenage pregnancy is a growing social problem in a society today. It is defined as a teenage girl, usually within the ages of 13 to 19, becoming pregnant. The term in everyday talking usually refers to girls who have not reached legal adulthood, which varies across the world, who become pregnant. It is a health issue that has an effect on all of us. A child having a baby as a teenager is more likely to face critical social factors…...
AdolescenceReinforcementTeenage Pregnancy
An Analysis of Educational Psychology
William James was a psychologist who wrote like a novelist. In 1876, he created, and began, teaching the first psychology course offered in this country. James had a two-volume text for his courses titled Principles of Psychology. James saw that psychology had to look to the natural environment for much of its information. He thought that laboratory experiments were not the best route for teaching children. Jamess best known effort was to convince educators that the observations, thoughts, and questions…...
Educational PsychologyLearningReinforcement
Educational Psychology: The Appropriate Punishment
I thought it was very interesting when we discussed punishment and positive and negative reinforcement in class. I think it is very important to use positive reinforcement just as much as negative reinforcement. I also found it interesting that when you punish a child, you should do nine good things to make up for the one bad punishment. We discussed spanking in class also. I personally have never been spanked, but that is only because my father was physically abused…...
Educational PsychologyPunishmentReinforcement
Managerial Roles and Skills
To meet the many demands of performing their functions, managers assume multiple roles. A role is an organized set of behaviors. Henry Mintzberg (1973) has identified ten Sub roles common to the work of all managers. The ten roles are divided into three groups: interpersonal, informational, and decisional. According to Henry Mintzberg(1973), managers in an organization, in order to be effective in their jobs, act in specific ways when they interact with others in the course of performing the four…...
CommunicationHuman NatureManagementReinforcementSkillsWork
Communication Climates
Communication Climates Every relationship has a different way of interpreting its story depending on who’s talking about it. I have been able to observe one of my good friend’s relationships with her boyfriend over the past two years and was able to see many of their problems in relation to the communication climate that is created by one or the other. Most of the observations I noticed was negative. My friend “Joan” was always on defense and demanding of her…...
CommunicationHuman NaturePrivacyReinforcement
Clockwork orange movie evaluation
In the following sample essay, this is an assessment of the psychological thriller A Clockwork Orange. Read the introduction, body and conclusion of the essay, scroll down. "A Clockwork Orange" is a psychological thriller that examines and analyzes the effects of a corrupt individual and society's attempts to reintegrate him. The director Stanley Kubrick depicts a deeply chilling and disturbing story of a young man by the name of Alex and is considered a menace to society who is eventually…...
Human NatureParentReinforcementViolence