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- 10771: B. F. Skinner
- ... Watson John Broadus Watson was born in Greenville, South Carolina on January 9th 1878. He went to college at Furman University and the University of Chicago. Watson created "Psychological behaviorism" in 1912. He told the world about his theory of behaviorism in a 1913 paper entitled ``Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It.'' In the paper he described Behaviorism as the part of psychology that shows behavior as "a series of observable ... and states of mind. Skinner thought that psychology had wasted a lot of time making theories about the mind and personality. He suggested that psychology should only deal with behavior that is "observable in the world in which it occurs." (Henderson, 1990) In conclusion, B. F. Skinner was a very intelligent man that viewed behavior as "a response to a stimulus." Though he may have based his theories mostly on animal ...
- 10772: Landscape Architecture as a Career
- ... As early as the third millennium BC, the Egyptians planted gardens within the walled enclosures surrounding their homes (Encarta 2). In Mesopotamia, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the World. In ancient Greece, sacred groves were preserved as the habitats of divinities. Greek houses included a walled court or garden usually surrounded by a colonnade. In 5th-Century BC, Athens public gardens and colonnaded walks ... with it's surroundings, as seen in the works of Sven Markelius in Sweden, Alvar Aalto in Finland, and Frank Lloyd Wright in the United States (Encarta 5). The worldwide economic depression between the two world wars forced a shift from domestic settings to large-scale public works, in which landscape architects and planners worked together on entire communities, regional areas, and vast state and national projects. The proliferation of shopping ...
- 10773: Ben Hogan
- ... heart out, " Sometimes I practised until my hands bled."(p.11) Finally he began winning the bets, but also caddy and junior tournaments too. Secondly, on February 1, 1949 Hogan was on top of the world, having won the US OPEN, the MASTERS and appearing on the cover of Time life Magazine. Until he collided head on with a twenty thousand pound passenger bus. Hogan suffered a broken collarbone, broken left ... practice his short game. For the next thirteen months Hogan practiced to the best of his ability, gradually improving. Thirteen months later he entered the L.A open and finished second this demonstration shocked the world, for it was only thirteen months earlier people thought they would never see Hogan play again. In 1953 Hogan decided to produce his own line of clubs. In 1954, after a year of struggling sales ...
- 10774: Desktop Videoconferencing
- Desktop Videoconferencing is gaining acceptance as a key telecommunications technology in the work place all around the world. Desktop Videoconferencing makes communication far more effective when its impossible for people to meet in person. Not only do people get a feel of what takes place in a face to face meeting but they ... Picture Tel Desktop Videoconferencing system also offers a open collaborative working environment. In fact the Live 2000 system has a fully functional based videoconferencing and application sharing system that can conduct Videoconferencing anywhere in the world as long as the user has a PC running Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT and users have any H.320 compliant videoconferencing system. The Live 2000 system also allows users to enhance teamwork by ...
- 10775: The Sun Also Rises: Thoughts of the Lost Generation
- ... also consider the thoughts that go through Jake as well. Jake’s view of life consists of a more sophisticated and complicated than that of Robert Cohn’s. Jake, after all, has been through a war and has lost his adolescent idealism and Cohn still conducts himself like a boy. At the opening of the novel, Hemingway illustrates the differences between the values of Jake and Cohn. The differences involve a ... of her walking up the street and of course in a little while I felt like hell again" (Hemingway 34). Lady Brett Ashley serves, as a challenge to a weakness Jake must confront. Since his war experience, Jake has attempted to reshape the man he is and the first step in doing this is to accept his impotence. Despite Brett's undeniable love for Jake, she is engaged to marry another ...
- 10776: Anorexia
- ... desire to eat, because they are afraid of becoming fat. Anorexia is characterized by extreme starvation that leads to a disastrous loss of weight. Anorexia nervosa affects a large number of people today in the world, and does not discriminate against anybody. Its victims can be overweight, thin, young, old, or either sex although, its primary victims are young girls between the age of thirteen and nineteen. This disorder has become more and more common around the world today. It has populated many college campuses, and it is spreading. Recent studies show that almost 20% of college women suffer from anorexia or bulimia (bulimia is a eating disorder similar to anorexia), and the ...
- 10777: Dealers Of Lighting
- ... Xerox’s band of innovators. But despite PARC’s many industry-altering breakthroughs, Xerox failed ever to grasp the financial potential of such achievements. And while Xerox’s inability to capitalize upon some of the world’s most important technological advancements makes for an interesting enough story, Hiltzik focuses instead on the inventions and the inventors themselves. You can trace the term "Personal Computer" back to Alan Kay, a visionary who dreamed of a machine small enough to tuck under the arm. Granted, PARC’s farsighted principles led to collaborative brilliance even so Hiltzik’s claim that the Alto was the world’s first personal computer, seams overstated; his strictly technological, mine involving price and marketing. However, in writing the book Hiltzik drew on the recollections of those who participated in the technological revolution of the 1970 ...
- 10778: Agamemnon, Symbolism Of Darkne
- ... will do so “under the cover of darkness.” Just as a soldier used darkness to hide his actions, so has the characters of Clytaemestra. Secretly while Agamemnon was away fighting in the Trojan War, Clytaemestra carried out an affair with Agamemnon’s sworn enemy, Aegisthus. Agamemnon knows nothing of this affair and upon his return he is greeted with an overjoyed and welcoming Clytaemestra. Clytaemestra proceeded to inform Agamemnon ... what has gone on behind his back and that eventually he will pay the price of this life for this. Agamemnon is completely without distrust and skepticism when he returns to his kingdom from the war. He suspects no one of deceit and thoughts of his own wife plotting his death could not be farther from his mind. Agamemnon was blind to his impending demise, blinded by the darkness of an ...
- 10779: Marijuana
- ... degenerate races" (Schaffer, pg. 86). Beginning in the 60's marijuana use saw a resurgence which may be attributed to many causes. One of the main causes was the rebellion of youth against the Vietnam War. They used marijuana as an escape from war to peace. It was easy at this time to depict marijuana as a beneficial and completely harmless substance whose effects were far less harmful than those of legal drugs such as alcohol and nicotine because ...
- 10780: Verification of Employable Skills
- Verification of Employable Skills Interpersonal skills are a necessary and beneficial part of the working world. The ability to work with others successfully is very important in most careers. While playing on my High School Freshmen Soccer Team, I have been a witness to the necessity of being able to work ... and everyday items. My computer has many uses in my life. I research numerous topics on the Internet and type reports as well. With my computer, I can be in touch with people around the world. I can learn many things from the people I meet and the places I go. This is why it is vital for everyone to be able to have this experience. The educational potential of the ...
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