Essays on Behaviour

“Reproduction was itself a first consequence, and it led, through natural selection, to the evolution of cells, organs, and organisms which reproduced themselves under increasingly diverse conditions. What we call behavior evolved as a set of functions furthering the interchange between organism and environment.”-B. F. Skinner, Selection by Consequences-Known to some as the most influential…

A critical reflective and analytical research based written conceptualisation and therapeutic plan for a common human problem in Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapy terms. This essay has been particularly difficult for the writer to achieve due to the challenges they face in the transition from a Person Centred Counsellor to a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in Training. The…

One important property that organic compounds exhibit is that their structure is related to their solubility. Solubility is the amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of another substance and is typically expressed as the number of parts by weight dissolved by 100 parts of solvent at a specified temperature and…

Consumer researchers have been examining the impact of gender identity—the degree to which an individual identifies with masculine and feminine personality traits—on various consumer variables for nearly four decades. However, significant gender identity findings in consumer research have been rare, perhaps because of (1) operationalization problems (Palan, Kiecker, and Areni 1999), (2) inappropriate interpretation and…

How Pfizer can accomplish competitory advantage through organisational behavior and organisational development patterns? Introduction Pfizer has a history as a pioneering company in the medical specialty concern since 1849. The local company had been created by Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhardt in Brooklyn, NY. Pfizer Inc. ( PFE ) over the century has evolved into…

There is no one way in defining what ethics is. According to American Heritage Online Dictionary, ethics is the code of moral principles and values that governs the behaviors of a person or group with respect to what is right or wrong. Ethical behavior is something that every person will experience on the job at…

This Chapter examines the stress of change and the effect stress may have on ethical practices in the areas of resource management- Pay, Product, and the Environment. Citation is utilized from publically available information from The Boeing Company’s web site, Boeing’s 2007 Annual Report, Current Market Outlook 2009-2028, and the 2009 Environmental Report to examine…

Introduction The environment contemporary businesses are expected to perform in is becoming increasingly complex. This has necessitated the coming into the picture of capable leaders and managers where the former are having the upper hand of the leadership race because of the ability they showed in handling more complex situations better (Bennis 2007).  This has…

“I did not intend to harm them; I just wanted them dead,” declared David Berkowitz, who is widely known as the Son of Sam. Every serial killer, including Berkowitz, exhibits unique cognitive patterns. This article seeks to examine their characteristics, motivations, different phases, and the correlation between behavior and aggression. Serial killers have distinct characteristics…

Pupils’ norms of behavior. The fact is, that classroom behaviour is one of the most important parts of the study process. Good behavior of the students is a basis of effective studying. The choice of teaching methods determines student’s behaviour. Teachers should choose techniques and strategies which would enable them to control pupils’ behaviour. You…