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Qin Dynasty Han Dynasty
1,222 wordsThe Han dynasty (202 BC - AD 220) reunited the China after the Qin dynasty fell apart. The Han ruled China for forty years, which was divided into two periods: the earlier period Western Han and the later period Easter Han. Gaozu, who was the first king of the Han dynasty, was a minor official in Qin dynasty. He became a leader of a small group of soldiers and acquired territories. Overtime, his army expanded to large number. In 206 BC, Gaozu took the title as King of Han and he ended the Qin dy...
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Drug Addiction Addictive Drugs
4,264 wordsThe emphasis is on biological mechanisms underlying addiction, although some other factors influencing drug addiction will also be discussed. The presentation is limited primarily to psychomotor stimulants (e. g. , amphetamine, cocaine) and opiates (e. g. , heroin, morphine) for two reasons. First, considerable knowledge has been gained during the past 15 years regarding the neurobiological mechanisms mediating their addictive properties. Second, these two pharmacological classes represent the b...
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Drug Addiction Negative Reinforcement
4,209 words... ve drugs. The Addiction Research Center Inventory, an empirically derived test designed to measure the subjective effects of addictive drugs, detects the mood-elevating effects of psychomotor stimulants and opiates on the same scale (see Haertzen and Hickey 1987). On the other hand, the subjective-effects of these two drug classes can be easily distinguished. This is not surprising considering that ex-addicts report a preference for heroin over morphine (Martin and Fraser 1961), even though ...
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Reinforcement Theory Sit Quietly
1,336 wordsThe one theory of influence almost everyone knows about is this one. And if you know only one approach, this can be good candidate. It works in a variety of situations, it can be simply applied, and it has just a few basic ideas. In fact, reinforcement theory boils down to a Main Point: Consequences influence behavior. Think about that for a moment. Consequences influence behavior. It means that people do things because they know other things will follow. Thus, depending upon the type of consequ...
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Cognitive Processes Animal Behavior
1,648 wordsAnimal Intelligence "Animal Intelligence" The learning theory of Thorndike represents the original S-R framework of behavioral psychology: Learning is the result of associations forming between stimuli and responses. Such associations or "habits" become strengthened or weakened by the nature and frequency of the S-R pairings. The classic example of Thorndike's S-R theory was a cat learning to escape from a "puzzle box" by pressing a lever inside the box. After much trial and error behavior, the ...
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Why Should Students Study Shakespeare In School
589 wordsSimply stated, students should study Shakespeare's works in school because of the incredible value within them. In addition to exposing students to a multitude of literary techniques, Shakespeare's plays challenge the student with difficult language and style, express a profound knowledge of human behavior and offer insight into the world around us. William Shakespeare is recognized by much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. The intricate meanings, extensive vocabulary, and powerful...
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Rewarding Health Industry Employees
612 wordsMany articles have been written on PFP programs for motivating employees. It is important here to consider the means of applying PFP in hospitality sector, and deciding which one will serve as the most effective means of rewarding. First of all, it is necessary to point out, that the PFP system has been designed for resolving the issues of salary-performance correspondence. These are the use of any means of payroll and rewards, when it depends on the differences in how the employee performs; acc...
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Low Income Families Human Services
671 wordsI took human services in college for various reasons, and I believe that my decision was right and that I will be able to continue with that type of education until I get BA in human services. In the Human Services field one should be endowed with basic skills and I am endowed with: data gathering, interviewing, and researching, relationship building, and implementing action plans. I take pleasure in knowing what to do in the task I am performing. I enjoy gathering information to learn what to d...
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Pay For Performance In Hospitality Part 1
1,834 wordsPay for Performance in Hospitality Management Introduction It has been a long talk, as for the effectiveness of the Pay-for-Performance (PFP) programs for the hospitality service entities. It may be assumed, that PFP is one of the most effective presently used systems of reward in any sphere of business, not only hospitality, but this work will look at both pros and cons of using PFP, as it appears that not always PFP can serve as the best means of motivating employees. With hospitality business...
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Abraham Maslow Corporate Culture
1,281 wordsREWARDING EXCELLENT EMPLOYEES Modern business world is highly competitive in every aspect. Today even employers have to find new original ways to reward outstanding employees, because only decent incentives will keep the level of their performance high and attract new talented people to work. And if you think that salaries and extra payments are original and highly motivating, you are, unfortunately, a bit of out date. I do not mean money is no longer important, it is not thus. But, given a norm...
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Health Care Services Home Health Care
1,947 wordsFor the many people afflicted with a speech impediment, there often seems to be little hope. Many of these people are ridiculed as children, or cast out of society as a young adult. Many are sent to doctors and specialists who try to determine what is? wrong? with them. On occasion, they will meet a person who can help them, and ultimately, change their life for the better. This person is a speech pathologist. As one woman, the mother of three, said: ? I think the one thing I would like to make ...
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Drug Addiction Addictive Drugs
8,497 wordsDrug Addiction as a Psychobiological Process The emphasis is on biological mechanisms underlying addiction, although some other factors influencing drug addiction will also be discussed. The presentation is limited primarily to psychomotor stimulants (e. g. , amphetamine, cocaine) and opiates (e. g. , heroin, morphine) for two reasons. First, considerable knowledge has been gained during the past 15 years regarding the neurobiological mechanisms mediating their addictive properties. Second, thes...
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