by david allan van nostrand | Sep 25, 2023 | Human Behavior, Psychology, The Wayback Machine
Sigmund Freud is a name most of us instantly recognize. The classic photo below has him bearded, balding, and scholarly, wearing a three-piece suit and holding a cigar. We know him as a physician who treated mental disorders by exploring repressed and unconscious...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 18, 2023 | Human Behavior, Psychology
What Is Operant Conditioning? Edward Thorndike is often considered to be the father of modern Educational Psychology. His Law of Effect posits that when our behavior produces a favorable outcome and the same stimulus is presented again, we are more likely to repeat...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 11, 2023 | critical thinking, Human Behavior, Using Information
What Is a Concept? Concepts are general ideas about things. They are mental representations we use to understand the world around us. Concepts represent groups of related ideas that are organized around a main theme. One example is how the concept of gravity includes...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 4, 2023 | Americana, Social archaelogy, The Wayback Machine
In 1920, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company broadcast the live returns of the presidential race between Warren G. Harding and James M. Cox, two-term governor and two-term U.S. Congressman from Ohio. Cox’s running mate was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who...
