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By Alexus, on Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:00am PST
The definition of operant conditioning is basic textbook
phsycology.For those that do not know what this term means it is:A
type of conditioning of learning.Initially more or less random
behavior operates to produce an effect that reinforces or
extinguishes the… Read More »
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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, and is
fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind,
suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the
footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind,
is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act…
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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone
is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it
because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic
numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and
other beings.
It had been raining for…
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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be
seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping
the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the
corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she
looked at the American flag covered…
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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve
everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this
desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die,
having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.
There were so many things he could…
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By Nada, on Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:37am PDT
By Laura Rowley
We all make stupid money mistakes. Find out if you're making
bad money decisions with this advice from Kodak spokesperson and
money expert Laura Rowley.
1. Becoming a Human ATM Machine Give children
an allowance and let them know what they have to pay…
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