The teacher faces many difficult choices in the classroom. While attention to the individual student is essential, there is also an obligation to make certain that all learners in the classroom are afforded that opportunity. When a student is disruptive, it has an effect on the classroom dynamics and ultimately...

The conflict selected for discussion is an ethnic conflict between the Israeli and Palestinians. This is a large scale conflict which stems from the ethnic identity issues. It is perpetuated by cognitive dissonance. To understand how cognitive dissonance makes it worse, let us focus first on the meaning of the...

It has been observed that there is a common trend in that the consumers can become affected by the environment and then makes a decision accordingly. Consumers have also been known to affect the environment and so marketers need to take into account the preferences of that particular consumer when...

Prosocial behavior involves behavior that is both voluntary and intentional that benefits another or a group, and results from motivations that can be either positive, negative or both. Altruism may be viewed as a sub-set of prosocial behavior and while it too is voluntary and beneficial to others, altruism involves...

Researchers argue over the root cause of abnormal behaviors. However, there may be several different perspectives from which to explain certain abnormal behaviors. Gaining a better understanding of one method might generalize to the ability to understand abnormal behaviors in a wider context. One psychological theory that offers insight into...