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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Pavlovian conditioning operant conditioning conditioned stimulus Thorndike puzzle box conditioned reinforcement Skinner box behaviourism behaviour therapy desensitization Thorndike’s law of effect insight imprinting

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John B. Watson

American psychologist

Kenneth Wartinbee Spence

American psychologist

Neal E. Miller

American psychologist