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Operant conditioning is where one is able to change the behaviour of another person or animal using reinforcement and punishment. The term was used by Skinner (1938) who demonstrated that when rats are po...

The decision rule with act utilitarianism is ‘perform the action that results in the maximum sum of utility from those available when making the decision’. By contrast rule utilitarianism offers the revis...

y = 4x^3 - 5/x^2 Easier to differentiate the 2nd term if it isn't written as a fraction so first rewrite y: y = 4x^3 - 5x^(-2) Then differentiate each term by multiplying each term by the current power of...

There is an acronym I have been using since my GCSE's for this. C.F.J. Context, factors and judgment or Can Fatties Jump (though perhaps it could be modified to be more PC). However, in this form it has t...

Begin by setting out the argument in response to the question. Giving some background detail here is really important, such as a theory (CBD/ river flow/ Malthusian principles on overpopulation) that you ...