Ethnographic research is a naturalistic, observational method that produces real descriptions of context and culture. It alternates between a narrow and a broad focus. Ethnographers study a wide range of subjects, including, individual behavior, environmental conditions, and shared, taken-for-granted patterns of belief. In ethnography, researchers engage systematically with those they are studying by participating in ...
At the age of 15, I held my first job. My only incentive for giving up my weekends at the time was money. Later on, during my eight year stint in the retail industry, the money incentive still held, even more so since bills and rent now had to be paid. Beyond that, I always ...
The words “I don’t care” unusually mean that a child is either genuinely depressed or that the current consequence-and-reward techniques a parent is using have ceased to be effective. In the first case, a parent needs to consider the possible sources of the problem, be compassionate and supportive and ultimately seek counseling for the child ...
I have already written a few articles on training and on specific training tools, discussing them in more depth. I want to make it easy for a new dominant to see all the training tools at his or her disposal at a glance. I will give short descriptions and why these tools are used so ...
After reading my headline, you probably thought that either my 6-year-old has some kind of physical disability or some kind of mental condition that prevents him from understanding how to use the potty. Or maybe you thought that my son must have some pretty inept parents for him not to be potty trained by the ...
The basic or formal planning process provides employees a clear path to the future goals of his or her organization. Planning is a systematic process of making decisions about goals that will be pursued in the future (Bateman, 2004). Planning goals is a decision process that includes important systematic steps needed to achieve that goal. ...
Controlling the behaviors of young children who spend long hours in the preschool setting may be a disheartening task for the typically uncertified and minimally educated teacher. Prior research has shown that the use of an individual contingency token system proves to be an effective method for increasing positive student behaviors (Shapiro & Goldberg, 1986). ...
