American founding fathers were concerned with the limits of democracy. Their concerns are similar to those of political philosophers such as John Stuart Mill (<em>On Liberty</em>) and Alexis de Tocqueville (<em>Democracy in America</em>). In particular, they were concerned that an excess of democracy would lead to a “tyranny of the majority.”
The tyranny of the majority refers to a situation in democratic rule where a self-interested majority can put their interests above those of the minority. It is an inherent weakness of majority rule and can lead to the oppression of minorities.
Alexander Hamilton wrote to Thomas Jefferson about this worry after The Constitutional Convention in 1787, and the constitution that was drafted reflects these concerns. The Electoral College is partly a safety mechanism to prevent the democratic victory of a tyrannical despot. Other mechanisms introduced were the Bill of Rights and the division of power, which prevents the centralization of all power in one individual, even a democratically elected one.
Answer: <u>Skinner</u>'s theory of <u>operant</u> conditioning.
Operant conditioning is a system that attempts to influence the strength of a behaviour by giving punishments or rewards. It was developed by B. F. Skinner in his 1938 book: <em>"The Behaviour of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis."</em>
The system can be divided in reinforcement, which is directed towards increasing the behaviour, or punishment, which tries to reduce it.
Both reinforcement and punishment can further be divided into positive (adding a stimulus) or negative (removing a stimulus).
B. population of the region
Many moralists thought that the industrialization would destroy the family because before the manufacturing process the family worked together making clothing, food, products, textiles and wood products. With the industrial revolution, many factories were built, people who used to live in rural areas had to go to bigger cities - where the factories were located - so they could work. This way the family structure changed since the family had different jobs at different times, so they would not spend the whole day together as before.
