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Journal Entry for Reason Below: Attempts have been made to identify universal, self-evident and incontrovertible laws of logic, such as the law of identity (for example, ―an apple is an apple‖) or the law of non-contradiction (for example, ―nothing can be an apple and also …
In our study of Reason, we discussed its reliability as a way of knowing and the degree to which Western intellectual thought (and Reason as a whole) owes much to Socrates and Plato. Thus, we’re going to take the time to read one of Plato’s …
A Psychological Legitimization of Link Crew The Boomerang Project and it’s Link Crew initiative provide a lot of information on the fact that Link Crew WORKS! But they don’t provide much information explaining WHY it works! Thus, Task: Your task is to provide a …
Perhaps the most famous experiment in all of cognitive and social psychology, Stanley Milgrim’s Obedience Research has been replicated in various cultures, times and context. However his original research is getting looked at in a new light given the opening of his archives at YALE. …
Read the article linked below, written by Dr. Richard Friedman of Cornell University on the lack of innovation in psychiatric drugs then answer the following questions: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/health/a-dry-pipeline-for-psychiatric-drugs.html?src=rechp 1. Given that so many americans are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder at some point in their lives …
After our conversations yesterday, I immediately thought of the short story, “Ones who walk away from Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin. Read the story linked here: ones who walk away from omelas And then answer the following questions in your journal as “journal entry #3”: …
Ib Psych’ers! Below you’ll find a link to a review activity on key research methods terms! Do it. Research Terms Reviewed and Defined
In this course, a goal of ours will be to nurture within you the ability to look at all truth claims with a critical eye. This does not mean that my goal is to turn you into a perpetual contrarian as some believe is occurring: …
In partnerships, Take the FUN quiz below created from factoids contained in Pinker’s various best selling works on psychology and see how you do! http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/13/education/edlife/edlife-quiz-psych.html?WT.mc_id=AD-D-E-KEYWEE-SOC-FP-DEC-AUD-DEV-DSK-1201-1231&ad-keywords=AD1214KW&kwp_0=6251&_r=1
Some amazing studies have been conducted by Brian Wansink, professor at Cornell University and Author of the book, “Mindless Eating.” His famous, “endless soup” bowl study is linked below and illustrates the role of visual cues in hunger. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15761167 His equally famous “chinese buffet” …