Current Psychological Findings
Alex Clark
Mrs. Harding
HUSH-6th
11/12/12
Current Event With the state of Washington recently voting to ban the usage of all Native American-related mascots in public schools, it brings momentum and hope to those that aim to see national mascots like the Cleveland Indians or Washington Redskins caricatures retired. In the Pro Football vs. Harjo trademark case in a bid to force the Washington Redskins to change their name, Harjo and six others made it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. before the Supreme Court eventually rejected their longstanding case in the 2009. And while that fight still goes on via Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc., Harjo’s team had previously claimed “redskin” derived from referring to bloody Indian scalps during the onset of the French and Indian War.
I believe American athletic teams should be aloud to use Native American terms like Blackhawks or redskins. Native Americans shouldn't feel threatened by it since they were the founders of this land and they are remembered through sport mascot caricatures.
Unit 6
Learning- relatively permanent change in organism's behavior. habituation- an organism’s decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it. associative learning- learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning). classical conditioning- a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. behaviorism- the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2) unconditioned response (UR)- in classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth.
Mrs. Harding
HUSH-6th
11/12/12
Current Event With the state of Washington recently voting to ban the usage of all Native American-related mascots in public schools, it brings momentum and hope to those that aim to see national mascots like the Cleveland Indians or Washington Redskins caricatures retired. In the Pro Football vs. Harjo trademark case in a bid to force the Washington Redskins to change their name, Harjo and six others made it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. before the Supreme Court eventually rejected their longstanding case in the 2009. And while that fight still goes on via Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc., Harjo’s team had previously claimed “redskin” derived from referring to bloody Indian scalps during the onset of the French and Indian War.
I believe American athletic teams should be aloud to use Native American terms like Blackhawks or redskins. Native Americans shouldn't feel threatened by it since they were the founders of this land and they are remembered through sport mascot caricatures.
Unit 6
Learning- relatively permanent change in organism's behavior. habituation- an organism’s decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it. associative learning- learning that certain events occur together. The events may be two stimuli (as in classical conditioning) or a response and its consequences (as in operant conditioning). classical conditioning- a type of learning in which one learns to link two or more stimuli and anticipate events. behaviorism- the view that psychology (1) should be an objective science that (2) studies behavior without reference to mental processes. Most research psychologists today agree with (1) but not with (2) unconditioned response (UR)- in classical conditioning, the unlearned, naturally occurring response to the unconditioned stimulus (US), such as salivation when food is in the mouth.