Theories of Knowledge and Psychological Applications Robin A. Finlayson University of Saskatchewan Ed.Psy: 855.3: Advanced Educational Psychology October 16‚ 1996 How individuals are able to obtain knowledge is something that psychologists have studied for a number of years. The ability to store and retrieve knowledge provides individuals with the propensity to form logical thought‚ express emotions and internalize the world around them. In order for a psychologist to
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Application of Theories and Philosophy to Practice Theory & Method of Educating Adults ED - Section 2 Dr. Leone Snyder September 13‚ 2014 Tangia Miller 5925 Attala Road #2133 French Camp‚ MS 39745 (601) 383-3949 tmiller103@capellauniversity.edu A local university in central Mississippi has an “Inspire” program designed to cater and encourage adult learners to pursue programs of study for career advancements and/or career change. Population for this program are usually nontraditional
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Group Assignment: Experience of Motivation in Work life Motivation : The Wikipedia definition: Motivation is a psychological feature that arouses an organism to act towards a desired goal and elicits‚ controls‚ and sustains certain goal-directed behaviors. It can be considered a driving force; a psychological one that compels or reinforces an action toward a desired goal. We discussed in our group‚ motivational experiences of each one of us. Everybody had a unique experience to share
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encouraged is the ultimate key to survival and growth. This paper aims at outlining three ethical theories and to evaluate how business ethics have been violated in the Zimbabwean banking sector. Definition of terms Business ethics- According to Joseph 2003‚ business ethics refers to clear standards and norms that help employees to distinguish right from wrong behaviour at work. Ethical theories- these are theories that involves learning what is right and wrong and doing the right thing but the fact that
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1. The Concept of Motivation Each concept or idea has its own history determined by the general evolution of human thought. For many years‚ the understanding of the term and the research on motivation were dominated by the so-called drive reduction theories. Psychologists identified a large number of human needs (both biological and psychological ones)‚ all of them causing inner tensions‚ which had to be released in one way or another. In 1964‚ Atkinson (quoted in Williams and Burden‚ 1997: 113)
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TASK ASSIGNMENT Apply the rational choice theory in the context of your past or present work experience. I can think of these examples that the Rational Choice Theory is applied: my membership in GMA’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative and participation in various volunteer activities. Cooperative I have joined GMA’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative since 2002 recognizing the optimum benefits from my savings versus the traditional bank savings deposit. Saving through COOP seems unfelt because it is deducted
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Applications of Kant’s Theory In Eichmann in Jerusalem: a report on the banality of evil‚ Hannah Arendt recorded Eichmann’s justification of murdering millions of Jews during the Nuremberg Trials. Eichmann used Kant’s theory of categorical imperative to argue that he should be not held accountable for murder because the ethic of his action was in accordance with that of the general laws during war time. Eichmann also claimed that it was not his own will to kill‚ but purely to perform his duty of
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Motivation Motivation is the desire to succeed in something you’re doing. It’s the key to all success. William Kamkwamba came from nothing with no idea about the outside world. The only thing he knew was the constant struggle with starvation and disparity in his village. Most people in the village have no plans to leave because they don’t know any better. William Kamkwamba’s motivation changed his life and his people’s forever. When he left school due to lack of money‚ he returned once a week to
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Possibilities of Real Life Teleportation Have you ever watched an episode of Star Trek and wondered if the possibility of teleportation existed in real life? Well‚ the good news is that it’s real! In 2008 for the first time ever in history‚ a team of scientists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) at the University of Maryland was able to successfully teleport information directly from one atom to another over the distance of a meter. While this accomplishment isn’t as impressive as teleporting
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Poverty in Real life vs. Gilead The issue of poverty would be handled differently in Gilead than in real life‚ as it would include hiding the truth from the citizens of society‚ sending the poor to the colonies and ignoring the issue altogether. A major difference between Gilead and in real life‚ would be that in Gilead the government would attempt to resolve this issue by concealing the hard facts about poverty within their society. Unlike in real life‚ most people find out about issues as they
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