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    Epistemology Phil/201 Quiz

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    Review Test Submission: Exam 3 | | Course | Epistemology-PHIL 201 | Test | Exam 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Question 1 | | | __________________ combined rationalism and empiricism‚ showing how both played a role in our understanding | | | Correct Answer: |    Kant. | | | | | * Question 2 | | Descartes deduced God from the concept of God itself‚ in order to justify the idea of the material world. Correct Answer: |  True |

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    Kant began working as a private tutor for wealthy families‚ and meanwhile‚ he began publishing papers that consisted of his analysis on empiricism and rationalism. Kant spent the next decade exploring a centrism between rationalism and empiricism‚ and he sought to create an approach to deal with scientific questions by implementing both these theologies. In 1755‚ Kant published his highly praised and much discussed paper‚ “General Natural

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    B.F Skinner

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    B.F Sinner Contributions of Psychology Skinner was a prolific author‚ publishing nearly 200 articles and more than 20 books. In a 2002 survey of psychologists‚ he was identified as the most influential 20th-century psychologist. While behaviorism is no longer a dominant school of thought‚ he work in operant conditioning remains vital today. Mental health professionals often utilize operant techniques when working with clients‚ teachers frequently use reinforcement and punishment to shape behavior

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    Action Introduction: The purpose of the first speech is to delineate the different perspective in occupational psychology. There are three major theoretical approaches. Perspectives of Psychological Theories The first trend is behaviorism. The key figure of behaviorism is B. F. Skinner. Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20‚ 1904 - August 18‚ 1990)‚ commonly known as BF Skinner‚ is an American psychologist‚ behaviorist‚ author‚ inventor and social philosopher. He was a lecturer of psychology at Harvard

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    Kant Rationalism

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    lesson‚ for chapter 6‚ I will describe philosopher Immanuel Kant’s integration of both philosophical beliefs of rationalism and empiricism‚ and why both “experience and reason” are important for “…constructing our knowledge of the world” (Chaffee‚ 6.5‚ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)). Kant wanted to bring together both the different thought schools of rationalism and empiricism because he believed people could not have one without the other; we can’t have reason without experience and vice versa. Kant wanted

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    The Enlightenment era and the Romantic era was a time of progression. Each time period offered its own views on the natural world and religion. The Enlightenment era also known as the Age of Reason showed that observation‚ empiricism‚ and reason were to be the foundation and the terms to which everything was held to. Whereas‚ the Romantic era took a particular emphasis on the individual and sought to combat classism as well as rebellion against social rules; the enlightenment and romantic era were

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    examine the foundation of psychology‚ and examine their major underlying assumptions‚ behaviorism‚ psychoanalytic/psychodynamic‚ humanistic‚ and cognitive. In addition‚ it will show how the primary biological foundations of psychology are linked to behavior such as‚ brain‚ central nervous system‚ peripheral nervous System‚ and genetics/evolution. Behavioral Theory Behavioral psychology‚ also known as behaviorism‚ is a learning theory established on the notion that behaviors are gathered by conditioning

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    with amicable solutions on how to help them. Using the ecological system theory‚ I was also aware that assisting people in encampments and homeless shelters would make the society better as a whole as explained by (Hahn and Scanlon‚ 2015). The behaviorism and social learning theory were also important to my micro practice as it helped asses‚ my clients‚ cognitive functioning enabling me come up with practices which were focused on single

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    Nurture Debate

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    Behaviorism transformed the principles of the debate by highlighting the role of nurture and the environmental influence on individual behavior. This worldview is defined by the concept of stimulus-response as expressed through classical and operant conditioning. An individual shall respond to environmental factors accordingly‚ and the individual begins with a clean slate‚ known as Tabula rasa‚ and behavior is sculpted through reinforcement‚ whether it be positive or negative (“Behaviorism”).

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    John B Watson

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    why to study and observe. He didn’t follow the norm by observing the mind because his theory is that one cannot study the mind; we cannot see or know what an individual is thinking. Watsons’s role in psychology was based on advancing the study of behaviorism and eradiating the study if the mind. John B. Watson contributed to science psychology by focusing on the science of behavior versus the science of the mind. He disputed the original definition of psychology as being “the science of the mind or

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