An interview was conducted with Miss Lauren Ursta‚ a Special Education teacher‚ in order to obtain clarity of the problems that are associated with assessing students with intellectual disabilities‚ and the characteristics of students with intellectual disabilities that result in eligibility for special education. The preliminary question presented to Miss Ursta‚ was if could she provide a clear and concise definition of the meaning of intelligence. Following a somewhat amusing response to the scope
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Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver [Notes] Conflicts: * Sam and her friends vs. Juliet * Sam vs. Death (External Conflict) Themes: * Choice * Samantha relives Friday‚ February 12th seven times. Each day‚ she makes different choices to try and change the outcome of the day. The third time Sam wakes up on the same day‚ she chooses to be a complete rebel. She gets to school late‚ skips most of her classes‚ seduces her teacher‚ and smokes marijuana. The days following‚ Sam tries to be
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Context Lauren Singer discusses her experience in living a environmental friendly lifestyle in her Ted Talk “Why I Live a Zero Waste Life”. She describes a zero-waste life as one where she only buys produce from farmers markets‚ makes her own health and beauty products‚ and buys all her clothing second hand. She held up a small jar that exhibits all the plastic waste she’s used in the past three years. Throughout the video‚ Singer’s body language conveys herself as confident and convincing. Features
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begin? How are loved ones chosen‚ if indeed they are chosen at all? Why does passion fade? In her article "True Love‚" Lauren Slater explores in a longing tone the source of intense affection and why its maddening effects seem to dim over time‚ finding instead that it is the small‚ seemingly insignificant moments that truly matter in a long-term‚ loving relationship. Lauren Slater was born on March 21‚ 1963. She attended first Brandeis University‚ then Harvard University‚ and finally Boston University
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Matt Noah Summer Assignment AP Psychology 30 August 2017 Book Review Opening Skinner’s Box: Summary: This book consists of ten chapters each with its own short story‚ each of which containing an experiment. In the first chapter author Lauren Slater talks about the work done by psychologist B.F. Skinner‚ mainly about his experimentation and the controversy over his methods. He believed positive reinforcement worked better in establishing behavior than negative reinforcement. Chapter 2 talks about
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In the beginning of the chapter "Opening Skinner’s Box‚" Lauren Slater acknowledges B.F. Skinner’s remarkable ability to conduct experiements with animals‚ and had many great successes with them. However‚ Slater would remind us in her own opinion that he had used his baby daughter was an experiment too. Skinner’s plan with his daughter was to "shape" her behavior‚ as he demanded from the rest of his experimentations. Furthermore‚ Slater continuously questions Skinner’s motives for everything‚ from
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’SANE OR INSANE?’ To understand what something is‚ we should also have a clear understanding of what it is not. Charactering an object having components of the usual does not necessarily mean that it is what one describes it to be. To be characterized as usual it should also be not unusual. Following this analogy ‚a normal person should not be only describes by
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experiments‚ Lauren Slater begins to research and understand the idea of whether or not a person has free will. I believe‚ every person has free will‚ but cues and councel impact the outcome of our decisions. Jerome Kagan dives under his desk and explains to Lauren Slater the he has free will. Jerome says‚ “I’m under my desk‚ I’ve NEVER gotten under my desk before. Is this not an act of free will?” (17). Jerome has never been under his desk before‚ but because he was explaining to Slater about free
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After finishing the book “Opening Skinner’s Box” by Lauren Slater the Chapter on Eric Kandel’s sea slug experiment is what I found very interesting. Eric Kandel is a psychoanalysis and neurologist who did an experiment using Aplysia slugs. In this experiment he trained his sea slugs by touching their bodies and siphons with an electric probe. This caused the sea slugs gill to withdrew. This experiment caused Kandel to discover with his colleagues that the sea slugs reflex could possibly be form
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able to get DBS‚ deep brain stimulation‚ which is a surgery that implants a medical device‚ to improve their brain and to help them live a better life. But after the surgery does the person become more or less authentic? In Lauren Slater’s essay “Who Holds the Clicker?”‚ Slater studies the symptoms and experience of thirty-six years old Mario Della Grotta‚ who is diagnosed with obsessive – compulsive disorder‚ or OCD. He suffers from a live of looped-loop in which he repeats actions fearing incompleteness
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