NOTRE DAME UNIVESITY SHOUF CAMPUS Research about: EGOISM NATURALISM UTILITARIANISM Presented to: Dr. Charbel Orfali Done by: Firas hamadeh Semester: Spring 2012 Egoism Egoism can be a descriptive or a normative position. Psychological egoism‚ the most famous descriptive position‚ claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare. Normative forms of egoism make claims about what one ought to do‚ rather than describe what one does do. Ethical egoism claims that
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What is psychological assessment? Psychological assessment is a process of testing that uses a combination of techniques to assist in arriving at some hypotheses about a person and their behaviour‚ personality and capabilities which is used to make effective decisions such as those in the selection process. Psychological assessment is also referred to as psychological testing‚ or performing a psychological battery on a person. The South African Context Psychological assessment has developed
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A common debate in many American Universities has emerged regarding the necessity for trigger warnings in class syllabi as an attempt to warn every student of offensive and triggering material that they may not want to discuss. Although it may seem important to give notice to students of scandalous or offensive material‚ the addition of trigger warnings in syllabi is excessive and will only leave students unable to develop intellectually. This form of censorship only coddles the students‚ keeping
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discover scientific causes for the behavior. Looking at the articles presented it seems that there is much stronger evidence to support the nature or biological cause for homosexuality. One of the first psychological tests done on biological vs. environment was conducted by “Karen Hooker…to test for biological determinism in 1957‚ on a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health….The study was meant to explore the relationship between homosexuality and psychological development and illness. Hooker
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Psychological Testing Heather Kramer University Of Phoenix PSY/475 Psychological Tests and Measurements John Papazafiropoulos 3/9/2009 Psychological Testing Hogan (2003‚ pg. 15) offer four central assumptions that are made by individuals in regard to psychological testing they are as follows‚ “people
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scientific purposes‚ a set concept for the term "test" must be defined. Furthermore‚ each individual subject has its own types of specialized test and testing methods. Here‚ the definition of tests will be explored with the special emphasis on psychological testing methods and who uses them for what reasons. Defining test Merriam-Webster (2013) defines test as "a critical examination‚ observation‚ or evaluation." It further includes a series or question that are intended to measure skills‚ attitudes
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Of the many factors that influence ethical behavior‚ three warrant particular attention: culture differences‚ knowledge‚ and organizational behavior. 1. cultural differences: what maybe considered unethical in one culture could be an accepted practice in another. managers may need to consider a wide range of issues‚ including acceptable working conditions minimum wage levels‚ product safety issues‚ and environmental protection. 2. knowledge: as a general rule‚ the more you know and the better
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The Need For Psychological Science: The Limits of Intuition & Common Sense: Some people scorn a scientific approach because of their faith in human intuition. Intuition can lead you astray. We presume that we could have foreseen what we know happened. Finding out something has happened makes it seem inevitable. Psychologists call this 20/20 hindsight vision the hindsight bias (the tendency to believe‚ after learning an outcome‚ that one would have foreseen it) also know as the I-knew-it-all-along
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Psychological testing - is a field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to assess psychological construct(s)‚ such as cognitive and emotional functioning‚ about a given individual. The technical term for the science behind psychological testing is psychometrics. By samples of behavior‚ one means observations of an individual performing tasks that have usually been prescribed beforehand‚ which often means scores on a test. These responses are often compiled into statistical tables
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the development of the science of psychology. Classical conditioning can also be referred to as Pavlovian or respondent conditioning. The process begins with a stimulus in the environment‚ the unconditioned stimulus (UCS)‚ which produces a natural behavior‚ the unconditioned response (UCR) in an organism. For example‚ when a person feels a puff of air entering their eye‚ they will blink. Another stimulus with no effect on the organism is introduced‚ called the neutral stimulus (NS)‚ which could be
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