a) B.F Skinner believed that person’s entire life could be structured according to operant conditioning? Do you think this is possible? Whether you agree or disagree with it‚ support your answer with brief explanation. (2.5) I agree B.F Skinner that supposed that person’s whole life might be prearranged according to operant conditioning. A human being distinguishes the kind of penalty that an exacting performance will guide to‚ and so‚ to either hearten or discourage that effect‚ he will perform
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Natural talent vs hard work is a topic that has been debated on by people of all professions throughout history‚ but what exactly are these two extremely subjective terms. They are also known as Nature versus Nurture‚ and comprises of the differences between one’s innate ability against one’s ability affected by personal experiences. For soccer enthusiast‚ we often see teenagers‚ aged around 16‚ being scouted to play for big teams. Also‚ in the tennis world‚ we see the great Roger Federer being
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This theory states that our behaviour is separate from the way our mind operates‚ therefore‚ learning is acquired through observation and reinforcement. Behaviourist learning theory is also referred to as direct instruction. Burrus Frederic "B. F." Skinner (March 20‚ 1904 – August 18‚ 1990) was an American psychologist‚ behaviourist‚ author‚ inventor‚ and social philosopher. B. F. Skinner’s entire system is based on operant conditioning. Lev Vygotsky is a psychologist and constructivist who proposed
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Nature vs Nurture “While each child is born with his or her own distinct genetic potential for physical‚ social‚ emotional and cognitive development‚ the possibilities for reaching that potential remain tied to early life experiences and the parent-child relationship within the family” (Weissbourd‚ 1996). When a baby is born‚ that child already posses something in common with every other person in the world‚ a genetic gene pool. Just like anything else in life‚ when something is given to a
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Free Will vs. Determinism Society walks about day-by-day living their lives and never really thinking or breaking down how their day unfolds or why it plays out the way it does. Some people have said that individuals have a choice and are able to decide on where their day goes. Others on the other hand would argue this assessment and state that your day and your life as whole are all pre determined. The different is free will vs. determinism. Do you believe we live in a free will world or has
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Pepsi vs Coca Cola For more than a century‚ Coca Cola and PepsiCo have been the major competitors within the soft drink market. By employing various advertising tactics‚ strategies such as blind taste tests‚ and reward initiatives for the consumer‚ they have grown to become oligopolistic rivals. In the soft-drink business‚ “The Coca-Cola Company” and “PepsiCo‚ Incorporated” hold most of the market shares in virtually every region of the world. They have brands that the consumers want‚ whether it
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Difference between free will and determinism free will vs. determinism The question of free will vs. determinism has been debated for a long time. Some people believe humans have the capability to use free will. For many theists‚ free will is a gift from God. They believe that if people did not have free will then they are not morally responsible for their actions. However others argue that human’s actions are due to determinism‚ so if humans follow the course of natural law‚ it is hard to
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American Literature 7 October 2011 Winthrop VS. Edwards While Winthrop and Edwards are both devoted and faithful Christians‚ both view Christianity in different aspects. Winthrop viewed and used peaceful ideas of Christianity as a way to convey and teach those the moral standards of Christian values‚ while Edwards used the element of fear to convey and persuade those from the repentance of sin. In Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” he describes the ideal Christian society where Christian
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other hand‚ is mainly based on the ideas of Pavlov (1927) and Skinner (1938) on classical and operant conditioning. They reject psychoanalytic ideas because it is impossible to observe what goes on inside the individual and seek to study more observable and measurable facts (i.e. behaviour). Their experiments were designed to prove that individuals learn through a mechanism of association between recurring cause and effect. According to Skinner (1938) the effect of a particular behaviour is positive (reinforcement)
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Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau/ State of Nature/ Allam/ 2013 “I am at the point of believing‚ that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato. For Plato‚ also is of the opinion that it is impossible for the disorders of the state ever to be taken away until sovereigns be philosophers . . . I recover some hope that one time or other this writing of mine may fall into the hands of a sovereign who will consider it for himself‚ for it is short‚ and I think clear.” -The Monster of
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