Analyzing biological and humanistic Billy Ocean Week 3 PSY/250 Dr. James University of phoenix AGUC0909A Many people have different theories when approaching personality‚ some think its biological and others think it’s humanistic. In this essay I will be describing the biological approach to personality and the factors that influence the formation of personality. I will also be discussing Maslow hierarchy of needs and examine the relationship of biological factors and Maslow
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weaknesses of biological and humanistic theories? With which do you agree more? The biological and humanistic theories both have strengths and weaknesses. Focusing on nature versus nurture‚ the biological theory suggests that all behavior stems from genetics and is not a product of our surroundings or environment. Thus‚ it ignores individual effects and differences people experience such as how our bodies react to different stimuli like stress and anxiety. The humanistic theory focuses on the individual
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Not all of them‚ however‚ are capable of vocal learning‚ which is referred to as being able to learn vocalizations by imitating rather than by instinctive behavior‚ or auditory learning‚ which is the ability to associate sounds heard to a certain behavioral response (Jarvis‚ 2009). Whereas many species accomplish auditory learning‚ such as dogs reacting to “Sit!” with sitting down‚ relatively few species additionally possess the aptitude of vocal learning. In the class of birds‚ this specifically applies
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COMPARISON BETWEEN BEHAVIORISM AND COGNITIVE THEORIES IN TESOL After decades of development of learning theories‚ many approaches have been inspired and researched basing on the two most popular theories‚ behaviorism and cognitive theories. Because of their diverse significant devotion at a certain period in pedagogical history‚ these theories have been brought on debate over and over‚ to answer the fundamental question of what is learned (Navarick‚ 2002). “The primary difference between these two
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Outline the main similarities and differences between Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s explanations for cognitive development in children. Piaget and Vygotsky were both‚ looking into the same period of cognitive development in infants and children and sharing the same basic concerns. Piaget (1896-1980) developing his theory slightly earlier than Vygotsky (1896-1934) who worked to show that there were certain flaws in Piaget ’s theory of genetic epistemology. Vogotsky and his social-cultural theory of
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I find the approaches of psychodynamic‚ cognitive-behavioral‚ and person centered approaches to counseling fascinating. There are many different aspects to all three approaches that fit my personality. I do not believe that I would be able to pick one single approach and stick to it. I do however feel that if you have a client that would benefit from one single approach then that would be the responsible thing to do for the client. However‚ I am not sure if a persons (professional) human nature
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Greek society. Euripides was a Greek dramatist who wrote his play Medea‚ from the perspective of a woman who is miserable in her subordinate role in life. While Aristophanes was an Athenian comic playwright‚ who wrote Lysistrata‚ from his own perspective of the women’s revolt during the Peloponnesian War. Both authors paint an interesting picture of how women were viewed during this time‚ with many similarities between them. These stories may not be facts straight out of a history book‚ but they are
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“The Lottery” and “Charles” are both short stories written by Shirley Jackson. The author linked her two pieces of writing together with many similarities‚ which can be seen throughout the stories. However‚ there are also differences distinguish them from one another. To begin with‚ these resemblances mark the author’s writing style. Both these fictional stories contain foreshadowing. “The Lottery” gives an example of this when the narrator mentions the children stacking rocks in the beginning
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The similarities between the two works is remarkable. Garbo and Aelsk both use techniques that were common in high renaissance. The use of perspective allows the viewer to study the painting thoroughly‚ and view the painting as it meant to be viewed. The variety of colors used in both painting allows the viewer to correlate the differences between the figures and the environment. For example‚ bright colors are used by Garbo to describe the event as more cheerful‚ whiel Aelsk uses darker shade to
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These two worldviews have a lot of differences and some similarities. One of the differences between the two is that one believes in afterlife and one doesn’t. One believes in the spiritual and God and the other believe in material‚ facts and don’t believe in the spiritual as there is no proof of it. The differences between the two worldviews is that secularism believes that the human person are shaped by interaction with other people and their behaviours and characteristic have been shaped by the
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