Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis
Explain Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis, define his five psychosexual stages and three subsystems of personality. Please explain what happens developmentally if one becomes fixated in any given stage.
philosophy
Why is there anything at all?
1. Watch some videos on “Why is there anything at all?” by the channel “Closer To Truth”. Write 2 pages of summary and criticisms. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Why+Anything+at+All%3F++closer+to+truthLinks to an external site. (The host Robert Lawrence Kuhn asked many philosophers and scientists why is there anything at all. This includes our own David Albert at Columbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D7Pbh-6k7oLinks to …
A general theory or philosophy.
We’ve seen that memory is a very complicated thing. Much of success in school depends on being able to remember facts and figures while relating them to a general theory or philosophy. Discuss some of the memory techniques you use in studying and how they relate to the memory process. Discuss false memories and their …
The relationship between the film or literature with philosophical concepts.
Choose a film, dialogue, play, novel. Choose something you have not seen before. Summarize the main points of this experience. 2. Articulate the relationship between the film or literature with philosophical concepts. These philosophical concepts can include the branches of philosophy (e.g., ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, logic, social and political philosophy) or the ideas of …
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The nature/nurture debate
The nature/nurture debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (genetic) or acquired (learned) characteristics. This exercise will help you explore that debate by looking at one specific behavior, aggression. Bandura’s (1977) social learning theory states that aggression is learned from the environment …
Philosophy
What is the philosophical method? Have you used it? How? What are some fundamental beliefs that are part of your philosophy of life? How do these beliefs influence your life? Which of the four main divisions of philosophy interests you the most? What philosophical questions listed in this section (p. 6) would you most …
Conflict between duty to self and loyalty to the community
Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn’t easy, but can we avoid doing so? If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of others. Self-interest involves community interest, and …
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Conflict between duty to self and loyalty to the community
Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn’t easy, but can we avoid doing so? If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of others. Self-interest involves community interest, and …
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Divisions of philosophy interests
Which of the four main divisions of philosophy interests you the most? What philosophical questions listed in this section (p. 6) would you most want to have answers to and why? Explain your answers and give reasons for your views.
Divisions of philosophy interests
Which of the four main divisions of philosophy interests you the most? What philosophical questions listed in this section (p. 6) would you most want to have answers to and why? Explain your answers and give reasons for your views.
