Questions on Philosophy and Psychology
Questions on Philosophy and Psychology
It looks longer than it is,
– 4 Question on Psychology
– Choose 1 Q for Philosophy
– 1 Critical Exercise on Philosophy
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Psychology
1) First, tell us what a correlation is (you may define this according to your textbook ( see below), but be sure to put this information in quotes and cite the chapter and page number. )
2) Tell us a little about Dr. Hirsch’s research. What did he do? What did he find? Why might Dr. Hirsch’s research be important?
3) Based on what you know about correlations, what problems do you see with Dr. Hirsch’s research?
4) Do the websites provide a basis for asserting that your personality determines your ice cream preference?
Note that the articles identify Dr. Hirsch as a psychiatrist and a neurologist, not a psychologist.
First look in the chapter on Psychological Science ( http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/Introduction%20to%20Psychology.pdf ) (chapter 2, section 2.2), and review the section on Correlational Research: Seeking Relationships Among Variables
This will give you more information about the nature of correlations and why we have to be careful with them.
Then, take a look at the following URLs:
http://www.shadowspace.com/psi/icecream.html
Philosophy 3 Questions plus 1 Short Critical Exercise
Reply to at least ONE of the following in at least 150 words:
1) Provide an example of your own of the Gettier problem. Explain how this example puts into doubt the idea that knowledge is justified, true belief. Do you think knowledge is justified, true belief? Explain
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2) Give an example of a statement we can know independent of experience (a priori) and explain why we can know it is true in that fashion. Given an example of a statement we can know only based on experience and explain why that is the case. Explain in your own words what the difference between reason and emotion is. Which should we rely when engaging in critical thinking: Reason or emotion?
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3) What does Socrates mean by wisdom? Do you agree with his view? Why or why not? Do you find his view at all self-contradictory? How would him having wisdom in this sense enable others to achieve wisdom? Socrates chooses to die in prison rather than escape. What is his reasoning for doing so? Do you agree with it? Why or why not?
here are some readings for the questions above
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/practical-reason/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/apriori/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/epistemo/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/
http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=349738
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/critical-reasoning-beginners
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• complete Short Critical Exercise #1 (approximately 200 words)
Read: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/practical-reason/#PraTheRea
Give an example of a time when you had to solve a problem. Explain what the problem was and how you tried to solve it.
Did your motivation for acting ground your reasons for what you did or did your reasoning for what you did motivate your actions? Can we have reasons for actions independent of prior motivations? If so, what are examples? If not, why not?
