Eliminative Materialism and the Nervous System

Eliminative Materialism

Eliminative materialism, within the neurocomputational theory of mind, asserts that only neural events exist. This makes it an eliminativist theory, as it believes solely in neural and physical events to explain human behavior. It discards pop psychology, considering it a false and defective way of explaining behavior. This theory is strongly advocated by the Churchlands, who argue that mental events must be explained through neurological states. This also implies a rejection

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Perception: Process, Gestalt Laws, and Influencing Factors

Perception: Process and Principles

Perception is the process by which the subject selects, organizes, and interprets sensory stimuli from the environment. It is a cognitive process involving the organization and interpretation of data collected by our sensory organs. Feelings are an integral part of perception. Simpler contents include stimuli triggered by the external or internal environment (noise, odor, etc.).

Conditions: Perception is a complex reaction of the organism to simultaneous and successive

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Human Learning and Motivation: Key Insights

Learning and Motivation

Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior that reflects the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, such as study, instruction, observation, and practice. It involves association, learning from the consequences of behavior, and different learning types according to intelligence. Several factors influence learning, including personality, motivation, encouragement, emotions, and interests.

Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

Howard Gardner proposed

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Operant Conditioning: Reinforcement and Punishment Explained

Positive Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement consists of increasing the likelihood of a behavior by the presentation of a stimulus, e.g., a prize. It is also called reward conditioning.

Negative Reinforcement

Negative reinforcement involves increasing the probability of conduct by the removal of an aversive stimulus when it is done. It is also called escape conditioning. It is often combined with classical conditioning in the case of phobias, e.g., studying hard for an exam rather than submitting

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Exam 2: Animal Behavior Multiple Choice & Short Answers

Exam 2: Animal Behavior Answers

Multiple Choice Answers:

  • TRUE: Japanese macaque monkeys are the primate with the northernmost range other than humans.
  • TRUE: Pronghorn are the fastest land animal in North America.
  • FALSE: Secondary sexual characteristics of animals would include the testes and the ovaries.
  • TRUE: The black Grouse is a boreal species that lives in Eurasian Spruce bogs and forms leks.
  • FALSE: It is the horns; the most common indicator that the Red Deer male uses to assess a rival male is the
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Major Sociological Perspectives: Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Interactionist

Major Sociological Perspectives

Sociological theories provide us with different perspectives with which to view our social world. Sociology includes three major theoretical perspectives: the functionalist perspective, the conflict perspective, and the symbolic interactionist perspective. Each perspective offers a variety of explanations about the social world and human behavior.

The Functionalist Perspective

The functionalist perspective is based largely on the works of **Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim,
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