Behaviourism
Qs1: What is Behaviourism? What the major claims of Behaviourism? What are the three major types of Behaviourism?( Answer Qs 1 with a one page response critically explaining your points with evidence and examples please with reference to the articles, all points made should be evidence based and show that you have a deep understanding, will send an article. Put things into context by providing your own example to display your understanding, will send the article)
Qs2: Drawing on either reading, what is one argument/or line of evidence in favour of behaviourism? Present a counter-argument (opposing line of evidence)? State these in a robust level of detail Answer Q2 with a one page response critically explaining your points with evidence and examples please with reference to the articles, all points made should be evidence based and show that you have a deep understanding, will send an article. Put things into context by providing your own example to display your understanding, will send the article)
Qs3: IIn what ways might talking about “the mind” or “mental life” be problematic or mistaken? Can – and should – we just stop talking about the mind entirely? Do you think that it’s meaningful, helpful, or insightful to talk about the mind?
How can we make any psychological claims or discoveries without talking about the mind? Is the stance taken by behaviourism especially radical or are there some really plausible facets or kinds of behaviourism?
Here’s some themes that popped up in the lecture and readings that you can chew on while thinking these questions over: the idea of the mind as a “black box” (or a “beetle” in a box), the mind-body problem and possible differences between physical and mental stuff, the privacy of minds, contemporary neurosciences, dispositions, and the methods behaviourism espouses
Answer Q3 with a one page response critically explaining your points with evidence and examples please with reference to the articles, all points made should be evidence based and show that you have a deep understanding, will send an article. Put things into context by providing your own example to display your understanding, will send the article
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Mind brain identity theory (read mind brain article & lecture)
Qs1: What is the identity relationship being proposed between the mind and the brain? How does this position differ to dualism? Answer Qs 1 with a one page response critically explaining your points with evidence and examples please with reference to the articles, all points made should be evidence based and show that you have a deep understanding, will send an article. Put things into context by providing your own example to display your understanding, will send the article)
Qs2: What is an argument in favour of or against Mind-Brain Identity theory? Do you agree or disagree? What is your reasoning? Answer Qs 2 with a one page response critically explaining your points with evidence and examples please with reference to the articles, all points made should be evidence based and show that you have a deep understanding, will send an article. Put things into context by providing your own example to display your understanding, will send the article)
The Mind as an Evolved Computer(read article & lecture for understanding)
Qs1: What are the key features of the computational theory of mind? (In amongst the details, please include: modularity; syntax and semantics). What are the core claims of Evolutionary Psychology in terms of the mind as a computer or information processor? (in particular, the five core principles) Answer Qs 1 with a one page response critically explaining your points with evidence and examples please with reference to the articles, all points made should be evidence based and show that you have a deep understanding, will send an article. Put things into context by providing your own example to display your understanding, will send the article)
Qs2: Choose either to focus on the bare claim that the mind is a computer or that the mind is an
evolved computer. Assess the arguments and evidence in favour of the claim and offer either an attack or defence on the claim. Answer Qs 2 with a one page
Qs3:If we buy into the functionalist argument that mental functions are abstract, then in what ways could the mind be a whole, complete system of functions? What different ways could we specify what a “function” is and how it works, and how could these relate to each other in our brains? For instance, what could it mean for a function to be “representational” (or a representation to be “functional”)? Or, how helpful might it be to think about the mind in terms of the mechanics of language?
In what ways could the mind be defined by a “hierarchy” of functions? What does it mean for a mental function to be “modular”? How much of the mind should be thought of as modular? Are most mental functions innate, universal, and automatic? Answer Qs 3