Entries by Davie

Is our ability to empathize with others a product of nature or nurture? How does our worldview shape our capacity for empathy?

For your initial post, review the videos Aggression vs. Altruism: Crash Course Psychology #40, Why Some People Are More Altruistic Than Others, and How Is Our Moral Psychology Manipulating Us. Then answer the following questions: Is our ability to empathize with others a product of nature or nurture? How does our worldview shape our capacity […]

Is our ability to empathize with others a product of nature or nurture? How does our worldview shape our capacity for empathy?

For your initial post, review the videos Aggression vs. Altruism: Crash Course Psychology #40, Why Some People Are More Altruistic Than Others, and How Is Our Moral Psychology Manipulating Us. Then answer the following questions: Is our ability to empathize with others a product of nature or nurture? How does our worldview shape our capacity […]

Discuss an example in detail to support the type of competency you believe you can relate to in terms of your greatest strength, and discuss another competency area you think you need to work on to be more effective based on the two readings.

The article “A Long and Beautiful Conversation With Edgar Schein” references is below the key competencies in consulting psychology. Discuss an example in detail to support the type of competency you believe you can relate to in terms of your greatest strength, and discuss another competency area you think you need to work on to […]

Motivation is the all-ensuing mechanism that determines how much and how well a student will learn.

Use this: https://ola4.aacc.edu/abs/8_Rules_for_MOTIVATING_STUDENTS.pdf Motivation is the all-ensuing mechanism that determines how much and how well a student will learn. Treating it as strictly an internal mechanism, explain how learners; needs, goals, beliefs, interests, and emotions can influence their motivation to learn. In a few paragraphs, elaborate on the topic above.

Think of a friend you have in real life who struggles with procrastination. What advice would you give this friend to help them build resilience and reframe procrastination so that it is adaptive?

Think of a friend you have in real life who struggles with procrastination. What advice would you give this friend to help them build resilience and reframe procrastination so that it is adaptive?   1. When might procrastination be considered a good thing?   2. According to the speaker, how can our inner “rational decision […]

So using Standard 8.09 that you selected, did Skinner (or is some evidience of) actually break these elements??  “Minimizing discomfort,” for example, is not the same as “not shocking” an animal, so did he actually do anything “unethical?”  Also, what’s the flip side of the argument: did his studies help us in any ways?

So using Standard 8.09 that you selected, did Skinner (or is some evidience of) actually break these elements??  “Minimizing discomfort,” for example, is not the same as “not shocking” an animal, so did he actually do anything “unethical?”  Also, what’s the flip side of the argument: did his studies help us in any ways? [He […]