In 200 words : What major compromises were made at the Constitutional Convention, and what issues did they settle? What issues remained unsettled?

Which of the five reasons for forgetting do you think explains the majority of incidences of forgetting? Why? Can you think of any examples in your own life?

Explain and critically discuss one and only one criticism of Social Contract theory.

Philosophy question

Consider the following scenario:

You are working at a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital and meet with Allison. Allison is in the US Army and has just returned home from a deployment. During her deployment, a bomb was thrown into a vehicle in which she was riding. She was not severely injured but was told that she sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).

How do you think the army should deal with these injuries? For example, if Allison is not obviously physically impaired, should she be discharged and receive disability pay? Should she be redeployed? If Allison stays in the army, what kinds of jobs do you think she should not perform?   

Select three (3) ways, (from the list below) and EXPLAIN in each case how the experimenter can become the extraneous variable, (List of extraneous variables - experimenter characteristics and experimenter expectancies as it relates to Physiological ­experimenter characteristics including such aspects as age, sex, and race and Psychological ­experimenter attribute including such personality characteristics as hostility, anxiety, and introversion or extroversion.). Provide an explanation/justification for each way in no less than 200 words.

List and explain a method for controlling each of the three (3) listed ways the experimenter can affect a study? Provide an explanation/justification for each method in no less than 200 words.

How relevant is the Black Lives Matter Movement to Caribbean history and current reality.

The past twenty years have seen advancements in technology that were critical to further understanding concepts in cognitive psychology. Two such developments are positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. These scans allow researchers to “see” the brain in action.

How do the research tools (equipment and methodology) available today contribute to a greater understanding of “conscious processes and immediate experience” than was possible using trained introspection and structuralism?

Choice two personality theories from the list below and explain the distress of the person described in the case study. Feel free to indicate whether you feel that need more information and what questions would you ask the person described in the case study to flesh out his description. (this assignment should be at least 400 words)

Freudian

Jungian

Adlerian

Horney’s Theory

“Big Five” Trait Theory

Jerry is a 30-year-old male and is the youngest of three sons. He grew up in a suburb of

Chicago and lives 10 miles from his childhood home. He recalls his early family life as unhappy.

He perceived his parents’ marriage as miserable and unfulfilling. He recalls that his father

(who died two years ago) never approved of his interests and that his mother was unhappy

and would frequently complain about the fact that she had no female children.

Jerry has just been laid off from his job working for an innovative software company. Recently,

he has been doing some freelance work in programming, but he is barely making ends meet.

He has been in a serious and exclusive relationship for the past six months with a female coworker,

who has not yet been laid off from the software firm. Lately he has been avoiding

spending time with her, as she has been complaining about his irritability and negativism

about his future job prospects.

Jerry notices that he is having some trouble controlling his drinking, especially when he is

alone at the end of the day. This problem has been of such magnitude that he is considering

seeking counseling related to his substance use.

Address one of the following questions with a 200 word post.

1. What is causal determinism? Provide some examples of objects that are causally determined.

2. Explain the relation between fatalism and causal determinism.

3. Assuming causal determinism is true, does it follow that we cannot hold people responsible for their actions? Why of Why not?

4. Provide and example of an action which is entirely uncaused. Would this uncaused action be free?

5. Provide an example of a person who is free because they have a second order belief or desire.

Explain why a person would suspend disbelief for a time. Some may say that suspending disbelief for a time can also lead to issues with differentiating fantasy from reality. Explain the difference between suspension of reality and having problems separating out fantasy from reality.

In this lesson we discussed the value life-long learning. What are the two key reasons you believe in this philosophy? Explain how you plan to use life-long learning to learn something new, fun and exciting (that is not directly associated with your career or financial goals)?

Answer one of the following questions (minimum 200 words).  

1. Why does Descates worry that everything everyone has ever believed anout anything important (in science, religion, politics, ethics) has turned out to be false? Should we worry about this?

2. Does Descartes prove that he exisits as a thinking being? Evaluate the cogito argument.

3. Is there any way to know (with certainty) that you are not dreaming or the victim of a matix like situation? If so say where you think Descartes' argument goes wrong.

4. Discuss one of the problems with Descartes dualism (e.g. the problem of other minds, psycho-physical causation).

Did Great Britain lose more than it gained from the victory in the French and Indian War

History :

1) The Roman Peace represented the pinnacle of ancient empires. How dependent was the Empire on the rule of the emperors?

2) The rise of organized Christianity coincided with the decline of Roman Empire in the Third Century AD. What one specific thing contributed the most to this change?