Exploring the Human Experience Discussion Questions

How much responsibility should individuals bear for their behavior if they have never been taught right from wrong?What evidence exists that there are aspects of mind that transcend brain?If a tree falls in the forest, but there is no one around to hear it, does the tree make a sound?What is the relationship between a soul and a mind?Are considerations of pleasure and pain really what motivates humans to act in certain ways and not others?

second :

1. Read the questions listed on Blackboard and write about each. Using both your textbook and your personal opinions to support your answers, be sure to use citations and a reference page. Responses must be submitted typed and double-spaced, using Times New Roman 12-point font. No cover page is necessary. You will need your name in the corner of the paper. Be sure to use proper APA formatting. Submissions must be a minimum of two pages. A rubric is also provided on Blackboard.What does distinguish living things from nonliving things? What do all living things do that no nonliving thing does?Why is only one image seen when there are two retinas, each transmitting a different image to the brain?If only matter is observable, can consciousness be studied by observation? If it can, does that mean that consciousness is made of matter?Why do you have the thoughts you have? Why those thoughts and not others?How does suggesting that free will is a physiological questions, and not a moral one, threaten the traditional foundations of ethics and Western law?

third : This assignment Each answer should be (at minimum) an undergraduate-level paragraph in length.

Cement your research topic – decide which specific phenomenon or behavior you will be presenting your research upon

1. Bring in three research articles (at minimum) related to the topic that you intend to research

Finally, based on the articles, answer the following questions:

1) What are the variables you’re interested in studying? How will you plan on measuring

these variables? Clearly define the IV and DV, as well as the operational definition for the DV.

2) What scale of measurement do you think your variables will be? (Nominal, Ordinal,

Interval, Ratio) Be sure to list each variable and the scale that is most appropriate for it.

3) How do you think you would get your data? Specifically, how would you find

participants? What would you have them do?

4) What problems can you predict? Honesty? Finding participants? What confounding

variables might be present? Any limitations?

5) Choose one of your articles for this portion. What is the article you have selected? What

are the variables in that study? What were the main findings? What limitations were noted, if any? List the methodological strengths and weaknesses. Also, include the full reference in proper APA format

fourth :

Are school exams considered to be reliable measures?

Ø As seen by the graph, it doesn’t seem so!

Ø Why are or aren’t they reliable?

What factors allow us to use them

after this show of performance?

Discuss – address these questions and add any comments you feel are appropriate.

last thing :

Technology in ECE- What Do You Think?

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The use of technology in the early childhood classroom has been hotly debated over the last several years. Create a discussion post responding to the following questions. Use the textbook and the article linked below to support your position.
• Should computers and other interactive media be incorporated into ECE curriculum? If yes how should this technology be incorporated? If not, explain why.
• At what age is it appropriate? It is ok for young infants to be exposed to technology? Why or why not?
• Is all technology created equal?

Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8Links to an external site.