Monday, August 29, 2011

Nature vs Nurture





Do you think that nature plays a larger role in development or does nurture? Support your opinion with the bible or general examples. HINT, Nature means your genes your genetic make-up. Nurture think your life experiences and the environment around you.



Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Theory of Knowledge


What theory of knowledge do you agree with? Do you think Socrates theory that all  knowledge is innate and that through reasoning we can access knowledge or John Locke's theory that the mind is a blank slate and we access knowledge through experience? Please tell me why you feel this way and use examples to support your reasoning.

If you are interested in a read, here is the Wikipedia site on the plan crash in the Andes Mountains we talked about in class on Friday!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571

Welcome


This blog will be dedicated to the responses of the students in my psychology class. I hope that you use it and jump on board because it is apart of your grade. You will have to respond weekly to a question that I post about a topic we have been discussing in class. Your response will be graded for content and correct grammar etc...  I can tell when you write fluff or copy the text book. Don't do that! Don't worry I will show you how to begin