People have been skiing-and no doubt teaching others to do the same-for thousands of years. The earliest evidence for it is a picture on the wall of a cave in Norway that was drawn sometime around 4500 BC. Skiing is something that we do. It is a behavior. Instructing others in skiing is also something that we do. It, too, is a behavior. Pavlov and his dog helped prove that behavior is lawful and orderly. Various forms of conditioning as well as reinforcement, generalization, discrimination, punishment, and extinction promote certain behaviors. But what prompts us to ski and to teach others?...
People have been skiing-and no doubt teaching others to do the same-for thousands of years. The earliest evidence for it is a picture on the wall of a...
People have been skiing-and no doubt teaching others to do the same-for thousands of years. The earliest evidence for it is a picture on the wall of a cave in Norway that was drawn sometime around 4500 BC. Skiing is something that we do. It is a behavior. Instructing others in skiing is also something that we do. It, too, is a behavior. Pavlov and his dog helped prove that behavior is lawful and orderly. Various forms of conditioning as well as reinforcement, generalization, discrimination, punishment, and extinction promote certain behaviors. But what prompts us to ski and to teach others?...
People have been skiing-and no doubt teaching others to do the same-for thousands of years. The earliest evidence for it is a picture on the wall of a...
If psychology has to do with questions that can be answered with the methods of science, those examined here belong to philosophy.
They include: the mind-body problem, metaphysics, reification, explanation, causality, theory, laws and principles, anthromorphism, purpose, freedom, knowledge, induction, and the fact-value problem. So far, none of them has been reduced to measurement and that is why they remain problems of philosophy and psychology.
If psychology has to do with questions that can be answered with the methods of science, those examined here belong to philosophy.
People still want to know the answers to the questions addressed in Problems of Metaphysics and Psychology.
Of course, they want to know the answers to a great many more questions than are dealt with here, but a limit has to be drawn somewhere. The ones included here are: "What is Psychology? What is Behaviorism? What is Science? What is Behavior? What is a Stimulus? What is Learning? What is Reinforcement? What is Motivation? What is Emotion? What is Instinct?" and, "What is Human Nature?" No one of them was answered for all time earlier, and they are not likely to be answered now but...
People still want to know the answers to the questions addressed in Problems of Metaphysics and Psychology.
The Eye of the Aspen If you look at the bark Of an aspen tree Where a limb has been lost An eye you will see.
The eye may not see But, if it could, The tree would be made Of more than just wood ... --Jay Eacker
In a refreshing collection of poetry that intertwines humor with poignancy, Jay Eacker shares fifty or more bad poems that reflect on the world through his eyes.
Eacker's poetry explores not only relatable subjects such as gardening, nature, sports, love, aging, and life, but also the...
The Eye of the Aspen If you look at the bark Of an aspen tree Where a limb has been lost An eye you will see.
