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Michel Foucault Psychological Effect
733 wordsIn "Panopticism" Michel Foucault describes the "practices of investigation" which in turn gave rise to a society that was under constant surveillance. Soon the society became a "disciplinary" society. Michel Foucault explains the study and effect of "Panopticism" which gave rise to many social sciences, which included sciences of man, or human behavior. It is evident that the effect of "Panopticism" had a great psychological effect on the disciplined society. Why would a society that encouraged ...
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Scientific Inquiry Encourage Students
737 wordsInquiry in Science Many of us know from personal experience that we learn better when we do something rather than observe something being done. This directly corresponds to the essence of scientific inquiry as learning method. Scientific inquiry is the method of acquiring knowledge, on the part of students, through their active participation in studying process. It allows students to have an understanding of factual information they have learned. Knowledge is the system of information, which con...
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American Psychological Association Cognitive Psychology
2,275 wordsPsychology is the science of behavior and the mind. The study of psychology provides an understanding of basic processes of sensation, perception, learning, cognition, development, and personality along with principles of social psychology, clinical psychology, and behavioral neuroscience. Knowledge of psychological principles and of scientific methods for evaluating theories and research in the social sciences is essential in our rapidly changing society. A wealth of information about psycholog...
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Rene Descartes Sensory Perception
940 wordsIs our education complete once a degree has been earned? Have we learned all there is to know? Can we be sure of what we have come to know? Only a completely self-assured person might answer yes to these questions, but for Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) the completion of his formal education left him feeling and thinking he was still ignorant about the certainties of human experience and existence. This prominent Renaissance philosopher conquered the world of uncertainty in a work written in the 1...
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True Meaning Scientific Inquiry
1,677 wordsThe Search for Truth What is metaphysics? The question itself is a study in the answer, as to question the meaning of truth is to compare and contrast it to all that we perceive from our senses as real. The principle of verifiability was at the core of Logical Positivism, the movement that sought to apply logic and the methodology of the empirical sciences to all fields of thought. It states that a theory, or more generally a sentence, that is not at least capable of empirical verification is me...
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