Psyc 210

Activity Thirteen

This week we you should focus on the following study questions and be sure to post your thoughts on a good answer for one of them:

1. Provide an account of the works of B.F. Skinner and E.H. Erikson on the subject matter, methodology, and nature of psychology. In doing so discuss how various features of their work represent the Natural and Human science perspectives. Also discuss how aspects of their personal identities had an influence on the forms of psychology that they preferred.

2. Provide a debate between a social constructionist and a logical positivist over the nature of knowledge, science, and psychology. You may wish to consider issues of language, gender or culture as some of the points you will discuss in the debate.

Key Concepts: Category Mistake, Conceptual Confusion, Family Resemblance, Language Games, Forms of Life, Techné, Discriminative Stimulus, Operant, Determinism, Deep Structure, LAD, Disciplined Subjectivity, Emancipation, Mutuality, Epigenesis, Virtue, Doctrine of Predestination.

Make a post on the discussion board showing the points you have as an answer and also be sure to reply to at least one other person's post.