PSYC 101 Week 16 Discussion

PSYC 101 Week 16 Discussion  | MiraCosta College

Based on everything you’ve learned in our class over the entire semester, what do you believe about free will? Do you believe that people are generally free to choose their behavior? Or do you believe they are not free to choose? Do you believe that you are free to change things about yourself that you are not happy with? Do you believe that others can change a behavior when being pressured by someone they are in a relationship with? Are some behaviors “free-er” than others? If so, which behaviors are we more able to choose or control and which ones are we less able to choose or control? If you believe that there are limits to how “free” we are, what do you believe determines our behavior (e.g. neurotransmitters, genes, our environment, our unconscious minds, etc.)? And finally, what does all of this imply about the self-help industry? Does it make sense to buy a book or attend a motivational talk if our hope is to change something about ourselves?

In your answer, please refer to something you learned in at least three of the topics below:

The History of Psychology: Wundt, Freud, Behaviorists, WWII

The Scientific Method (Experiments, Surveys, Cases Studies, Naturalistic Observation)

Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Observational Learning

Attention

Memory

Sleep

Biological Psychology

Sensation and Perception

Psychoactive Drugs

Self-monitoring

Behavioral activation and motivation

Something you did on any of the homework assignments for our class.

Something you posted in discussion boards for our class.

The Free Will Questionnaire and/or your scores.

Posts will be graded based on: (1) whether or not all of the questions in the prompt are addressed, (2) whether or not your post is understandable to the average person, and (3) reference to at least three of the things in the list above.