Discuss your answers to these questions with your classmates: What is the relationship between behaviorism and learning? What is an example of an observable and measurable behavior related to the use of technology? Choose an example you would like to study. What research methods would you use to study this behavior? Why? Discussion Behaviorism is the scientific study of observable behavior. Learning is the observable behavior that is of interest to the science of behaviorism. Albert Bandura distinguishes learning from performance. Thus, someone can learn something and never use what has been learned. Also, people can act on information learned in the past. In one of Bandura’s observations, some children…

To create a new national country or a new national identity, the people must first gain independence from the old national identity. Such a movement, however, is not a simple task to achieve. As Thomas Jefferson asserted in the Declaration of Independence: “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes” (Declaration of Independence, 1776). Therefore, to persuade the people to rise up and fight for independence, especially when such independence will enflame the fury of a tyrannical king whose army and navy are in the process of slaughtering and conquering the entire world, one must present a persuasive argument to the…

After reading this week’s lessons and pondering their meaning, I feel I have a better understanding of why the monotheistic worldview would inspire such world chaos. After all, if there is only one true God for the whole wide world, then all those who do not believe in that one true God would be godless and in need of conversion, even if by the sword. The problem with that worldview, however, centers around the question as to who decides which God is the one True God.  Unfortunately for many, those with sharper swords and bigger bombs seem to think that their God is the one true God, and that their…

Derreck Sunderland Tina Miller WRIT/320 July 5, 2021 Final Thoughts on Advanced Composition for the English Student The class Advanced Composition for the English Student, is the most rewarding but challenging class I have taken at the University of Phoenix. The instructor, Tina Miller, takes the time to explain both my good and bad writing skills. The journal assignments are excellent exercises in not only writing but, also, in self-reflection. During the journal assignments, I focused mostly on the errors I had committed in the previous week’s assignments. However, I found working with the groups frustrating. I have never had much success with groups, but such failures can be mostly…

I do not remember much about my early school years, but during my middle-school years, I had very little respect for anything academic, especially grammar. As an adult, however, I developed the desire to study foreign languages. Now, I understand and appreciate the need for proper grammar, especially within the written language. I am very aware when someone speaks with improper grammar, but I never correct them. One grammar mistake that many people make is the improper use of the reflexive pronoun. Myself, yourself, themselves, and ourselves are all reflexive pronouns. The proper use of these pronouns occurs when the subject and object of the sentence are the same. For…

The natural death of one’s physical existence is not a problem but a fact of life. Morality cannot have a solution. The manmade death of the environment, on the other hand, is a problem, and, therefore, must have a solution. The problem with finding the solution or solutions to environmental problems arises from the complicated minds of people whose morals and values differ in so many ways. The technocrats, on the one extreme, insist they can offset the negative environmental consequences of technology with more technology. The naturalists, on the other extreme, scream for the absolute and a complete abandonment of technology and a graceful return to the glorious laws…

If, as Socrates claimed, an unexamined life is not worth living (Apology, circa. 399 BCE), then a well-examined life is well worth living. As a sweet child of the 1960s, a rude teenager of the 1970s, and an older, though no wiser, man of the present, I must reflect on how my worldview has changed over the years. I will begin at the beginning when I first became self-aware. My history, geography, education, language, economic class, environment, religion, and societal customs of the first ten years of my self-awareness shall be the focus of my reflection. I became self-aware while living in a small town in rural America where I…

As a son of a nuclear scientist, mine is a story of lost privilege. Some say that it is all my fault. Well, how can I argue? They are correct! I was not the throwaway child. I threw it away when I ran away. It’s all my fault, but what could anyone expect from a 12-year-old who could not or would not fit in? It all began on a hot summer Saturday back in 1972. The divorce agreement stated that I would only visit my mom on the even weekends. This was an odd weekend, and I had to stay at home with my dad and his new Mormon family.…

The register of language I would use depends on several factors. If I were trying to explain a technical topic or speaking to someone on an informative level, I would apply a formal register of language. Any topic that would be considered in the genre of technical writing or technical communication should be expressed with a formal register. Short, clearly articulated sentences should be employed in order to ensure clear and concise communication should always be the goal within the formal register. I would use the consultative register while communicating with other professionals whether I have been previously acquainted with them or not. Such communication might take place while talking…

  I GOT YOU CHARACTERS: ANNA, a tall, thin, young woman with a skinny, long face and long, black hair, bangs draping down past her eyebrows, hiding her eyes. Her barefaced face exhibits a natural beauty, but her long bangs make it hard to see. A handbag hangs from her shoulder. WAYNE, a young, short, skinny man with a thick, bushy mustache and light brown, shaggy bowl haircut. The bangs from his saggy hair drape down over his forehead but do not extend to his eyes. He sports a casual suit designed to wear without a tie. Settings – a multi-story medical office building. Time – modern but pre-covid times.…