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Should parents always tell their children the truth? 

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Should assisted suicides be allowed for terminally ill patients suffering considerable pain?

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What do YOU think about Plato’s argument (at 377b) for why we must control the storytellers. What are Plato’s assumptions about how children learn? Do you agree with Plato’s assumptions? Why or why not?

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Theoretical readings of postmodern advertisement. 

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reading：      http://www.literature.org/authors/descartes-rene/reason-discourse/index.html
Remember, each question/statement answer should have 5 sentences of substance, referenced to the assigned reading, with identified references and complete citations, for each answer. 
Group (threaded) Discussion Module 1 topics/questions are:
1. What were some of Descartes' ideas contained in Discourse on Method? 
2. What about these ideas would have been so controversial to 17th century Europe? 
3. What effects of the Enlightenment can you connect to Rene Descartes? 
4. What effects of Descartes are visible in our modern world? 

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The research in the textbook shows a number of ways in which dissonance causes people to rationalize or justify discrepant behavior. Whereas rationalization can prevent people from learning from their mistakes, dissonance can also be used to motivate people to make changes that benefit them and society (i.e., pro-social behavior). An example of this can be found in the research on using hypocrisy to induce dissonance and behavior change.
To prepare for this assignment:
•    Read the paper by Stone and colleagues (1994), paying particular attention to the use of hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance to motivate people to practice safe sex.
•    Think of the hypocrisy paradigm, pay particular attention to how you would define and explain it, and consider ways that dissonance in hypocrisy differs from dissonance in an induced compliance paradigm.
•    Think about how researchers test the effect of hypocrisy on behavior and how it can be measured.
•    Consider the limitations in the Stone, et al., study and think about how you might avoid them.
•    Then think about designing an induction of hypocrisy that would motivate people to use sunscreen.

The assignment (1 page): APA style format, No Plagiarism and must be cited with references. Assignment must be done according to courses rubric for full grade. Thank you

(1)Briefly define and explain the hypocrisy paradigm. How does the dissonance in hypocrisy differ from the dissonance in the induced compliance paradigm? Why do the researchers predict that hypocrisy motivates people to change their behavior 
rather than their attitudes?

(2)Explain how the researchers tested the effect of hypocrisy on behavior change in this study. Specifically, describe who the subjects were, what they did in each condition of the study, and how behavior change was measured. Summarize the results of the study.

(3)Assess and explain the problems you see with the study and the conclusions drawn by the researchers. Describe two limitations to the study and explain how they impact the results.

(4)Design an induction of hypocrisy to motivate people to use sunscreen more often when they spend time in the sun. Describe who the target individuals would be and then explain how you would get them to make a public commitment to the use of sunscreen and how you would make them mindful of past failures to use sunscreen. Finally, explain how you would measure their motivation to reduce dissonance by changing their behavior.

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. 

Reference:
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Course Text: Persuasion: Psychological Insights and Perspectives 
Chapter 4, "Actions and Attitudes" (pp. 63–79)
Article: Stone, J., Aronson, E., Crain, A. L., Winslow, M. P., & Fried, C. B. (1994). Inducing hypocrisy as a means of encouraging young adults to use condoms. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20(1), 116–128. Available here.

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Week 3: Discussion -Fallacies
DISCUSSION TOPICS- Fallacies in Politics:
Watch videos, Read course book, conduct your own research as needed.
1. What are logical fallacies? What are some examples of logical fallacies in real life?
2. Do you think that learning about logical fallacies will help you in your future?
3. What fallacies have you observed? What reasoning you used to identify them? 
4. Which of these videos explained the concepts best?
5. Which concepts presented do you disagree with and why?

Before you start your discussion, watch here in listed YouTube videos

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBLdn_oEuA (Links to an external site.) (2 min)
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XnLpRh7XOE (Links to an external site.)
Logical fallacies and politics (29 min)
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GntwQQ7FIQ (Links to an external site.) (4 min)
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLTQi7vVsI (Links to an external site.) (6 min)

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Could you do the first paragraph on necessity in Spinoza's Ethics. The second on Spinoza's exploration of knowledge in "Ethics" and the third paragraph on his exploration of virtue in "Ethics"