Rather Than Simply Asking "How" to Enact Changes We Should

question 38

Essay

Rather than simply asking "how" to enact changes we should pause to ask "why" or "whether we should" make specific kinds of changes in our communities. For example, controversies abound over urban transitions, gentrification, and plans involving the construction of new Walmart stores. Search for this kind of news coverage concerning a nearby community, list some of the "pros" in favor of opening a new Walmart, and then discuss several of the "cons" against the building of these stores. You should also speak with classmates, professors, and community activists and evaluate their arguments concerning low wages, anti-union policies, and the closing of smaller stores when a new Walmart arrives.

Identify and label major nerves and their pathways in the human body.

Understand the organization and distribution of spinal nerves in humans and comparisons with other species.

Comprehend the functional implications of nerve damage and the muscles or areas it affects.

Recognize the nerve plexuses and their associated nerves.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences, including reinforcements and punishments.

Extinction

Extinction in behavioral psychology refers to the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer provided.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process whereby a learned response is reduced or eliminated, often as a result of repeated absence of the expected reinforcement.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.