How Do (1) Different Responses to Identical Stimuli and (2)

question 5

Essay

How do (1) different responses to identical stimuli and (2) the role of happenstance or what the Greek philosopher Aristotle called accidental conjunctions challenge the authors' thesis that international relations is subject to recurring patterns and regularities?

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Definitions:

Zone Of Proximal Development

A concept developed by psychologist Lev Vygotsky, referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.

Pretend Play

A form of play in which children use their imagination to recreate and act out roles, scenarios, and activities.

Mental Acts

The operations of the mind involving thinking, reasoning, perceiving, or judging.

Mutual Exclusivity Assumption

A cognitive bias in language learning where children assume that objects have only one label or name, facilitating the acquisition of new vocabulary.