Are There Any Pieces of Advice Offered by Epictetus That

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Essay

Are there any pieces of advice offered by Epictetus that you think can be captured in modern slogans (e.g., "You are your own worst enemy")? What are they? Do you think these are good pieces of advice?

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Definitions:

Discriminative Stimulus

Any stimulus, such as a stop sign or a doorknob, that provides the organism with a cue for making a certain response in order to obtain reinforcement.

Watson's Little Albert

An experiment conducted by John B. Watson demonstrating classical conditioning by causing a young boy to develop a phobia of white rats.

UCS

An abbreviation commonly used in psychology that stands for Unconditioned Stimulus, which automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency to respond to a stimulus that is only similar to the original conditioned stimulus with the conditioned response.