Social Science - 27 September 2006

Is learning the recollection of memories that are already present in the soul, or is learning the acquisition of the new, provided that the soul has possession of no previous knowledge?

“This is Plato’s doctrine of reminiscence, in which all learning is a kind of remembering of knowledge already present in the soul. All teaching takes the form of helping the learner to recollect things he may not be aware he knows, by reminding him through a process of questioning which awakens the knowledge already latent in him.”

2006-09-27 14:07:39 · 5 answers · asked by Tiffany 1 in Psychology

Is imagination limited to the rearrangement of previous experiences and perceptions, or is it possible for creativity to fashion a completely innovative idea that has never existed before?

“Yet even when imagination outruns perception, it draws upon experience for the materials it uses in its constructions. It is possible to imagine a golden mountain or a purple cow, though no such object has ever presented itself to perception. But, as Hume suggests, the possibility of combining a familiar color and a familiar shape depends upon the availability of the separate images to be combined…. A congenitally color-blind man who lived entirely in a world of grays would not be able to imagine a golden mountain or a purple cow, though he might be able to imagine things as unreal as these.”

Please list ANY sources (fiction, nonfiction, film, music, etc.) you know that discuss Memory and Imagination or that use it as a recurrent theme throughout its work. Thank you!

2006-09-27 14:05:30 · 3 answers · asked by Tiffany 1 in Psychology

Or used?

Did it work?

2006-09-27 14:05:29 · 18 answers · asked by â?¥MissMayâ?¥ 4 in Other - Social Science

And do you have any more statistics about it?

2006-09-27 13:59:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

feeling lucky today

2006-09-27 13:54:42 · 1 answers · asked by kramaster 5 in Sociology

this is one reason i cam up with for my other question plz read it if u have a chance.its here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgNxmukzQwqa0heC_JLSNi7sy6IX?qid=20060920155751AAeSvWt .i dont have any close friends. just aquaintances who talk to me if thers no one else around. otherwise its just hi,bye,see ya. i think im having trouble fitting in coz ive moved around so much, all these people who are close friends have been friends forever. in school i se kids laughing joking what not, planning to go to a big party. but me? sitting at home on the weekends, keeping a straight face all day long. sitting quietly at my lunch table. even when i try to start a conversation with some one,i usually get one line for a reply, and then again its see ya. if i had friends i could stand up to my parents a lot more, since id have someone to talk to besides them. but no one even notices me. no one hates me, but no one notices the quiet kid at lunch even when i talk.can any1 help me?

2006-09-27 13:53:16 · 3 answers · asked by carolinafootball101 2 in Psychology

There is this girl at work that ive had a thing for, for a while. I always think about what it would be like to be with her. She doesnt know how i feel. But the other night i had a dream about her. That i got a call that she was in a car accident and i tried my hardest to get to the hospital to see her, as i was on the way to see her my dream ended...what does this mean?
I cant tell her how i feel because i have a girlfriend

2006-09-27 13:48:37 · 7 answers · asked by ..me.. 2 in Psychology

What was the benefits(intended or actual) in removing the gold standard from the U.S. dollar?

Also, what happened to all of that gold?

2006-09-27 13:42:46 · 4 answers · asked by mike 2 in Economics

If someone wants to have sex with a horse, why tell them they shouldn't? If it makes them happy, then I'm happy for them. Also, I'm sure the animals like it. Some may argue that we shouldn't have sex with the animals because they have no choice in the matter. We do kill and eat animals though. So having sex with an animal is wrong, but killing one isn't? No Bible quotes please. Let's use our rational minds.

P.S. - I don't have sex with animals.

2006-09-27 13:41:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

Is it wrong? What is the motivation when doing it? Are men better or worse at it?

2006-09-27 13:39:22 · 11 answers · asked by Thinker 4 in Other - Social Science

hey,

So, I have this assignment for sociology. I have to list what my position in this world is.

My professor/book describes position as: A status is a position within a group. There are a number of positions that people hold. People have positions they hold at home (parents, spouses), at church (deacon, finance committee member), at school (student, SGA representative) and other places. What each of these groups accomplishes (functions) and the types of behaviors people engage in are different. There are two types of stations: ascribed and achieved.

I have two already. One is a student and the other is a daughter. I need a third one. I don't know what to put down. I am currently not involved in activities at the college at this moment.

Can some one help me?

Thank You!

2006-09-27 13:38:31 · 4 answers · asked by needanansnow 2 in Sociology

who give Man the Freedom,and what's the source of Duty?from an philosophy and psychology eye?

2006-09-27 13:38:21 · 2 answers · asked by Spring 1 in Psychology

I have myself also lived in apartments for the past 10 years but I am still astounded by the depravity of my neighbors. It seems everyone of their nights isn't complete without a few tall cans thouroughly consumed, multiple domestic arguments (usually over blatant infidelity with immediate neighbors), several dozen of their haphazardly driven hoopty cars driven in and out of the complex and their halfwit kids running around until well past midnight. I have always imagined home ownership to be an indicator of a sensible and upright life but on the flipside how come apartment living seems to be the magic formula for moral decay and degeneracy?

2006-09-27 13:36:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

Im 18...and IM REALLLLLLLLLY SHY!!!!!!!!! when im around boys i get nervous......plz help me get over my shyness plz!!!!!! My best friends gets boyfriends really quick....i just wish i can be lyk her outgoing wat do i have to do???

2006-09-27 13:33:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

Everyone should get an education. Education can be the difference in living well and living in poverty. But what if everyone had a college education?
Then who would do the work like janitorial work and cleaning, fast food workers, painters, construction workers, factory workers, busboys, etc?

2006-09-27 13:25:25 · 16 answers · asked by BereaGirl 3 in Other - Social Science

I mean, can you continue living only eating foods and drinks with water in them, but not regular water? Let's say, you drink lemonaid 8 times a day, would that be enough to surivive? I know weird question, but then again; I had a weird dream. lol

2006-09-27 13:23:10 · 5 answers · asked by GeorgiaGurl 3 in Sociology

Everytime someone asks this question I loose the will to live.

However, I have noticed that over the hundreds of times it has been asked, it is always "The Chicken or the Egg", & not the other way around.

As this question has never been answered, do you not think that the only correct answer must be "The Chicken", as it always come FIRST in the question.

Also, if you look long enough at the word CHICKEN it just does not look right ! - or is it just because it's past 1am.

2006-09-27 13:13:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Anthropology

2006-09-27 12:58:14 · 12 answers · asked by spyros f 1 in Psychology

2006-09-27 12:57:15 · 13 answers · asked by ambrosia 1 in Psychology

Has anyone else given up something horrid & had a little dibble later on?
(i actually feel sick!) oh god thats minging!!!!!

2006-09-27 12:41:57 · 14 answers · asked by suzairspliff 2 in Psychology

ABY DPF adult babies what are they?

2006-09-27 12:37:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

It's my body, and my choice, right? But no doctor will do it. No surgeon will do it. No doctor will refer me to anyone that would. But if it's MY body and MY choice, shouldn't I have the right to choose whether or not I want to keep my arm, especially if I don't really use it, and I don't think I need it. Why is it any different with an unborn child?

2006-09-27 12:35:58 · 23 answers · asked by The New Mrs. Nguyen 4 in Gender Studies

2006-09-27 12:13:38 · 13 answers · asked by reportergimmi 4 in Sociology

2006-09-27 12:07:43 · 20 answers · asked by 303S 3 in Psychology

even in this very site; sarcasm and stupidity seem to never stop...

2006-09-27 11:59:40 · 30 answers · asked by Alexandra 3 in Sociology

2006-09-27 11:56:01 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2006-09-27 11:52:55 · 16 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Gender Studies

i've only made one friend since i started highschool (i know sad and you probably think i'm a loser) and even she doesn't like me or her friends(she doesn't have any freshman friends she doesn't lyk any of the freshman she says i think it's cuz sum of them r stuck up and too preppy for her) well mayb even one of her friends lys me but i cuz she talks to me the most at lunch(thats the only time we're together in school..well i have two classes with my 'friend' butnywyaz) i wudn't be suprised if she didn't either. and i swear i've never been mean to her! she was the one talking **** bout me behind my back to her gay friends (it's a little obvious). and we even got along great the first time (and be4 she started hating me im pretty sure don't remember when) and i wasn't ever mean to her friends either. i've tried making other friends but i couldn't think of much to say and people were unfriednly i think i am a loser in this skool i cant tell anybody know how i feel and any advice gtg thnx

2006-09-27 11:51:59 · 10 answers · asked by mamama 2 in Sociology

2006-09-27 11:49:01 · 7 answers · asked by Sephus 2 in Gender Studies

1) Brain or Brawn 2) Looks or Personality 3) Allways after u and talking to you(KINDA LIKE ALWAYS TRYING TO TALK TO YOU) or Laidbackness (TALKS TO YOU EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT NOT ANNOYINGLY)

Pick one of each and ill do the technical stuuf

Oh by the way im in high school, so answer in a way that will relate to me.
APPRECIATE THE GOOD ANSWERS!!!!!

2006-09-27 11:47:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology