PHL251
PHL 251 Week 1 Individual Assignment Nature of Thought PaperRead the materials listed on the Student Web site for Week One.
Write a 700- 1,050-word paper explaining the nature of thought. Outline your own perceptual process and describe the types of perceptual blocks that influence your views. Explain thought processes and how they are changed or manipulated by perception.
Include the following in your paper:
Describe thinking. Explain Sensing process Define memory Describe the medium
Identify an instance in your life in which your perception of the real situation was far from the actual facts.
Outline your own perceptual process.
What did you think was going on? What was really going on?
Why was there such a difference?
How did language empower or limit the expression of your thoughts? What did you learn about your thinking by evaluating the situation again?
Describe the types of perceptual blocks that influence your views. Identify personal barriers
Describe thoughts
Illustrate an example of thought being influenced by barriers
Explain how thought is changed or manipulated by personal barriers
Format your paper according to APA standards.
PHL 251 Week 1 DQ 1
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What happens if a person gets stuck at a certain level of thought?
o Feral children
o Einstein
o Brain injury victims
o Others
PHL 251 Week 1 DQ 2
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List different ways in which thinking influences your life. Begin with what can be done without thought and move through a hierarchy of basic to complex uses of thoughts.
o Start with basic functions, such as breathing.
o Explore thinking in terms of wants versus needs.
o Discuss the higher orders of thought like applications of concepts and theories to real-world situations
PHL 251 Week 2 Individual Assignment Creative Thinking Paper
Resources: Creative Thinking and Natural/Mental Orders Worksheet, found on your student Web site; Activity 7.1, located in Ch. 7 of Thinking, for examples on how to create metaphors; and Ch. 8 of Thinking
Construct as many metaphors as you can about five different things that describe any aspect of your life, such as someone you know, something you do, someplace you have been, or anything else. Include a minimum of four metaphors for each person, subject, or object.
Organize one set of information using natural ordering and a different set of information using mental orders in the second portion of the worksheet.
PHL 251 Week 2 DQ 1
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What are the processes we use to organize information? What are natural orders? What are mental orders? Is there a connection between the two different ordering processes? Why or why not?
PHL 251 Week 2 DQ 2
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How can a metaphor affect a person’s emotions? Explain how the language used influences the interpretation of the metaphor.
PHL 251 Week 3 Individual Assignment Logical Thinking Worksheet
Logical Thinking Worksheet
Use the following questions to guide you through your exploration of logical thinking and arguments. Answer the questions as completely as possible, and provide examples where needed.
1. What is a logical argument?
2. When and how do we use them?
3. What parts do they contain?
PHL 251 Week 3 DQ 1
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What is the basic structure of an argument in the context of critical thinking? How can you identify the parts or elements of an argument?
PHL 251 Week 3 DQ 2
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What are the elements of a syllogism? What role does a syllogism play in persuasion? Explain the difference between truth and validity in a syllogism. How can a syllogism be valid even if it is not true?
PHL 251 Week 4 Team Assignment Evaluate Creative Thinking
Resources: Individual assignments from Week Two and Ch. 13 of Thinking
Write a combined paper from the individual team member notes of week 3 (total word count should be no more than 500 words for the entire paper) in which you evaluate your team member’s metaphors according to the criteria listed in Week Three Learning Team Instructions.
o Refer to the questions in Ch. 13: “Testing Against our Thinking Bases,” in order to understand these terms and complete this assignment.
o Perception
o Personal Barriers
o Language
o Feelings
o Creative Thinking
Summarize the team’s summaries and compile them into one cohesive paper.
Format your paper according to APA standards.
PHL 251 Week 4 Individual Assignment Applying Problem Solving Paper
Choose two different real-world problems you have encountered. The problems should be chosen with the intention of applying persuasive thinking as a solution to one and scientific thinking as a solution to the other.
Applying Problem Solving
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you provide the following:
A description of each of the problem situations
An explanation of using persuasive thinking to solve the first problem
An explanation of using scientific thinking to solve the second problem
PHL 251 Week 4 DQ 1
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What role does critical thinking play in decision making?
PHL 251 Week 4 DQ 2
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During a persuasive argument, how can the needs and concerns of the audience be met while still meeting the objective of the argument? Provide at least one example.
PHL 251 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Problem Solving and Action Presentation
Resources: Ch. 4, 5, 10, 13, 14, & 15 of Thinking; Ch. 10 of Critical Thinking; and the Problem Solving and Action Example located on the student Web site
Prepare a 10- to 15-slide PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes in the note section of the slides according to the following criteria:
o A description of the problem situation
o A problem-solving technique
PHL 251 Week 5 DQ 1
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Provide an example of a simple decision you recently made. What were the elements of the decision? What decision-making process did you use?
PHL 251 Week 5 DQ 2
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What are some factors that can be used to measure the effectiveness of a solution obtained through the decision-making process?