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    The document discusses behaviorism and how a behaviorist would define ethics based on observable behavior rather than how people ought to behave. It differentiates between animal and human behavior, noting humans have emotions like ego and greed whereas animals do not exhibit such behaviors. Evolutionary psychology argues the brain's functions must be understood in the context of the environment, while behavioral psychology suggests the environment shapes human behavior through reinforcement.

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    The document discusses behaviorism and how a behaviorist would define ethics based on observable behavior rather than how people ought to behave. It differentiates between animal and human behavior, noting humans have emotions like ego and greed whereas animals do not exhibit such behaviors. Evolutionary psychology argues the brain's functions must be understood in the context of the environment, while behavioral psychology suggests the environment shapes human behavior through reinforcement.

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    The document discusses behaviorism and how a behaviorist would define ethics based on observable behavior rather than how people ought to behave. It differentiates between animal and human behavior, noting humans have emotions like ego and greed whereas animals do not exhibit such behaviors. Evolutionary psychology argues the brain's functions must be understood in the context of the environment, while behavioral psychology suggests the environment shapes human behavior through reinforcement.

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    1. What is ‘behavior’?

    If you are a behaviorist, how would you define or understand ‘ethics’or


    ‘morality’? Explain comprehensively.
    Behavior is defined as the way a person or thing acts or reacts. If I am a behaviourist, ethics for
    me are principles that contributes to a persons behaviour. Instead of focusing on how people
    ought to behave, ethics studies why people act as they do.
    2. In behaviorist line of thought, are there any fundamental differences between animal and
    human behavior? Differentiate the general claims of behavioral and evolutionary psychology.
    Give examples of behavioral and evolutionary claims in psychology, particularly those relating to
    human action.
    There are a lot of differences between animal and human in terms of behaviour. Humans have
    many emotions Like ego and greed whereas animals do not have such a type of behaviour.
    Evolutionary psychology argues that to properly understand The functions of the brain, One
    must understand the properties of the environment in which the involvement of brain happens.
    Example is language acquisition. Behavioural psychology suggest that environment shapes
    human behaviour. This is the study of observable behaviour. One example is positive
    reinforcement. A student gets a small treat if they get high score on a test, in the near future
    students work hard and study for their test in order to get the reward again.
    3. After reading about behavioral and evolutionary psychology, do you think morality or ethics
    exists or are they just either coping and evolutionary mechanisms, or deterministic laws of
    nature?
    Morality is our ability to separate right from wrong doesn’t really exist.
    We determine Right and wrong based off constantly changing emotions an unconscious factors
    or what people around us think. We don’t determine right and wrong based off a set of
    principles like those found in our environment.
    4. Can we control or alter evolutionary traits, thoughts, behavior and actions? How?
    No because evolutionary psychology assumes that human behaviour is being shaped within the
    environment where the brain evolve.

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