Discussion 2 PSY520

Discussion Board Week 2

Critically think about rationalism, existentialism, empiricism, and psychophysics. Familiarize yourself with Module 2's objectives, introduction, video, and articles. Use the articles in Module 2 as your primary reference, then use the St Leo Online Library for peer review sources and to find relevance to this week's topic.

Articles to use:

1. Epistemology

2. Phenomenological Existentialism

3. Early Medicine and Physiology

4. Classics in the History of Psychology

Questions:

1.Epistemology has two approaches rationalism and empiricism. In your own words, describe the thinking of rationalism. What are the fundamental differences between rationalism and empiricism?

2. This week’s reading states, “Although always a part of philosophy, psychology has close ties as well to biology, especially human physiology and medicine” (2002). Hippocrates was against the ancient view of mysticism and superstition regarding illnesses and their cause (i.e., humors; black bile, phlegm, blood, and yellow bile). How has the rebirth of medicine helped influence psychology today?

Articles are attached

Note From Professor

No work (discussion main posts and assignments) will be accepted without references and in-text citations.

If work is submitted without references and in-text citations, it will receive a zero till you resubmit properly. You will have one time in which to resubmit.

Psychology is a social science, based on the scientific method of research. We use APA style. Technically, if you submit an assignment without references and proper citation, it constitutes plagiarism. You must cite in-text and reference correctly to avoid this.