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Sartre Quiz

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WEEK 5 GUIDE QUESTIONS (answers to be uploaded on CANVAS prior to the start of class)
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1. For Sartre what is the main characteristic that makes human beings what they are?
Sartre believes that man exists but is defined by what makes of himself. He is not guided by God or any other spiritual being. He is guided by free will alone. Page 315

2. Briefly describe Sartre’s concepts of anguish, forlornness and despair.
It’s the choices that we as humans must make. It’s weighing both sides of the argument and deciding the lesser of the two evils knowing the results will, …show more content…

What is a person according to Skinner?
A person is the result of genetics and what one learns or is taught and how he is treated. He believed a person can be made to be a certain way based on treating them in a certain way in society.

5. To what does Skinner attribute our behavior?
He believed that genetics and the way a person is treated in society and the education he has determines the way he will behave. He thought that a person could be predicted through the laws of nature based on these facts. Page 367

6. How does Skinner characterize our freedom?
Skinner believed that freedom was the desire to be free of someone else’s control. It was to have free will of one’s own mind and actions. Page 367

7. Briefly compare Skinner and Sartre on what human beings are.
Sartre’s beliefs were based on one’s own actions and his free will to do what he wants. Skinner believed that through what someone else chooses to teach someone and how he is treated in society determines how he will think and behave.

8. What one concept in the assignment for today most needs to be explained in order for you to advance in your reading and understanding? (Please answer this question completely and honestly so that any problems can be addressed. Points are given for answering this

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