Classical antiquity

varying the stimuli and watching the reaction” of the dog. He used bells, light and metronomes and they all elicited the response it didn’t matter what the stimuli was but the fact that it signaled that food was on the way. So using the classical elements of classical conditioning…

Newton A man so dedicated to his work, he stayed single all of his life. Sir Isaac Newton was a brilliant man and he strived to make a better future for the world in science. Newton had a quality life growing up and was able to give back to science as he got older. Newton's life from a child to an adult, accomplished so much starting with his childhood. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, at Woolsthorpe, a village in southwestern Lincolnshire, England. His father died two months…

The Group of Dancers is a 1900’s painting by Edgar Degas at the Barnes Foundation Museum. The painting illustrates ballerinas preparing for their dance before they perform on stage. There are three ballerinas, and each of them is dressed in a bright yellow tutu. Two of the ballerinas are rehearsing for their performance while the third ballerina is putting on her ballet shoes. As a whole, the Group of Dancers is a perfect example of Plato’s beliefs in The Republic. The painting is an imitation…

associative learning. Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist who was studying saliva and digestion when he discovered classical conditioning quite by accident. While conducting his experiments on saliva, Pavlov realized that he had accidently trained the dogs to associate the sounds of an apparatus to the meat powder. This relationship became what is known as classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a form of associative learning where a relationship between stimuli is learned. This…

Newton’s Laws Sir Isaac Newton created his three laws in 1686 when he was only 43 years old. The three laws that he created were, 1) An object in motion stays in motion and an object at rest stays at rest unless acted on by an outside force. 2) F=ma, and 3) Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Without these three laws there would be a huge misunderstanding in how things move, rise, and fall. Every time you hit a ball or bounce on a trampoline you are using one of Newton’s three laws…

Daily we are introduced to situations where the ability to mentally rotate an object or an image comes to good use. For example, imagine you are playing a game of Tetris. As the object is rapidly moving down your computer screen you have to mentally rotate it in order to see where the piece would fit best. In another scenario, imagine you are given a map to find directions around a city. After you locate yourself on the map, you next have to mentally rotate the map or yourself to decide which…

The mousetrap car is a simple machine but its take knowledge of the laws to be effective. Newton's three laws of motion are necessary for an acceptable length or distance category. Newton's first law of motion basically states that objects like to keep doing whatever it is that they are doing. If an object is sitting at rest on a table or rolling along the floor then that object will continue to sit on the table or roll along the floor until a force is applied to the object in order to cause a…

The Golden Age of Athens was a time of advancement in many areas of life such as architecture. Architecture during this period became more complex and unique with many different sculptures and columns. During this time Pericles was the leader, this is why this period is sometimes referred to as the ‘Age of Pericles’ (Cartwright). There were many things that affected architecture and how it developed during this time including the impact from the economy, and the wars. I believe one of the main…

The purpose of this experiment was to observe how the law of conservation of energy applies to a roller coaster system. In doing this we were able to determine the velocity of the cart as a function of its height upon the roller coaster, find the kinetic and potential energy for each trial of the cart and conclude energy loss due to friction. The results from part one concluded that as the roller coaster cart went down a hill the potential energy was converted into kinetic energy that resulted…

Isaac Newton lived a difficult life ever since the day he was born. Born on January 4, 1643, he was an unfortunate baby. He was not expected to live a single day because of how tiny and weak he was. He was born without a father, and his mother left him behind for a wealthy man. He grew up living with his grandmother for years until his mother returned due to the death of her second husband. He was enrolled at the King's School in Grantham, where he was introduced with chemistry. However, his…