BBL 1032

INFORMATION LITERACY
AND LEARNING SKILLS

Report:
Tutorial assignment week 11
Prepared by:
Andi Nur Elisya Syahira Binti Bahri (AIU18092007)
Siti Noralinnah Binti Jusneh (AIU18092008)
Muhd Tahir Bin Ahmad (AIU18092009)

Prepared for:
Madam Halawati Abd Jalil Safuan

Date of Submission: 13th January 2020

BEHAVIOURISM

POVERTY OF STIMULUS ARGUMENTS AND BEHAVIOURISM

A substantial proportion of theorists work on the premise that Chomsky's conception of

language acquisition contradicted the behavioural conception of Quine (Gibson 1982). In this
paper the author will evaluate Quine's theory of language acquisition in light of Chomsky's
poor stimulus argument, and his claims that children are not corrected when using incorrect
grammatical constructions, typically used to show that Quine's behavioural project is
impossible. The author will demonstrate that current empirical research is not supportive either
of Chomsky's bad stimulus argument, or of his arguments of children not being corrected when
using the language wrongly.

COGNITIVE

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Improving Mood in an Older Adult with Mild
Cognitive Impairment: A Case Report.

This study examined the feasibility of a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program in an
older woman with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), depression, and anxiety to improve mood
and quality of life. Although in the short term (3 months) CBT helped improve mood and
quality of life, the effects were not maintained over the long term (12 months). CBT programs
should be tailored to the needs of MCI and dementia patients and regular follow-up sessions
should be used to assess program feasibility and patient mental health improvement.

CONSTRUCTIVE

Interest groups and strategic constructivism: business actors and border security policies
in the European Union.

Evidence suggests that corporate lobbying forms border security policies of the European
Union (EU), but there has been no detailed empirical and theoretical work detailing how
interest groups exert influence in this field. Policy preferences are co-constituted through
strategic communication by business actors, ideologies are built to gain political legitimacy
through strategic legitimation, and social structures are framed to match business interests
through strategic contextualization practices.
REFERENCES

Kashimura, M. (2019). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Improving Mood in an Older Adult
with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Case Report. Journal of Nippon Medical School. ,
352-356.

David, K. (2016). POVERTY OF STIMULUS ARGUMENTS AND BEHAVIOURISM.

behaviour & philosophy, 38-61.
Baird, T, (2018). Interest groups and strategic constructivism: business actors and border
security policies in the European Union, 118-136