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All
essays involve presenting and evaluating debates. For all essay
questions, you should demonstrate awareness of arguments for and against
certain ideas, and for and against certain methods.
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Your
essay should be structured in a way that logically presents your argument.
All essays should begin with an introductory paragraph (4-5 sentences
max) that outlines your approach and summarises the points and evidence you will
discuss. This intro paragraph should end with a preview of your conclusion.
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All
other paragraphs should comprise a main theme, illustrating a point and
describing supporting evidence. You will need to engage with primary sources
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looking for knowledge and understanding – evidenced
by discussing a range of material relevant to the specific question. We will
also be looking for critical evaluation of ideas and claims, independent
thinking and insight.
Please use from the following reading material
General Reading
·
Yon, D. (2020). It’s not
necessarily deluded to feel in control when you’re not. Psyche
· Haggard,
P. (2017) Sense of agency in the human brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
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Moore, J.W. (2016). What is the sense of agency and why does it
matter? Frontiers in Psychology (article)
Further Reading
Articles
Alloy, L.B., & Abramson, L.Y.
(1979). Judgment of contingency in depressed and nondepressed students: sadder
but wiser? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Brass, M., Furstenberg, A., &
Mele, A. R. (2019). Why neuroscience does not disprove free will. Neuroscience
and Biobehavioral Reviews.
Fried, I., Mukamel, R., &
Kreiman, G. (2011). Internally generated preactivation of single neurons in
human medial frontal cortex predicts volition. Neuron.
Frith, C.D., Blakemore, S.J.
& Wolpert, D.M. (2000). Abnormalities in the awareness and control of
action. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
Frith, C.D. & Haggard, P.
(2018). Volition and the brain – revisiting a classic experimental study. Trends
in Neurosciences.
Johnson, D.D.P., & Fowler,
J.H. (2011). The evolution of overconfidence. Nature.
Langer, E. J. (1975). The
illusion of control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Libet, B., Gleason, C.A.,
Wrights, E.W., & Pearl, D.K. (1983). Time of conscious intention to act in
relation to onset of cerebral activity (readiness-potential). The unconscious
initiation of a freely voluntary act. Brain
Mitchell, K.J. (2018). Does neuroscience
leave room for free will? Trends in Neurosciences.
Moore, J.W., Lagnado, D., Deal,
D.C., & Haggard, P. (2009). Feelings of control: contingency determines
experience of action. Cognition.
Schurger,
A., Sitt, J.D., & Dehaene, S. (2012). An accumulator model for spontaneous
neural activity prior to self-initiated movement. PNAS
Soon, C.S., Brass, M., Heinze,
H., & Haynes, J. (2008). Unconscious determinants of free decisions in the
human brain. Nature Neuroscience.
Yon, D., Bunce, C. and Press, C.
(2020). Illusions of control without delusions of grandeur. Cognition.