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Submitted by Adam Zakheim on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 11:35pm.
Looking back at the questions I initially posed at the beginning of this course, I begin to appreciate just how challenging this semester has been. Over the course of the semester, our class discussions forced me to reconsider my own assumptions about the nature of human behavior. Largely based on my background in molecular biology, these assumptions proved too myopic in their focus and frequently, I had to adapt my previous beliefs in order to understand the evolving “story” of the brain = behavior model. Although this idea seemed intuitive at first, the issue became more complicated through class discussions. Through our discussions, we discovered that this “loopy” process of identification and reassessment provides the basic framework for all scientific inquiry. Therefore it was appropriate that by the end of the course, I once again found the brain = behavior credible. In reflecting on the semester, it is important to realize that the fluid nature of science can also be applied to my own life. This is an important realization and so, despite the challenges presented by this course, I am greatly indebted to Prof. Grobstein and my fellow classmates who helped me gain this insight through our discussions.

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