History & Systems of Psychology (PSY 502) Assignment No. 01 Due Date: November 23, 2015

Assignment Objectives  

This assignment has been designed to make students:
• Understand different laws of association
• Apply laws of association in real life events
• Analyze the ideas presented by Plato and Aristotle

Assignment: 

Dear Students,
This assignment is based upon the laws of association proposed by Aristotle.  He
found that; how human beings associate ideas. In this assignment, your task is to find
that how these laws of association are applicable in your real life events/situations.

Question No. 1:  (15) 

You are required to keep in consideration the following points while attempting this
part of the assignment:
• You are required to select one real life event in which you have applied the
laws of association.
• After selection of an event, you are also required to develop a proper link
between the selected event and the given law.

Important Note: 

Do not copy the words of handouts or internet while writing your justification
otherwise no marks will be awarded.

You are required to use the given tabular format:  

Laws of Association                      Real Life Event                             Justification 

Law of Similarity  
Law of Contiguity  
Law of Contrast  

Marking Scheme:

 Each law carries 5 Marks

3*5=15 

2 Marks for selection of the real life event and 3 Marks for justification  

Question No. 2: (5)  

According to Plato, we can attain knowledge about the natural world with the help of
absolute ideas that are present in our minds. But according to Aristotle, the true
knowledge about the natural world can only get through observation. Which
viewpoint; you use in order to understand the natural world? Discuss it with the help
of some real life example.

Note: 

Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is
usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the
students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and
above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any
inconvenience.

Important Instructions: 

Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment
solution.

Deadline: 

Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be
accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor.

Formatting guidelines: 

Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.
It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.
Use black and blue font colors only.

Solution guidelines: 

• Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an
analytical assignment.
• Give the answer according to question.
• For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch
the video lectures and use other reference books also.

Rules for Marking: 

Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:
• It has been submitted after due date
• The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt
• It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)
• It is cheated or copied from other students, i