1. Explain how adaption relates to our thermoreceptors and touch receptors. How we feel cold only when something cools or warms the thermoreceptor and not by the absolute temperature. We are accustomed to a particular level of warmth and adapt to it. What is referred pain and how can it be dangerous? Referred pain is when something‚ usually internal organs‚ cause some other part of the body to feel the pain. It can be dangerous if someone with a heart attack have pain in their arm‚
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October 22nd‚ 2012 Chapter 1- What is psychology? [pp. 1-23] LO1: Psychology as a Science (p. 4) * Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. * Seeks to describe‚ explain‚ predict‚ and control behavior and mental processes. * Theory * propose reason for relationships * derive explanations * make predictions LO2: What psychologists do (p. 5-6) * Research * pure Research * Applied Research * Practice * Teaching
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TRAINING IN THE WORKPLACE Training Cycle Training Cycle Investigate Training needs • Having looked at Invista we are able to identify the different areas of training that are required with an organisation: • Organisational level • Job/Operational level • Individual level • We can identify the different documents that these needs can be found eg. Appraisal documents‚ Management Plans‚ Job Promotion etc Design Training • Set objectives • Decide the type of training • Decide the training delivery
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The Brayton Cycle (Jet Engine) Purpose and Objective: The purpose and objective of this experiment is to understand the basic operation of a brayton cycle also to demonstrate the application of basic equations for Brayton cycle analysis. Technical Background: The Brayton cycle depicts the air standard model of a gas turbine power cycle and is used in all applications involving turbine engines; such as jet engines. A simple gas turbine is comprised of three
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Chapter 10 (Business Cycles) Business Cycles (business Flucuations) The ups and downs in economy wide economic activities are called business cycles or busyiness fluctuations. When business fluctuations are positive they are called expansion‚ the opposite of expansion is contraction which is slow down in the pace of national economic activities. Phases of the business cycle over a several year period 1. A peak is when business activity reaches a temporary maximum with full employment and near
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Unit 8. P1. The Psychological Perspectives A perspective is basically a view that includes specific assumptions about human behaviour. Contemporary psychology covers six perspectives including Behaviourism‚ Social learning‚ cognitive‚ psychodynamic‚ humanistic and biological. There can be several different theories within an approach however they all share common assumptions. Behaviourism Behaviourism is a leaning theory that has scientific evidence to support it. Behaviour is observable which
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Unit 1 Answers 1.1 People communicate for different reasons. To express themselves‚ to be able to relate to another person‚ to gather and share information‚ advice‚ help and support a person. 1.2 Good communication in the work setting enables staff members to work efficiently‚ provide both quality and speed in their job roles‚ communicating to ensure work is complete and knowing where staff are and what they are doing. Bad communication can cause tension between staff so no communication
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A cycle is defined as any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated in the same order and at the same intervals. The natural existence of cycles is highly important without cycles resources would run out and organisms would die. The amount of carbon nitrogen and oxygen on the earth is fixed‚ they can exists in different forms but no more may be added. So that these don’t run out they are cycles so they may be reused. Photosynthesis and respiration are the reverse of each
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Harriet Green: moonkai@hotmail.com Unit 1 Promote communication in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Unit number: J/601/1434 (SHC31) Credit: 3 Guided Learning Hours: 10 Level: 3 Learning outcomes: Outcome 1 Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate. The main reason we communicate is because we want or require something. This may be for comfort: We may require something
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Oxygen cycle From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The oxygen cycle. The Oxygen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that describes the movement of oxygen within its three main reservoirs: the atmosphere (air)‚ the total content of biological matter within the biosphere (the global sum of all ecosystems)‚ and the lithosphere (Earth ’s crust). Failures in the oxygen cycle within the hydrosphere (the combined mass of water found on‚ under‚ and over the surface of a planet)
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