Chapter 1 *Goals of psychology: 1. Description of behaviors- classifying & labeling behavior‚ 2. Understanding-Understanding the causes and why they occur‚ 3. Prediction-Accurately saying what may say in the future‚ 4 Control-Altering conditions to positively influence behavior.‚ psychology-the scientific study of behavior and mental processes-behavior(Overt) & mental processes (covert)‚ many research projects in psych begin with observations in real life *Pseudopsychology-Any unfounded “system”
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What is sociology? (1) The scientific study of social behavior. (2) The systematic study of social behaviors and social organization [organization of groups]. The Sociological Imagination C. Wright Mills (wrote about sociological perspectives) - History - Biography: the events that occur in our life are affected by our history. Sociology & Social Science - Social Groups - Social Facts: (Durkheim) something external to an individual & coercive (forced) upon an individual. > (1)
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____ 3. The paragraph mark (¶) as shown in the accompanying figure is a formatting mark that indicates where the _____ was pressed. a. | TAB key | c. | ENTER key | b. | SPACEBAR | d. | SHIFT key | ____ 4. Press the ENTER key in all of the following circumstances EXCEPT _____. a. | to insert a blank line into a document | b. | when the insertion point reaches the right margin CIS-110-01 Winter 2013Multiple ChoiceIdentify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question
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Week One: Introduction to Finance and Analysis Objective: Define basic financial terminology. 1. Which of the following reasons is most responsible for corporations being the most important form of business organization in the United States? 1. Corporations have limited life. 2. Stockholders have unlimited liability. 3. Corporations are subject to less government regulation than the other forms of business organization. 4. Corporations have the ability to raise larger sums of
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1. Globalization: the trend toward opening up foreign markets to international trade and investment 2. Embracing new tech-HRIS‚ training‚ the internet a) HRIS (human resource information system)- provides current and accurate data for purposes of control and decision-making. Three key terms: operational‚ relational‚ transformational b) Training- 3. Reactive change: change that occurs after external forces have already affected performance Proactive change: change initiated to take advantage of targeted
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Deviance 1) defining deviance is difficult and subjective (sociologists don’t agree). 2) for our purpose deviance must A) violate significant norms. B) Result in negative evaluation for reaction. 1) Conflict theory.- stress that the power elite uses the legal system to control worker and to stabilize the social order‚ all with the goal of keeping itself in power. The poor pose a threat‚ for if they rebel as a group they can dislodge members of the power elite from their place of privilege
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Globalization – a shift toward a more integrated and interdependent economy Globalization of Markets – refers to the merging of historically distinct and separate national markets into one huge global marketplace; moving away from an economic system in which national markets are distinct entities‚ isolated by trade barriers and barriers of distance‚ time‚ and culture‚ and toward a system in which national markets are merging into one global market Converging tastes and preferences of consumers
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1 Covered interest arbitrage refers to: a. making a riskless profit off of exploiting a mispriced forward rate. b. making a riskless profit off of mispricing in crossrates. c. making a riskless profit off of different spot rates from two different banks. d. None of the answers are correct. correct: a 2 You observe the following bid-ask quotes from Dragon Bank and Skytel Bank for the Euro: $1.25-$1.28 and $1.27-$1.29. Is there a profit from locational arbitrage? a. yes‚ the profit is $0.02/Euro
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Bolded Items are Potential Short Answer Questions Theories Individual differences vs. General Development Continuous development—gradual production over time (Ex: Infant cannot yet imitate parents‚ but will eventually be able to understand language. Discontinuous development—all of the sudden there is a dramatic change (stage theories‚ Piaget assumes this). Universal stages—children everywhere follow the same sequence of development. Contexts—unique combinations of genetics and environmental
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Lesson 1 Notes Causes of the Civil War -Slavery-gave South a great amount of economic and political power in the nation -Northern economy demanded cheap labor-drew nation’s attention of slavery -Lincoln’s election precipitated the secession of Southern States and the creation of the Confederacy Competing Notions of Freedom -North wanted to end slavery and also punish the south -they wanted to economize the South so they could provide the North with raw materials (cotton‚ lumber) for their
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