laboratory at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Nevertheless‚ the origins of psychology go all the way back thousands of years starting with the early Greeks. This foundation is closely connected to biology and philosophy; and especially the subfields of physiology which is the study of the roles of living things and epistemology‚ which is the study of comprehension and how we understand what we have learned. The connection to physiology and epistemology is often viewed as psychology‚ which is
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Pragmatics Presented by: John Reyrani E. Cadeleña Mark Christian A. Generalao Jan Kentrex C. Palalay AB Linguistics & Literature – III Presented to: Ms. Cindy Augusto‚ MA 12:30-1:30 PM MWF PRAGMATICS A subfield of linguistics that studies how people comprehend and produce a communicative act or speech act in a concrete speech situation which is usually a conversation. It studies the aspects of meaning and language use that are dependent on the speaker
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development of human social life. The sociological field of interest ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes. Most sociologists work in one or more specialties or subfields. The meaning of the word comes from the suffix "-logy" which means "study of‚" derived from Greek‚ and the stem "socio-" which is from the Latin word socius‚ meaning member‚ friend‚ or ally‚ thus referring to people in general. It is a social science
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Anthropology Science of human cultural and biological variation and evolution Study of human biological and cultural difference across space and time Anthropos: man (Greek) Logos: word (Greek) Naming: building a knowledge off “Study of Man” Human Diversity/Differences Rigorous explanation of being human appreciation of many things Overlap with other fields Economics: accumulate wealth v. giving away wealth Different perspectives Biological and Cultural Differences Important
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Communication As a Field and Discipline Robert T. Craig University of Colorado at Boulder Robert.Craig@Colorado.edu Word Count: 6‚121 (A+ Length) The editorial structure of the International Encyclopedia of Communication offers one view on the present state of communication as an academic field. The 29 editorial areas range in scope from micro-analysis of individual behavior (e.g.‚ (Information Processing and Cognition) to macro-analysis of communication institutions on societal and
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still exits but it is now theoretically more a matter of identification processes – variable relations and negotiations among people (Gupta and Ferguson 1997)‚ influenced by global market and mass media (McLuhan 1995; Appadurai 2003). So‚ applied anthropology
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography * Fieldwork- go out in the field and see what people are doing‚ observe how people’s actions and reactions vary across space * Summary of Field Note: Kenya full of fertile farmland but many are hungry. Why don’t they grow food for themselves? Most of Kenya is owned by foreigners and Kenya needs the foreign revenue * Human geography- how people make places‚ how we organize space and society‚ how we interact with each other in places and across
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and/or services‚ * Sociology‚ the study of development‚ origin‚ organizations and the functioning of human society‚ * Law‚ the regulations that needs to established in a society by the authority or the elected government officials‚ * Anthropology‚ the science of human and how they work‚ it deals with the physical and cultural development‚ characteristics and beliefs of the society‚ * Public administration‚ the fulfillment of public policies‚ * National politics‚ * International
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today? Economic Geography has always been an integral part of human geography. ‘Economic geography is usually regarded as a subfield of the discipline of geography‚ although recently economists such as Paul Krugman and Jeffrey Sachs have pursued interests that can be considered part of economic geography’ (Clark et al‚ 2002). Economic geography mainly represents two subfields which are closely associated to each other but they also have some major differences. Economic geography is first referred
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800918135538001 Identity Card No: 800918-13-5538 Telephone No: 0128083693 (Malaysia) +66896759616 (Thailand) Email:syhu@oum.edu.my Learning Centre: Pulau Pinang Learning Centre 1 ABPG 1103 Table of Contents Course Guide Title: Four subfields of psychology in their different areas of research and specialization. 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Clinical Psychology 2.1 Research area 2.1.1 Intelligence test 2.1.2 Personality test 2.1.3 Neuropsychological tests 2.2 Specialization 2.3 Importance
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