(Lecture Notes: Chapter 1) 1 [CHAPTER 1] Sociology: Theory and Method WHAT IS SOCIOLOGY? • Sociology is the scientific study of human social life‚ groups‚ and societies. • Sociology shows us that aspects of life we consider natural or take for granted are influenced by social and historical forces. • Sociology is a discipline that insists on studying people within their social context. Your textbook begins by defining sociology and then by asking you to consider an unlikely topic—autism—sociologically
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Animal behavior: what an animal does when interacting with its environment A lot of animal’s behaviors are genetically predetermined - Ethology Study of animal behavior Didn’t exist - People Karl von Frisch Applied scientific method to study bees Figured out how bees tell other bees Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen Scandinavian Their research helped to show that some behaviors have genetic bases Nobel prize - Evolution Underlays all behavior Behaviors enhance
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Biology Major substances: Organic compounds – are compounds that contain carbon and were originally made by living things e.g. carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ nucleic acids Inorganic compounds – are compounds do not contain carbon as a main element Organic compounds | Composition | Function | Proteins | Carbon‚ hydrogen‚ oxygen and nitrogen | Used in the structure‚ storage‚ movement and transport of cells for growth and repair. | Lipids | Carbon‚ hydrogen and oxygen | Stores energy
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prickly plant. A Briar Rose is a beautiful flower that grows from a potentially painful plant or shrub. Chapter 1 The parts of the novel written in Italics represent the fairytale. The most important fairytale is that of “Sleeping Beauty”. There are also elements of the “Cinderella” fairytale with Silvia and Shana as the evil step-sisters who leave all the work to the Cinderella figure‚ Rebecca. Chapter 2 20 years later‚ the 3 little girls have grown up and Gemma is near death. Shana and Silvia have
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Lecture 1 – Multinational Financial Management: An Overview Review goals of multinational corporations (MNCs) and conflicts with those goals. Describe the key theories that justify international business. To explain the common methods used to conduct international business. Multinational Corporations Goal of the MNC – maximize shareholder wealth Conflicts against this goal Agency problems – managers act in their own interest
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surrounded by phonies in his circa- prep school. Preening Ackley and self-absorbed Stradlater act as his immediate contrasts. But‚ despite their flaws‚ he acts with basic kindness toward them‚ agreeing to write Stradlater’s English composition for him in Chapter 4‚ even though Stradlater is out with Jane Gallagher‚ a girl Holden seems to care for very deeply. The pressure of adolescent sexuality—an important theme throughout The Catcher in the Rye—makes itself felt here for the first time: Holden’s greatest
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Biology Notes: Threats to biodiversity in MA 1. Climate change: temp‚ sea levels‚ precipitation 2. Non climate threats such as habitat loss‚ habitat fragmentation‚ and invasive species and air and water pollution Fragmentation: often due to man (dams‚ roads‚ and general development) Elements of biodiversity: Species‚ ecosystems & landscapes Mammals from bats to bears Bats got the white nose fungus which caused the bats to die and the insect population flourished because the bats main job
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Chapter 2 notes: The planting of English America: ENGLANDS IMPERIAL STIRRINGS * England took little interest in establishing its own overseas colonies. * Religious conflict‚ moreover‚ disrupted England in midcentury‚ after King Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church in the 1530s‚ launching the English Protestant Reformation. * Protestant became dominant in England and rivalry with catholic Spain intensified * The catholic Irish sought help from catholic Spain to throw
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Triola‚ Elementary Statistics with TI-‐83/84+ Calculator‚ 3e Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics 1-1: Review and Preview Definitions: • Data: observations (such as measurements‚ genders‚ survey responses) that have been collected. • Statistics (the subject): a collection of methods for planning studies and experiments‚ obtaining data‚ and then organizing‚ summarizing‚ presenting‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and drawing conclusions
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AP Biology Study Guide Chapter 11 1. Categorize chemical signals in terms of the proximity of the communicating cells. Local signaling – a. Paracrine signaling – a secreting cell acts on nearby target cells by discharging molecules of a local regulator (a growth factor‚ for example) into the extracellular fluid. b. Synaptic signaling – a nerve cell releases neurotransmitter molecules into a synapse‚ stimulating the target cell. Long distance signaling- c. Hormonal signaling – specialized
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