AP Human Geography Exam Vocabulary Definitions Unit 1: Nature and Perspectives (Ch. 1 & 2 in Barron’s Pattison’s Four Traditions (1964): W.D. Pattison -earth-science: physical geography (not one of the Five Themes) -locational: spatial tradition (location) -man-land: human/environmental interaction -area-studies: regional geography Five Themes of Geography (1986): GENIP -location: position; situation of people and things -human/environmental interaction:
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Developmental Psychology Notes Examines how people are continually developing- physically‚ cognitively‚ and socially – from infancy through old age. Nature and Nurture: how do genetic inheritance and experience influence our development? Should always be in the back of your head during this unit. Are you who you are because of the way you were born or because of the way you were raised? Continuity and stages: is development a gradual‚ continuous process like riding an escalator‚ or does it proceed
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AP EUROPEAN HISTORY NOTES- Filled with silliness and inside jokes‚ enjoy at your leisure :) If something is in [] brackets‚ it is only written in there for our pleasure‚ ignore it if you are looking for actual information. • 7: The Renaissance and Reformation- 1350-1600 Key: UMSUniversal o Georgio Vasari- Rinascita=rebirth (like Renaissance) painter/architect Male Suffrage o Individualism: People sought to receive personal credit for achievements‚ unlike medieval ideal of “all glory goes to
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Human development is very important in terms of living conditions in different countries. The statement "any society committed to improving the lives of its people must also be committed to full and equal rights for allEis true. The UN considers three factors to calculate human development in a country. These factors cover many aspects of a country‚ including social development in a country. Income‚ education‚ and healthy living are considered to be the most important factors in human development
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Environment‚ Development and Sustainability (2005) 7: 501–518 DOI 10.1007/s10668-004-5539-0 Ó Springer 2005 DEBATES ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: TOWARDS A HOLISTIC VIEW OF REALITY LEONARDO ALBERTO RIOS OSORIO1‚*‚ MANUEL ORTIZ LOBATO2 and ´ XAVIER ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO3 1 Universitat Polite`cnica de Catalunya‚ Edifici Campus‚ TR10‚ Calle Colom‚ 2‚ P.O. 08222 Terrassa‚ Barcelona‚ Spain; 2UNED (Distance Education University of Spain)‚ Terrassa‚ Barcelona; 3Universitat Polite`cnica de Catalunya‚ Terrassa
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Megan Stark and Hanna Spruill Mr. Donner AP Psychology 9 October 2012 Naturalistic Observation 1. Hypothesis: If a school age person goes to Starbucks‚ then they will order an iced drink. 2. The specific prediction that we were making is that the younger that a person is that goes to Starbucks‚ the more likely they are to get an iced drink. We both felt this would be true because many kids seem not to like coffee and young teens often enjoy the Frappuccino’s because they taste similar
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AP Psychology Summer Vocabulary 1. Absolute Threshold – The minimum amount of energy required for a sensory experience to be produced. 2. Accommodation – In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development‚ the process of changing existing schemas when new information cannot be assimilated. 3. Action Potential – The nerve impulse that travels down the axon and triggers the release of neurotransmitters into a synapse. 4. Afterimage Effect – A sensory experience that continues in the absence of the stimulus
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perhaps the most defining influence in human interaction. Human development is the result of ongoing dynamic systems that are never static but are always affected by‚ and affecting‚ many systems of development. There are many specific patterns or norms at each stage of development. Matching these certain ages with these patterns give developmental scientists a backbone in which to measure human development. Culture provides the overall framework where humans learn to organize their thoughts‚ emotions
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Human Development 1. Two strands of human development are social and emotional. 2. Two stages of human development from the case study are older adulthood and adulthood. 3. Nature is what you are born with‚ like what you inherit from your parents‚ an example from the case study is that Iain and Kirsty’s daughter has brown curly hair just like Iain. 4. Nurture is what you learn as you grow up and go through life; an example of nurture from the case study is that Anne is planning on
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Developmental Psychology Notes- Chapter 5: Early Childhood: Body and Mind Healthy 6 year old: weighs between 40-50 lbs‚ least 3.5 ft tall‚ looks lean not cubby‚ has adult like body proportions (legs constitute half of total height) Height of Children T-S: African‚ European‚ Asian and Latino descent Obesity major problem‚ children from low income families especially vulnerable to obesity bc their cultures quard against undernutrition/parents rely on cheap fast food (low nutritional value/high
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