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    The 'War of Currents'

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    supply electricity to cities in the late 1880s is often called the ’War of Currents ’‚ as this battle ultimately decided which type of current became the standard for the generation of electricity today. Due to different advantages and disadvantages‚ Edison promoted direct current (DC) for electric power distribution‚ whereas Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla both advocated alternating current (AC). Edison ’s direct current was initially the standard for the United States for electricity distribution

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    for some of the modern conveniences of today‚ Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Edison perfected the incandescent light bulbs and devised a system of electrical current for homes and businesses. Tesla’s biggest innovation was introducing alternating current as the standard for modern electric power‚ breaking Edison’s monopoly on direct current power. Inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were opposite sides of the same coin. Edison‚ a brilliant business man with no formal education and Tesla‚

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    Nigerian History and Current Affairs April 2013 Vol. 3.9 Compilation by www.promong.com Promoting brands nationwide …more than 10‚000 monthly downloads !!!                            Origination‚ Information and Statistics Current Ministers as @ April 2013 Top Officials in Government States Data and Governors Addresses of Federal Ministries Addresses of State Liaison Offices Past and Present Leaders 1960 -2013 Foreign Leaders

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    Describe the behaviourist approach in psychology and evaluate the research methods used by behaviourist psychologists. The behaviourist approach in psychology states that all behaviour is learnt from experience and from the environment we are in. John Locke (1690) a psychologist described the mind as ‘Tabula Rasa’‚ believing when we are born our minds are completely blank slates‚ and that all of our behaviour is dependent upon our interactions and experiences with the environment. Behaviourists

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    Current Situation The image of professional baseball has‚ by and large‚ been an idyllic and relatively unblemished one from its roots as the national pastime in the mid-1800s until the latter part of the 20th century. Aside from the 1919 Black Sox scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to cheat‚ to "fix" the World Series‚ nothing has rocked the game as much as the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED). Since revelations about players using such substances as steroids

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    Psychology

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    Quiz 2 Ch. 15: PP 467-70; 471-73; 474-77; and 480-83 Ch. 16: PP. 497-501; 505-510. Chapter 15-Health Psychology * Health psychology: a field that explores how biological‚ psychological‚ and social/environmental factors interact to influence physical health * Factors that affect health (they all interact with each other): * Biological factors (genetic makeup‚ age‚ gender) influence on our susceptibility to disease * Environmental factors

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    Enduring Issues in Psychology Toni Blake • Which Type of Psychotherapy Is Most Useful? • Psychotherapy should focus on unconscious traumas • Psychotherapy should focus on irrational thought processes • Psychotherapy should focus on an individual’s potential • Psychotherapy should focus on changing • What Is Personality and How Is It Measured? • Unconscious instincts motivate personality • Social feeling motivates personality • A hierarchy of needs motivates personality • Personality

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    Chelsea Delos Santos Homework 1 (20 pts.) Part I (6 pts.) Experiments: Identifying Variables and Groups In each of the examples‚ identify the independent variable and dependent variable as well as which participants make up the experimental group and which make up the control group. Remember: Independent Variable = What the investigator manipulates; the particular treatment or condition

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    PSYCH Chapter One: Psychology and Scientific Thinking What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific study of the mind‚ brain‚ and behavior. As a discipline‚ psychology spans many levels of analysis. Biological  social influences Attachment Need to examine ALL of them: genetic/neurochemical/physiological and mental/behavioral/social level Depression at differing levels of Explanation Molecular level>Neurochemical>Neurological/physiological>Mental>Behavioral>Social Challenging

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    CHAPTER 5 Identity in Adolescence James E. Marcia INTRODUCTION One difficulty in studying adolescence is the definition of the period itself. It is somewhat variable but specific in its beginnings with the physiological changes of puberty; it is highly variable and nonspecific in its end. If the termination of adolescence were to depend on the attainment of a certain psychosocial position‚ the formation of an identity. then. for some. it would never end. Moreover. identity is an even

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