on Human Evolution This article explores the hypothesis that key human adaptations evolved in response to environmental instability. This idea was developed during research conducted by the Smithsonian’s Human Origins Program. Natural selection was not always a matter of ‘survival of the fittest’ but also survival of those most adaptable to changing surroundings. (Illustrations for this article coming soon.) Background Paleoanthropologists – scientists who study human evolution
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The Evil in Human Behavior Teachers‚ police officers‚ doctors‚ and the president are examples of authority figures in our society. It is human behavior that normal individuals follow the orders of their authority figure‚ whether it be a student following the classroom rules made by a teacher or supervisor ordering his/her employees. It is natural instinct for humans to do what they are told by the people who are above them. In some cases‚ obeying the authority figure can turn into a frightening
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1. Thermoreceptors perceive the impact of heat on the part of human body and send signals through neurons to brain that causes the feeling of pain. If the signals fail to pass from thermoreceptors to brain‚ the risk of burning the part of the body arises. The pain is the indicator of the danger to human body and the ultimate manifestation of pain is a pain shock‚ which may be deadly for human body. 2. Olfaction is responsible for smell sense. Gustation is responsible for taste. They involve chemical
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Psychology of Human Behavior ROUGH DRAFT Everybody responds and behaves differently to events based on their own personalities. Some people are morning people‚ god knows why‚ but they are. Whereas other people like to stay up later because they get more done at night. That behavior is one that is programed to you from birth. If you don’t like mornings‚ you cannot make yourself like mornings‚ it’s not going to happen. But other behaviors are learned‚ based on our upbringing and environment. Our
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psychology • Concerns the growth of intelligence‚ which for Piaget‚ meant the ability to more accurately represent the world and perform logical operations on representations of concepts grounded in interactions with the world • Schemata – schemes of how one perceives the world; emerges and is developed in developmental stages • We construct our cognitive abilities through self-motivated action in the world • Assimilation – take in material from the environment • Accommodation – difference made
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How Climate Change Affects Human Health Over the last 50 years‚ human activities – particularly the burning of fossil fuels – have released sufficient quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to trap additional heat in the lower atmosphere and affect the global climate. In the last 100 years‚ the world has warmed by approximately 0.75°C. Over the last 25 years‚ the rate of global warming has accelerated‚ at over 0.18°C per decade. Sea levels are rising‚ glaciers are melting and precipitation
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Radjnie Binda November 26‚ 2013 How Does Stress Affect the Physical Body? Stress is a term that is highly difficult when it comes to defining it. Scientists say the term itself defies its definition. There are many ways in which stress can be defined as; the difficult part is to know which definition you are looking for. Hans Selye‚ a Hungarian endocrinologist‚ is the man who discovered the theory of stress. Selye defines stress as‚ "the non-specific response of the body to any demand for
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How Alcohol May Affect Human Behaviour 4. A young man started behaving in an aggressive and abusive manner after he had a number of alcoholic drinks at a party. The next day he was behaving quite normally and was quite concerned when shown a video of his behaviour the previous night. Explain how alcohol may affect human behaviour. Some Facts(1) Australian industry loses more than one billion dollars a year because of sickness caused by alcohol. Alcohol plays a part in more than 50%
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Points | Objectives | 1 2.1 Describe the social‚ biological‚ and psychological development of an individual during adolescence. 2.2 Analyze individual and family interactions associated with adolescence. 2.3 Explain the social constructs of gender and sexual orientation. | | | Reading | Read Ch. 6 of Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment. | | | Reading | Read Ch. 7 of Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment. | | |
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Cannabis Effects on Human Beings In today’s society‚ there are many opinions about certain topics‚ such as illegal substances‚ that differ from one person to another. Those opinions‚ sadly‚ are shaped mostly by things that one hears or sees. However‚ fallacies have become extremely common nowadays. This is why people should always analyze the information they receive before actually believing it. In fact‚ there are many people that still believe that cannabis is one of the worse drugs on earth.
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