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    STEM-Designated Degree Program List 2012 Revised List: Additions are in Bold CIP Code Family 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2010 CIP Code 1.0308 1.0901 1.0902 1.0903 1.0904 1.0905 1.0906 1.0907 1.0999 1.1001 1.1002 1.1099 1.1101 1.1102 1.1103 1.1104 1.1105 1.1106 1.1199 1.1201 1.1202 1.1203 1.1299 3.0101 3.0103 3.0104 3.0199 3.0205 Numeric Order CIP Code Title Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture. Animal Sciences‚ General Agricultural Animal Breeding Animal Health Animal

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    CH 1 Antecedent: An event that precedes another one. Respondent behaviors are responses to antecedent events. Association: A connection or relation between two things‚ such as sense impressions‚ ideas‚ stimuli‚ or stimuli and responses. Atomistic: Consisting or made up of many separate elements. The British empiricists were said to have an atomistic view of the mind because they believed that complex thoughts resulted from the accumulation of many different associations. B. F. Skinner: (1904-1990)

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    of scientific study which is based on the assumption that social behavior has resulted from evolution and attempts to explain and examine social behavior within that context. Often considered a branch of biology and sociology‚ it also draws from ethology‚ anthropology‚ evolution‚ zoology‚ archeology‚ population genetics‚ and other disciplines. Within the study of human societies‚ sociobiology is very closely allied to the fields of human behavioral ecology and evolutionary psychology. Sociobiology

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    Evolutionary Psychology www.epjournal.net – 2009. 7(2): 208-233 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Original Article Evolution‚ Psychology‚ and a Conflict Theory of Culture Kevin MacDonald‚ Department of Psychology‚ California State University – Long Beach‚ Long Beach‚ CA‚ USA. Email: kmacd@csulb.edu (Corresponding author). Abstract: This article develops an evolutionary theory of conflict over the construction of culture that is informed by current knowledge of psychological mechanisms. Psychological

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    Thorndike graduated from The Roxbury Latin School (1891)‚ in West Roxbury‚ Massachusetts and from Wesleyan University (B.S. 1895).[3] He earned an M.A. at Harvard University in 1897.[3] While at Harvard‚ he was interested in how animals learn (ethology)‚ and worked with William James. Afterwards‚ he became interested in the animal ’man’‚ to the study of which he then devoted his life.[5] Edward’s thesis is sometimes thought of as the essential document of modern comparative psychology.[6] Upon

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    Figure 1. The proportion of time the parakeets spent performing each set of behaviours under control (a)‚ horizontal (b) and vertical (c) conditions Figure 2. The proportion of time the cockatiels spent performing each set of behaviours under control (a)‚ horizontal (b) and vertical (c) conditions. Although a large amount of time was spent perching‚ it can be seen here that preening was a dominant behaviour during the control conditions for the cockatiels. This is seen to reduce as the perch arrangement

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    Unraveling altruism in the contemporary Indian metropolitan Anita Sheerah‚ Karishma Dhawan‚ Masrat Wani‚ Nipuna Singh‚ Sakshi Arora and Tapti Malhotra. Delhi University‚ South Campus‚ Arts Faculty. Abstract Altruism as a trait has been studied since the last 40 years. The present study aims to explore the components of altruism in the contemporary context observed in an Indian metropolitan. In this study a lost letter experiment was used to measure altruism across 120 families‚ chosen randomly

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    the actions that preceded it less likely to happen in the future Quantity and quality -amount and type of reinforcement and punishment‚ important determinants of motivation Instincts -behaviors that do not require previous experience or learning Ethology -field that seeks to study the behavior of animals in their natural habitat Evolutionary psychology -branch of psychology that seeks to explain behavior in terms of its function Unlearned behaviors -behaviors that are apparent from a very early

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    Psychological Topics 17 (2008)‚ 2‚ 247-263 Original Scientific Article – UDC – 616.89-008.441.42 159.015.7 Evolutionary Explanations of Eating Disorders Igor Kardum‚ Asmir Gračanin‚ Jasna Hudek-Knežević University of Rijeka‚ Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department of Psychology Abstract This article reviews several most important evolutionary mechanisms that underlie eating disorders. The first part clarifies evolutionary foundations of mental disorders and various mechanisms leading to

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    Drawing on your original child observational studies‚ critically evaluate one child development theory used in that observation‚ making reference to Social Work practice This essay seeks to critically evaluate the role of child observation as a psychoanalytical skill within social work practice. Drawing on insight from the attachment theory. It will highlight its value as a social work tool. The act of observation‚ according to LeRiche (1998) is considered as being‚ part of the process of looking

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