BIOL2110- Vertebrate Zoology Word count: 1056 Dinosaur extinction: An analysis of events and theories that possibly led to the dinosaurs’ demise. Ever since the history of Earth has been studied using fossil records‚ extinctions have always been the object of fascination and interest‚ particularly the mass extinctions that occurred throughout Earth’s history. A mass extinction can be caused by disruptive global environmental changes‚ where large numbers of species have become extinct (Urry
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Attitudes to Work Short Test Battery: Aspiration level‚ Frustration tolerance‚ Performance motivation‚ Impulsiveness/Reflexivity Release 26.00 Mödling‚ Austria‚ November 2003 Copyright © by Dr.G.Schuhfried Ges.m.b.H. Copyright © for the tests by Verlag Swets Test Services Test Authors: Klaus D. Kubinger & Johannes Ebenhöh Label AHA Manual Authors: Thomas Karner & Markus Sommer Dr. Gernot Schuhfried Gesellschaft m.b.H. Hyrtlstraße 45‚ 2340 Mödling‚ Austria‚ Tel. +43/2236/42315-0
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Humanistic approach to Counselling Introduction There are 3 main approaches to psychotherapy and counselling‚ and many variations on each approach: Psychodynamic Humanistic Behavioural The Psychodynamic approach‚ including psychoanalytic‚ is the oldest with an emphasis on bringing the unconscious into consciousness so gaining greater self-knowledge. It is usually long-term work ‚ often over a number of years‚ and in the case of psychoanalysis with several sessions each week. It delves into
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framework that helps to explain and identify the origin of behavior. | * When it comes to validity‚ behavioral analysis can be compared to the six criteria of a useful theory. The theory has continually generated research and rates very high on falsifiability. * Because Skinner focused primarily on behavior and not on internal factors‚ he put a lesser importance on personality‚
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Locard’s Exchange Principle and the use of Fingerprints: Edmond Locard (1877-1966) was a French scientist specialised in both medicine and law. Inspired by the work of Hans Gross‚ it was Edmond that created the concept that all objects of any material should leave traces of itself upon whatever it touches‚ even if it is the minutest amount‚ simply put as “Every Contact leaves a trace‚” Locard (1923). This is commonly known as Locard’s Exchange Principle. He believed that in circumstances such as
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Introduction Theorist Judee Burgoon is a well-respected contributor in the communication scholarly community. Not only has she formulated the eminent definition of a theory as “a set of systematic‚ informed hunches about the way things operate”‚ but she is also the founder of Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT). EVT is a communication theory that aims to provide an explanation for the nonverbal patterns and behaviors that occur when individuals interact interpersonally. Burgoon is a behavioral scientist
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Why psychology? know yourself figure other ppl out manipulate others Psychology – scientific study of behavior and mental processes Science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it‚ and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems Key ideas -science -behavior and internal processes -application -level of analysis Great debates in psychology * free will determinism To what extent do we
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"Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge‚ including knowledge of man‚ culture and society‚ and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications." (OECD (2002) Frascati Manual: proposed standard practice for surveys on research and experimental development‚ 6th edition.)[1] It is used to establish or confirm facts‚ reaffirm the results of previous work‚ solve new or existing problems
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The Cooperative Principle: Thoughts on its Uses and Flaws Ferdinand de Saussure was the founding father of the division of language into two components: the signifier and the signified. The signified is pure information‚ the signifier a matter of conveying it. Herbert Paul Grice developed the Cooperative Principle‚ which can be divided into four Gricean maxims. These maxims constitute a way of understanding the relationship between the signifier and the signified‚ or‚ in other words‚ the
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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was developed in part to offer a form of Jung ’s personality type theory that is more coherent and useful in people ’s lives. It has become one of the most accepted and widely-used development tools for assessing personality characteristics in non-psychiatric populations. Applications have been made across a broad range of human knowledge‚ including in areas such as psychotherapy and counseling; education‚ learning methods‚ cognitive styles‚ career counseling‚ and
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