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    LECTURE 7  A system of communication  Words and written symbols  A two-way process  Productive‚ complex‚ infinite  Functions 1. Influences behaviors 2. Escapes reality with imagination 3. Communicates info and emotions PA10203 Lect 7 3/31/2013 2 1. 2. 3.  Phonology – knowledge of language’s sound system (phonetics) Morphology – rules specifying how words are formed from sounds Semantics – meanings expressed in words  Free morphemes – stand alone words Bound morphemes

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    Describe and discuss biological explanations for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a long term mental health condition‚ which is very complex. There are many explanations as to why an individual would have this illness‚ one of them being the biological explanation. The biological explanation mainly suggests genes are responsible for the diagnosis of schizophrenia‚ as they pass on the illness. The greater the similarity genetically the higher the risk of developing schizophrenia. Due to this reason

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    Introduction: There has been an issue when a father shot her daughter’s laptop and uploaded the video on YouTube for teaching her a lifetime lesson. The girl was actually betraying the family since years by spreading wrongs news of cruelties of the family with her. While in reality‚ the family was behaving in a very caring and routine way (Ferguson‚ 2012). The incident gives rise to many queries. Was the girl suffering from some sort of split personality syndrome? Was whole of the family suffering

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    TODAY`S TEENAGERS Student`s Name: Institution`s Name: Date of Submission: Today`s teenagers are motivated in making differences in the community. It is seen that teenagers today do not rely mostly on technology‚ and they spend almost their entire lifetime on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. They believe in popularity‚ and this is the reason many ensure that they have as many friends as possible on social networks. As a result‚ the teenagers constantly compete with

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    Life changing events and daily hassles Stressors can classified into two broad categories: discrete or continuous. Most of the research on discrete stressors has focused on the study of major life events‚ such as divorce or job loss‚ that require a significant degree of adjustment on the part of the individual. Continuous stressors‚ such as ongoing problems of life and living‚ also permeate our daily reality. Psychologists look at the impact of discrete major stressors‚ i.e life changes‚ and then

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    Chapter 12: Work‚ Leisure‚ and Retirement I. What is the meaning of work? a. Work as a source of identity‚ prestige‚ social recognition‚ and a sense of worth. b. The excitement of creativity and the opportunity to give something of themselves make work meaningful. c. Main source of work is to earn a living. d. “Graying of the workforce” i. The “older worker” in the labor market is considered to be aged 50 or 55 and above. ii. In organizations the threshold

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    Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines from January 15 to 19‚ 2015‚ is the first state and pastoral visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines. Though I’m not a catholic I was deeply affected that he chose the Philippines to be one of the countries he would visit. After going to Sri Lanka he went off to our country riding the plane to Villamor Air Base. A lot of Filipino citizens and media are waiting for the Pope’s arrival at the airport. The streets are filled and surrounded by the people and policemen

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    Outline and Evaluate the effects of Age on Eye Witness Testimony (EWT). With child abuse cases on the rise‚ children are being used as evidence in the courtroom; this involves them giving accurate eye witness testimony. Parker and Carranza conducted a laboratory study in 1989 to study the accuracy of age in eye witness testimony. They showed a mock crime scene video to a sample of primary school children and a sample of college students. They found that the primary school children were more likely

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    6.3 • respondent behavior: behavior that occurs as an automatic response to some stimulus (in CC) • operant conditioning: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher ➢ operant behavior: behavior that operates on the environment‚ producing consequences 6.3.1 • law of effect: Thorndike’s principle that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely‚ and that behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences

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    Intelligence as a measure of distance It is almost impossible to measure intelligence accurately and I will support this notion by stating logical and proven facts about the human mind and how they differ based on culture‚ understanding and environments. Intelligence is measured as an estimation based on other criteria‚ hence the analogy “ as a measure of distance” For example Region to region differ in understanding and identify intelligence based on either intellectual strength or physical strength

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