Original materials are indispensable for my dissertation. I am going to use a large amount of primary sources in not only the National Archives‚ but also various presidential‚ military‚ and institutional libraries. In these archives‚ the majority of the documents created prior to the 1990s are not digitalized. Furthermore‚ my research field has not been frequently studied by other researchers. Thus‚ the related documents are usually not among the few documents digitalized by these archives. Although
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EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR IN THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: * Attitudes Affect Actions * Attitudes predict behavior‚ and persuasion is the means by which we attempt to change attitudes to change behavior * External situations may also influence behavior * Attitudes can still influence behavior when outside influences are not so prominent * Actions Affect Attitudes * Our attitudes represent one of the three divisions described in modern psychology: The cognitive‚ the behavioral
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Mississippi) and any source a historian should look at factors such as: The painter and their motives for painting‚ is the source fact‚ opinion‚ or propaganda‚ and the general purpose of this source. The painter’s name is William Henry Powell and his motives may have been to let others know how Powell saw this event and what happened in Powell’s perspective. The source itself is a secondary source but it is a based on many primary sources‚ that is why it is fact. The general purpose of this source would have
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Primary/Secondary Sources Summarization Project Jeremiah Shivers The book “Night” is the first book of a trilogy (three-part series) written by Elie Wiesel. This book is about his first hand experience in Nazi German concentration camps with his father. It takes place between the beginning of the Holocaust and the end of World War II. Primary and Secondary Sources‚ like books or documents. They help us find out what happened in the past. Depending on how it is being used makes an object
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stress? Do you care that the answers to these questions are grounded in scientific evidence attained from careful observation or experimentation rather than people’s armchair‚ self-help sound bites? Then psychology is the field for you! Psychology is the scientific study of behavior. Humans behavior and experience is rooted in physiological mechanisms‚ but our ability to engage in conscious and abstract thought makes us complex subjects of study. To understand that complexity‚ psychologists devise
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10/24/2017 Gino Cendejas Dr. White‚ HIST 1113l Primary Source Review: The Story of The Flood A bustling young region renown for being the cradle of civilizations‚ Mesopotamia‚ is the setting of this epic poem‚ The Story of The Flood. The Story of The Flood is embodied into the 11th tablet of 12‚ that together‚ compose the many heroic stories of The Epic of Gilgamesh. This narrative is the oldest piece of Epic Western Literature‚ that is of Sumerian/Babylonian origins. It is believed to have been
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Definition of Psychology Psychology: the science of behavior and mental processes. * Science * Attempt to understand people by thinking critically about careful‚ controlled observations. * Behavior * Refers to all of a person’s overt actions that can be directly observed. * Mental Processes * Refers to the private thoughts‚ emotions‚ feelings‚ and motives that other people can not directly observe. Goals of Psychology (4) * Describe: Identifying and classifying
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Definition: psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes (thoughts‚ emotions‚ actions) Behavior: Overt; i.e.‚ can be directly observed (crying‚ reading‚ snowboarding) Mental Processes: Covert; i.e.‚ cannot be directly observed (remembering‚ thinking) – private and internal Pseudo-Psychologies Pseudo means “false”; Any unfounded “system” that resembles psychology and is NOT based on scientific testing Experiments – formal trial undertaken to confirm or disconfirm a hypothesis
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Thesis: As the Internet becomes our primary source of information‚ it is affecting our ability to read books and other long narratives. This process of rewiring our brains carries the danger of flattening human experience even as it offers the benefits of knowledge efficiency and immediacy. 1) The author begins the article with a description of the closing scene in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey when Dave dismantles the memory circuits of Hal‚ the artificial brain that controls the
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Chap. 9 Psychological Assessment: The use of specified procedures to evaluate abilities‚ behaviors and personal qualities‚ measurement of individual differences because the majority of assessments specify how an individual is different from or similar to other people on a given dimension Sir Francis Galton: Hereditary genius in 1869‚ Galton’s Ideas of Intelligence: Differences are quantifiable‚ Differences form a bell shaped curve or normal distribution‚ Intelligence(mental ability) can be measure
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