Lecture 1 Research Basics • Definition o Process of applying creative thinking in a logical way o Acquisition & creation of knowledge informed by theory & practice • Misconceptions o Not simply gathering existing information o Not merely gathering new data o Not necessarily the production of something original o Not always involving a problem • Knowledge-driven o Explores o Speculates o Describes o Explains o Predicts o Evaluates • Purposes o Role expectation o Current information
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What do you see yourself in 5-10 years? A professional surgeon? A musician? Every one of professions started with just going to college or a university. What about community colleges? There are many colleges/universities out there in different cities‚ states‚ and countries. There are some people who can’t afford to go to a college/university‚ so that is why we have community colleges. They are affordable‚ and maybe close to home. Also they give you a 4 year degree education. Tacoma Community College
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Homecoming week was full of exciting activities‚ games‚ and sports! Events were happening everyday during this week. The week kicked off on Monday the 26th and it started with Dress like a Pirate day! Not only was Monday full of fun‚ but it continued through the week. Tuesday was comfy cozy‚ and we definitely brought out the jammies. Wednesday consisted of a ton of twins‚ because who doesn’t want one. Thursday brought some interesting throwbacks‚ with people dressing from their favorite time periods
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Generally‚ the sound of hurricane force winds and snapping trees don’t combine to make the sweetest lullaby but for the hurricane season those sounds rocked me to sleep. Mix with my mother’s panic and some house leaks‚ I didn’t necessarily have the most eventful hurricane experience. The approach of hurricane Irma didn’t make me as nervous as much as it should have‚ most likely due to my mother worrying enough for the both of us. We covered everything important and not so important things in plastic
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Reflection Paper #4 Preparing and giving my Cultural Hero Speech was different than my Narrative Speech in many ways. First of all‚ in my opinion‚ the Cultural Hero speech was more personal because I have to tell the audience why this person was my cultural hero and why they deserved it in my eyes. For the Narrative speech I simply just had to interview someone who was different from myself. This‚ in turn‚ also made me more passionate presenting my speech about my hero than I was in my first speech
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Outline and evaluate research into types of attachment. Ainsworth conducted a study to observe types of attachment behaviours with occur between a mother and a child. She used observation to witness these behaviours. By placing the child in a set up play room with one way glass allowed natural behaviour to be observed without interference from the psychologist. Ainsworth used several situations including a mother a child and a stranger. Firstly the mother and the child entered the room‚ the child
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I. Introduction What is population explosion? It is a rapid increase in size of the population caused by such factors as a sudden decline in infant mortality or an increase in life expectancy. One factor to consider is the death rate and birth rate is not in balance. This means that rapidly growth increase was mainly caused by decreased death rate and an increase in birth rate. To the extent the number of birth rate exceeds the number of deaths. Population explosion is one of the serious
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Cultural Comparisons Paper #1 I decided to research Saudi Arabia because Saudi Arabia has been in the news a lot lately and I wanted to have a better understanding of the culture. There are a lot of stereotypes associated with Saudi Arabia and the Islam religion and I think that the best way to overlook these stereotypes is to learn more about the culture and gain an insider’s perspective. It is all too easy to judge a culture from the outside‚ but by becoming educated on the culture it may be
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Cross Cultural Beliefs about The Afterlife. Seminar in Individual Differences and Personality Abstract A study of American undergraduates indicated that the beliefs about the nature of life after death were quite complicated. A 41-item questionnaire produced 12 independent groups of beliefs. Belief in an internal locus of control and that one’s life is owned by God were associated with a more positive view of the afterlife‚ as was being Roman Catholic rather than Protestant
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LABOR PROCESS Labor- series of physiological and mechanical process by which all products and conception are expelled from the birth canal. -is the series of events by which the uterine contractions and abdominal pressure expel a fetus and placenta from a woman’s body. Regular contractions cause progressive dilatation (enlargement or widening of the cervical canal) and create sufficient muscular force to allow a baby tobe pushed from the birth canal (or vagina). Preliminary Signs of labor 1
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