PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology San Diego State University Fall Semester 2014 – TTH 8:00 Section Instructor:Mark A. Laumakis‚ Ph.D. (pronounced la-may-kiss) Office: Life Sciences North 109 (I am only there on Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 12 noon) Phone:(619) 594-1933 E-mail: mlaumakis@mail.sdsu.eduOffice Hours: Tuesday (online) and Thursday (in Life Sciences North 109) 11 a.m. – 12 noon Class Time/Location:Tuesday: online in Blackboard Collaborate / Thursday 8:00-9:15 a.m. in AL-201 NOTE:
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Discipline is the basis of the whole universe. The Earth‚ the Sun‚ the Moon and other plane s‚ all are governed by a set of laws to maintain perfect harmony and beauty. There will be chaos without this order. Similarly‚ discipline is one of the basic requirements of a civilized life. Every society has to set certain norms for its people to maintain peace and order. The strength of a nation lies in discipline. It helps to make progress‚ fight external invasion and maintain national unity. Citizens
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Disciplining Children Although there are over a million ways to discipline a child‚ I feel as though the more effective way is through positive discipline. What that means is the beatings and hitting and yelling is not called for. The first positive discipline technique is role modeling. Children can learn more about behavior by watching adults or peers that they look up to doing the right thing. Another way is attention ignore‚ Children repeat behaviors that get attention if you ignore them they
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NOVA: How the Brain Works The description pretty much describes this video well. In essence‚ it’s a look into the complexity of the human brain. Trying to understand how we perceived the world around us and showing some of the experiments that try to explain how the process works. If you want to spend an hour with quirky but interesting approach to the topics of how illusions work‚ how our brains are affected by electro-magnetic impulses and what is the current status of artificial intelligence
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Question : Psychology follows the scientific method and is therefore considered as a science. Discuss Psychology is a science and therefore it follows the scientific method. The scientific method is a standardized way of making observations‚ gathering data‚ forming theories‚ testing predictions and interpreting results. This scientific method employs a set of rules that apply to a form of research that identifies cause and effect relations. This research is called an experiment and it consists
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“Provide an overview of how criminology cooperate[s] with other disciplines to solve crimes” To provide an overview of how criminology cooperates with other disciplines to solve crimes‚ we must first look at what crime and criminology are‚ and identify the other influences and interacting disciplines used in solving crimes. Within the framework of Criminology‚ crime is defined as “human conduct that violates the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction that
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This paper will demonstrate the ubiquitous nature of abnormal behaviors/mental disorders in our society. I will touch on different perspectives of having abnormal behaviors and mental disorders. Abnormal behavior is a behavior that is consistent with the individual’s development‚ cultural‚ and societal norms‚ creates emotional distress‚ or interferes with daily functioning. A Mental Disorder is defined as psychological syndrome or behavioral pattern that is associated with subjective distress and/or
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Self discipline seems to have dropped out of our culture as an admirable trait. The way successful celebrities are presented in our society can fool us into believing that great success is easy - almost like a product you can buy off the shelf. But prolonged self discipline is the reality behind the appearance. When you go to see a movie you don’t see the thousands of hours of effort that went into it. The singer Eddie Cantor said it had taken him twenty years to become an overnight success.
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A third abnormal behaviour tigers can display is overgrooming and self mutilation. This is where an animal over grooms themselves leaving uneven fur and patches and occasionally bleeding this can lead to infections and in extreme cases death if the situation gets bad enough. We can tell the animal is performing this behaviour if it is repeatedly grooming itself‚ there may also be fur chunks on the enclosure floor and blood where it has been laying as well as visible damage to the tigers coat. Both
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Scientific Article Worksheet Title: Spiny Mice Modulate Eumelanin to Pheomelanin Ratio to Achieve Cryptic Coloration in ‘‘Evolution Canyon‚’’ Israel Authors: Natarajan Singaravelan‚ Tomas Pavlicek‚ Alex Beharav‚ Kazumasa Wakamatsu‚ Shosuke Ito‚ Eviatar Nevo Journal: PLoS one Volume‚ year‚ pages: 5‚ 2010‚ e8708 Scientific Article Overview Download this document and type your answers after each question. For each question provide a brief but complete answer to the question (you
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