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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Ms. Michelle P. Trangia Instructor 1. Define Psychology. Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Psychology has the immediate goal of understanding individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases‚ and by many accounts it ultimately aims to benefit society. The word psychology literally means‚ "study of the soul" (from the Greek word psukhē‚ meaning
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book drew a cohesive picture of life by connecting what had once seemed a bewildering array of unrelated facts. Darwin made two major points in The Origin of Species: I. Today’s organisms descended from ancestral species that were different from modern species. II. Natural selection provided a mechanism for this evolutionary change. The basic idea of natural selection is that a population can change over time if individuals that possess certain heritable traits leave more offspring than other
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HISTORY OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Grand Canyon University: Doctoral Studies in Psychology July 24‚ 2013 Introduction “What social psychology has given to an understanding of human nature is the discovery that forces larger than ourselves determine our mental life and our actions - chief among these forces [is] the power of the social situation” ― Mahrzarin Banaji The Banaji quote is the perfect description of social psychology and the intellectual forces behind the journey of its discovery
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Sacha Hammack History And Evolution Of Health Care Economics University of Phoenix HCS/440 History and Evolution of Health Care Healthcare is an everyday thing to Americans now in the Twenty-first Century but before the 1900’s this would have been a totally different concept. Economics is the science that deals with the production‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services‚ or the material welfare of mankind. There are several different reasons that healthcare economics have
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In conclusion‚ the Russian Revolution of 1905 was the key turning point of Russia’s modern history; it is the prelude of another revolution - the 1917 Revolution - a much powerful revolution. The 1905 revolution created a harmful impact on the legitimacy of the Romanov Monarchy; people did not fear or respect the tsar once the revolution had begun. Politically‚ the Tsar‚ Nicholas II was forced to introduce many reform measures to appease his subjects. One of the reform measures occurred when Nicholas
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The Evolution of Language The study of language is very intriguing once you start looking a little farther into it. I read through many books and sources to help make the history of language a little more clear and found many interesting ideas. I found that something as simple as the way you use your hand could shape the brain‚ language‚ and human culture (The Hand). I also found many sources on human evolution; and digging a bit deeper into this area showed me many thoughts and
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Braden Anderson October 15‚ 2008 Macro-Evolution The theory of macro-evolution is one of the most debated topics in modern day society. Macro-evolution is the changing of one species to another‚ and the Big Bang Theory is tied in with it. Theories such as man evolves from apes and the universe coming from a large explosion‚ called the Big Bang‚ have been debated against creationists who believe in creation from a supernatural being. Evolution‚ I believe‚ is false because it lacks the
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Evolution of the Earth The planet earth has gone through much abuse and punishment in the past. Formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago‚ the earth has undergone multiple catastrophic asteroids erasing species after species. Due to geologic evidence‚ it is estimated over 90 percent of all life that had ever lived in this planet have been extinct. No more than the past 500 million years alone‚ 50-90 percent of all organisms on earth were wiped out of the geological timeline without any warning
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Human Evolution and the Fossil Record Scientists continue to debate the history of man. It is generally agreed upon by the scientific community‚ however‚ that humans evolved from lesser beings‚ and this essay will function to provide evidence to support this claim. Several points will be outlined‚ including the general physical changes that occurred between several key species on the phylogeny of man‚ and a discussion of dating methods used to pinpoint the age of the fossils. This essay will
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