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    the most important people in history because he has helped modern people with different ways to paint‚ inventions‚ and humanism. Leo was known for his many art pieces‚ and people over many generations love his work. He is also known worldwide for great knowledge and skills. Leonardo was a visionary. He pondered‚ worked on what he wished to‚ and kept himself from outside influences that might try to talk him into doing otherwise. Modern artists are inspired by his art and try to use light and dark

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    Functionalism has given a useful understanding of society‚ despite its limitations. Functionalists describe society using an organic analogy; they say society is like a biological organism. Parsons found three similarities between society and an organism. System organisms such as the human body and society are both self-regulating and inter-related‚ independent parts fit together in fixed ways. In the body these are organs; in society they are institutions‚ such as family and education. Both organisms

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    Definitions of Psychology Psychology History & Perspectives 1.“the science of mental life” (William James‚ 1890) 2. “the study of human or animal behaviour” (Webster’s Dictionary‚ 1988) 3. “the scientific study of behavior and the mind” (Passer & Smith‚ 2004) Roots of the Word psyche Greek for the “soul” Related Fields I. Philosophy Rene Descartes (1595-1650) •dualism (interactionism) • mind is nonphysical entity • mind and body are separate‚ distinct entities involved in

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    of Psychology”; introspection/ Structuralism | |Wertheimer |Gestalt psychology | |Titchner |Structuralism | |James |Functionalism / James-

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    What is cognitive psychology? The study of mental processes such as perceiving‚ remembering‚ and reasoning. Analytic introspection- analyze current perception into its elementary parts. Structuralism-complex conscious experiences can be broken down to elemental structures (component parts) of sensation and feelings. Introspection-look at a stimulus and report sensations and feelings to create a description of conscious experience School of functionalism-learn how the mind produces useful behavior

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    Wundt was known for‚ because there were two main aspects of psychology at the time‚ structuralism and functionalism. Structuralism is the basic elements of mental processes of the mind. It includes all of the structures of the mind as opposed to the purposes of the mind in a functionalists view. The main tool used with structuralism is introspection. Introspection looks inside the mind by focusing on one’s thoughts. An example of structuralism and introspection at work was in the metronome experiment

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    one was to apply a sociological perspective to the debate of Pro Life vs. Pro Choice‚ you would get similar results. From a Structural Functionalism Theory and a Social Conflict Theory point of view‚ abortion is necessary for society to function. Symbolic Interaction theorists look at abortion on more of a case by case basis.

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    Functionalism and Marxism are both known to be structural perspectives‚ due to the fact that they concentrate on a group of people rather than on the individual himself. Although very similar the two are different in very distinct ways‚ in fact Functionalism falls under the sub-heading of consensus structuralism‚ while Marxism falls under the sub-heading of conflict structuralism. As the sub-headings suggest they may be considered as opposites in various ways. The similarities and differences of

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    Structuralism of Feminine Oppression: “All Summer in A Day” Structuralism is defining the truth of the text within its context. A feminine approach to analyze a literary piece of writing is done by examining the unequal power roles between a man and women in regards to: physical‚ economic‚ and emotional aspects assigned to each gender. By analyzing Ray Bradbury’s short story‚ All Summer in a Day using the structuralism theory along with feminist research‚ a clear male totalitarianism society becomes

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    used in a lot of early science on the modern day. Here are a few examples like the name of new species of animals‚ catholic masses‚ and early naming of the body part for scientist‚ doctors and nurses. Charlemagne’s famous form was monetary form system for their economy. Yes‚ their coins were gold based and he switched it to silver so every peasant will have some type of money in their pockets. That was the foundation for a modern form of currency in the modern day Europe. The entire continent has

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