FALL 2011 Psychology 100 Final Exam Notes Greta Epstein Chapter 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY What is Scientific Inquiry? * A way of finding answers to empirical questions- questions that are answered by observing and measuring * 4 basic goals: * Describing what happens * Predicting when it happens * Controlling what causes it to happen * Explaining why it happens
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Chapter 2 Review-Questions: 1. Describe the U.S. role in the world economy. The United States take up an influential position in the world economy. As the largest economy of the world and with the third largest population‚ the United States are responsible for 24 % of the world’s GDP. They are also contributing 1/10 to the world’s exports and 1/8 to the world’s imports. Moreover‚ the U.S. dollar serves as invoicing currency for many international transactions. Because of their political
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Hedges and Sacco introduce Chapter 2 with Silvia Ramos‚ she was in a bakery when the gunman came in and shot Hernadez‚ her husband‚ a bullet through his heart. He then speaks of the violence in those communities and if that violence continues and are not handled at that time‚ then more is to come‚ “violence begets violence” (64). He makes a point that the communities which are suffering from this violence stem from “Slavery. Segregation. Sharecropping. Convict leasing. Jim Crow. Lynching. Urban squalor
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Ethics notes Chapters 1 E& 2 Morality is over self intrest and even the law. It is an obligation to do or not do certain things. Philosophy- literally means love of wisdom. From the greek word philia meaning love or friendship and sophia means wisdom. Epistemology- the study of knowledge‚ metaphysics the study of nature of reality‚ and ethics the study of morality. Aesthetics- the study of values in art and beauty and logic the study of argument and the principles of correct reasoning. Ethics-
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I Wish I’d Been There: Chapter 2 In 1692 happened one of the most tragic events in American history: Salem Witchcraft Trials. The Salem Witch Trials were court hearings involving prosecutions among many men and women living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony based on their supposed involvement in witchcraft. 19 innocent women and men were hung‚ four died in jail‚ and an old man was pressed to death by heavy rocks when he refused to stand for trial… how did this maelstrom start? Through social and
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comfortable answering. So yes‚ she is correct to keep silent. Throughout the novel‚ there were many people who relied on Obasan for the answers to their questions since she is elderly‚ has wisdom and experience due to how long she has lived for. Chapter 5‚ Page 26: “Why did my mother not return? After all these years‚ I find myself wondering‚ but with the dullness of expecting no response. ‘Please tell me about Mother’‚ I would say as a child to Obasan. I was consumed by the question. Devoured alive
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CHAPTER VI Tourism Distribution Channel Objectives: 1. Define the meaning of tourism distribution channel 2. Discuss the types of travel intermediaries 3. Describe the functions of specialty intermediaries 4. Be acquainted with the distribution channels 5. Understand the relation of distribution to marketing 6. Be aware of the distribution strategies Pre-Test INSTRUCTION: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect on the space provided before each number. _____1
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Further on in chapter 2 it discusses that Adeimantus is playing the devil’s advocate just like his brother‚ by stating the reasons why injustice so often appears to be better than justice. He brings up the following points: that the children are poorly taught by parents and educators and also they are poorly represented in poetry and literature. It is said that justice is poorly taught by the parents because even though they tell their children to be just‚ they defend it only in terms of the good
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calls Mma Ramotswe concerned about his sixteen-year old daughter‚ Nandria. He is nervous and anxious that she has a secret boyfriend with whom she sneaks around. Mma Ramotswe is assigned to follow her and find out about this “boyfriend.” In this chapter‚ Mma Ramotswe’s perseverance and dedication really shows as she follows Nandria carefully wherever she goes‚ even coming back the next day after she lost her. “Mma Ramotswe judged it was time to go round the corner. She did so‚ expecting to see Nandria
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Chapter 2: The Greeks MULTIPLE CHOICE 3 points each 1. In general‚ separate early Greek communities a. developed close ties and cooperated with one another. b. exchanged diplomatic representatives only. c. became fierce rivals fighting so often as to threaten Greek civilization itself. d. established formal federations early in Greek history. 2. Which of the following is true of Greece from the eighth century B.C.? a. It was a period of social cohesion and great Greek empires. b. The
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