Briefly summarize intro to logic. Make sure that you include the following logical terms:
Categorical propositions
Categorical syllogisms
Propositional logic
Predicate logic
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d. List five reasons why maintaining a successful household could be difficult.
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How would a behaviorist explain motivation? How would a cognitivist explain motivation? Here is a more difficult one: how would a freudian explain motivation?
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Thirteen-year-old Ryan has begun to challenge many of his parents' values and to express his own set of highly idealistic standards. Compare and contrast the explanations for Ryan's behavior that would be given by Kohlberg and by Erikson.
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According to Appelbaum, what can we do to solve the current privacy issues?
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1. Metrosexual can be defined as:
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A. A new expression of heterosexual masculinity that is anti-sexist and anti-homophobic |
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B. A consumer identity that allows corporations in cosmetics and fashion to profit from male consumers |
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C. An identity that blurs definitional boundaries between gender identity and sexual identity |
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D. All of the above |
2. A social fact can be best defined as:
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A. something that is true for all societies. |
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B. anything, whether a material object or abstract idea, that has an impact on people and society because people believe in the social legitimacy of the thing. |
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C. something that is absolutely true for a particular culture. |
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D. None of the above |
3. A controversial (at the time) claim made by sexologists was that women were
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A. less sexual than men |
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B. just as sexual as men |
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C. more sexual than men |
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D. none of the above |
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| 1. | A right-handed split-brain patient is asked to assemble blocks to match a pattern located in the upper left-hand corner. If they are asked to do this using their right hand, they will: | ||||||||
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| 2. | Active touch information, or sensory information from one side of the body going to the opposite hemisphere, is often called: | ||||||||
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| 3. | It appears as though the right hemisphere is responsible for _____ tasks. | ||||||||
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| 4. | Jake is looking at a bowling ball that is located to his left. The image of the bowling ball will go to the _____ half of the retina in both of his eyes, and then go to the _____ hemisphere. | ||||||||
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| 5. | Jane's left hand movements are controlled by the right hemisphere in her brain. This is called: | ||||||||
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| 6. | Juan has had his corpus callosum cut. When he touches something with his right hand, what happens? | ||||||||
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| 7. | Many motor and sensory functions are primarily controlled by the: | ||||||||
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| 8. | Most right-handed split-brain patients can name objects that have been placed in _____ hand. | ||||||||
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| 9. | Owen is looking at something in the middle of his visual field. The image goes to: | ||||||||
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| 10. | Right-handed split-brain patients have a difficult time performing block construction tasks using their right hand because their: | ||||||||
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| 11. | Samantha is looking at an orange that is located to her right. The image of the orange will go to the _____ half of the retina in both of her eyes, and then go to the _____ hemisphere. | ||||||||
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| 12. | The right hemisphere performs better at: | ||||||||
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| 13. | The two sides of the brain are connected by the: | ||||||||
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| 14. | Visual information from the left visual field will go to the: | ||||||||
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| 15. | Visual information from the right visual field will go to the: | ||||||||
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| 16. | What is the role of the corpus callosum? | ||||||||
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| 17. | When information has to cross our corpus callosum, we respond _____ when the information does not cross the corpus callosum. | ||||||||
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| 18. | Which BEST describes the brain? | ||||||||
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| 19. | Which section of the brain controls language? | ||||||||
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| 20. | Who conducted the first experiments using split-brain patients? | ||||||||
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Describe a specific example of how some aspect of culture either influences the diagnosis OR symptom presentation of a specific eating disorder or personality disorder. (300-500 words) by following Claim, Support and interpretation.
1) Claim - a one to two sentence thesis outlining your example.
2) Support - from an external source (i.e. not your textbook) defending your thesis. At least three discrete ideas or examples illustrating the cultural influence on the diagnosis or symptom presentation written in your own words.
3) Interpretation - 3-5 sentences drawing conclusions based on the support you provide. Use your example to explain why it is important to understand the cultural context in which a person experiences a mental illness.
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Please answer the questions accurately and complete not short and not related to the topic.
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Define and distinguish between romantic love, affectionate love, and friendship.
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PSYC 1101
Chapter 9
Briefly Describe at least five steps couples can take to
constructively resolve conflict.
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For a nation largely built on immigration what explains the strong nativist streak throughout American history? (In your own words)
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Please explain the differences in how two different news organizations (The Huffington Post and Fox News) are able to come up with different understandings of the same event based on their different perspectives, ideologies, and narrative frames.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/ferguson-protests-police-response_n_5677741.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/14/police-clash-with-michael-brown-shooting-protesters-in-ferguson-two-reporters/
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