Personality – the distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that characterize a person’s responses to life situations Aspects of personality have three characteristics: Seen as components of identity that distinguish that person from other people Behaviours viewed as being caused primarily by internal rather than environmental factors Behaviours seem to fit…
Historical Perspectives on Psychological Disorders The Demonological View Abnormal behaviour was claimed to be work of the devil Procedure called trephination drilled hole in skull to release evil spirits Early Biological Views Hippocrates suggested that mental illnesses are diseases just like physical disorders Believed that site of illness was the brain Biological emphasis increased after…
Mental health professionals fall into several categories: Counseling and clinical psychologists – typically hold a Ph.D. or Psy.D. Psychiatrists – medical doctors who specialize in psychotherapy and biomedical treatments Therapist, counselor, psychotherapist, hypnotist are NOT protected terms APA membership: 29% eclectic (combined), 21% psychodynamic, 16% behavioural, 13% cognitive, 12% humanistic, 9% other Psychodynamic Therapies Psychoanalysis…
The body adjusts to: Increased water intake by increasing urine output Decreased water intake or increased exercise by decreasing urine output To do this your body’s nervous system has to communicate with the endocrine system Water balance is regulated by antidiuretic hormone (ADH) ADH regulates osmotic pressure of body fluids by causing the kidneys to…
Occurs in Three Stages: Glomerular Filtration – Movement of fluids from the blood INTO the Bowman’s capsule Reabsorption – Transfer of essential solutes and water from the nephron tubules BACK into the blood Secretion – Movement of materials from the blood into the nephron Filtration Blood moves from the: AORTA to the RENAL ARTERY to…
some businesses are set up solely to perform specific services for customers Other businesses offer value- added services, which are activities performed to support the sale of a product or other service Convenience o Means making some activity easier or more comfortable, and is a major reason why people shop on the internet o Customers…
– North Americans live in a free market society – In a free market, businesses can make a profit, which means that successful business people can keep some of the money that they make – Profit drives business; the more successful a business becomes, the more profit the owner keeps – Profits may be reinvested…
businesses look for advantages over their competition Some of these advantages are temporary, part of the continual back- and forth activity that occurs among competitors i.e. Pepsi and Coke Sustainable Competitive Advantages o Sustainable competitive advantages are methods by which a business holds on to its customers, in spite of the competition o Developing a…
Marketers use customer relationship management tools to create marketing programs that satisfy customers Customer relationship management involves three stages: customer acquistion, customer retention, and customer reacquisition Customer relationship management Overall process of building and maintaining profitable customer relationships by delivering superior customer value and satisfaction Information technology and database systems Customer contact brands or companies…
Functionalism: -The sociological theory that ties to explain how a society is organized to perform functions effectively. This theory focuses on how the structures function within society. It is the oldest sociological theory and is also used by anthropologists. – These structures, for example: the law, political system, and family; called institutions. – assumes that…
ANTHROPOLOGICAL: The study of human behavior in societies, therefore it is the study of culture, the arts beliefs habits institutions and other endeavours that are characteristic of a specific community, society, or nation. – studies highlight the diversity of behaviors that fulfill the functional requisites of society. – ethnocentrism: the tendency to evaluate behavior from…
– large changes in the family system, especially in the status and roles of women and children. – economy shifted from one based on agriculture and commerce to one based on factory production in towns and cities. This caused work to become something that was done outside the home to earn a wage to provide…
1. Responsible for the addition of new members through reproduction. Society must maintain a stable population in order to survive. Population growth provides a competitive advantage that usually enables a society to become wealthier. 2. Provide physical care for their members, including adults, children and dependent elderly. When families are unable to care for their…
Key Players of Congress of Vienna The “Host” Prince Klemens von Metternich (Aus.) Foreign Minister, Charles Maurice de Tallyrand (Fr.) Tsar Alexander I (Rus.) King Frederick William III (Prus.) Foreign Minister, Viscount Castlereagh (Br.) Main Objectives Its job was to undo everything that Napoléon had done: Reduce France to its old boundaries -> frontiers were…
Legal Issues that arise out of divorce Custody of children – who gets the kids? Division of property – who gets the house? Spousal support – which spouse pays which spouse? Child support – who pays for the kids? How to get a divorce. There is NO SUCH THING as a contested divorce in most…
Origins of Moon Theories Three theories on origin of the Moon: Earth and moon formed simultaneously, with moon orbiting around the earth. Early earth was spinning so fast that a chunk of it broke off from it and spun of into orbit and became the moon. Moon formed elsewhere in solar system and was later…
Parts of the Eye The human eye is like a camera: Iris- like the diaphragm of a camera it controls the amount of light entering. It is the coloured part of the eye and opens and closes around a central hole to control the light entering the eye. Pupil- this is the hole in the…
Where Mountains Form? A mountain is a large mass of rock that rises a great distance above its base. Are formed due to tectonic activity – due to convergence of plate boundaries Most of the world’s mountains are formed in long belts due to the whole side of plates crashing into other plates A mountain…
Are caused by the shaking or trembling caused by the sudden release of energy Usually associated with faulting or breaking of rocks – cracking of the plates also called faults. Continuing adjustment of position results in aftershocks Unstable Earth The Earth’s crust is subjected to huge forces Very large forces can fracture the rock This…
Organisms can be classified into trophic (feeding) levels depending on how they get their energy. Organisms that get their energy from nonliving sources (sun, organic matter) are called autotrophs (producers) and make up the 1st trophic level. Organisms that get their energy from other living things are called heterotrophs (consumers). Heterotrophs that eat autotrophs make…
