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Chapter 2: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
Chelsea Blake Lilly
January 19, 2011
Scientific Approach to Behavior
Definition: The Scientific Approach assumes that events are governed by laws.
Psychologists assume Behavior is governed by laws. (Like the Earth is governed by the law of Gravity.)
3 Goals of Scientific Enterprise
Measurement & Description ? Develop Measurement techniques that describe behavior clearly and precisely.
Understanding & Prediction ? Make and Test predictions called Hypothesis.
I. Gilgamesh's story
*'Recruited' the man-beast Ninurta to 'civilization' with the help of a prostitute
*Different cultures, like Sumerians, equate civilization to the ways of their own culture.
*Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3000 B.C.E. Common understanding.
*Civilization marked by settled agricultural life, political, social, economic, and technological advancements. Includes:
(1) cities as administrative centers,
(2) a political system based on defined territory rather than kinship,
Why Run? Whether you have taken up running to lose weight, to improve fitness, to relieve stress, to compete, or just to kill time, you'll find that the benefits are many.
Relocation diffusion: The spread of an idea throuhg physical movement of people from one place to another.
Expansion Diffusion: Spread of an idea from one play to another by snowballing.
Hierarchal Diffusion: Spread of an idea from people of authority
Contagious Diffusin: Rapid and wide spread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
Early Civilizations in Africa
Land
•Sahara is in northern Africa from the atlantic to the indian ocean and is the greatest desert on earth.
•The western region or the “hump” of africa is dominated by niger river.
•Southern africa is home to some of the worlds richest deposits of minerals
•The savannahs are vast grasslands that border the sahara.
Exploration
•Karl Mauch found the ruins of great zimbabwe
•Kenya is the country where prehistoric predecessors of humans first lived.
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal judiciary. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" (majority vote) of the Senate.
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