Chapter 4: Psychological and Biological Perspectives Key Terms: Attachment: The bond between parent and child or between individuals and their family‚ friends‚ and school. Behavioral Modeling: Learning how to behave by fashioning one’s behavior after that of others. Biocriminology: The sub-discipline of criminology that investigates biological and genetic factors and their relation to criminal behavior. Chromosomes: Basic cellular structures containing genes‚ i.e.‚ biological material that creates
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Attitude: How one feels about something in general (I have a positive attitude towards basketball). Balance theory: the theory that people try to maintain balance among their beliefs‚ cognitions‚ and sentiments. Cognitive dissonance theory: the theory that inconsistencies between a person’s thoughts‚ sentiments‚ and actions create an aversive emotional state (dissonance) that leads to efforts to restore consistency. Effort justification: the tendency to reduce dissonance by finding reasons for
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Chapter Overview: Due to science and the discovery of a “heliocentric” universe‚ there was a transformation of humankind’s perception of its place in the larger scheme of things. This new worldview led to new thinking about moral and religious matters‚ as well as scientific theory. New ideas and methods of science challenged modes of thought associated with late medieval times like scholasticism and philosophy. The Protestant Reformation and the discovery of the Americas presented new uncertainties
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AP European History 2011 – 2012 Mr. Porter pporter@montville.net Room 307 Course Description: This course examines the political‚ social‚ economic‚ intellectual and cultural history of Europe from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance to the turn of the 21st century. AP European History is a challenging course designed to be the equivalent of a freshman college Western Civilization course and can earn students college credit. Students are expected to do a considerable amount of reading in both
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the author of the Declaration of Independence‚ and a great third president of the United States of America. If one was to acknowledge and characterize a great president as an individual who defends the true and original principles of the federal constitution‚ and the economic and civil liberties for which Americans had fought in the revolution‚ then Thomas Jefferson should be regarded as one of the best presidents this nation has seen. Jefferson had a goal once in office‚ which “was to restore the republican
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Unit 2: Our Developing Nation Notes BNA in early 19th century Eastern part = growing War of 1812 ended‚ newcomers come to Upper C‚ forests cleared‚ communities‚ roads‚ farms built Lower C = building economy‚ attracted entrepreneurs Maritime colonies – fishing‚ forestry‚ shipbuilding‚ trading Hudson’s Bay Company – north and west‚ claimed all lands drained by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay (huge part of NA) Fur trade expanded west‚ North West Company‚ based in Montreal‚ built relationships
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Essential Questions: Chapter Twenty-Eight Write a response to each of the following questions and / statements. Your responses must be written in complete sentences and should demonstrate an understanding of the course content. Please support your responses with historical evidence. 1. What major changes at the beginning of the 20th century would ultimately lead to hostilities between European powers? 2. How did the “Young Turks” seek to “cure” the “sick man of Europe?” 3. How did alliances
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US History study guide Earl Warren - He is known both for his efforts on behalf of Japanese internment during World War II as well as the decisions of the Warren Court‚ which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law‚ especially regarding the rights of the accused‚ ending public-school-sponsored prayer‚ and requiring "one-man-one vote" rules of apportionment. Watergate Scandal - The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States
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Zinn Questions – A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn Chapter 1 – Columbus‚ the Indians and Human Purpose 1. According to Zinn‚ what is the main purpose for writing A Peoples History of the United States? * Zinns purpose for writing this book is because he wants to tell the various point of views of the common people. 2. What is Zinns thesis for pages 1-11? * Zinns thesis for the first eleven pages is to tell/ describe events the way they happened. He starts with
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History Of Spice Egyptians used a lot of spices for cooking and stuffed mummies Burned cinnamon to hide stench First recorded spice Traded spice with India Spice trade silk road All roads go to fertile crescent Arabs created a monopoly on the spice trade moving toward Europe Arabs Kept Europeans in the dark about the source of spices brought from India Created secrets and Myths Might boil seeds so Europeans couldn’t grow it Crusaders brought back new spices when they returned from battle
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