Sociobiology - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Moral Theory - What makes an act right? How do we decide what is the right thing to do? Empirical facts - Not for us to create, but learn Logical truths - discovered, not invented Normative Ethics - the study of how people SHOULD make ethical decisions, regardless of how they actually make them. Describes what ought to be the case. This is what philosophers specialize in. Descriptive Ethics - describing the principles that people in fact, do use , to make moral judgements. Sciences like ps...

What is Psychology? - The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Pseudopsychologies - are unreliable approaches that do not use the scientific method examples: Astrology, Palmistry, Psychokinesis, Follicology Psychology's Four Goals - Description: tells "what" occurred Explanation: tells "why" a behavior or mental process occurred Prediction: identifies conditions "under which a future behavior or mental process is likely to occur" Change: applies psychological knowle...

culture - Answer totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material and behaviors. It includes the ideas,values and artifcatcts( ex. DVD, comic books, birth control devices, etc) society - Answer farily large number of peoplewho live in the same teritory are relatviely indepedent of people outside their area and particpate in a common culture st form of human group 2. share common heritage and culture Theodore Adorno - Answer globally the primary effct of popula...

FAD2230 Test Questions with Answers All Correct How do we first learn to love? - Answer-suggested that our first relationships in life, those with our primary guardian shape the way we approach relationships Have meanings of love changed overtime? - Answer-depend of whom we love, where and when. Middle Ages, Ancient Greece Romance v. Companionate Love - Answer-Look at movies, fairy tales for examples of romantic love, considered a prerequisite for dating and getting married - over time th...

Psychology 101-ufv Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Pass!! who is Wilhelm Wundt? -Answer-focused on STRUCTURALISM Gestalt -Answer-"whole is greater than the sum of its parts" mind is studied in terms of large meaningful units rather than small units of structuralism. Charles Darwin -Answer-focused on "natural selection" Sociobiology -Answer--complex social behaviours are the product of evolution -agression, competition, nurturing William James -Answer-Functionalism, stream of consc...

CJUS 330 Exam Questions And Answers 100% Verified Social Control Theory - answerA theory by Travis Hirschi that linked delinquent behavior to the bonds individuals have with conventional social groups such as the family and school. Labeling (Labeling Perspective) - answerLabeling theory contends that society creates the deviant by labeling some juveniles as "different" from others. Aftercare - answerWith the formation of the juvenile court, this became another term for parole. Adjudica...

SOCS 185 FINAL EXAM 1 WITH VERIFIED QUESTION AND ANSWERS (RATED A+ PASS) Score for this quiz: 45 out of 250 * FINAL SCORE 245 OUT OF 250 Submitted Dec 22 at 10:41am This attempt took 135 minutes. IncorrectQuestion 1 (TCO 8) Why is the term called the crude birth rate? If you’ve ever attended a birth, you understand that it can get kind of crude. The rate is crude because males and females, not in their childbearing years, are part of the equation. To compare societies have differing...

Cjus 330 Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) Parens patriae - answercommon law principle which allows state to take custody of child when he/she becomes a delinquent, is abandoned, or is in need of care when the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide. petition - answercharging instrument; indictment aftercare - answerparole for juvenile. still watched by judge. child abuse - answeroccurs when caretaker is responsible for, or permits, the abuse or neglect of a ch...

BIO 182 exam 4 GCU questions and answers correct and verified 100%BIO 182 exam 4 GCU questions and answers correct and verified 100% a sequence of unlearned acts directly linked to a simple stimulus - correct answers-fixed action pattern A chemical that acts as an alarm substance is a - correct answers-pheromone Honeybees have a remarkable way of transferring information about the location of a food source to other members of the hive. The worker bees conveying this information use ______...

Cjus 330 Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) Parens patriae - answercommon law principle which allows state to take custody of child when he/she becomes a delinquent, is abandoned, or is in need of care when the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide. petition - answercharging instrument; indictment aftercare - answerparole for juvenile. still watched by judge. child abuse - answeroccurs when caretaker is responsible for, or permits, the abuse or neglect of a ch...