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ANTHRCUL 101 UMICH EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024 four fields of anthropology - ANSWER--sociocultural -archaeology -biological -linguistic sociocultural anthropology - ANSWER--study of human society and culture -cultural similarities and differences -based on ethnography (long term field work in one community, participant observation) archaeological anthropology - ANSWER--reconstructs, describes, interprets human behavior, history, patterns through material remains -excava...

Econ 101 Umich Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Economics - ANSWER-the study of the allocation of limited resources across unlimited wants cost-benefit analysis - ANSWER-the method of trying to make the best possible choice Markets - ANSWER-a forum for exchanges utility maximization - ANSWER-people making themselves as well off as possible profit maximization - ANSWER-firms making their owners as well off as possible Models - ANSWER-simplifications to understand complex s...

Astro 101 - Exam 1 UMich Questions & Answers 2023/2024 what is our planet in the solar system - ANSWER-part of the solar system, in the milky way galaxy, in local group of galaxies, in local supercluster how did we come to be - ANSWER-the Big Bang which produced hydrogen and helium where did elements come from - ANSWER-the big bang produced H and He, which are the base of other elements constructed in stars how old are we in comparison to the universe - ANSWER-human civilization is...

ANTHRCUL 101 UMICH Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 What is Anthropolgy - ANSWER-The study of humans across time and space. The Scientific and Humanistic study of human beings encompassing the evolutionary history of humanity, physical variation amongst humans, the study of past societies, and the comparative study of current day human societies and cultures Holistic Approach - ANSWER-Encompasses past present and future, biology, society, language, and culture. Local and Global, Indi...

Chem 130 Exam 1 Umich Questions & Answers 2023/2024 law of conservation of mass - ANSWER-total mass of materials is not affected by a chemical change; mass cannot be created or destroyed natural law - ANSWER-summary of measurable behavior (what happens) theory - ANSWER-explanation of a natural phenomenon based on many observations and investigations over time law of definite proportions - ANSWER-a given compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements by mass who...

Psych 290 Exam 1 Umich with Complete Solutions definitions of personality presented in lecture and textbook textbook: patterns of though. emotion, and behavior with psych mechanisms behind those patterns lecture: consistency in peoples thoughts feelings and behavior over time and across situations psychological triad feel, think, behave (overlapping conflict) basic approach limits what one looks at, paradigm, personality psych is organized around several different basic approaches...

Biology 171-UMICH EXAM 2 Prep Questions with Complete Solutions

Memory - The processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas, and skills after the original information is no longer present. Modal Model of Memory - Stages - structural features 1) Sensory memory is an initial stage that holds all incoming information for seconds or fractions of a second 2) Short-term memory (STM) holds 5-7 items for about 15-30 seconds. We will describe the characteristics of short-term memory in this chapter 3) Lo...

Biology 171-UMICH EXAM 2 Prep Questions with Complete Solutions

BIO 207 exam 1 umich questions & answers 2023/2024 What is a microorganism (microbe)? - ANSWER--microscopic unicellular organisms -not just bacterial -exist in all 3 domains (eukaryotic, bacteria, archaea) -viruses also considered microbes eukaryotes - ANSWER--moist or aquatic environments -protista -contain membrane-bound organelles -DNA enclosed in a membrane-bound nucleus -cells are generally larger and more complex -18S rRNA Prokaryotes - ANSWER--no nucleus -diverse envir...