“Mutation- It is the key to our evolution....?
It is how we have evolved from a single celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia evolution leaps forward.” This quotation ends the movie X-Men 2: X-Men United. To what two evolutionary theories does this quote refer? Explain the two theories.
Psychologist question?
i am thinking of becoming a psychologist when i leave high school and i was wondering how many years of college does that require? also, i know there are many different types of psychologist and i don't know what the type of psychologist i want to be would be classified as. I want to be a person who works in an office not a school, but works with children, families, couples, or just individuals. If you could answer my question i would appreciate it.
Could you please help me on this multiple choice question?
Fruit flies are commonly used in genetic investigations that focus on traits passed from parents to offspring over several generations. What can you infer is the reason fruit flies are the most commonly used organism for this type of investigation? A. Fruit flies are relatively inexpensive. B. Many more generations can be studied using short-lived organisms. C. Scientists prefer to study what has previously been studied. D. Society does not have ethical issues with lab-kept fruit flies. Thank you!
Does anyone know the difference bettween anthropology and archaeology? ?
Professional social anthropologists study people across the world by going and living with them for long periods of time, usually at least a year. They learn the language and customs of the place they live in, and find out from people themselves what they think is important, and how they live their lives. Social anthropologists, as far as possible, participate in the events of the community, whether it be a temple festival in Bali, transplanting rice in Madagascar, or working on the shopfloor in a car-factory in Vancouver. By taking part in things, they get a deeper insight into what those events mean to people, and how they fit in to everyday life. Biological anthropologists might study primate groups in Africa, South America or Asia, or spend time in museums looking at fossils to understand how humans evolved; others might work closely with archeologists, trying to understand societies and cultures in the past, or with living people to understand patterns of nutrition, disease and fertility. Some biological anthropologists focus on trying to understand the reasons why people behave as they do, and have close links with evolutionary psychologists. Archaeology is the scientific study of peoples of the past... their culture and their relationship with their environment. The purpose of archaeology is to understand how humans in the past interacted with their environment, and to preserve this history for present and future learning. Archaeologists usually work in teams with other archaeologists or with archaeology students. Many archaeologists are employed by a university or a museum. An archaeologist is like a detective, in the sense that they both investigate clues to look for answers to problems. An archaeologist looks for clues to learn how past cultures lived, so that we can understand more about how present peoples live and adapt to the environment. Archaeologists work at a dig site to gather data, and then spend the majority of their time in a lab analyzing this data. They eventually write reports on their findings for other people to read about and learn from. The type of work an archaeologist does requires a lot of patience and perseverance, and isn't quite as exciting as the "Indiana Jones" movies make it seem! Depending upon where they are located, some dig sites may be extremely hot and not have any running water (or bathrooms) nearby!
What are the major disadvantages/abuses of Science and Technology?
Check out this brief essay for a start: http://www.geocities.com/savitz_1999/use... Major disadvantages and abuses I can think of that are easy to look up on google are: 1. People focusing on the "could" vs. "should". That is, they don't learn from history or ask what potential uses a scientific or technological development could be used for by the "bad" people. Any technology or science that has been used for war or killing others applies here. 2. It benefits people in some way, but alters our environment in some other way (like affecting other species, degrading some physical property of our environment). -Nuclear energy and environmental pollutants most certainly fall into this topic. 3. We cannot imagine or anticipate the consequences of the technology or scientific finding. -Of course, nuclear energy, the development of weapons, even computers and the internet have caused deaths, infringement and destruction of personal freedoms, and the exacerbation of previous problems on a whole new scale. -Antibiotics, herbicides, pesticides are have caused huge problems for the industries and users of the products because we ignored something called evolution; that is, the evolution of resistant superstrains of pests, viruses, bacteria and our "arms race" against them. To summarize, some good ones to investigate or focus on that aren't as obvious as nuclear energy and weapons are: antibiotics, etc. Are we setting ourselves up for a great demise? Focus on effects of health, agriculture, aquaculture, imacts on natural (vs. cultivated) systems. computers and the internet (focus on privacy issues, identity theft, global traffic of illegal and harmful goods and information) Agriculture and aquaculture. How does it adversely affect our landscapes and the survival and evolution of natural communities and contribute to loss of diversity. Hope this helps.
What is developmental psychopathology?
Specifically, a focus on the interplay between normal and atypical development, an interest in diverse domains of functioning, and an emphasis on the utilization of a developmental framework for understanding adaptation across the life course are among those elements that are integral to a developmental psychopathology approach.
Anthropology = cultural approach - Sociology = pscyhological approach?
Anthropology does take a historical approach, but sociology definately does not take a psychological approach. Sociology is never about the individual, which is all that psychology does. Both anthropology and sociology do focus on culture heavily.
Social Sciences: What is the difference between sociology and anthropology?
While scholars from the two fields increasingly collaborate with one another (and other fields) to answer large questions about humans, they each ask different questions from different perspectives. Sociology is the study of societies and their structures, whereas anthropology is the study of culture. Culture can be defined as collective meanings, beliefs, and behaviors, and how they manifest, change, and why. Anthropology has four subfields (archaeology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology). Each subfield considers the concept of culture from different aspects. Anthropology uses different methods and methodologies than sociology, concentrating on generating qualitative ethnographies via participating and observing cultures of all sorts, and by conducting deep interviews. Researchers tend to invest years in their data-gathering process. Sociology tends to be more quantitative, drawing on larger data sets and survey-generated data, not trying to answer questions about meaning but rather trying to decipher grander patterns. Both fields can, however, employ quantitative and qualitative data to answer their respective questions. Both might apply their findings to solve humanitarian problems.