Slide 1 Enlightenment Literature “A little learning is a dangerous thing.” -Alexander Pope Slide 2 Overview Enlightenment Literature Enlightenment Literature Journalistic…

Slide 1 A Changing World Slide 2 My Students and I are Studying the Responses of Birds to Such Change Slide 3 We Found a Counterintuitive Response Slide 4 But, Considering…

Slide 1 Personality Testing Slide 2 Definitions: J.P. Guilford (1959) u “An individual’s personality, then, is his unique pattern of traits.” –A trait is “any distinguishable,…

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Slide 1 Part One The Study of Sociology Part One Slide 2 Chapter 1 What Is Sociology? Chapter 1 Anthony Giddens Mitchell Duneier Richard P. Appelbaum Slide 3 What Is Sociology?…

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Slide 1 Slide 2 Why did Timmy hit Sally? Slide 3 The Early History and Scope of Psychology Slide 4 Psychology The scientific study of behavior and mental processes Slide…

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Slide 1 The Rise of Realism The Civil War and Postwar Period 1850–1900 Slide 2 What Is Realism? Realism is a style of writing, developed in the nineteenth century, that…