Compare and contrast Wundt and Galton.

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Minmum 250 words per question.

1. What was the Enlightenment attitude toward science and how did this influence psychology’s history?

 

2. Compare and contrast Wundt and Galton.

 

3. What is the connection between Galton’s beliefs about intelligence and (a) eugenics, and (b) mental testing?

 

4. Describe the essential principles of phrenology and explain why it eventually failed as a science. Be sure to consider the research of Flourens in your answer.

 

5. Show how the two varieties of the clinical method for studying the brain are illustrated by (a) Phineas Gage and (b) Tan.

 

6. Wundt rather than Fechner, is considered to be the founder of modern experimental psychology. Why?

 

7. Describe Webster’s Law and the concept of a jnd.

 

8. Distinguish between primary and secondary qualities of matter and compare the views of Locke and Berkeley’s with regard to these qualities.

Compare and contrast these religions from an anthropological perspective.

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Assignment 2: Analyzing Religions

The US culture has a broad spectrum of religious affiliations and religiosity. As a result of interacting with people who share similarities, people seldom evaluate the main premises of other religions. This assignment will give you the opportunity to explore two religions that are new to you.

Using Argosy University online library resources, identify and research

  • Two religions which are unfamiliar to you.
  • Select two peer-reviewed academic resources on these selected religions.

Based on your research, complete the following:

  • Compare and contrast these religions from an anthropological perspective.
  • Describe the history of the religion. Be sure to include the following:
    • When and how it was first founded
    • Details of initial leaders of the movement and spread of the religion
  • Explain the main principles of each religion’s belief systems, the religious texts—if utilized—and the significant practices.
  • Examine the role religious leaders have in these religions as well as the roles devotees or followers play.
  • Describe how the religions view at least three varying social norms or cultural issues.
  • Examine how these two religions coexist in a globalized world.

Support your statements with examples. Be sure to include a list of scholarly references.

Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.

 

Why is this item worth preserving for readers 100+ years in the future?

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Final project instructions

 

Your Final Project for this course will be a virtual time capsule. A time capsule is a grouping of items for future discovery. For our purposes, we will imagine that our time capsule will be buried at the end of the course and opened 100 years later.

 

The goal of our capsule is to provide an overview of what you believe future generations should remember about the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The project can be composed in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. It can include multimedia if you wish.

 

You must include the course materials in your time capsule; incorporate APA formatting (citations and a references section).  Word count specifications are described below for each category.

 

The final project should include the following EIGHT criteria:

 

Item 1:   Letter of introduction: Write a letter, including a minimum of 250 words, describing your current life to a potential reader 100 years in the future.

 

In your letter, consider the following questions:  What is your daily experience? Describe your daily routine, as well as your customs and habits (i.e., holidays, work schedules, etc.).  Also describe your perspective on the modern era, and your dreams/ goals for the future.

 

Item 2:  Morality/ Decision Making

 

Include one specific example of morality and decision-making in current culture.  Feel free to reference the course materials, or specific examples of morality.  Include at least 100 words for this category.

 

Item 3:  Happiness  Include your definition of happiness in 100 words or more.  Describe how you reached this view of happiness.  Do you believe your definition of happiness corresponds with one of the theories of happiness we studied in our unit on happiness?,

 

Item 4: Literature In one paragraph, select one specific literary word (poem, short story, play, or novel).  Indicate why this literature selection is significant to you.  Why is this item worth preserving for readers 100+ years in the future?  What does this selection communicate about our culture today?

 

Item 5:  Art and Architecture

 

In one paragraph, select one piece of architecture or art.  Indicate why this art or architecture selection is significant to you.  Why is this item worth preserving for readers 100+ years in the future?  What does this selection communicate about our culture today?

 

Item 6:  Music

 

In one paragraph, select one specific song (or group of songs).  Focus specifically on the selected song(s) and not the artist / musician for the song(s).  Indicate why this song or group of songs is significant to you.  Why is this item worth preserving for readers 100+ years in the future?  What does this selection communicate about our culture today?

 

Item 7:  Film

 

In one paragraph, select one film.  Indicate the film genre as well as why this film selection is significant to you.  Why is this item worth preserving for readers 100+ years in the future?  What does this selection communicate about our culture today?

 

Item 8:  Pop Culture

 

In one paragraph, select one specific item from pop culture.  Indicate why this item from pop culture is significant to you.  Why is this item worth preserving for readers 100+ years in the future?  What does this selection communicate about our culture today?

 

Conclusion / Summary:  Summarize your time capsule in a concluding paragraph. What should a reader in the future learn about the current era after reviewing your time capsule?

 

Please feel free to include examples that you discovered in our studies this term; incorporate the course materials in your time capsule. Challenge yourself to choose items that might be valuable for the future, though they might not necessarily be your favorites. The course materials are required sources for the unit 9 final project; feel free to incorporate additional outside sources as well.  Add citations and references for all consulted sources.

 

Explain why these theories are so important to your discipline and how they relate to the research that you are interested in doing.

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      • Identify two key theories in your field.
      • Identify the theorist(s) and sources of the theories (key articles or books) in your discipline.
      • Describe the basic tenets of these theories.
      • Analyze the relationship between the two theories that you have found.
      • Explain why these theories are so important to your discipline and how they relate to the research that you are interested in doing.
      • Include a reference list for the five “classics” or influential works you have found

Submit your Application by Day 7.