Chapter 4 Lecture Notes Sensation & Perception 9/17 Psychophysics: study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli and our psychological experiences...
Chapter 3 Lecture notes Nervous system: conveys messages in the body by using electrical and chemical impulses Brain: most complex organ o Allows us to think and feel Neuron: messenger in the brain o Efferent: information ...
Chapter 2 lecture notes Psychology is a science Research 1. Basic Research grow human knowledge 2. Applied Research use of research to make money a. Eharmony Science in general Observe collect data, smell, touch, sight, so...
11316 BRICCountries Brazil History: Third World Democratic; Issues: Inequality and Crime Russia Communist Electoral Authoritarian; Issues Crime India Poverty, inequality and lack of infrastructure A Third World Democra...
11/1/16 SocialDevelopment Health: Infant Mortality Rate and Life Expectancy Rate are calculated Education: Primary school and literacy HDI: A composite that looks at a score of 0 to 100 meaning 0 is the worst and 1...
102716 DevelopmentofCountries What is development? LDC Third World: Just used as a derogative word; not as good as; poor underdeveloped country. Poor: Focused on one area; very narrow and focuses on the economic sector. ...
102516 The2008EconomicCrisisintheUnitedStates The Housing Bubble Multiple actors involved. Easy Credit: 20002003; Very easy credit at this time. It lowered from 6 to 1. Monetary Policy Recession? Inflation? Federal Fund...
101816 History Bipolar 89 to 91 Unipolar Just the United States; a Hegemon; very global. One of the biggest economies activity. Consumer culture lots of money to spend. Culturally = You find the US culture in all aspects i...
101116 IntellectualPropertyIP Need to create laws of public goods. Nonexcludable: Cannot exclude or take away it from someone Nonrival: 1 consumption of a good does not take it away from someone else. Actors and Incentive...
102016 Courts: Legal Systems Role 1. Interpretation: Words can be ambiguous; need someone to tell us what the words mean. Need somebody to make the decisions. 2. Arbitrator: Make sure the other actors are following the rul...
101116 Parties 1. General Elections are very blunt Very poor in communicating 2. (6) Functions Aggregate Interests Get liked minded people together to get a policy position put together to create platforms. Channel the...
101816 InterestsGroupsSocialMovements Interests Groups: Defined: Private organizations that try to shape public policy. How are they different from political parties? Do not seek political office Tend to focus on a move ...
10616 Bureaucracy Notes 1. Defined The people who run the show on a day to day basis; the state. Think of it as public administration. The bureaucracy interprets and implement law. The system goes as followed: Government ...
10/4/16 Review Free Flow of Capital Fixed Exchange Rates - Changing from Freedom $ to Sweden $ - Decreasing demand for this currency; Relative to all other currencies With an exchange rate, keeps and fixe...
9/29/16 Trade Trade Deficit! Good or Bad? Good - Means your country has investment & you have money Bad - Trade surplus is bad; people have no money; look at all...
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