BIOLOGY 2020 LAB LAB 4 – Sensory Systems I. Vision 1. Know the types of photoreceptors in the retina. (Remember there are 3 different types of cones) 3 cones i. Blue- short ii. Green- Medium iii. Yellow-Red- Long 2. Why would near point accommodation change as you get older? (Think about what happens to the lens and the muscles of the eye with age) As you get older‚ the lens becomes hardened. The elasticity of the lens decreases dramatically with age‚ resulting in difficulty
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Chapter 4: Paying Attention Selective attention – usually focus our attention on one or a few tasks or events at any given time Extensive practice tasks becoming so easy and effortless performing them requires no attn. – automatic Attention is freed up for a person to do another task simultaneously with the automatic one – divided attention Find your keys on your desk Spatial attention – attn. can be focused on objects and events of interest in our enviro in order to aid in our ability to recognize
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Skewness‚ Kurtosis‚ and the Normal Curve Skewness In everyday language‚ the terms “skewed” and “askew” are used to refer to something that is out of line or distorted on one side. When referring to the shape of frequency or probability distributions‚ “skewness” refers to asymmetry of the distribution. A distribution with an asymmetric tail extending out to the right is referred to as “positively skewed” or “skewed to the right‚” while a distribution with an asymmetric tail extending out to
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Karin Bean‚ Notes Chapter 1 The word Psychology Comes form the roots psyche (means mind) and logos (means study of or knowledge) Psychology Is the science of behavior and mental processes. Psychologists gather scientific data in order to describe‚ understand‚ predict‚ and control behavior. Is a science and a profession Uses the scientific method to study behavior Psychologists are professionals who create and apply psychological knowledge can be scientist‚ teachers‚ or apply it in education
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Ethics 1 December 2012 Answers to Chapter 12 questions 1. Privacy is one of those moral principles that have different values to different people (unlike‚ say‚ honesty‚ which is vitally important to everyone.) How would you rank privacy among your own values? Privacy is value that has high importance among my values. The right to my own privacy and respecting the privacy of others. Why? Humans may be social creatures‚ but privacy is what allows us to be an individual. As the study
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CHAPTER 1 Accounting in Action ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Brief Exercises A Problems B Problems 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 11 1A‚ 2A‚ 4A 1B‚ 2B‚ 4B 3 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 10‚ 11 1A‚ 2A‚ 4A‚ 5A 1B‚ 2B‚ 4B‚ 5B 4 8‚ 9‚ 12‚ 13‚ 2A‚ 3A‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16‚ 17 4A‚ 5A 2B‚ 3B‚ 4B‚ 5B Learning Objectives Questions Do It! Exercises 1. Explain what accounting is. 1‚ 2‚ 5 1 1 2. Identify the users and uses of accounting. 3‚ 4 1 2 3. Understand why ethics is a fundamental business concept. 4. Explain accounting
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Answers to Questions for Review 1. (Market Structure) Define market structure. What factors are considered in determining the market structure of a particular industry Market structure refers to the important features that determine the level of competition in an industry. These factors include (a) the number of buyers and sellers‚ (b) the products degree of uniformity‚ (c) the ease with which new firms enter or old firms exit the market‚ and (d) the ways in which firms in the industry compete
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On December 6‚ 1865‚ the 13th Amendment was adopted‚ and three fourths of the states had ratified it. All but three of the remaining states had ratified it by 1870 (two of those would not ratify it until the second half of the 20th century): Delaware ratified it on February 12
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Chapter 4: Work Adjustment Theory Work Adjustment Theory consists of 18 different consequences. The current theory is based on research that has modified earlier work. Each of these statements of theory had as a goal the prediction of work adjustment. Dawis and Lofquist (1984) define work adjustment as: “A continuous and dynamic process by which a worker seeks to achieve and maintain correspondence with a work environment”. That is‚ work adjustment is indicated by length of time‚ or tenure‚ on
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Cynthia Ms. Conboy AP U.S. History 25 January 2012 After the 13th Amendment was passed‚ African American slaves were freed from their lifetime involuntary servitude‚ and life for them seemed to be on the way to happiness (Document A). An economy that worked without slaves was a new concept to the South; freedmen were joyous about it‚ and white planters loathed it. The United States underwent a sort of revolution in its economy and its social hierarchy (Document D). After the Civil War ended
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