Entries by Daphne Hanson

The urbanization and channelization

Urbanization and channelization often combine to have very strong effects on flood frequency. Describe the processes by which urbanization and channelization alter stream flood frequency and magnitude and discuss potential strategies for minimizing or mitigating those impacts.

The process of global warming

Explain the process of global warming Use the words nitrogen, oxygen, greenhouse gases (GHGs), invisible, long-wave (infrared) radiation or heat, visible sunlight, trapped, heat up the earth’s atmosphere in your answer.

Whether the human ability to be cooperative and moral or selfish and aggressive developed as our ancestors’ brains were able to handle the critical tasks

  A psychologist is conducting research on whether the human ability to be cooperative and moral or selfish and aggressive developed as our ancestors’ brains were able to handle the critical tasks of recognizing faces and understanding people’s thoughts and feelings What methods are used by psychologists to study the brain and its role in […]

What are some myths and barriers that stand in the way of people with disabilities achieving equal social status relationships?

  Question One: What are some myths and barriers that stand in the way of people with disabilities achieving equal social status relationships? (please refer to the text- “Disability, society and the individual” by Julie Smart)     Question Two: How are “hypervisibility” and “lack of privacy” two different problems for people with disabilties?    […]

Psychology Chapter 12 – Social Psychology The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate

Psychology Chapter 12 – Social Psychology The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. I • Attribution theory – The theory that we tend to give a causal explanation for someone’s behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition • Fundamental attribution error – The tendency […]