Entries by Daphne Hanson

The plate tectonics

Due to plate tectonics, Europe and North America are currently moving apart at a rate of approximately 3 cm/per year. Assuming that this rate has been constant, calculate how long it has taken them to reach their current separation of ~4500 km. Assume, instead, that the Earth were only 5,000 years old, and that the […]

The rise of fascism and nazism

How do we explain the rise of fascism and nazism in the 1920s and spread in the 1930s? What elements did they share with liberal democracy, and in what terms did they reject that tradition? How did the Nazis’ actions lead to World War II?

The Mind of Edward Snowden

After viewing “Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden” what is your response to the media’s portrayal of U.S. Surveillance Programs in the social construction of terrorism and justice policies? In your opinion, how has new media influenced/hindered criminal justice policy development and ideology?

The homo habilis

Were early hominids (Homo habilis) hunters or scavengers? Present the evidence and discussing examples is what I’m looking after and a paragraph in the description

How the Climate System Work

What is climate? and How Does the Climate System Work, Write a summary of the key points made: Define climate as opposed to weather. What are the basic components of climate? What is the main driver of climate?

The theory of Plate tectonics

Based on the theory of Plate tectonics, compare the origin of the Japanese islands to that one of Iceland. Explain which plate boundary formed them, and describe the natural hazards of each area. Be specific.

Discuss the impact of the prime adaptive ego quality “purpose” and the core pathology “Inhibition”

  Discuss the impact of the prime adaptive ego quality “purpose” and the core pathology “Inhibition” on the self-concept of the child at school age. What is the psychosocial crisis of early school age? What is the central process for middle childhood? Middle childhood is a stage where children move into expanding roles and environments. Children […]