By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain how the sociocultural model is used in therapy
Discuss barriers to mental health services among ethnic minorities
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Distinguish between the various modalities of treatment
Discuss benefits of group therapy
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Distinguish between psychotherapy and biomedical therapy
Recognize various orientations to psychotherapy
Discuss psychotropic medications and recognize which medications are used to treat specific psychological disorders
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Define language and demonstrate familiarity with the components of language
Understand how the use of language develops
Explain the relationship between language and thinking
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain how intelligence tests are developed
Describe the history of the use of IQ tests
Describe the purposes and benefits of intelligence testing
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe problem solving strategies
Define algorithm and heuristic
Explain some common roadblocks to effective problem solving
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe how genetics and environment affect intelligence
Explain the relationship between IQ scores and socioeconomic status
Describe the difference between a learning disability and a developmental disorder
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Define intelligence
Explain the triarchic theory of intelligence
Identify the difference between intelligence theories
Explain emotional intelligence
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe cognition
Distinguish concepts and prototypes
Explain the difference between natural and artificial concepts
This URL will start you out at the site map for Rice University's study of longitude and navigation. Scroll to the section titled "Oceans" and you will find some very good information on surface currents, especially those of the South Atlantic.
This site presents information about the necessary parts of a scientific research report. It also contains a sample abstract and introduction.
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.Senior Contributing AuthorsP. Scott Corbett, Ventura CollegeVolker Janssen, California State University, FullertonJohn M. Lund, Keene State CollegeTodd Pfannestiel, Clarion UniversityPaul Vickery, Oral Roberts UniversitySylvie Waskiewicz
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the terms of the Wilmot Proviso
Discuss why the Free-Soil Party objected to the westward expansion of slavery
Explain why sectional and political divisions in the United States grew
Describe the terms of the Compromise of 1850
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain why American settlers in Texas sought independence from Mexico
Discuss early attempts to make Texas independent of Mexico
Describe the relationship between Anglo-Americans and Tejanos in Texas before and after independence
Lewis and Clark
The Missouri Crisis
Independence for Texas
The Mexican-American War, 1846–1848
Free Soil or Slave? The Dilemma of the West
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the significance of the Louisiana Purchase
Describe the terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty
Describe the role played by the filibuster in American expansion
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify the causes of the Mexican-American War
Describe the outcomes of the war in 1848, especially the Mexican Cession
Describe the effect of the California Gold Rush on westward expansion
