What Information from This Course Will a Student MOST Likely

question 4

Multiple Choice

What information from this course will a student MOST likely remember a few years from now?

• A)the material that affected that student emotionally
• B)the material that student memorized most thoroughly
• C)the professor's face and name
• D)the semester that student took this course

Understand Marx's critique of capitalism and its implications for society.

Grasp Durkheim’s conceptualization of social facts and their significance in sociology.

Analyze the contributions of female sociologists and minorities in the development of sociological thought.

Understand how chronic stress affects the immune system and identify which substances inhibit lymphocyte activity.

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Definitions:

World Population

The total number of living humans on Earth at a given time, which influences global markets, resources demand, and economic dynamics.

Alternating Treatments Design

A method for graphing behavioral observations that permits analysis of the differential effectiveness of more than one intervention on a target behavior. Unlike the changing conditions design, in which interventions are introduced consecutively, one intervention is rapidly substituted for another, sometimes on a session-to-session basis.

Changing Conditions Design

A method of graphing behavioral observations used to determine the effectiveness of two or more interventions to positively affect a target behavior. A refers to the baseline, B designates the intervention, and C designates the application of a second intervention. In a changing conditions design, different interventions are implemented consecutively without ever returning to baseline conditions. Sometimes called an ABC design.

Intervention

A strategic action or process aimed at altering a situation or condition, usually to improve it or prevent undesired outcomes.