This resource defines sociological imagination and the beliefs and assumptions of functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and exchange theory.
This resource discusses how and why social inequality in the larger society manifests itself in higher education, describes the extent of school violence and the controversy over zero-tolerance policies, and describes how schooling in the United States helps perpetuate social inequality.
This resource describes the history of ethics codes for scientific research with human participants and summarizes the American Psychological Association Ethics Code.
This resource summarizes the primary functions of the CNS and of the subsystems of the PNS and explain how the electrical components of the nervous system and the chemical components of the endocrine system together to influence behavior.
This resource describes the major arguments and assumptions of the various sociological explanations of deviance.
This article describes four biological changes associated with aging and lists steps individuals can try to undertake to achieve successful aging.
Students design, conduct, and analyze a controlled experiment testing the effects of alcohol on the worm C. elegans.
This article discusses carbohydrate loading and its benefits for athletes.
This resource describes the two kinds of ethical issues and/or guidelines that characterize sociological research.
This resource describes how Pavlov's early work in classical conditioning influenced the understanding of learning and explains the roles that extinction, generalization, and discrimination play in conditioned learning.
This resource describes how Pavlov's early work in classical conditioning influenced the understanding of learning and explains the roles that extinction, generalization, and discrimination play in conditioned learning.
This resource lists the major advantages and disadvantages of surveys, experiments, and observational studies.
This article discusses how thougths and emotions are intricately related and can be experienced together, but are distinct.
Discusses how thougths and emotions are intricately related and can be experienced together, but are distinct.
Students play a game that models the unknown potential for individual addiction.