Category: Sociology

How did the Christian religion start? Christianity began in the 1st century AD after Jesus died and was claimed to be resurrected, as a small group of Jewish people in Judea, but quickly spread throughout the Roman empire. Despite early persecution of Christians, it later became the state religion. How did Christianity spread in India? […]

What characteristics should a Supreme Court justice have? Interpersonal Compassion, empathy, and respect for the essential dignity of all persons. Courtesy. Patience. Moral courage and high ethics. A reputation for honesty, integrity and fairness. Strong, dignified interpersonal skills that command authority. Confidence, with an absence of pomposity and authoritarian tendencies. What are the qualities a […]

Who are the sociological thinkers? The work of such classical sociological theorists as Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Vilfredo Pareto was important in its time and played a central role in the subsequent development of sociology. What early social thinker coined the term sociology? The term sociology […]

How did English Gothic differ from French Gothic? The most crucial difference found between French and English Gothic cathedrals is their differing and almost oppositional emphases on verticality or horizontality (Eccles, n.d.). In England, Gothic masterpieces are characterized by heaviness, full compositional lines, complexity, and richness of architectural decor. Why is the pointed arch seen […]

What is revolutionary reconstruction? Reconstruction was a time of upheaval in America, after the civil war ex slaves were free US citizens with the right to vote. Blacks were elected to local, state and federal offices for the first time in American history. Was reconstruction revolutionary or not? As history takes its course, though, most […]

What prevented Benjamin Franklin from pursuing college education? Finances kept Ben Franklin from going to college. Why did Benjamin Franklin’s formal education end? He quit school to be an individual. His brother hired him at the printing press. He had to work for his father’s business. What did Benjamin Franklin say about education? Franklin shows […]

What are the domains of psychology? Domain 1: Biological (includes neuroscience, consciousness, and sensation) Domain 2: Cognitive (includes the study of perception, cognition, memory, and intelligence) Domain 3: Development (includes learning and conditioning, lifespan development, and language) What is the biological domain? In biological taxonomy, a domain (also superregnum, superkingdom, or empire) is a taxon […]

What conditions are necessary to form fossils? The organism generally must have hard parts such as shell, bone, teeth, or wood tissue; the remains must escape destruction after death; and the remains must be buried rapidly to stop decomposition. This does make the fossil record biased because animals with soft bodies are less likely to […]

Is functionalism the school of thought that studies the function and purpose of consciousness and behavior? Functionalism, on the other hand, is a school of thought that studies the function and purpose of consciousness and behavior. Functionalists study how cognitive processes help people and animals adapt to their environment and develop habits. What is functionalism […]

What reasons are schemas useful? Schemas can be useful because they allow us to take shortcuts in interpreting the vast amount of information that is available in our environment. However, these mental frameworks also cause us to exclude pertinent information to focus instead only on things that confirm our pre-existing beliefs and ideas. When we […]