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Langan: Reading and Study Skills
Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan

Skill One - Recognizing Definitions and Examples

Internet Exercises

For this assignment, explore the websites below. As an alternative, you may do a search for other relevant websites that address these topics. Be sure to note which websites you used.

(See http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/langan/cws/stu_olc/m0_using.htm

Using the Internet for some tips on how to judge the quality or reliability of information on any website.)

The following links address content addressed in the sample readings of this chapter. You may find the short selections bring up topics of interest to you that you would like to explore further. These websites may get you started in that direction.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/medicine/nonint/prehist/dt/prdtbi3.shtml

Galen

This article has an illustration showing Galen, the 2nd-century Greek physician, dissecting a pig in Rome. He invented experimental physiology and devised many new drugs. His theories dominated medicine in Europe for centuries.

 

http://www.aabt.org/

The Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy

The Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy is a professional, interdisciplinary organization which is concerned with the application of behavioral and cognitive sciences to understanding human behavior, developing interventions to enhance the human condition, and promoting the appropriate utilization of these interventions.

 

http://www.stcloudstate.edu/~jaz/psy373/territoriality.html

Territoriality

A definition of this term.

 

http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/PotentialEnergy/

Potential energy

Definition and formulae to illustrate this concept.

 

http://www.st-agnes.org/~lstinson/webpages/kinpot.htm

Kinetic and Potential Energy

Definitions of these terms.

 

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/157434

Positive Transfer

Definition of this term.

 

http://www.xrefer.com/entry/157431

Negative Transfer

Definition of this term.

 

http://www.fitzroydearborn.com/chicago/criminology/sample-sutherland-edwin.php3

Edwin Sutherland

An encyclopedia entry with details about this criminologoist’s life.

 

http://www.nw3c.org/home.htm

National White Collar Crime Center

The NW3C provides nationwide support services for enforcement agencies involved in the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime. Learn more about them and get in touch with their member agencies on-line.

 

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Organized by theme, this site uses text, historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and audio clips to provide an overview of the Holocaust.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/india/480131obit-gandhi.html

Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Indian Leader at Home and Abroad

An article written about Gandhi after his assassination in 1948.

 

http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/revabstr/ab001473.htm

Token economy for schizophrenia

This article discusses the concept of token economy.

 

http://asa.aip.org/pierce.html

The Wave Theory of Sound

Excerpts from Chapter 1 of Acoustics: An Introduction to Its Physical Principles and Applications

 

http://www.urbanlegends.com/

Urban Legends.Com

A website devoted to urban legends.

 

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/w_unit/LESSONS/evaporation.html

Lesson: Evaporation

An elementary lesson and demonstration of evaporation.

 

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/anxiety/anxiety/phobia/

Phobias

A webpage exploring the issues of phobias.

 

http://www.i5ive.com/welcome.cfm/personal_accountability

Personal Accountability

A webpage with links to discussions about personal accountability.

 

Option:

As an alternative, you may do a search for other relevant websites that address these topics. If you choose this option, be sure to note which websites you used by answering the following questions:

1. What is the URL or address for this site?

2. Who created the site? (This may be an individual, an organization, or an institution. For some websites, it's difficult to determine who is responsible for the content. If that is the case for the website you looked at, indicate that here.)

Describe the website.

3. What do you think is the main purpose of this site?

4. Is this site effective, in your opinion?

5. If so, what elements does it have that make it a good site? If not, what elements would you recommend to make it better?

React to the content of the website.

6. Why did you choose this site to explore?

7. Did you obtain the information you expected to find?

8. What questions do you have about any aspect of the site?

9. What is the most valuable part of this website?

10. How will this information affect your life?

11. How does this information support the readings in your textbook?

12. Add any other comments you would like to share. For example, would you recommend this site to your classmates or friends? Did you experience frustration with any aspect of this assignment?