Psychology
Latin for “IT”, its one-third of your psyche
ID
What are two of the four major classifications of engineering materials?
Metals, polymers, ceramics, composites
A rock stele, found in 1799, inscribed in Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Demotic script, and ancient Greek. It provided the key to modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
the Rosetta Stone
Resources in which there is natural replenishment at a non-negligible rate are called:
renewable resources
According to Kant, this is the only thing that is good without exception:
A good will
What is the 'Inkblot test' also known as?
the Rorschach test
Name two of the three primary raw materials used to make glass
Limestone, silica sand, soda ash
What is the term used for early anthropologists who created cultural theories without fieldwork?
armchair anthropologists
A large proportion of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers used in crop fields is washed off by the runoff water and reaches the water bodies causing over nourishment of the lakes. The process of accumulation of nutrients in the water bodies is known as what?
eutrophication
Ancient Greek Dualist who likened the relationship between body and soul as like that of a captain and a ship
Plato
What did Neuroscientist James Fallon accidentally discover he was after studying his own brain scans?
that was is a psychopath
The field of MSE officially became an academic discipline in 1955 at this University, where they conceived the world's first academic department dedicated to MSE.
Northwestern University
The branch of anthropology concerned with fossil hominids
paleoanthropology
As a way to avoid a situation in which every state passed its own unique set of emission standards, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1965 were supported by who?
the automobile industry
Which philosopher is best known for his statement cogito ergo sum?
René Descartes
Which theory of abnormal psychology emphasizes the importance of underlying physical causes of psychological disturbances?
What is…the Biophysical theory
Materials science and engineering can be better understood through its four core elements/disciplines…two of them being synthesis/processing and structure/composition. What are the final two elements?
Properties and performance
An American anthropologist best known for her studies of the peoples of Oceania:
Margaret Mead
In terms of the source of origin, natural resources can be divided into the following two types:
biotic and abiotic resources
What is the philosophical study of value called?
Axiology
The origins of psychology are often traced to this ancient Greek philosopher, who was chiefly interested in what the human mind could accomplish
Aristotle
Point defects in metals can be interstitial, substitutional, or this type
vacancies
Broninslaw Malinowski believed that culture existed to satisfy seven basic needs of humans…please name four of these basic needs
Nutrition, reproduction, comfort, safety, relaxation, growth, and movement.
Who’s theory posits that…owners of nonrenewable resources will only produce basic commodities if doing so can yield more than could be earned from available financial instruments, such as U.S.Treasury or other similar interest-bearing securities. The theory assumes that markets are efficient and that the owners of the nonrenewable resources are motivated only by profit.
Harold Hotelling’s theory
What does tabula rasa mean?
Clean slate