There are three ways to approach the creation of a new system?

February 8th, 2010

Develop a custom application in house
Buy a packaged system and customise it
Rely on external party to build it

Describe each of these three design choices and suggest what criteria should be used when making a selection.

When you create a new system there things you need to take into considerations, importantly the users of your system since all your design and UI’s will be based off of that.

Here are the three things I can offer:

1. Research about the system you’re trying to create if it’s already existing, that way you save time in creating functionalities, many of the application systems now have open-source version you might want to look at these first since it’s free.

2. Find out any API’s available to extend that existing system other wise you may have to build your own.

3 Design is most important (not the appearance) but the user experience, the simpler it is for user the better system it is. Then you can modify and enhance cosmetics as you go along.

Is there any particular system you’re trying to build?

Hope this helps

How do I approach two girls that seem to have an interesting conversation with each other?

February 8th, 2010

Every morning at school i see these two girls that i like that sit with each other, just them. I want to approach and talk to them, but every time i look over they seem to be having an interesting conversation with each other. I want to approach them, but i also don’t want to interrupt them. So im i just paranoid about this and need to just get up and do it, or should i wait for a better time to approach them.

I wouldn’t mind being interrupted by a cute boy
Just go say something the moment you kindof hear a pause

What"Web Technology role in “Distance Learning” is the final and ultimate approach to meet the learning requir?

February 8th, 2010

Web technology has significantly changed the exchange of information, allowing anyone with access to a personal computer with on-line capability the opportunity to gather substantial materials from diverse and wide-ranging sources. Computer literacy and Internet facility are still not universal skills, though more and more individuals are becoming skilled at using computers and at accessing the Internet. By creating a digital framework in which a community of peers can evaluate and organize these efforts, we can begin to build not only an increasingly robust and complex array of learning opportunities for adult students of diverse and often entrenched learning styles, but the knowledge base by which their teachers can establish best practices, pedagogical strategies, and an in understanding of their endeavor. The Internet has had a profound impact on the ways in which many different tasks are accomplished.

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What is the social epidemiological approach to reducing crime?

February 3rd, 2010


Which kind of crime?
Uneducated people steal because they are too retarded to get a job. Educated people steal because they always think they can outsmart society, it doesn’t matter if they need the money or not.
Some people kill for the sport of it…and even brag about it later. Some people kill because their life is worthless.
Some people kill because their life is priceless and anyone else’s is expendible..including wives, kids, etc.

People learn to be selfish, hateful and irresponsible at an early age. They are not born that way. Personally, I wish our educational system could learn to tackle these types of psychological disorders at a very early age and focus on science projects afterwards. A class in "Learning to Respect Society" would have made the playground a much safer place.

Why is it effective to approach a serious subject with satire?

February 3rd, 2010

Such as with literature. Why is it effective to approach a serious subject with satire?

The use of humor, exaggeration and irony (satire) make the subject so unbelievable, the it actually points out the point the author is trying to make.

w"Web Technology role in “Distance Learning” is the final and ultimate approach to meet the learning requireme?

February 3rd, 2010

"Web Technology role in “Distance Learning” is the final and ultimate approach to meet the learning requirements of new era. Justify the statement."

The nature of the "information age" and communication are changing rapidly. Technologies that were previously considered advanced are becoming commonplace and new technologies are still being developed. The nature of this trend is evident in the multitude of definitions of long distance learning. Distance education is becoming a common practice as evidenced by the number of universities that offer distance education programs, the number of businesses offering distance learning and training programs, and the number of distance learning projects K-12 that are being created or are currently in use. Many educational institutions are relying on communication technologies, such as distance learning, to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of education. Rapid advances in computer and telecommunications capabilities have made possible the development of learning modules that include elements such as video transmission, e-mail, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. The use of less exotic (cable and broadcast television, audio-conferencing, fax, a compressed video network, telephone, and voice mail), and therefore, less expensive technologies in our attempt to equalize access to educational resources.

How do I describe how the physiological and cognitive approach…?

February 3rd, 2010

… explain the behaviours depression and aggression? Please help!

Physiology = body
Cognitive = thoughts

therefore does your body cause depression, or does the mind cause it? (Mind vs Body)

If you look at the physical things, you’d look at the brain chemistry and neurotransmitters, mainly serotonin which is responsible for regulating mood. If you have too little i.e. because there are too little receptors in the brain, your mood will be lower, therefore you’re more likely to have depression.
Genes can also play a part in depression. You’re more likely to have it if your mother or father has it.

Cognitively, have you learned about the negative cognitive triad? Basically it’s just where a person will have persistant negative thoughts about their future, themselves, and the world around them.

There’s always the issue of cause and effect though. Are the low serotonin levels causing the depression or are they a result of depression, and if so, what is the real cause?! The same can be said about negative thoughts, do they cause it or are they a symptom? (It’s very hard to answer this question and psychologists are still working on it!)

I hope that helps a bit. Do you have a textbook or class notes that you can look at?

"Web Technology role in “Distance Learning” is the final and ultimate approach to meet the learning requiremen?

January 30th, 2010

"Web Technology role in “Distance Learning” is the final and ultimate approach to meet the learning requirements of new era. Justify the statement."

Question:-
"Web Technology role in “Distance Learning” is the final and ultimate approach to meet the learning requirements of new era. Justify the statement."

Answer
Web technology has considerably changed the exchange of information, allowing anyone to access with a personal computer with on-line capability the opportunity to gather substantial materials from various and comprehensive sources. Computer literacy and internet facilities are still not universal skills, though more and more individuals are becoming skilled by using computers and by accessing the Internet. By creating a digital framework in which a community of peers can assess and organize these efforts, we can begin to build not only an increasingly healthy and complex collection of learning opportunities for adult students of different and often well-established learning styles, but the knowledge base by which their teachers can establish best practices, educational strategies, and an in understanding of their enterprise. The Internet has had a thoughtful impact on the ways in which many different tasks are talented

Why would knowledge of the cognitive approach be good for a speech and language therapist?

January 30th, 2010

Im very stuck so wondering if anyone has any ideas :D

if you’re working with blocks to use of language, it could help to know how people think?

What is the importance of a multi-dimensional approach to understanding psychopathology?

January 27th, 2010

What is the mportance of a multi-dimensional approach to understanding psychopathology?

Also, What are some problems with projective tests?

By multi-dimensional you refer to multdisciplinary, by any chance? If that’s so, I believe it would be important because you can have different views of any given psychopathology. For instance, if you take generalized anxiety disorder and try to focus only on psychoanalysis, that seems great. Psychoanalysis would tell you that the anxiety is unconscious and that it has grown out of control (sorry for the sketchy use of this theory, I’m not a psychoanalyst). However, psychoanalytic theories are hard to test empirically. Hence, you might benefit from, say, a behavioral approach, which is much more observable; say, you can theorize that the disorder is somewhat phobic, or that it has been conditionally learned and it has become generalized, etc. You now have two versions, and both can be equally right. If you are creative enough, you might find a way to blend both views into one, and explain your pathology with a bidimensional approach. This could increase your appraisal of the pathology, and make you analysis more encompassing.

This can be applied ad infinitum. You can start with two schools, test them, see if they can fit together, and build from there, perhaps adding a third. The challenge is that you need to know if using many schools at once will be reasonably justifiable, because it will increase not only the complexity of your thesis and analysis, but also of your research design (or your therapeutic approach).

Projective tests? Well, they are basically assuming that what the respondent says, sees or writes/draws (depending on the test itself) is a direct manifestation of inner thoughts, beliefs or emotions. This is an indirect way of measuring, at best. So far, I haven’t encountered a research article that gives evidence nor supports the validity of such tests. I don’t imply they’re useless, but you should use them with care.