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Functionalism William James the founder of Functional psychology believed that memory allows us to retain bits of information for our own survival. He also believed that memory was a dichotomous feature. Although he believed this is his earliest research ignored memory all together. In the early 19th Century, James also suggested that there was a primary and secondary memory. Primary memory being interchangeable with short term memory, and secondary memory being interchangeable with long term…

These winds converge within the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) near the equator at the doldrums (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 2012) or as described by William Ferrel (1890) “a belt of calms extending around the globe, where not interfered with by abnormal disturbances or forces”. Whereby, warm air rises, a low pressure system forms, clouds and heavy rain are frequent, and wind is often mild (Department of Hydrology…

African Americans were treated very unfairly during the 1890s and the 1990s. What would happen if people called you disgusting names to your face, threaten to stab you, and call the police for calling them mean, just because of your skin color? That’s what happened to almost all the “Black” people in the time of segregation. The court decided that the two racial lines would be “separate but equal”, but this ended up turning into “separate but rarely equal.” Restaurants, parking lots, drinking…

What were the major benefits of US expansion to the West? The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 increased American migration to the west, which was already underway. Americans fought the Native Americans that were settled westward. As a result of the bloody battle white Americans were victorious and the government restricted the Native Americans to small portions of land. Then the railroad was built, allowing communication and commerce to be transformed from coast to coast, making it possible for…

Railroad development was paramount in shaping westward expansion and urban growth from 1860 to 1890. Conversely, rapid growth of cities in eastern America eventually led to overproduction of railways based on privatized industry and government subsidies. This symbiotic relationship fueled industrialization and rapid economic recovery for a country so desperately in need. In 1860 railroads hardly expanded further west than St. Louis. Many Americans believed the west to be comprised of nothing…

relations” (C.V.W. 2nd Preface pg. 17). Woodward’s thesis throughout his book was that racial segregation, which was later known as Jim Crow in the South, did not begin immediately after the Civil War in 1865; moreover that race relations changed in the 1890s and…

taught in every school and known by every American. Because of the cruel acts during this famous event, it is easy to single this one out and forget about many others. One of the major Native American events that is forgotten is the Ghost Dance of 1890. Like the Trail of Tears, the Ghost Dance effected the lives of the Native Americans; and by the end, a large amount lost their lives. Several things attributed to the onset of the Ghost Dance and there were numerous outcomes as a result of…

the self. James (1890) viewed the self as a fundamental concept in the ‘science of mental life’ or psychology. James (1890) believed the self could and should be studied scientifically. In James’ (1890) radical empiricism, he makes the distinction between the objective self (me) and the subjective self (I). Poll and Smith (2003)…

This party was first known simply as the Patrons of Husbandry, a local but quickly spreading alliance of farmers who felt like they were not being represented fairly and wanted a say in politics. This movement was also called the Grange and in the 1890’s would turn into the Populist party, a major left wing political party, that would set a precedent for labor laws. It would also set a precedent for how each party would represent the working class. We don’t see the Populist party today but that…

During the 1880’s, St. Petersburg was a pine scrub village wanting to become a city. Northerner’s relocating to this town transformed it with their new ideas and cultural aspects. In the 1890’s, the location that was soon to become City Park was undesired because of its high grass, mud, puddles, and roaming wild animals. Wanting to make the park part of the community, in 1893 a group of women formed the Park Improvement Association. One of their projects was the William’s Park Bandstand which…