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   THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT By Prof .M.THANGA DARWIN                          It is also known as a biotic environment and natural environment. The meaning of ‘a-biotic’ or ‘physical’ is non-living like land water air conditions atmosphere which constitutes of soil. So, we can say that physical or a-biotin environment is the environment which includes non-living or physical things which are constitutes of soil and affect the living things.     The physical or a-biotin environment also includes the climatic factors such as sunbeams, rainwater, precipitation, moisture, pressure and wind speed. 1. Atmosphere: The thick, gaseous cover of air surrounding the earth is called atmosphere. It sustains life on earth by removing harmful cosmic and ultraviolet rays through absorption, maintaining heat balance, providing oxygen for respiration and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. It is the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth and extends up to 500 km above the earth’s sur

script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"> SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY By Prof.M.Thanga darwin                            When psychology first emerged as a science separate from biology and philosophy, the debate over how to describe and explain the human mind and behaviour began. The different schools of psychology represent the major theories within psychology. The first school of thought, structuralism, was advocated by the founder of the first psychology lab, Wilhelm Wundt. Almost immediately, other theories began to emerge and vie for dominance in psychology. There are two major classification. 1.        Early school of psychology 2.        Modern school of psychology 1.        Early school of psychology 1. Structuralism: Wilhelm Wundt (1832- 1920) Focused on the “inner working of the conciseness”.                                     Structuralism is widely regarded as the first school of thought in

PERCEPTION AND HEALTH By Prof.M. Thanga Darwin                 Perception determine health status of individual and society.   perceptual abnormalities have been affected health and causes diseases. For example, perceptual disorders lead to determine health. Physical health: perceptual abnormalities and perceptual disorders causes physical illness such as cardiovascular diseases and neuron endocrinal problems etc. Mental health: perceptual anomalies and perceptual disorders causes mental illness such as stress, depression and schizophrenia etc. Social wellbeing: Perceptual abnormalities and    perceptual disorders casus relationship problems, social disability etc. Perceptual Disorders               Disorders characterized by an impaired ability to perceive the nature of objects or concepts through use of the sense organs. These include spatial neglect syndromes, where an individual does not attend. Types a. Auditory Perceptual Disord

NATURE OF SOCIOLOGY By Prof.M. Thanga Darwin             Sociology is the branch of knowledge and it has its own characteristics. Sociology has different nature in society. It is different from other sciences in certain respects. The following are the main characteristics of sociology and they are as follows. Naturally the study of sociology has two opposite views. 1) Sociology as a science. 2) Sociology is art or not a science or is a social science. 1. Sociology is a science Sociology does make use of scientific methods in the study. Science:        Science is a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of fact or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws. Science is a systematic body of knowledge and based on reason and evidence.                              Characteristics of science: 1. Objectivity: Scientific knowledge is objective. Objectivity simple means the ability to see and accept fact

PSYCHOLOGY DEFENCE MECHANISM By Prof.M. Thanga Darwin Introduction                          Défense mechanisms are psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings.                    Sigmund Freud (1894, 1896) noted a number of ego defences which he refers to throughout his written works.   His daughter Anna (1937) developed these ideas and elaborated on them, adding five of her own.   Many psychoanalysts have also added further types of ego defences. Because of anxiety provoking demands created by the id, superego and reality, the ego has developed number of defence mechanisms to cope with anxiety.      Freud once said, "Life is not easy!" The ego -- the "I" -- sits at the centre of some pretty powerful forces: reality; society, as represented by the superego; biology, as represented by the Id. When these make conflicting demands upon the poor ego, it is und