CHAPTER 1 Intelligence 1
ACADEMIC FOCUS:PSYCHOLOGYReading Assignment 1:Intelligence 2
Reading Assignment 2:Research on Intelligence 15
Reading Assignment 3:Approaches to Understanding Intelligence 22
CHAPTER 2 Thinking Critically about the the Internet 37
ACADEMIC FOCUS:COMPUTERS/INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYReading Assignment 1:Thinking Critically about the Internet 38
Reading Assignment 2:Technology Changes People's Lives 49
Reading Assignment 3:Practice"Netiquette":Be Kind While You're Online 65
CHAPTER 3 Norms and Values:The Glue of Society 81
ACADEMIC FOCUS:SOCIOLOGYReading Assignment 1:Sociology:Studying Society and Group Influences 82
Reading Assignment 2:Values Americans Live By 92
Reading Assignment 3:American Values 101
CHAPTER 4 The Attraction of Diamonds 122
ACADEMIC FOCUS:GEOLOGYReading Assignment 1:The Curse of the Hope Diamond 123
Reading Assignment 2:The Curse of the Hope Diamond? 135
Reading Assignment 3:How Gemstones are Formed 148
CHAPTER 5 Art and Society 162
ACADEMIC FOCUS:HUMANITIESReading Assignment 1:Michelangelo's David 163
Reading Assignment 2:Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial 176
Reading Assignment 3:Pablo Picasso's Guernica 184
CHAPTER 6 Science and Sciencety:The Ethics of Research 196
ACADEMIC FOCUS:SCIENCEReading Assignment 1:Science and Technology 197
Reading Assignment 2:Scientific Research 207
Reading Assignment 3:Ethical Issues in Scientific Research 218
Keys 231