TCORE 103A: Social Science and Writing: Human Nature/Culture
1. Hereditary and environmental aspects of male violence
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| violence | agress* (finds agression, agressive) violen* (finds violence, violent) |
| male | men or male |
| hereditary/environment | sex differences |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
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Nature and nurture and (men or boys)
Nature and nurture and gender
(aggress* or violen*) and sex role
Academic Search Premier
violence and testosterone
Violence in Men in SU Subject Terms
(agress* or violence) and SU "SEX differences (Psychology)"
PsycINFO
(aggressive behavior or violence) and human sex differences
(aggressive behavior or violence) and human males and sociocultural
(aggressive behavior or violence) and human males and environment*
(aggressive behavior or violence) and testosterone
2. Twins separated at birth
Articles on the nature vs. nurture debate that study twins may not immediately identify if the twins were separated at birth. It is therefore necessary to look at the abstract or full text of available twin studies to determine this. The large study of twins mentioned in class is the "Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart" and several other studies build on this original study so it is possible to use this as a search term.
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| twins | |
| separated at birth | adopted reared apart |
| hereditary/ environment |
nature and nurture environment* (finds environment, environmental) gene* (finds gene, genetic) sociocultural |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
- Nature and nurture and twins
Academic Search Premier
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"nature & nurture" and twins and gene*
twins and reared apart
PsycINFO
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"nature & nurture" and twins and gene*
twins and (gene* or environment*)
twins and reared apart
BIOSIS
- twins and reared apart
3. Hereditary and environmental aspects of obesity
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| obesity | overweight, body weight |
| hereditary/ environment |
nature and nurture |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
- obesity and opposing viewpoints
obesity and (gene* or environment*)
obesity and etiology
PsycINFO
- obesity and environment and genetic* and (causes or etiology)
obesity and biolog*
CINAHL Plus
- (genetic or environment*) and "Obesity Etiology" in MM
4. Hereditary and environmental aspects of sexual orientation
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| sexual orientation | bisexuality heterosexuality homosexuality |
| hereditary/environment | nature and nurture environment* (finds environment, environmental) gene* (finds gene, genetic) biolog* (finds biology, biological) |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
- Sexual orientation and biolog*
Sex (Biology) and homosexuality
Academic Search Premier
PsycINFO
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sexual orientation and (biology or genetics)
(sexual orientation or homosexuality) and (environment or biolog* or genetic*).sh.
- HINT: be sure to keep the .sh. at the end of the search. This limits to subject headings.
CINAHL Plus
5. Hereditary and environmental aspects of traditional female roles
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| female roles | sex roles sex differences |
| hereditary/environment | nature and nurture environment* (finds environment, environmental) gene* (finds gene, genetic) biolog* (finds biology, biological) |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
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Sex differences and nature and nurture
brain sex differences
Sex differences and roles
Academic Search Premier
PsycINFO
America: History & Life
6. The history of American marriage laws. Who can marry who?
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| American | United States |
| marriage laws | marriage and (law or legislation) miscegenation (definition: interracial marriage) same sex marriage and law |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
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United States and marriage and law
miscegenation and United States
United States and same sex marriage and law
Academic Search Premier
- united states and same sex marriage and law
miscegenation and United States
America: History & Life
- same searches as Academic Search Premier
7. Eugenics and immigration laws in the early 20th century
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| Eugenics | (same) |
| Immigration laws | immigra* and (law or policy) 1924 and Immigration Act |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
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eugenics and immigrat*
1924 and Immigration Act
America: History & Life
- Immigration Act US, 1924
eugenics and immigra*
eugenics and immigration policy
Academic Search Premier
- eugenics and immigra*
1924 and Immigration Act
8. Relation of Hindu or Buddhist ways of knowing human nature and those of Western Science
- Academic Search Premier
- ATLA Religion Database
Databases:
9. Relation of Christian and scientific ways of knowing human nature in the U.S.
For this topic you may need to search for each main topic separately.
- Search for Christianity and human nature
- Search for science and human nature
Recommended search terms:
| Keyword | Related Terms |
|---|---|
| Christian | Christian* (finds Christian, Christianity) |
| human nature | human nature, human behavior |
| science | scien* (finds science, scientific) medic* (find medicine, medical) evolution biolog* (finds biology, biological) |
| ways of knowing | epistemolog* (finds epistemology, epistemological) (definition: Study of the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge.) |
Recommended searches:
Catalog
- (human nature) and d:(religion and science)
human nature and christian*
human nature and (scien* or medic* or biolog*)
human nature and evolution
ATLA Religion Database
human nature and Christian* and SU (Science and religion)
Academic Search Premier
- christian* and human nature
human nature and (scien* or medic*)
