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1. Discuss how race and class overlap. Does conflict theory provide a coherent pattern for understanding this overlap? Why or why not? Explain how society participates in constructing either gender or race. Explain why the use of conflict theory is prevalent in feminist theory Choose one of the three major forms of stratification (class, race, or gender). Discuss how Berger and Mills's theories on power and control explain and maintain that stratification. In what areas do you believe that Berger and Mills fail to adequately explain this stratification?
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. What are common factors across psychotherapies? What psychotherapies are typically used for what disorders
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In your discussion topic, discuss in detail how and why focus, motivation, and momentum are vital for keeping a successful timeline for completion of a proposal and a dissertation and how these three elements are interrelated.
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what is meant by the top three in American correction and why is this important?
for criminal justice 113
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Can you explain by adhering to the book?
Ian Hacking - "The Timing of Chance".
- What is determinism?
- What is Positivism?
- How did the probability and statistics change over time?
- What did Chance mean in the 19th century, what did it evolve in
the 20th century?
- What is Law of large numbers?
By relating these explanations to each other, the verb is appropriate.
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Pretend you live in a society where everyone earns the same
income no matter which job is performed. Do you think it would be
difficult to persuade people to become surgeons or to choose other
important careers? Please explain your answer and use one reference
from the textbook indicating the page number where you found the
reference.
Social Problems?
http://open.lib.umn.edu/socialproblems/front-matter/publisher-information/?
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Exemplars are people who serve as excellent examples of the virtuous life. Make a list of the people in your life who you highly respect and look up to—those you strive to think and act more like. Think about who’s on your list. Why did you choose those people? Name the virtues that you believe that they possess. When you put together the kinds of virtues that they all highlight, what picture do you start to get of what a life worth living is for you? Lastly, ask yourself: How well do you live up to that notion of the good life? Would your exemplars be proud? For this part of the assignment think about all the questions I asked (you don't have to tell me what they are--just give me a list of 3-5 virtues that your "exemplars" share.
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As you go over the topic of infant amnesia, you should reevaluate the probable accuracy of your memories in light of the physiological evidence that the hippocampus does not mature until about two years after birth. How accurate do you think your memory is?
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Design an experiment to determine the effect which commuting versus living on campus has on a college student's academic success and use it to answer the following questions:
1. What is your hypothesis?
2. Who will be in the sample? (Who will be the participants?)
3. How will you conduct the research? (What will be the treatment/experimental group versus the control group?)
4. What are the independent and dependent variables?
5. What do you need to do from an ethics standpoint?
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