“Checking Facts in a Post-Truth World” by Alexander Tesar,

The Walrus, 17 November, 2016

Response Essay

In part, Tesar blames Facebook and Google for “fracturing our consensus about what constitutes ‘fact’.” Do you agree or disagree that organizations like Google and Facebook are responsible for the emergence and spreading of the post-truth and fake news?

This is a criminology class

Question:

The central issues in "Theories of Victimization" revolve around four perspectives- victim -precipitation, deviant place, lifestyles, and routine activities. In the scenarios presented in Part 1, you had to consider how three actors in the courtroom - the juror, the prosecutor, and the defense attorney - apply the tenets of the perspective they believe the best explanation for victimization. Explain your choices in the scenario by addressing the following questions.

Which perspective do you think offers the strongest explanation of why someone becomes a victim?

Which theoretical perspective do you believe offers the weakest explanation for victimization?

Explain why you selected the theories.

You are considered to be an expert in false memories, and a local district attorney has therefore requested your expertise on the following case:

On Tuesday, March 6, 2007, a bank was robbed in Slidell, LA. It was just after opening time, 9:04 a.m., and there were barely any customers, when a car arrived and parked in the side parking lot of the bank. Two men came out of the car and walked to the entrance. Both wore dark clothing. Upon entering the bank, they held out guns and asked for the manager. When the manager identified herself, the smaller of the two robbers ordered her to open the safe. Meanwhile, the other robber, a tall, and burley man, walked around holding his gun in his outstretched arm, and threatening the remaining employees and customers. The manager complied and the smaller robber collected all the money and valuables from the safe. After five minutes, the big robber asked if his companion was ready to go. When he was, the two ran back to their car, and drove away.

The district attorney has asked that you create a presentation about false memory and explain how it might influence this case. He asks that you specifically address the following:Describe false memory and false memory experiments.

Explain categorization and the two main types of categories—natural categories and artificial categories. Describe how the prototype theory explains the formation of categories.

Why is it important to integrate coordinated treatments for co-occurring disorders? Provide at least two examples of the potential financial challenges associated with managing the implementation of treatment.

Choose a poem by Frost and discuss a literary theme or an item of interest. For instance, in "After Apple-Picking" why does the narrator refer repeatedly to sleep? How does the word change throughout the poem? What is the tone of this poem? Or, in the "Mending Wall," how does the poem reveal the theme of overturning tradition? What are the literal and figurative meanings of 'barriers' in the poem?

There is a great deal of talk about the liberal bias of the media in American politics. To what extent is the media liberal? To what extent, do you think, it is biased? Considering the growing importance of conservative talk and news enclaves that support conservative causes, describe the ways in which discussions of a liberal bias in the media might be qualified? What other factors might mitigate the liberalism of the media?

What were some of the statistics around juvenile incarceration and what are some causes for these numbers? What are your thoughts on youth incarceration? What can be done to keep young people from starting life with a record on them? (three paragraphs, five sentences minimum)

What is ethical absolutism? Give one example.

What are the types of ethical relativism?

One of the drawbacks of ethical relativism is that it can lead to ethical subjectivism." Please explain what this statement means.

explain briefly how you would apply "the theory of planning" to a grant proposal for a community health center or a federal program for HIV such as Ryan White?

The idea here is to find a topic for a paper and of course develop.

If you read this paragraph would you say it is true or false? IF you think it is false, explain why?

I believe that stigma of mental illness is wide spread across our nation. I don’t understand why it is a stigma in the first place. As, a society, there is a lack of knowledge and understanding with mental illness. Social media posting depicts bullying and shaming of individuals who may suffer from mental health diagnosis. Many of those who are diagnosis hide their disease to avoid judgement. However, mental health illness is not much different from metabolic illness. For example, diabetes maybe caused by the body’s inability to produce adequate amounts of insulin and depression maybe caused by the body’s inability to produce adequate amount of serotonin. Therefore, our society has to educate themselves on mental illness to decrease the stigma.

researchers have long debated over whether or not extrinsic incentives are harmful for intrinsic motivation and performance. After reading this section, answer the following questions: (a) give an example of when you think extrinsic motivation can be beneficial. (b) give an example of when you think extrinsic motivation can be harmful. (c) do you think extrinsic incentives are harmful for intrinsic motivation and performance? Why or why not?

Weekly Discussion: Discuss one of the examples of Variations in Family life – such as Cohabitation, Single-Parent Households, Same-Sex couples, etc. and tell the class five facts about the family life of this variation and whether society openly accepts and agrees with this variation.

Please provide an example of imaginary audience and one of personal fable. Explain why your examples are appropriate.