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choose a social problem and discuss it in the context of stephen pfohl's 5 components of critical theorizing
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What is the purpose of the 4th Amendment? Please review the article on the legal issues with police body cams, and discuss your opinion of how these cameras and recordings can/can’t violate the 4th amendment related to police actions.
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Should partisan redistricting be permitted? Why or why not?
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What does train your brain mean as far as memory and study skills?
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1/ examples of limitations in logic and observation in psychology ?
2/In Psychophysics of Human Perception: How physics & psychophysics differ? take example?
3/ How the failure of introspection, in part, lead to the rise of behaviorism.
4/ In Cognitivism: find example of Mind/computer metaphor
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Discuss how social psychology can be applied to social work
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How can you use motivation theory in the workplace? How could you use motivation theory to design employment policies which would increase or sustain employee motivation? Give specific examples.
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Perception can be conceived of as a synthesis of multiple factors. Is mindset a factor that can influence perception? Why or why not? Consider the video in which Carol Dweck discussed the open mindset as a journey. What do you believe she meant by this conceptualization? How does this notion run contrary to the fixed mindset and stereotyping of modern society? Does the conceptualization of an open mindset support or refute your position regarding mindset as a factor in perception? Explain.
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Eyewitness identification is one of the least reliable types of evidence. Explain why this is so and provide an example of how an eyewitness can tend to be error-prone? In detail.
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reflect on Fournies' statement that all behavior is a result of associated consequences. The assertion is that people will continue to do things that result in positive consequences and will stop doing things that have negative consequences. What do you think about that? Can you think of examples that may prove that theory wrong? Smoking cigarettes, alcoholism, and drug addiction are wrought with negative consequences, yet people still participate in those activities despite the consequences. How can that be differentiated from what Fournies is talking about? Please include your thoughts on this topic as well.
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Was the bungalow craze promoted mostly by radical or conservative motives? Did the bungalow hold out the promise of revamping domestic life completely, or of solving social problems without drastic change?
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Question 2 A survey released by New Zealand Health in 2015 revealed that:
• almost one in three adults (aged 15 years and over) were obese (31%)
• a further 35% of adults were overweight but not obese
• 47% of Māori adults were obese • 66% of Pacific adults were obese
• adults living in the most deprived areas were 1.7 times as likely to be obese as adults living in the least deprived areas*
• the adult obesity rate increased from 27% in 2006/07 to 31% in 2014/15
Imagine you are in charge of designing an effective social marketing advertising campaign to reach the target group of Maori and Pacific Island obese young adults aged between 18 and 30 that changes their attitudes towards healthy eating, exercise and fast food.
a) What would you advise to change their attitude through affecting the cognitive component of the attitude?
b) What would you advise to change their attitude through affecting the emotional component of the attitude?
Justify your answers using attitude theories and concepts
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Answer each question in 50 to 150 words each.
1) What is diversity? Why is diversity valued?
2) What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society?
3) Define emigration and immigration.
4) What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?
5) Why do people label and group other people?
6) Define culture. Is culture limited to racial and ethnic backgrounds? Explain.
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A genetic disorder in patient X results in the production of quadruple the quantity of acetylcholinesterase in the peripheral nervous system. What symptoms would you expect in this patient? How might you treat their condition?
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