Discuss your thoughts on Peirce, James, Dewey, and their Pragmatic test for truth.
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What happened in Fort Mose and descrive what took place there and why it was an important episode in American History?
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in what ways did the US Constitution betray the African and african american people in the United States?
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It is widely believed that testosterone levels play a
significant role in how violent a person may be. Because of this,
boys and girls are socialized in different manners.
Different cultures have dissimilar views on violence
and how it is tolerated in their societies.
What other factors (e.g., exposure to violence as a
child) influence the amount of violence that is seen in society?
Research and provide support for your views.
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Compare and contrast frustration-aggression theory and social learning theory of aggression
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According to the New York Times Article
"Unearthing America's Second Slave Era" please describe the conditions
and circumstances of convict leasing. How does it compare with the
treatment of inmates today.
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What are Erikson's tasks for emerging adulthood and midlife? And what do they mean?
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This course has been an historical analysis of juvenile delinquency, mass media, and youth culture, roughly covering from World War II until the 1960s. Utilizing the concept of episodic notion, update this analysis to contemporary youth culture and its relationship to delinquency (as portrayed in current music, film, or television).
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How does Frantzn Fanon explain "Black on Black" violence in his book Black faces White Mask?
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Scenario
You are a defense attorney and an eyewitness to the crime in question has given testimony identifying your client as the culprit. Given what you know about effortful vs. automatic encoding, state-dependent and mood-congruent memory, interference, and the constructive nature of memory (including misinformation, imagination, and source amnesia effects), how would you challenge the validity and reliability of that eyewitness testimony? What arguments would you use to confront the witness in your cross-examination?
Step 1:. Read ONE of the following four research articles and summarize the article's predictions(hypotheses), methods, and findings.
Step 2: Answer the questions in the Scenario above. Use the research article you've chosen, as well as material from the rest of this lesson, to support your conclusions.
Research Article #1: Misinformation Effect https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evidence-based-justice-acknowledges-our-corrupt-memories/
Research Article #2: Flashbulb memories https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-09/flashbulb-memories-of-dramatic-events-such-as-9-11-arent-as-accurate-as-believed
Research Article #3: How accurate are our memories of 9/11? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/911-memory-accuracy/
Research Article #4: Eyewitness identification https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-it/
Your brief summary and evaluation of the reliability of eyewitness testimony (integrating the above-mentioned issues) should be 2-3 pages (double-spaced, 1-inch margins, 12-point font). See the "More About the Eyewitness Identification Assignment" page and the "Eyewitness Identification APA Checklist" for more resources and information. Submit your write-up in the "Major Assignment - Eyewitness Identification" Assignment Tool.
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Describe Bandura's six disengagement practices
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Raisin in the Sun is prefaced by a Langston Hughes poem "What Happens to a Dream Deferred?" How does the play illustrate the theme of the poem?
The importance of the house to the Youngers is prominent throughout the play. What does the house mean to each of them?
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Question 1: What would a psychologist trained in the biological perspective say about the existence of the unconscious?
Question 2: Ted is a freshman at your college. He has been drinking a lot lately. There is some concern that Ted may be an alcoholic. Analyze Ted’s behavior using a biological psychology perspective.
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