John Salaz Dissertation - The University of New Mexico
... Human aggression is a complex problem, whether aggressive acts are performed by an individual or by groups of people. Aggression has been a major concern for communities, society at large, and victims of aggressive assaults as well as for perpetrators themselves. Many resources are directed towards ...
... Human aggression is a complex problem, whether aggressive acts are performed by an individual or by groups of people. Aggression has been a major concern for communities, society at large, and victims of aggressive assaults as well as for perpetrators themselves. Many resources are directed towards ...
Reflection on “A Revised Strain Theory of
... homelessness; discrimination; and residence in severely deprived communities. Research suggests that these strains increase the likelihood of crime, with some being among the most important causes of crime (Agnew 2007). GST also builds on the revised theory by better describing why strains increase ...
... homelessness; discrimination; and residence in severely deprived communities. Research suggests that these strains increase the likelihood of crime, with some being among the most important causes of crime (Agnew 2007). GST also builds on the revised theory by better describing why strains increase ...
54 Molli M. Luke1 Mark Alavosius University of Nevada, Reno
... factories. What metrics enabled this planned development across generations of citizens? What is missing in other communities that became ghost towns when the initial economic base passed and no replacements developed? For example, Virginia City, Nevada was a boomtown based on mining silver from the ...
... factories. What metrics enabled this planned development across generations of citizens? What is missing in other communities that became ghost towns when the initial economic base passed and no replacements developed? For example, Virginia City, Nevada was a boomtown based on mining silver from the ...
The Nature of Social Science Research
... The social nature of our field of study also means that much social research involves direct communication with our research respondents. This essential difference between social science and other science research, such as physics, biology or geology, is not given the emphasis it deserves. Effective ...
... The social nature of our field of study also means that much social research involves direct communication with our research respondents. This essential difference between social science and other science research, such as physics, biology or geology, is not given the emphasis it deserves. Effective ...
Chapter 12
... Children are motivated by a sense of duty or obligation to live up to socially defined roles, and to maintain the existing social order for the good of all. They are aware that there is a larger social system, which regulates the behavior of the people within it. ...
... Children are motivated by a sense of duty or obligation to live up to socially defined roles, and to maintain the existing social order for the good of all. They are aware that there is a larger social system, which regulates the behavior of the people within it. ...
attitude - Exam Salt
... A ‘Green Environment’ : The A-B-C Components of an Attitude Suppose a group of people in your neighbourhood start a tree plantation campaign as part of a ‘green environment’ movement. Based on sufficient information about the environment, your view towards a ‘green environment’ is positive (cognitiv ...
... A ‘Green Environment’ : The A-B-C Components of an Attitude Suppose a group of people in your neighbourhood start a tree plantation campaign as part of a ‘green environment’ movement. Based on sufficient information about the environment, your view towards a ‘green environment’ is positive (cognitiv ...
Deviance and Social Control
... The idea of a new, radical, form of criminology - one based upon concepts such as class, power and ideology developed by Marxists in their analysis of Capitalist society - developed initially in Britain and the United States in the early 1970's. The prime movers behind the development of Radical Cri ...
... The idea of a new, radical, form of criminology - one based upon concepts such as class, power and ideology developed by Marxists in their analysis of Capitalist society - developed initially in Britain and the United States in the early 1970's. The prime movers behind the development of Radical Cri ...
mental-health-r
... Goals are the means by which values & dreams are translated into reality. Happiness does not just happen. It has to be earned by thinking, planning, and the constant pursuit of values – both in work and in love – over the course of a lifetime. Goal-directed action is therefore critical to positive p ...
... Goals are the means by which values & dreams are translated into reality. Happiness does not just happen. It has to be earned by thinking, planning, and the constant pursuit of values – both in work and in love – over the course of a lifetime. Goal-directed action is therefore critical to positive p ...
Automatic Reinforcement Defined
... Behavior can be shaped, maintained, or eliminated by automatic contingencies not directly set up or mediated by other persons. These contingences can be very efficient and even more precise then those formally arranged. “Money grades and honors must be husbanded carefully, but the automatic reinfor ...
... Behavior can be shaped, maintained, or eliminated by automatic contingencies not directly set up or mediated by other persons. These contingences can be very efficient and even more precise then those formally arranged. “Money grades and honors must be husbanded carefully, but the automatic reinfor ...
Interpretivist Approaches to Organizational Discourse
... challenged when discourse is both interpreted and produced through them (Eoyang, 1983, p. 113). Discourse influences not only the functioning of existing schemata, but also the long-term delineation of their parameters. Linguistic labels learned through social interaction influence cognitive develop ...
... challenged when discourse is both interpreted and produced through them (Eoyang, 1983, p. 113). Discourse influences not only the functioning of existing schemata, but also the long-term delineation of their parameters. Linguistic labels learned through social interaction influence cognitive develop ...
The Construction of Attitudes
... inferences about the nature of attitudes. Empirically, attitude measurement is highly context dependent and minor changes in question wording, format, or order can have a profound impact on the obtained reports (for reviews see Schuman & Presser, 1981; Schwarz & Sudman, 1992; Sudman, Bradburn, & Sch ...
... inferences about the nature of attitudes. Empirically, attitude measurement is highly context dependent and minor changes in question wording, format, or order can have a profound impact on the obtained reports (for reviews see Schuman & Presser, 1981; Schwarz & Sudman, 1992; Sudman, Bradburn, & Sch ...
Intoxicated prejudice: The impact of alcohol consumption on
... McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998), were created in part to minimize reporting biases such as social desirability concerns (Sears & Henry, 2005). By using this tool, we can draw inferences about the underlying structure of people’s evaluative associations without directly asking them about these attitudes (F ...
... McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998), were created in part to minimize reporting biases such as social desirability concerns (Sears & Henry, 2005). By using this tool, we can draw inferences about the underlying structure of people’s evaluative associations without directly asking them about these attitudes (F ...
course syllabus guide - CSI Social Science Department
... Come on time, stay until the end of class, and pay attention. Fall 2009 Psychology 101 ...
... Come on time, stay until the end of class, and pay attention. Fall 2009 Psychology 101 ...
Lori Brown - Find the cheapest test bank for your text book!
... 1. Attitudes and beliefs involving a tendency to prejudge people, usually negatively and usually on the basis of a single personal characteristic, without any objective basis for making such a judgment are called: a. Prejudice b. Racism c. Ignorance d. Negativity ANS: a page: 20 2. The tendency to t ...
... 1. Attitudes and beliefs involving a tendency to prejudge people, usually negatively and usually on the basis of a single personal characteristic, without any objective basis for making such a judgment are called: a. Prejudice b. Racism c. Ignorance d. Negativity ANS: a page: 20 2. The tendency to t ...
Stigmas and Prosocial Behavior
... unfavorable essence through social associations. Regardless of whether someone personally endorses the magical power of a stigma to contaminate others, the expectation that others will look down upon people associated with stigmatized persons seems like a rational concern. Many studies have document ...
... unfavorable essence through social associations. Regardless of whether someone personally endorses the magical power of a stigma to contaminate others, the expectation that others will look down upon people associated with stigmatized persons seems like a rational concern. Many studies have document ...
- Professor David Veale
... for learning to occur; they learn about events that predict the onset of something (e.g., Show a cookie, say ‘‘cookie’’ and dog salivates). However, a human child can learn that touching a hot stove will burn without having direct experience with a hot stove. Our ability to use language allows us to ...
... for learning to occur; they learn about events that predict the onset of something (e.g., Show a cookie, say ‘‘cookie’’ and dog salivates). However, a human child can learn that touching a hot stove will burn without having direct experience with a hot stove. Our ability to use language allows us to ...
Does the Defining Issues Test Measure Ethical Judgment Ability or
... judgment or to their political position. Kohlberg’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory and the DIT Lawrence Kohlberg’s cognitive-developmental theory of ethical judgment has been the reigning paradigm in ethics-related research for the past half century. Throughout his extensive works, Kohlberg (e.g., 1 ...
... judgment or to their political position. Kohlberg’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory and the DIT Lawrence Kohlberg’s cognitive-developmental theory of ethical judgment has been the reigning paradigm in ethics-related research for the past half century. Throughout his extensive works, Kohlberg (e.g., 1 ...
The Body in Social Policy: Mapping a Territory
... person and the hands-on nature of its care, it aspires to heal the fragmenting experience of the hospital and of health care. It is for this reason that nurses seeking to work in a more holistic way, often stress the importance of the basic bed and body work, sometimes attempting to integrate techni ...
... person and the hands-on nature of its care, it aspires to heal the fragmenting experience of the hospital and of health care. It is for this reason that nurses seeking to work in a more holistic way, often stress the importance of the basic bed and body work, sometimes attempting to integrate techni ...
full text pdf
... Gilbert Ryle, and Michael Polanyi are examples of this. The box indicates a set of possible solutions to a more or less common explanatory problem, but not the whole set. There are some, so to speak, “outside the box” solutions as well as denials of the problem itself. We can think of these as “post ...
... Gilbert Ryle, and Michael Polanyi are examples of this. The box indicates a set of possible solutions to a more or less common explanatory problem, but not the whole set. There are some, so to speak, “outside the box” solutions as well as denials of the problem itself. We can think of these as “post ...
AP Course Guidebook - Rapid Learning Center
... states of consciousness; an exploration of various learning strategies developed in psychology; develop an appreciation for the basic processes involved in memory; understand the basic structures involved in language and be able to list the contributions of various psychologists in this field; devel ...
... states of consciousness; an exploration of various learning strategies developed in psychology; develop an appreciation for the basic processes involved in memory; understand the basic structures involved in language and be able to list the contributions of various psychologists in this field; devel ...
Correspondence Bias in Performance Evaluation
... academic performance and not sufficiently adjusted to account for the ease with which those grades were earned. In other words, an applicant’s absolute GPA will have a stronger influence on admission decisions than will the grading leniency of their institutions. Rationally, evaluations of an applic ...
... academic performance and not sufficiently adjusted to account for the ease with which those grades were earned. In other words, an applicant’s absolute GPA will have a stronger influence on admission decisions than will the grading leniency of their institutions. Rationally, evaluations of an applic ...
View/Open - Dora.dmu.ac.uk
... indisputable parts of reality. This largely hidden, implicit nature of the individual and his/her “impairments” and the conceptual problems associated with it is what gives rise to criticisms that ‘nowhere is disability spoken of as something which could be valued in its own right’ ...
... indisputable parts of reality. This largely hidden, implicit nature of the individual and his/her “impairments” and the conceptual problems associated with it is what gives rise to criticisms that ‘nowhere is disability spoken of as something which could be valued in its own right’ ...
Text, Introductory Sociology 1301 (all classes) File
... satisfaction of needs. The guiding philosophy of his theory (which has been labeled “Communism”, “Marxism”, “Socialism”) is: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Emile Durkheim (1858 – 1917) Durkheim was a professor of education in the French university system, but was ...
... satisfaction of needs. The guiding philosophy of his theory (which has been labeled “Communism”, “Marxism”, “Socialism”) is: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Emile Durkheim (1858 – 1917) Durkheim was a professor of education in the French university system, but was ...
A Certain Sense of Place
... socially normed space. It follows that an orientation in space is thus a normative orientation. Or to put it in other words: “One must not pay an entrance fee or give proof that one possesses cultural knowledge for any of these places. But here as there one must follow the particular rules of use of ...
... socially normed space. It follows that an orientation in space is thus a normative orientation. Or to put it in other words: “One must not pay an entrance fee or give proof that one possesses cultural knowledge for any of these places. But here as there one must follow the particular rules of use of ...