Carl
Confounding variables- work their way into an experiment which may screw it up without us being accountable for them
Diffusion:
The spread of a cultural trait from one society to another through social contact
Acculturation:
The process of contact, exposure, and exchange of ideas between different cultures that results in adaptations and changes to both groups
Wednesday September 5, 2012
Strip-Search Case Closed?
Summary:
An 18 year old girl with worked at McDonalds was forced to strip then perform a sexual act in the back office, during her workday.
Summers told Ogborn that there was an officer on the phone and that she was described and accused of stealing a customer’s purse9.
It was Ogborn’s word against the accusation of a man claiming to be a cop, and she was given a choice: submit to a search or be escorted to the police station
She was told to empty out her pockets and remove her clothes- even her underwear- only covering her self with a small apron
The manager (Summers) had to leave the office to check the restaurant so
They left another employee to watch Ogborn until the police arrived- Summer chose 27-year-old Jason Bradley
Summer’s fiancé, Walter Nix entered the office- summer didn’t question the caller and completely trusted her fiancé to be left alone with the girl
Nix- 43 years old began following the callers commands, ordering Ogborn to drop her apron
When Ogborn says that when she failed to address Nix as “sir,” he caller tells him to hit her violently on the buttocks over and over
On the instruction of the caller- forced Ogborn to perform a sexual act
Summers called her manager Lisa, who was said to be on the other line. - - But when she called Lisa she was asleep
Then Donna summers realized she’d been had
Questions Exploring Human Behavior:
1. How do fast food restaurants make these employees gullible?
2. How does someone control other people’s actions?
3. How would humiliation play a factor?
4. What factors
Diffusion:
The spread of a cultural trait from one society to another through social contact
Acculturation:
The process of contact, exposure, and exchange of ideas between different cultures that results in adaptations and changes to both groups
Wednesday September 5, 2012
Strip-Search Case Closed?
Summary:
An 18 year old girl with worked at McDonalds was forced to strip then perform a sexual act in the back office, during her workday.
Summers told Ogborn that there was an officer on the phone and that she was described and accused of stealing a customer’s purse9.
It was Ogborn’s word against the accusation of a man claiming to be a cop, and she was given a choice: submit to a search or be escorted to the police station
She was told to empty out her pockets and remove her clothes- even her underwear- only covering her self with a small apron
The manager (Summers) had to leave the office to check the restaurant so
They left another employee to watch Ogborn until the police arrived- Summer chose 27-year-old Jason Bradley
Summer’s fiancé, Walter Nix entered the office- summer didn’t question the caller and completely trusted her fiancé to be left alone with the girl
Nix- 43 years old began following the callers commands, ordering Ogborn to drop her apron
When Ogborn says that when she failed to address Nix as “sir,” he caller tells him to hit her violently on the buttocks over and over
On the instruction of the caller- forced Ogborn to perform a sexual act
Summers called her manager Lisa, who was said to be on the other line. - - But when she called Lisa she was asleep
Then Donna summers realized she’d been had
Questions Exploring Human Behavior:
1. How do fast food restaurants make these employees gullible?
2. How does someone control other people’s actions?
3. How would humiliation play a factor?
4. What factors