Exam #1 Review 1. Conflict vs. Consensus Models of Criminal Justice Consensus Model a. This model of criminology views criminal law as reflecting the interest of the public b. Incorporates a utilitarian perspective Conflict Model c. According to this model of criminology‚ criminal law serves the interests of the elite and powerful at the expense of the majority of society. d. Rooted in traditional Marxism Consensus Perspective e. A product of social values and needs f. Emile Durkheim suggested that
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Weakness of the study design The biggest flaw in any cross-sectional study design is the inability to establish a causal relationship. This made any causation deduced from the results a mere inference. Positive correlation derived from the study is not sufficient and convincing enough to be acted upon. The study is also vulnerable to recall bias or dishonesty. The accuracy of the data collected heavily depend upon the student’s ability to accurately recall events that took pace the day before and
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is not always what is the case. The purpose of science is to go beyond the obvious to reveal the deeper truths that cannot be gleaned simply from observing nature. The interpretation that the amygdala is the brain’s fear center confuses correlation and causation. From the beginning‚ my research suggested that the amygdala contributes to non-conscious aspects of fear‚ by which I meant the detection of threats and the control of body responses that help cope with the threat.” - Joseph E. LeDoux
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search to uncover the relationship between sociological developments and religious institutions‚ a conclusion reached by the authors affirms that religion is majorly affected by cultural changed‚ and their interconnectivity creates a symbiotic correlation. To validate the conclusion‚ the recent rise of feminism and increasingly irrelevant gender roles in today’s society can be brought to investigation. How have religious institutions been effected by the feminist revolution‚ and has this affect derived
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component of the breakfast debate is the possibility of a link between skipping the early-morning meal and gaining weight or losing weight. However‚ no such link has actually been proven. There have been numerous studies that have researched the correlation. One study published in the Journal of American Dietetic Association noted that while “breakfast eaters generally consumed more daily calories” and “were less likely to be overweight”‚ a limited number of their studies could palpably “associate
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The Different schools of psychology Structuralism- the first school of thought headed by Wilhelm Wundt‚ a German‚ and later by E.B. Titchener started in 1879 when experimental psychology was gaining more incentive. The structuralists‚ as they called themselves‚ thought of psychology as the study of conscious experience. They started components experience. They started that all complex substances could be analyzed through their component elements. They held that elementary mental states such as sensations
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1. Models are analogies that allow us to clarify hypotheses—proposed explanation of relationships between. What roles do models play in testing hypotheses? Models provide the physical testing and proof of a hypothesis by exploring the extent to which the two factors relate within the given hypothesis. It puts a theory into action‚ to see if the theory is corrected causes and effects. 2. What did the humoral model of disease propose as the cause for cholea? The humoral model of
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relationship between extraversion and drug dependence . Francis - However convincing evidence for link between dependence on alchohol ‚ heroin BZ and nicotine and higher than normal scores in N and P • Correlational data and thus hard to infer causation. • Data collected via questionnaire reduces validity Eysenck believed that these personalities were genetically determined – too reductionist – can’t reduce personality down to action of genes Antisocial personality and addiction • Rounsaville
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Psychology & Scientific Thinking Terms Ch. 1 Psychology- Scientific study of mind‚ brain and behavior Levels of Analysis- Learned fears and expectations. Brain structures‚ thoughts‚ feelings‚ and emotions. Multiply determined- Caused by many factors Individual differences- Variations among people in thinking‚ emotion‚ personality‚ and behavior (everyone responds to every situation differently) Naive realism- Belief that we see the world as it is “seeing is believing” Scientific Theory- Explanation
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by have a random sample of one thousand children be chosen to either get vaccinated with MMR or a placebo. Then‚ the administrators could test to see which children end up getting autism‚ if any. This test would only be able to draw a correlation and not causation unless the test was repeated in different places with the same results. Hopefully‚ both sides would view a study like this credible and if not‚ the debate will never end. Benefits of the Proposal?- The benefits is that it being an independent
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