are social constructs and you can be anywhere of the spectrum that you want. To examine this sentence‚ we need the exact definition of “construct”. According to dictionary‚ construct as a noun means “an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements‚ typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence”. So‚ we’re talking about subjectivity. Something that has been built on the sole basis of “Common Sense” and doesn’t even have the same meaning in different places within
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Introduction Essay What articles did you choose? I chose Family Ties What type of Introduction does the writer use? This particular writer wrote this in a very interesting way. He started out with a question “Where do you come from?” This is the type of question that you would think would be simple‚ but he was referring to where African Americans came from. He was very straight to the point. Very well written. I enjoyed it. What is the effect of that kind of introduction on this essay? I think
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Explanations of conformity Why do we conform? Deutsch and Gerrard 1955 decided that there were 2 possible reasons why you would conform. They suggested that it was either due to Normative social influence or due to informational social influence. Normative social influence Need: - Humans have basic need to we want to feel accepted‚ approved and liked and as a member of a group How it leads to conformity: - in order to gain acceptance by others‚ we often conform to the
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Fallacious Arguments Considering the fallacies discussed in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic‚ construct three different arguments that display distinct fallacies. Give an explanation of why each makes a mistake in drawing the conclusion it does. Review your classmates’ examples and see if they‚ in fact‚ commit the fallacy identified. Before getting to examples of different arguments that display distinct fallacies I will define a fallacious argument. In our text fallacy is defined as
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Bodybuilding Tip My Bodybuilding Mistakes Will Help You By: Jim O’Connor Sharing my personal bodybuilding story will not only entertain you‚ but educate you in order to avoid making the same mistakes I made. It all happend while training for the Heart Of The USA Bodybuilding contest. I knew for me to win‚ I would have to train my guts out. Hour after hour of intense bodybuilding training. Well‚ my drive was at an all time high putting every single ounce of energy into my train. After all‚ I wanted
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Childhood is such a universal feature of human life‚ it’s a natural stage of development. People in modern Western societies have an unquestioned belief that children are fundamentally different from adults. We take for granted that children are and have always been innocent and entitled to nurturing and protection. However‚ in other cultures children are viewed as much more independent creatures who can act almost as if they are adults from the earliest moments of life. Reasons for changes in
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Logical fallacies are common errors found in an argument that are used to undermine reasoning based on logic. Its main purpose is to dupe readers into believing that the use of seemingly‚ factual information can be taken as correct information. This week’s reading provides many examples of logical fallacies including: equivocation‚ non-sequitur and a red herring. Equivocation is using half-truths to claim that your logic is correct. The use of vocabulary is essential in equivocation because those
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Comment on the view that the design argument provides a coherent explanation of the universe (9) The design argument is an inductive argument which means the conclusions do not necessarily follow. Therefore the argument is open to interpretation so it could all be down to chance. The world could have been by chance not designed. Kant suggests that “all order is mind induced”. So the argument does not even get off the ground. Humes believed that if there is no order then there is no need for an orderer
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The media of this artwork is a drawing using lead pencil. In the drawing there are pigs that are in cages with tags on their ears waiting anxiously to be slaughtered. The lines are straight all throughout the drawing as on the pig’s skin‚ the hair had to be sketched short and the roof and rails are only straight lines to make it look more realistic. The texture that the pencil looks is smooth as extensive amount of shading has been done to tone down the colour where the light is hitting the front
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is a serious and complicated problem that happens within a specific social construct that is influenced by certain types of media‚ such as fairytales like Sleeping Beauty. Such social constructs can involve things like gender norms‚ which are standards of behavior that is expected by a particular society for women and men within that society. There are many different types of bullying that can be conducted in many different ways. However‚ all have the potential to change a school environment from
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