unconscious. The conscious mind is only a fraction of our total brain capacity and the unconscious mind fills the rest. The four ways of knowing presented by the IB are all based on our conscious mind whose mechanism is known to a certain extent. However intuition‚ memory and imagination are part of our unconscious mind whose functioning is not yet proven till date. Memory is the function of storing and recalling information gained from experience. Whereas‚ imagination is the process of forming new ideas
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(if ever) should we trust our senses to give us truth? If there is an answer to this question the logical process would be to analyse the critical parts and define key area’s within the argument; and then begin the process to create a logically structured argument that can act as our response or answer (but to what level of certainty?). Our senses are based on our perception‚ our ability to use our combined senses to understand and interact with our environment. Using information from our senses
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he scientific method‚is a method or procedure that characterizses science according to the observations‚measurements‚tests‚and the hypothesis of an experiment.The scientific method has been around since the Renaissance began to do the studying of what inductive reasoning was‚going all the way back into the 10th Century. Even though it was founded by many philosophers its said to have derived mainly from two contibutors; Aristotle and Greek philosophers.Aristole‚aj ancient greek philosopher who invented
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Industrial/Organizational Psychology Worksheet The purpose of this assignment is to examine the fundamental concepts of the field of industrial/organizational psychology. Using the textbook‚ the University Library‚ the Internet‚ and/or other resources‚ answer the following questions. Your responses to each question will vary but overall should be 700- to 1‚050-words in length. 1. Describe the evolution of the field of industrial/organizational psychology. Industrial/organizational psychology has its
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Association theory which states that an individual learns criminal behavior through “(a) techniques of committing crimes and (b) motives‚ drives‚ rationalizations‚ and attitudes” which go against law-abiding actions). These techniques reduce the social controls over the delinquent and are also more applicable to specific juveniles. Neutralization is defined as a technique‚ which allows the person to rationalize or justify a criminal act. An analysis of ’neutralization’ was developed by
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1. Introduction is primarily a qualitative process 2. Deduction is primarily a quantitative process 3. Scientific research does not use data collection by proven methods 4. Good research a 5. The purpose of literature review is to Week 4 1. Which of the following is NOT a research method? Fellowship 2. In which situation is qualitative technique NOT used? A. Focus of the research is on meaning s and attitudes B. The situation calls for exploratory theory building C. Interaction between
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Intuition can be generally defined as “the result of one’s instinctive or ‘gut’ feeling rather than their conscious reasoning.” Intuition is natural and critical in the lives of everyone because of its frequency. In every instance there is some degree of intuition one could encounter‚ I find myself relying heavily on my instincts in some situations of my life and disregarding that “gut” feeling in others‚ as a result the term “intuition” may need to be redefined. Within the sciences intuition could
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(obesity). No human group can subsist without norms‚ because "norms make social life possible by making behavior predictable" (Henslin 2005: pg. 135). Without these norms‚ society would be in a state of social chaos. Norms structure the fundamental guidelines for how we should play in our "roles" and interact with other people. Norms produce social order‚ an individual group’s traditional social measures. As a result‚ social control is the direct and indirect means of imposing norms that were developed
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Mental illness and Criminal Behavior Mental illness and insanity defenses have remained highly controversial topics throughout history. You may have heard of John Hinckley‚ the man who shot and killed President Reagan‚ and was found not guilty by reason of insanity‚ and was instead sent to a psychiatric institute. Some would argue that mental illness is a disease that should be treated as such and that it inhibits an individual from distinguishing right from wrong‚ while others would argue that
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One of the main key differences that separates control theories from learning theories although both are a subunit of social process theories‚ is that they have different assumptions of human nature that they based their theory on. For instance‚ in social control theories‚ the assumption is that humans are bad by nature; hence‚ humans need different types of social control that will regulate their behavior. If humans were left to pursue whatever they wanted without following any laws or norms they
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