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    Lab 11: Animal Behavior Introduction Ethology is the study of animal behavior. There are two specific categories of behavior: learned ad innate. Orientation behaviors place the animal in their specific environment. Animals move away from sensory input in taxis where as behavior is the response to sensory input. Stimulus’ of light‚ heat‚ moisture‚ sound‚ or chemicals are mostly found in taxis. Kinesis is the movement that does not result in orientation with stimulus. When animals respond to each

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    and informal social control in controlling individual’s behaviour Mechanisms of social control can be formal or informal. Formal social control includes the criminal justice system‚ involving the police‚ courts and prisons. Informal social control consists of mechanisms which are not based upon formal rules but are carried family‚ friends and member of the society everyday. The use of negative or positive sanctions (punishments or rewards) are vital in maintaining social control. Functionalist

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    University of Phoenix Material Validity and Reliability Matrix For each of the tests of reliability and validity listed on the matrix‚ prepare a 50-100-word description of test’s application and under what conditions these types of reliability would be used as well as when it would be inappropriate. Then prepare a 50-100-word description of each test’s strengths and a 50-100-word description of each test’s weaknesses. |TEST OF RELIABILITY |APPLICATION AND APPROPRIATENESS

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    Social Control‚ Discipline and Regulation Crime is defined as a deviant act which goes against the norms and values of society which can be culturally and historically determined. The term crime really has no reality beyond the application of the term to particular acts. The acts themselves are not always classed as criminal‚ for example to kill a person during peacetime would be classed as criminal (murder)‚ but to kill them on a battlefield would not. Criminal acts consist of many petty acts which

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    15 year old boy named Bill‚ who has an extensive history of drug related crimes‚ including theft. Bill is currently serving a two year sentence in youth detention‚ however he has previously had community based sentences and other contact with the criminal justice system. Bill has a serious substance abuse problem which began at the age of 9 years old. Bill first started using cannabis‚ however went on to using LSD‚ ecstasy and heroin at times‚ and is currently using methamphetamines around once

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    Like internal validity‚ there can also be threats to external validity‚ & this can be an explanation of how researchers may be wrong in making a generalisation. For instance‚ researchers may conclude that the results of their study (which was done in a specific place‚ with certain types of people‚ & at a specific time) could be generalised to another context. For instance it could have been at another place‚ with different people‚ at a later time‚ even if these factors are only slightly different

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    The social control theory has been significantly important to predict delinquency in individuals especially on adolescents. It has become a dominant theory compare to any other theories relating to delinquency. Base on the social control theory‚ there exists four social bonds that prevents a juvenile from committing delinquency. The four social bonds are attachment‚ commitment‚ involvement‚ and belief. It was previously stated that Hirschi’s social control theory is able to explain 25% to 50% of

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    people commit crimes for several different reasons. Some say that criminals are born; some say that it is because of self gratification and the need to be rewarded. Theorists believe that there is a psychological‚ biological‚ and sociobiological theory that will explain the genuine thought‚ behavior‚ and action of the common criminal. This paper will contain information regarding the relationship between personality and criminal behavior; the key elements of the psychological theory‚ and the philosophical

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    Dami Adesuyi Anthropology 230 February 26th 2013 Professor Heyaca Scientific Racisms: The Eugenics of Social Darwinism In Necropolitics‚ Mbembe is quoted stating “the ultimate expression of sovereignty resides‚ to a large degree‚ in the power and the capacity to dictate who may live and who must die.” Through translation this means that the highest expression of power is having the position to control and manipulate who can and cannot live. In a way this quote connects to eugenics also. According

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