Debate (3 units) Winter Quarter 2003-2004‚ Stanford University Instructor: Todd Davies Game Theory Through Examples (2/11/04) Games against nature - decision theory for a single agent Expected utility theory for a single agent is sometimes called the theory of "games against nature". Consider this example. Example 1: Planning a party Our agent is planning a party‚ and is worried about whether it will rain or not. The utilities and probabilities for each state and action can be represented
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Could the Spanish Armada have succeeded? The relentless decline in relations between Spain and England post 1558 engender a feeling of certain inevitability within the hostilities that broke out in 1585. Although tension between the two countries was extremely high it took years of preparations to actually instigate war. When Mary Queen of England died Philip lost all attachments with England and when Elizabeth came to power England no longer remained Catholic‚ Philip felt that England had
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How could Ethical Violation Been Avoided? Throughout the many business scandals that have occurred over the years‚ some have had the same violations and some were different; however‚ all of them have consistently had ethical wrong doings involved in their scandal. In this paper we look specifically at the Tyco Industries scandal which resulted in indictments of the top executives of the company in 2002-2003. There are several ways that this scandal could have been avoided. First convening
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4 BACKGROUND 5 Definition of Rural Development 6 Definition of Micro-credit 7 Microcredit programs in Bangladesh 8 CAPITAL MARKETS AND THE POOR 9 The neo-liberal response - walking barefoot where bankers fear to tread 11 Licensing Status of the NGO-MFIs in Bangladesh 13 Impact of micro-credit 14 Development as economic growth and equity 15 Role of the
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1. Identify the child development theory you most support and explain it in detail. Include relevant details that support your understanding of young children’s characteristics and needs. Constructivism is a theory associated with Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Its maid idea was that knowledge was constructed through ones experience and build on from prior knowledge. The construction that the theory name speaks of is learning (Hein‚ 1991). This theory asserts that knowledge comes from personal experiences
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Theories‚ models and perspectives - Cheat sheet for field instructors Major Theories – Used in Social Work Practice Systems Theory Psychodynamic Social Learning Conflict Developmental Theories Theories of moral reasoning (Kohlberg‚ Gilligan) Theories of cognition (Piaget) Transpersonal theories of human development (Transpersonal – means beyond or through the persona or mask. Going beyond identity rooted in the individual body or ego to include spiritual experience or higher levels
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Referring to Herbert J. Gans’ use of social functionalist theory in his essay titled “Uses of the Underclass in America”‚ four of the thirteen manifest and latent functions Gans applied to the problem of poverty could also be applied to the issue of Islamophobia in America. The first (manifest) function of Islamophobia emphasizes that the existence of Islamophobia supplies popular culture villains. Because many within American society oftentimes associate real-world terrorism with Muslims (at a
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The Efficacy of Social Skills Group Intervention for improving social behavior in children with high functioning autism spectrum disorder. Derosier et.al (2011) evaluated the Social Skills Group Intervention-High Functioning Autism (S.SGRIN-HFA) which were designed to meet the social needs of students with Autism Disorder. The researcher wanted to test two groups to see which assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder improve in their social interaction skills. Prior studies showed that the program
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identify your specific reference group within and across the broad fields of literature that you have been exploring. To quote from Luker (p. 65) You need to identify a large clan of scholarly inquiries more or less related to yours and within that a smaller family of people with whom you are in more or less direct dialogue” Reading through the piece in “Salsa Dancing through the social sciences”‚ I have really become estimably aware of the different metaphors that Luka uses within this piece and
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Weinberger’s article makes many interesting points about the character of Arnold Friend in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been”- the main idea being that Arnold represents Connie’s “other self”. According to the article‚ this can be observed in how Connie and Arnold are opposites in both appearance and behavior‚ and Arnold’s purpose is to induct Connie into adulthood. I disagree with the idea that Arnold is Connie. While the article gathered a lot of good evidence to support this claim‚ I
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