Measuring unemployment accurately is made difficult because of imperfect knowledge. Not all instances of unemployment are recorded‚ and some records of unemployment may not be accurate. Because the unemployed are eligible for benefits‚ some individuals may work‚ but not disclose it‚ and claim benefit. Conversely‚ many unemployed may not bother to inform the authorities‚ and this unemployment goes unrecorded. The Claimant Count records those claiming unemployment benefit (Job Seekers Allowance
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Week 2 Assignment: IAT *Do you agree with the results of your IAT? I somewhat agree‚ but in reality in my opinion this test does not tell me or anyone as to what type of person that I am or may be. This in my opinion is just another statistical test to formulate percentages of what society wants. I agree because it was close in nature to my thoughts and other actions that I am as person is portrayed to be. This does not tell me what I as a person exactly thinks or may not think according to the
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The IAT tests are a series of fast-paced questions that are designed to capture biases towards specific groups of people. I‚ personally‚ completed tests that would find biases that I have towards disability‚ age‚ and skin color. The first test that I took was based on my preference of abled or disabled persons. I picked this test because I enjoy working with people of special needs‚ and some of the people I have met undergo speech therapy. When my results came in‚ IAT suggested that I have a moderate
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I read the introduction on the IAT stating that it could reveal some degree of bias. I thought I don’t have any bias about race. I thought I would see more bias when dealing with gender. This research exercise will summarize what I learned from my results of the IAT. The first test I completed was the race test. I thought I did not have any unconscious associations of “good” and “bad” with Black and White people. After doing the test‚ I found out that I have a slight automatic preference
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The Implicit-association test (IAT) measures social psychology by detecting the strength of a person’s automatic association between mental representations of concepts in memory. Three sources of evidence that the IAT measures attitudes that are predictive of behavior are: valence‚ stereotype‚ and self-esteem. Valence measures associations between concepts and positive (intrinsic attractiveness) or negative valence (aversiveness). For example‚ the Race IAT depicts that nonwhite individuals have an
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There are a number strengths and weaknesses of the IAT and some strengths that stand out is clinical situations and job positions. I chose clinical situations because I believe it would allow for much quicker doctors visit if one was sick all they would need to do when checking in is to complete the assessment on what hurts the most‚ where is it located at‚ when does it start hurting‚ and how long is the reoccurring pain. This will allow for doctors to know exactly what is going on before even seeing
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Psych 312 5-8-13 African American-European American IAT. The version of the IAT‚ that I chose to take is the African American – European American IAT. There were a few steps in order to complete the test; the first step was to fill out information about myself. The questions that I answered were related to my age my educational status‚ nationality‚ religious beliefs and my current state of employment. The next step of the test was to choose either ‘E‚” or ‘I‚” to indicate my choice of
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the world‚ most schools and institutes use standardized testing. These standardized testing questions consist of multiple choice‚ and/or true or false questions. They test your knowledge to the limit and are provided to give students the opportunity to express their full knowledge and ability. This all happens in a timed situation‚ making students think critically and quickly. Although schools make students take these tests‚ it does not measure a student’s academic success‚ potential‚ and capability
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on how to accurately measure and record the vital signs on a client: Temperature Objectives: Theoretical knowledge on how to take the temperature. What is temperature? Why is temperature taken? Factors that influence your temperature. Where can temperature be taken from? Symptoms of Pyrexia. Procedure to take the task Findings Analysis Evaluation of the process Vital signs are the basis of Nursing. They are taken to measure the body’s
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consider Measure for Measure to be a problem play? Measure for Measure has been deemed as a ‘problem play’ due to ‘lacking humanity’ and the drastic and uneven ‘emotion and language’ throughout the play. Because of this‚ the play is constantly being addressed as ‘problematic’ by critics like Swinburne who describes the play as being ‘indefinable’ and ‘unclassifiable’. The term problem play was first made current by F.S. Boas who was the critique of Shakespeare and his Predecessors. Measure for Measure
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