Applying the Scientific Method Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is a syndrome in which a person has difficulty focusing sustained attention on a task for a significant amount of time. In some cases this is accompanied by hyperactivity as well. It is currently being diagnosed at an all time high. Between 1989 and 1996‚ youth visits for ADD increased 90%‚ from 1.9% of total physician visits to 3.6%. Now a psychiatrist‚ Dr. Edward Hallowell is making a new distinction. He has described a similar set
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3) Should rewards and punishments be used to motivate students’ learning? I believe that rewards and punishments do play a key part in sustaining children’s interest and motivation to learn. However‚ I feel there are other key factors and methods that could be used to greater effect and am inclined to disagree with the question at hand. a) There are many educational theories on the topic of motivation but I believe the Self-Determination and Self-Efficacy theories cover some key aspects that
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discrimination in ius in bello? Principles which are “codified within the international law of armed conflict (Orend‚ 2006‚ p. 107). Drones fail the discrimination‚ threshold; in fact it blurs the line between who is an enemy and a civilian. Should drones even be used in non-active combat zones? International law clearly prohibits certain types of weapons for their indiscriminate nature of killings. Is the use of a drone proportionate to the threat posed? Although from a realist lens‚ governments would
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"In the interest of...saving lives‚ is it acceptable to make use of data collected through mutilation‚ torture‚ and death" (Campbell‚ 16)? That is the question which has been rearing its head in scientific research since the end of World War II. As man has sought to quench his thirst for knowledge‚ lines of ethicality have been drawn to preserve the integrity of science‚ and provide a framework from which man can improve upon the quality of human life. In Nazi concentration and death camps‚ the gruesome
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The Asch Experiment How conformity influenced the world Megan Foster Many psychologists have performed experiments to prove theories and replicate actions. One of these most famous psychologists is Solomon Asch. In 1955‚ social psychologist Asch designed and experiment to show the effects of conformity in today’s society. Conformity is the adjusting of one’s behavior or thinking to coincide with group standard or belief. The results from the experiment were shocking and changed the way social
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After a holding period of 18 hours for winter captured crabs and a period of 30 hours for summer captured crabs‚ all individuals were transferred to containers with experimental temperature and salinity levels to begin the experiment. To observe changes due to salinity concentrations over the 48-hour period‚ groups of crabs were exposed to one of the eight salinity treatments‚ and temperature treatments were held constant at 5°C or 15°C to resemble winter or summer field conditions
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The hypothesis was rejected in this experiment‚ based on the results. The results were much different than hypothesized before the experiment. It was hypothesized that the lower concentrations of CLR‚ Jar E and Jar D‚ would be healthier and more likely to reproduce than the higher concentrations of CLR‚ Jar B and C. However‚ as shown in the actual results‚ Jar E and D with the lower concentrations of CLR died quicker than Jar B and C. The CLR and water solutions acted as a fertilizer‚ so the greater
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Student Thank you for the hard work that you put into the assignments. I hope that you will do well in the examinations. 1 The examination 1.1 Admission to the examination If there are any problems with regard to your admission to the exam you should contact the Examination Department immediately via SMS 32695 or exams@unisa.ac.za and not your lecturer. 1.2 The examination paper –duration‚ marks and format ❏ Duration: 2 hours ❏ Total marks: 100 ❏ Format: The examination covers the whole
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1990) The medium of instruction at all stages should be the mother tongue of the learner and in special cases regional language. English should be used as a library language. Students should learn only mother tongue at the primary stage. At the secondary stage a foreign language‚ preferably English should be taught as the second language and another Indian language- classical or modern-may be offered as an optional subject. It should be clearly maintained in the language policy that English
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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Science tries to explain the world without reference to God or gods. It sees the world as an object‚ and tries to explain how it moves and interacts. Science is therefore distinct from technology which is a way of manipulating the world. Many cultures had technological knowledge‚ but scientific thinking was first developed in an extensive way by the Ancient Greeks. It was the Greeks thoughts which dominated Europe up until the Scientific Revolution
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