History: History Book Bias University Writing Instructor: Richard Baker Brandon University Hongbo Sun 101289 July 24‚ 2011 Abstract This research paper discusses the history books tell the truth‚ meaning the actual what‚ when‚ where‚ why‚ how‚ and who of a past event is biased. People always put
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The conflicting interaction of belief-bias and logicality in syllogistic reasoning tasks Abstract The study conducted replicated Evans (1983) experiment to investigate the presence of believe-bias in syllogistic reasoning tasks‚ using an equal number of male and female participants to avoid gender differences in the results. The findings showed there was an interaction between believability and logicality‚ suggesting that dual-processing theories influenced the results
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Urban bias exists when the overall economic development of a country is restricted or hindered by the urban-dwellers that are more able to pressure and manipulate the government and can do so to their own advantage. Wikipedia describes urban bias as “a political economy argument according to which economic development is hampered by groups who‚ by their central location in urban areas‚ are able to pressure governments to protect their interests”. The theory of urban bias stems from the Urban
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Do the Mass Media Have a Liberal Bias? Jeff Jacoby argues that the mass media suffers from a left wing slant. He believes the newscasters and talk shows and television shows are all liberals. People who enter into a profession like any of those all have liberal views. Jacoby says few conservative voices cannot hope to overpower the liberal bias that is in the rest of the media. He points that Fox News Channel adds up to about 3 percent of the ABC-CBS-CNN-NBC-PBS news audience. Those who go into
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THE ART OF SUBTLE HONESTY Sometime ago‚ I once told a friend of mine her drawing wasn’t very good; In fact let me be completely honest here‚ I simply told her‚ her drawing sucked… yep I told her that with pretty much brutal honesty‚ and naturally she was pretty devastated (as it turns out she was expecting praise or at the very least a positive comment since she thought it was her first decent drawing). Either way it seems that the damage was done because ever since she’s gone to great limits
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The Subtle Humor of Pride and Prejudice Of all the novels that Jane Austen has written‚ critics consider Pride and Prejudice to be the most comical. Humor can be found everywhere in the book; in it’s character descriptions‚ imagery‚ but mostly in it’s conversations between characters. Her novels were not only her way of entertaining people but it was also a way to express her opinions and views on what surrounded her and affected her. Her novels were like editorials. Austen uses a variety
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"Indians" By Jane Tompkins: How Bias Affect Ones Concept of History Whenever you are in any educational situation‚ you are subject to perspectives and bias of the instructors. In an essay entitled "Indians‚" by Jane Tompkins‚ it discusses how different biases may reflect upon one’s concept of history. It is imperative to realize that when learning‚ which generally involves someone’s concept of history‚ we are consequently subject to that person’s perspectives that may be a result of
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The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-Third Edition (SASSI-3) The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory – Third Edition (SASSI-A2) is a self-report questionnaire designed to help identify individuals who have a high probability of having a substance use disorder (Miller‚ 1997). It includes five face valid scales: Face Valid Alcohol‚ Face Valid Other Drugs‚ Family-Friends Risk‚ Attitudes‚ and Symptoms. It also includes five subtle scales: Obvious Attributes‚ Subtle Attributes‚ Defensiveness
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Subtle Constraints in Infinite Spaces By Mary Rose Ann Serrona What makes love real? Ponder on that question. Does this transcend to the interrogative “what makes us human”? Love‚ as defined philosophically‚ appears in seven kinds of implicit bonds. One is to satisfy basic appetite. Human‚ on the other hand‚ is a being capable of reasoning‚ introspection‚ and philosophy. But the sentence itself also defines the soul. So what really is a human? Human differentiates the soul through physicality
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diagnosis‚ severity or addiction‚ and motivation and rehabilitation potential (Perkinson‚ 2012‚ p. 12) to see if third-party payers will pay for the client’s treatment. The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory (SASSI) screens client who may be defensive or in denial and measure “defensiveness and the subtle attribute that are common in chemically dependent persons” (Perkinson‚ 2012‚ p. 12). The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and the Ten-Addiction Severity Index (T-ASI) are also widely used‚
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