to the Best Explanation is a type of abductive reasoning. In making this inference one infers‚ from the fact that a certain hypothesis would explain the evidence‚ to the truth of that hypothesis. In general‚ there will be multiple different hypotheses that might explain the evidence‚ so one must be able to decide which one is the correct hypothesis. One of the classic examples is how to explain wet grass. If the grass is wet‚ it probably rained. The Inference of the Best Explanation‚ one does not
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Explanations for forgetting. One possible explanation for forgetting is retrieval failure sometimes known as decay theory. According to this theory‚ a memory trace is created every time a new theory is formed. Decay theory suggests that over time‚ these memory traces begin to fade and disappear. If information is not retrieved and rehearsed‚ it will eventually be lost. One problem with this theory‚ however‚ is that research has demonstrated that even memories which have not been rehearsed or
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Revised Behavior Explanations Patricia Landeros Psychology 100 TTh 11:00-12:15PM April 7‚ 2011 BEHAVIOR EXPLANATION # 1 1. Behavior Observation/Description (5pts) One hot September day at around one o’clock‚ my boyfriend‚ Jonathan and I were strolling around the city of Downey‚ searching for a delicious place to have lunch. We then made the decision to grub at In n’ Out. As we walked down Firestone‚ I noticed an elderly man attempting to illegally cross the street. I was beginning to
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There are many sociological explanations for female inequality in society. Inequality is where something/ someone is seen as not equal compared to something else. For example men have more opportunities than women in life‚ suggesting females suffer huge inequality in many factors of life. Firstly‚ Anne Oakley speaks about how women suffer inequalities in the work place. Oakley notes that after the industrial revolution in Britain acts were passed to limit women working; in 1851 one in four married
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A Scientific Explanation: Why Do Bats Fly At Night? We have always known bats for being nocturnal‚ but do we exactly know why? Without the aid of science‚ our ancestors solved this mystery through means that were available during their time. As they were both artistic and expressive‚ they spent most of their time coming up with stories‚ which are now what we know as legends. One of which was the story “Why Bats Fly at Night” which was adapted from Rosario Singh’s story “Bakit sa Gabi Lumilipad
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Statement of Explanation – “The night that never happened” I am composing a creative piece in the form of a short story. The intended audience are adults who are unable to empathise with asylum seekers. I am agreeing with the prompt that ‘It is often the vulnerable and powerless‚ who are unable to avoid the effects of conflict.’ I will draw on ideas from the memoir “The Rugmaker of Mazar-E-Sharif” such as the setting and not to mention using a Najaf-like character who has similar history (dealing
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Explanations of conformity Why do we conform? Deutsch and Gerrard 1955 decided that there were 2 possible reasons why you would conform. They suggested that it was either due to Normative social influence or due to informational social influence. Normative social influence Need: - Humans have basic need to we want to feel accepted‚ approved and liked and as a member of a group How it leads to conformity: - in order to gain acceptance by others‚ we often conform to the
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beginning of each poem‚ each of them reflect on each other’s premise‚ then going on to their own qualities. Both of the poems seem like they could come from different people‚ staying very central and positive on their own thoughts. In this essay‚ an explanation will be done on the main points of Milton’s joyous poem‚ “L’Allegro”. Firstly‚ the introduction of “L’Allegro” talks about the underworld‚ which suggests that depression will send you to the underworld prematurely. To counteract this fate‚
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Poem Analysis Death is part of life‚ weather you believe in a life after‚ or not. The story “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant‚ and the songs “Don’t fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas‚ all illustrate death in some way. Though each artist has a different view of death‚ then the other. In William Cullen Bryant’s ‘Thanatopsis’‚ the poet and nature are communicating. The poem refers to how death is not saddening‚ but it is much greater than thought. The poet
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THEA Explanation: THEA‚ the Texas Higher Education Assessment‚ is a score-reporting program for Texas students to measure their readiness for college courses by testing their reading‚ mathematics‚ and writing skills that incoming freshman students should obtain before entering a college-level course in public Texas colleges. I was exempted from taking the THEA test because I passed and obtained higher scores of 2200 for my English and Math TAKS scores in my sophomore year. What does the
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