This article contains three sections – describing three options – on how to‚ as the title says‚ “Evaluate the Credibility of Claims and Sources”. Section one describes assessing the source of the claim‚ pointing out how trust evolves throughout our cognitive development‚ as well as going in depth with the term “authority” and “expertise”. Section two illustrates assessing what seems to be the context and tone of the claim‚ such as whether there are any ulterior motives behind it‚ whether it is self-contradictory
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Relevance of Modern Sociological Perspectives: an Analysis on the Three Main Sociological Theories Abstract: When taking into consideration all social sciences‚ numerous behavioral and cognitive theories have been developed and revised over the years. Although this is true‚ some of the more influential and accurate theories have remained almost completely unchanged yet they still envelope modern day perspectives. Symbolic interactionism‚ functional analysis‚ and the conflict theory are among these main
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PREDICTION AND CORRELATION Correlation coefficients not only describe the relationship between variables; they also allow us to make predictions from one variable to another. Correlations between variables indicate that when one variable is present at a certain level‚ the other also tends to be present at a certain level. Notice the wording used. The statement is qualified by the use of the phrase “tends to.” We are not saying that a prediction is guaranteed‚ nor that the relationship is causal—but
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Introduction: A Qualitative Analysis of Running In the 1970’s‚ thousands of people took to the road with a new trend of exercise----running. It was fairly easy; just put one foot in front of the other as fast as you can and go as far as you can. Feel the burn in your chest? The sweat trickling down your face? The throb in your knees as your foot pounds into the ground with every step? Well then‚ you’re exercising! You’re running! Since then‚ running has become a dominant factor in sports
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The 3 branches of government are the Executive‚ Legislative‚ and Judicial. The Executive Branch is administered by the president. Citizens vote for the president and the Electoral College chooses the best president who has the more votes from the citizens and has a better background. The people see which president will give us more opportunities and will protect us better. The Legislative Branch is runned by the Congress. The Congress makes our laws. The House of Representatives and the Senate are
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In 1954‚ psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckly published the book “The Three Faces of Eve” in 1957. This book published “a case of multiple personality” from their point of view as the patient’s psychiatrists. A movie adaptation of this book‚ also called “The Three Faces of Eve” was released later that year. The identity of the subject‚ Chris Costner Sizemore‚ remained hidden from the public until it was revealed in 1975. In 1977‚ Sizemore published her autobiography: “I’m Eve”.
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Federation‚ India‚ China and South Africa – the countries known as BRICS – between 1990 and 2010. Methods Comparable data on socioeconomic and health indicators‚ at both country and primary subnational levels‚ were obtained from publicly available sources. Health inequalities between and within countries were identified and summarized by using standard gap and gradient metrics. Findings Four of the BRICS countries showed increases in both income level and income inequality between 1990 and 2010. The
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Explain the sources of Malaysian Legal System. In different country‚ there are different types of legal system. Some county practices a the mixture of two or more legal systems which is known as mixed legal system while some country practices only one type of legal systems. Malaysia practices the mixed legal system which consists of the Customary Law‚ Islamic Law and Common Law. The sources of Malaysian legal system law are from two different laws which are the Written and Unwritten law.
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Three major systems of government are a unitary‚ confederal‚ and a federal system. A unitary system is comprised of one major central government that controls a number of weaker states. In this system‚ the weaker states have no power whatsoever over the central government. Two largely populated countries with a unitary government are the United Kingdom‚ and China. A confederal system is a system in which a number of slightly organized states hold a majority of the power‚ while the central government
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the evidence in the Exhibits 6 and 9‚ what went wrong with the SF-6000 forecast? Launching the first 8 megapixel sensor and 10x zoom camera on the market was a big accomplishment for Leitax. On their official press release‚ the SF-6000 was named as an "a tool for serious photographers". There were huge expectations about the product and everyone at the company was pretty excited about it. Their biggest challenge was the forecast for a new product with huge expectations and great reviews. It was no
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