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WHAT IS:
Broad efforts to discover breakthroughs in our understanding which often lead to numerous technological discoveries and improvements |
Basic science
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WEEK 1
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WHAT IS:
A diagram of the normal distribution of response. |
Bell-shaped curve
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WHAT IS:
The belief that people are more or less powerless to change present or future events. |
Determinism
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WEEK 1
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WHAT IS:
The concept that states human relations are governed by an immutable set of laws similar to the physical laws of the universe. |
Natural law
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WEEK 1
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WHAT IS:
The totality of creation including the laws of the physical universe and those rules that govern the behavior of creatures. |
Nature
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WEEK 1
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A pattern, model, or perspective that helps one organize and understand their world. |
Paradigm
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WEEK 1
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WHAT IS:
Man-made law |
Positive law
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Volunteerism is the belief that humans have free will and can change the course of world events. Volunteerism is also called indeterminism. |
Volunteerism
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WEEK 1
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WHAT IS:
What is another name for volunteerism? |
Indeterminism
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WEEK 1
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WHAT IS:
Making laws which are in the general interests of a society |
Rulemaking
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EXAM 1
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WHAT IS:
Enforcing laws that (in a democracy) are passed by an elected assembly. Person usually wears a uniform or dresses distinctively. |
Rule enforcement
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EXAM 1
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Determining who is right in a dispute and how the law should be applied in any given instance. |
Rule adjudication
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A way for citizens and social groups in a society to express their needs and demands to government. |
Interest articulation
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The activity in which the political demands of individuals and groups are combined into policy programs |
Interest aggregation
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A general agreement between a group of people and their government under which each accepts certain obligations. |
Social contract
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WHAT IS:
The legitimate use of force--including imprisonment and execution--to control human behavior within certain specified boundaries. |
Government
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Pessimist-appeals to conservative Stated "In fear for their lives people surrendered their sovereignty for the sake of creating government." |
Thomas Hobbs
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WHO IS:
Optomist-appeals to liberal Believed that in his original state man was happy. In a state of nature people were equal, independent &__________, |
John Locke
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WHO IS:
Stated -Without government people would be living in a "state of nature." |
Thomas Hobbs
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Stated-The social contract arose because lawless men left their original state and preyed on the weak. |
John Locke
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Stated-Men are basically good by nature. |
John Locke
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responsible for the social contract theory? |
Jean Rousseau
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Stated-Men have no other means of preserving themselves than (coming together & forming) a force great enough to overcome the resistance. |
Jean Rousseau
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The definition of together you can do things otherwise you could not do alone. (think stag hunt example) |
The definition of class.
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These people of ancient Greece believed that government was an invention of weak people to control the strong. |
The Epicureans
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WHAT IS:
The oldest form of government in existence today and has lasted 2000 years? |
The Catholic Church
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WHAT DO:
What do you consider a government in that they resist change? |
Conservative
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