Controlling for a variable

Deborah Ann Butler’s “Achieving Against the Odds: Gender, Chance and Contradiction in the Horse Racing Industry”, an article featured in The Sociology of Sport Journal, analyzes the gender inequality along with class and race in the horse racing industry. Butler considers the difference in difficulty between woman and men when it comes to achieving success through interviews, statistical support, and Bourdieu’s concept of “thinking tools”. When it comes to sports, men have shown more dominance…

They aimed to answer questions about the nature of reinforcements and how behaviors become extinguished (O’Boyle, 271). Neobehaviorist are open to explanatory variables that may not be publicly observable, and this distinguishes them from behaviorists. Neobehaviorist accept the methods of logical positivism, which also differs from Watson’s positivist views. Positivism required that terms included within a body…

Brain Hacking “Is Silicon Valley programing apps or programing people?” (Cooper) The answer to this question posed by Anderson Cooper appears to be the latter, as efforts to thwart high focus on engagement instead of necessity of app use alone is frowned upon by developers. Devices are designed to be addictive and keep us engaged regardless of the unknown impacts they might have on individuals and society. It was studied that people check their phones at least every 15 minutes, even if there…

and “Includes being directing and supportive, while empowering and coaching”. Situational leaders are able to change their plans based on the situation at hand. They are able to adapt their plans to fit the needs of any given team and handle any variables that are thrown at them.…

Marriage and Divorce In most developed countries marriage has evolved a great deal compared to a hundred years ago. Waiting to get married till after having had completed a college degree has become increasing common among young adults. The feminism movement has opened the door for women to pursue any career they want, and it is now common for both partners to have full-time jobs. Marriage has also become more of a choice to follow love and has broken the mold of societal expectation on gender…

We see almost every day, news media’s spreading news about acts of terrorist groups, police and civilians misusing firearms, and announcements of innocent deaths. But how are these stories connected? Well, one of the many connections it has is gun violence. Gun violence, as many of us know, has been a controversial topic for many Americans in the past and even now in the present. So being it has been an issue for so long, it has raised questions about whether or not our country should have…

projects, and enjoyments that would otherwise have constituted one’s future” (Pojman 677). This is the value of the present and future that is lost when one is killed. This is a reasonable and agreeable statement; however, it leaves out an important variable of a pregnancy: the mother. In most cases of an abortion, the mother believes that she is unable to take care of the child to the fullest potential, but it also restricts that woman from fulfilling her goals and dreams in her life. Parenting…

Parent Methods and Early School Environments Two variables that have not yet been examined when it comes to child development, toys, and gender roles are parenting methods and school environments. How does a parent choose what their child will play with, and how does this tie into the associations made with gender? In her book, The Gender Trap, Emily Kane discusses the issue of parents falling into the “gender trap,” something she coins to be “a set of expectations and structures that inhibit…

cannot prove a cause effect relationship, and it is premature to recommend increased coffee drinking as a means to prevent type 2 diabetes. Moreover, patients with type 2 diabetes are still able to produce insulin; however this it is ineffective in controlling blood glucose levels. Incidentally, oral drug may be taken to control blood glucose levels, and insulin injections are some of the time…

The capitan killing Oscar can be compared to honor killing. Honor killing is a discriminatory way of controlling women's behavior (Reading E:121). The killings were specifically done when a woman disobayed or did something sexualy unmoral. Like the women Oscar is weaker and has less power than the capitan, making him an easy kill. By the end of OW Yunior…