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    issues advocating against the abstract question of reality. In contrast, the aim of modern science has been, by employing the scientific method, to establish reality beyond any doubt. As a result, the public commonly accepts scientific findings and theories as undisputable truths. However, the certainty of modern science is misleading and continues to leave the question of reality open for…

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    What are the methods of Inquiry? Basically, methods of inquiry are different ways an investigator can gather information for his/her case whether it’s a normal routine investigation or trying to reconstruct a past crime scene. Outside resources such as forensic scientists, computer technicians or anthropologist could be used in order to validate evidence collected. The scientific method is a great tool to use when trying to reconstruct a crime scene. The scientific method is not only for…

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    Observation of a 5-year-old Purpose The purpose of this observational study is to gain perspective of the various theories of development that were taught in class. Also, to help the observer understand that observational research is complex and difficult to describe a five-year-old female child objectively. The observation took place in the child’s home for one hour while her parents were present during the study thus, the mother can sign the permission slip. Descriptive information The child…

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    How does science play in the explanation of reality? It would seem in that in the era we live in now science emerged to play a very big role. Considering that it is the largest bodies of investigation we have, along with being the most socially acceptable. Although, that seems to be the issue at hand here, that science discovers things about our reality and most people at large, tend to accept the reported findings. Most people walk through life reading magazines articles that report scientific…

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    experimental results show that the null hypothesis may be mistaken, and thus, in this case, it is discarded and replaced the hypothesis development and testing. In the case of a hypothesis that is not refuted by the results, it may form the basis for the theory to explain this phenomenon. Experimental science has placed the importance of the publication, they may be re-created by other researchers to prove the consistency of the rights of observation so that they might further refine the…

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    Two theories which were believed in previous time periods were the Hippocratic theories and the theory of ovist preformationism. The Preformation’s and Hippocratic theories were used in the late seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries to explain how organisms develop from embryos as well as how characteristics are transferred from parent to offspring. Both theories explained these mechanisms partially correct with some explanations still see to be true today. On the other hand both theories…

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    How I Got Here through a criminological angle. I shall summarize Medina’s story, present a simplistic format of the theories I believe were in play in her story, and then connect those theories with her story. Additionally, I want to note that I will only disclose the theories that I consider to have been the most prominent in Medina’s story, since, there is a large number of theories that can rationalize what happened; but perhaps not as apparent. Brenda Medina’s story prior to the arrest…

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    order to create their theory. Researchers use inductive reasoning to "make generalizations from specific observations." (Staff, Live Science. "Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning." LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 10 July 2012. Web. 4 Mar. 2015.). Inductive reasoning also allows for the researcher or scientists to create hypothesis or theories based on their senses (such as sight, hearing, or touch). An example of a scientist using passive observation was Newton 's theory of gravitation.…

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    Rationality And Relativism

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    What’s the relationship between theories and the world to which theories meant to apply? Are there ultimate truth which can be obtained through a series of scientific validation and falsification? Is critical relativism appropriate for scientific research (marketing or consumer research in particular)? Those are some critical questions raised by this week’s readings that centered on the topic of rationality and relativism. Several authors provide different insights on answering those above…

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    Pieper ( ) indicated that children develop cognitive before spake. The theory of cognitive development has a strong tie with language development. Since Jonathan is being exposed early to language, there is no dupt he developed cognitive skills. the second theory is linguistic. theorist such Chomsky (pippter ) stated in the theory of LAD that children are born with nature capable of acquire and produce language. Whatever that theory stated, communication with the child in very early age is the…

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