Generalization

To being, I obtain my information from my classes, professors, family, friends, movies, and books. If I find something important or useful I will remember it and possibly use the information later. However, this does not mean that I live in an echo chamber, I do not repeat everything said. I reword what was said so that it makes sense to me and so that it is in my own words. Furthermore, I process information by deciding whether or not I find it useful and/or interesting. If I decide that…

a law office and is chosen to sit on a panel of juries. During her interaction with the 11 other juries, two theories are demonstrated. I have chosen, an analysis of Carmen’s jury experience using Status Generalization theory, and Brewers model of perception. Overview of Status Generalization, written by Murray Webster, Jr and Martha Foshci, explains this theory as a social psychological process in which status characteristics of an individual affect cognitive and interactive conclusions in…

In the movie 12 Angry Men, a young man is on trial for murdering his father. The movie opens at a point in the trial after the witnesses have testified, and the prosecution and defense have had their say. It is now up to the twelve men of the jury to decide the fate of the defendant. In this particular case if he is found guilty, he will be sentenced to death by the electric chair. The jury go in to the jury room, sit down, and take a vote. The defendant is found guilty eleven to one, but since…

Another commonly acknowledged theoretical issue in social research is generalisation. Many scholars (e.g. Kerlinger and Lee, 2000; Shadish, Cook and Campbell, 2002; Polit and Beck, 2010) believed that the notion of generalisability is a primary criterion for appraising the quality of a quantitative research, instead of a qualitative research. According to Polit and Beck (2010), the notion of generalisation mainly discussed by quantitative researchers, refers to ‘an act of reasoning’ that…

Write a well-developed paragraph about your research topic in which you intentionally commit several logical fallacies and/or hasty generalizations. What fallacies did you find in your research? When you reply to classmates this week, attempt to identify the logical fallacies and/or hasty generalizations in his or her main post and then explain what makes them fallacious. Do not respond to a post which already has a response until everyone has had at least one response to their initial posting.…

A third generalization that foreigners make about Americans is that they are very insensitive to others. A young immigrant from W. Germany, Tina Lang, which was presented in a movie, shared a story about her classmates’ insensitivity. She knows many people in her class and most of those people who have her phone number. Once she found out that many people from her class went out without inviting her to go with them. She was very disappointed; therefore, she shared the way she felt with her…

before Harvey was elected into the board, gays and lezbians were still trying to fight for equality. Many people who were homosexual were valued to be sinful, and going against their own religion. However, Harvey Milk wanted to stop all these generalizations of homeosexuals, and wanted them to be just as equal as everyone else in the United States. Harvey Milk was not only a well valued person, but also was the start of a new beginning for all homeosexuals in America. Harvey Milk was born on…

Generalization on Teenagers “When I was your age, we actually had to work hard. Teens these days are all lazy.” You probably have heard this countless times from either a grandparent, aunt/uncle, or even just an older person in general. Though, have you ever actually thought about what they are saying? Older generations believe that millennials have done or will do nothing. They have failed to recognize our accomplishments and hard work. There are teens out there that are breaking sports…

. While Hedges presents some great points in his essay, I feel that because of his over-generalization of America, he has completely neglected those individuals who are not in a trance.There are some individuals who are educated enough to detach themselves from what they are exposed to in the media. First, there are individuals who use the media to reveal the injustices in their society.There are those who use the media to their advantage. For example, individuals such as Michael Moore, has…

5200) FALL 2015 23 OCTOBER Introduction Generalization in research is the capacity of a study to extrapolate or imagine the relevance of the findings beyond the boundaries of the sample or data. The higher the generalization, the higher the value of the study. It therefore reflects the extent to which a study is able to generalize its findings from the sample to represent the entire subject area. (Sarantakos Sotririos, 2013). Traditionally generalization refers to the ability to apply the…