Literary theory

Theories are constantly developing. The “Strain theory emphasizes predominance of crime among lower class and minority populations because they are the most deprived of legitimate opportunities” (Williams, 2013, Ch. 6, Slide 5). In the 1930’s, Robert K. Merton developed the first trace of the strain theory. Merton based his general thoughts and ideas off of Durkheim’s original idea of the theoretical framework of the anomie (Tibbets S. & Hemmens C., 2015, p. 222). The general idea of the strain…

The website about finding a new, “correct” value for pi falls into pseudoscience. The author, Mohammad-Reza Mehdinia, commits the logical fallacy of availability bias, which doubles as skipping an important aspect of science. This feature is considering previous experiments, data, or works and sifting through why they do not match with the new information. Mehdinia writes on his site that he does not include or consider the previous works involving pi in his research and calculations. While…

Apprehending scientific theories is complex enough. Understanding neuroscience even more so. Have no fear, Michio Kaku is here to pose this fascinating look at humanities journey to interpret, enhance, and empower the mind. As Kaku advises, the two greatest mysteries of nature are the universe and the mind. We (humans) have the capability to accomplish improbable feats of scientific ability nevertheless, these two mysteries, the universe, and the mind, perpetually elude and tantalize us. We…

People around the world have certain ideas that seems to be so obvious that they defend them in any possible way, sometimes without doubting and testing. Sociologists always question the ideas and conduct a scientific study to make sure that information is accurate. They are not trying to find out what is wrong and what is right, but are looking for the reasons why people act in a specific way. Just like we have learned from the chapter, sociologists do not ask ethical or moral questions and do…

The most significant reason why a clinical mental health counselor uses theory, is to support and shape the foundation of who there are and what they believe in (Levitt et al., 2014).Theory, allows counselors you utilize this as a method to incorporate to assessment and plan of care of the client, through evidence based practice. In addition, theoretical orientation also aids into building a level of integrity with clients and counselors as well, by clarifying in specific areas through other aid…

Christopher Delgado’s essay, “The Culture of Denial,” (2015), claims that mistrust in the scientific world is due to people’s beliefs, their ignorance and their personal agendas. Delgado demonstrates this with scientist discoveries, statistics, and explanations of people distrust in scientist conclusions, their religious beliefs and businesses apparent agendas. Delgado examines the mistrust, ignorance and the personal agendas of society in order to inform this culture to educate themselves and…

In this essay, I define positive propositions, normative propositions and value judgements in order to highlight their differences and identify their connection to welfare economics. I demonstrate their relationship in detail using concepts like cost-benefit analysis and paternalism with two relevant policy examples: raising the minimum wage and imposing taxes on fattening foods. By the end, I attempt to show both sides of the arguments “for” and “against” these policies in the hopes of…

Evolution Activity Write Up Melanie Perez Period 7 Biology honors 1st quarter Purpose The class activity was to pick gray and white butterflies of the tables. However, some of the tables were gray and some were white and with the lights turned off the butterflies camouflaged. This experiment showed that when butterflies use their traits of camouflage they succeed. Some butterflies did not succeed if the white butterflies were on the white tables they camouflaged so they don’t get eaten but if…

The film, Beyond Science, was an interesting film that takes a closer look at popular and controversial non-scientific approaches. Palm reading, dowsing, energy manipulation, and extraterrestrial encounters were among some of the explored subjects in the film. The people interviewed in the film strongly believed that these methods were real and valid, yet when they were tested using the scientific method, they failed. While I personally do not believe in any of the non-scientific reasoning or…

Honk. Honk. Beep. Beep. I live in a really busy city and work a double life, like a superhero. Doctor by day, scientist by night. Nobody ever comes to visit me because I am always conducting experiments and discoveries. My greatest discovery yet is that there is a substance that can make any non living thing, living . It took me 10 years to finally discover. I added different chemicals and elements into the solution. I added glucose, carbon dioxide, IKI, methylene blue and many different…