McMartin preschool trial

Consent in research can be documented by the signature of the participant, by audio recording, or by using multimedia (i.e. a computer or DVD). A written consent is appropriate for a participant who is literate. Oral consent is acceptable when the participant cannot read or sign the consent form. DVD-aided consent may be used in participants with serious mental illness. 6. Explain the process and purposes for an institutional review. Include an example of a study and the institutional review…

Throughout, philosophy has been challenged by various intellectuals and philosophers who argued about life, specifically on the origin of the universe. They each had their own ideas and personal beliefs and stuck with it even if their counterparts were against them. Each had their own perspective of cognizance but all got to the same question. What are is the origin of the universe? Where does everything come from? Why is what is? They all try to answer these questions and it formulates still…

I don’t think Socrates deserved to die and had I had a vote I would’ve voted for acquittal. The reason to this is as far as I can see his trial and conviction occurred because he was a person who spoke out against the majority. His opinions on life and values were similar to those of some members of Athens, but overall they were direct oppositions to the governments standings. Unfortunately, because some of the like-minded students of Socrates adapted his teachings to fit their plans the…

Plato’s Apology (Plato 1-22) is the account of a speech that Socrates makes at a trial in which he is charged with several different accounts against him. The Apology, summarizes the charges that were brought against Socrates and his response towards those accusations made mostly by Meletus. I believe that he made a decent argument. The charges were: that he did not recognize the gods believed in by the state, introducing new deities or inventing them, and that he was corrupting the youth of…

The open skull represents how Socrates was open-minded. Socrates knew his views were not commonly accepted, but listened to objections with an open-mind, he found ways to look at all sides of an argument, and acknowledge that his opinions could be false. Contrarily, the small skulls are closed, they represent closed-minded people, people who have firm ideas and are difficult to argue with. The two skulls screaming illustrates their anger upon seeing the dove because the dove represents his ideas…

Today the trial Scopes vs. Tennessee also known as the monkey trial will be in court, Teacher John Scopes is brought to court for teaching the theory of evolution to his high school students, which is against the law in the state of Tennessee. John Scopes is a 24 year old teacher who teaches general science at a high school in Dayton, Tennessee, earlier this year in march in the state of Tennessee they passed a law called the Butler Law which prohibited teachers in the state of tennessee to…

Chapter 5: Thomas Aquinas: Angelic Doctor Summary of Chapter 5: The Life of Thomas Aquinas: • The angelic doctor stands as a master in the intellectual world, and his work continues to be studied in many universities today. Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 AD near Naples, Italy. His father was a count of Aquino of the aristocracy. When he was five, Thomas arrived at the Abbey of Monte Cassino, where he studied until he enrolled at the University of Naples at fourteen. During his time there, he…

design there are different types of approaches to collect data. Experimental study design is used when a researcher is attempting to alter something to verify their hypothesis. The different approaches to this design are; Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) and Quasi-Experimental Design (UOttawa, n.d.). The basic principles behind RCT applied when a researcher is testing a new drug and its effects. A hypothesis is formed that the drug will have the same effect on the test group as a placebo…

The Scopes trial was between the days of July tenth and July twenty-first, which even included the selection of the jury. The charges that Scopes faces were that he violated the Tennessee anti-evolution law, because he used a textbook that included materials about…

effect of a treatment with no pharmacologic activity. This can occur when the placebo is administered and accompanied by the suggestion that the patients’ ailment will get worse. High nocebo effects can also interfere with interpretation of clinical trial results. Negative effects of drugs may be due to psychological nocebo effects and not necessarily due to the drug itself.” (Anderson). In the Article “What’s a Placebo?”, it says that in clinical practices, physicians prescribe placebo…