Objectivity

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claims are supported and validated through empirical research and data. Thirdly, out of the other options, the scientific method produces the least opportunity for research bias or personal opinions to be included in its claims and data, providing objectivity instead. Lastly, the scientific methods allows opportunities for the data is produces to be replicated by others and verified through new experiments; therefore, science evolves and changes, as new data and new observations are constantly…

n the documentary Orgasm Inc, the focal issue was the role of pharmaceutical companies’ overextension of involvement in the medical information around the issue their product was marketed to resolve. The original issue, prompting the documentary in the first place, was that a disorder was created out of nowhere and the results of the misleading studies created a national demand for an unnecessary – and worse, ineffective – drug. In effect, the pharmaceutical company noted the results of a survey…

Conducting research in an ethical manner must abide by many guidelines including, but not limited to, honesty, objectivity, integrity, and carefulness, and competence. Of these basic tenets, the most important is honesty. In research, honesty can be defined by the truthful representation of research. Implicit in the term “honesty” is the stipulation that researchers…

words and behavior. He is equally skillful in communicating to others, in their own circumstances, what he means by his behavior. Human relations skills include adaptability/ flexibility, customer relations, dependability, listening, motivation, objectivity, responsibility, and time management are the key to reducing turnover, motivating employees and satisfying…

In the beginning of part one of The Divided Self, R.D. Laing defines and sets up his forthcoming discussion. Laing focuses on the process of going mad and breaks it down. Those who go mad “transition from the sane schizoid way of being-in-the-world to a psychotic way of being in-the-world” (17). He gives his definition of a “schizoid” patient as an “individual whose experience is split” (17). He struggles in connecting with patients from a humanistic level. Laing does not know how to set himself…

1.5 stratification (15 points) (1) Weber’s conception of stratification is derived from his analysis of economic activities in relationships. He said that economic relationships are decided by individuals’ chance of using their material property for exchange on the market. Thus, people sharing similar material conditions are classified into groups. In Weber’s view, the inequality between different groups is associated with not only the economic dimension but also social, political, and…

In the article, A People’s History A People’s Pedagogy, the author Bill Bigelow discusses the beliefs of Howard Zinn, a historian, who was a popular orator who also wrote pieces in history that demonstrated passion through strongly supported arguments. Howard Zinn starts with a foundational belief that the lives of ordinary people matter. Furthermore, when learning about history, it should be examined from the lens of workers, women, and individuals of color. Additionally, the notion that the…

Vincent Who? : The Murder of a Chinese-American Man, produced by Curtis Chin and Tony Lam sparked a lot of new thoughts in my mind when I first watched it. The oblivious nature of many Americans and even American students is kind of shameful to be honest. The opening scene of this film really proves this, the narrator askes various people on a college campus if they know who Vincent Chin was. No one knew and only one had a slight clue. The Vincent Chin case should be one that every American…

Another way of describing this process is to say that these stages represent the descent of consciousness into form. Taoist practitioners, using various Inner Alchemy techniques, are able to reverse this sequence of events, to return to the realm of Tao. Taoist cosmology was shaped by the way in which the Chinese traditionally understood the world. Taoists believe that when the world began, there was only the Tao. This energy eventually developed two complementary aspects: yin, which is dark,…