Positivism

The historical backdrop of slavery traverses almost every culture, nationality, and religion and from antiquated times to the present day. However the social, monetary, and legitimate position of slaves was immensely extraordinary in various frameworks of servitude in various times and places. In spite of the fact that servitude is no more extended legitimate anyplace in the world, human trafficking remain a universal issue and an expected 25-40 million individuals are living in illicit…

causation, on the foundations of their fourteen-year remedial work with 240 intransigent criminals and offending cases at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the criminally certified in Washington D.C. In a comeback of initial psychological and biological positivism, claim that socioenvirnomental limitations on individual criminality are not to the point, that there is a “criminal personality”, and that such persons without any restraints choose to commit a crime and become…

3 Organisational Development Theory Much of the academic research on OD points the work of Kurt Lewin who is regarded as a founding father of OD (Mclean, 2005) Lewin was a phycologist, hence much of his theory and models originate from the field of social psychology. The key theoretical roots of action research, group theory and change models came from Lewin’s early work (Cheung-Judge & Holbeche, 2011). They form the underpinnings of many change models including Kotter’s eight stage change…

People laugh at the biggest variety of things. Ranging from puppies, to a funny interview seen on YouTube, to a montage of people hurting themselves for laughter, we can laugh due to almost anything. Lately in pop culture, there has been a lot of backlash towards the source of laughter. In movies, we see girls laughing when they make fun of another person, we see boys laughing when they pull a harmful prank on another guy, and people are generally laughing at other (s) misfortunes. Laughter as…

am taking for this research is based on the explanations of Robert E. Stake (2005). Even though Stake states that case studies are not always qualitative (Stake, 2005: p. 443) in the sense that it could be done through a quantitative approach in positivism paradigm, his version of the case studies is very much close to the qualitative research. This selection is also made to consider the significance of the research, which is to enrich the information about the meaning of social media that is…

scientific endeavor, to which deductive reasoning may be applied to reach a decision. Realists also recognize that, because judges often make decisions based on their political affiliations, the law has a tendency to lag behind social realities. Positivism Positivists take the view that the only appropriate causes of legal consultant are laws, rules, and statutes that have been endorsed by a lawmaking entity, such as federal and state governments, courts of law, and other administrative bodies.…

I am writing this letter to address the importance of studying the discipline of nursing. This is an ideal question for me to answer having gone through the rite of passage from an enrolled nurse to a registered nurse. The subject matter is clear to me and something that has always been at the back of my mind whilst I executed my duties. Nurses have a responsibility to articulate the unique contributions that have significantly impacted the healthcare system and its benefits to the society…

Karl Popper, as part of his career long attempt to support empiricism in science, proposed a doctrine of falsification. This directly contrasts verification, a central theme to logical positivism. A claim is empirically verifiable if observation and experimentation produce statements which logically imply the truth of the claim. Popper rejected the logical empiricists' ideas given that “verificationism” does not allow for claims within a universal scope to be subject to verification.1 This is…

R1 BRAND EQUITY As brand image are receiving more concerns, brand equity and brand awareness are one of the most crucial factors that affects consumers’ repurchase intention. Aaker (1992) describes brand equity as ‟ a combination of assets and liabilities correlated to a brand name and its symbol, which could give beneficial or detrimental impacts on the commercial values that derives from a product or service” whereas brand awareness is explained by Keller (1993) as the extent to which…

In America, Realism is a literary movement or school of thought that avoided melodrama and emphasized verisimilitude. Subjects were taken from everyday life and authors placed a heavy emphasis on characters as real people influenced by environment and circumstances. Realism can be broadly defined as being faithful when representing reality or verisimilitude. It is a literary technique important to the school of thought. Realism encompasses the period in which Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Stephen…