Theory of Forms

Childhood Education. The content area I am choosing to focus on is psychology, specifically my grand round assignment. For this assignment we are expected to create a profile of a person who has an issue of some sort. We are then to relate the psychology theories to this person and explain how they fit into each. Prior Understandings My learning strengths include attention to detail, ability to visualize situations mentally, and my strong communication skills. My learning challenges include…

One of science’s most substantial characteristics is the formation of theories. Scientists mostly use a general theory to explain their observations and experiments rather than simply recording the results. Such fields as psychology, biology, geology and physics stay within the confines of science. However, certain queries tend to be…

Science: Facts Making Theories or Theories Making Facts? Are scientists using the facts to form the theories of science or are they making theories then hoping that the facts fit the theory? If the facts do not fit, does science pursue the facts and the root of the facts searching for truth or do scientists ignore the facts if they do not fit and instead pursue to prove their theories by other means? Science has always been a field where the inquisitive may go to seek truth and to pursue…

Ask a question, form a hypothesis, perform an experiment, collect data, and draw a conclusion, these are steps that are drilled into us from elementary school on how the scientific method works. This is an extremely linear and conclusive approach, which does not do justice to just how complex and iterative the scientific process truly is. Science is never concludes and certainly does not follow a predetermined list of steps. However there are certain things that go into every scientific…

According to (Gelso, 2006), a theory is a statement of some expectation whether factual or assumed that exists between two or more variables. Even though theories vary in levels of abstraction, the goal for researchers should be to make them explicit so that they can be empirically tested for validity. A theory should go beyond the propositional level and further explain why variables relate to one another (Gelso, 2006). Theories serve certain functions and those are descriptive function,…

or imagined. Stories affect society and allow people to gather and discuss it’s open to ideas thoughts, praise, concern, or argument. Science is formulas, statistics, collected data, an educated guess it is based on careful research for form a scientific theory; however, we also scientist need to tell the story of science, why the research happened, and the consequences, why the research matters to…

for scientists, in fact, it is a great way of thinking. When a detective steps on the scene of a crime, there should be 5 questions answered which are the 5 W’s. Who, what, when, where, why and how; once those questions are answered then he/she will form their hypothesis. There are three main inquiries (research) to gathering information for an investigation like simply talking to innocent bystanders, victims, suspects and families. Information from people are not always accurate, so it’s the…

deviant? Being such a broad topic, is there really a single theory out there that can explain why deviance occurs. From arguments that it happens because of the culture of the lower class to issues surrounding the ego, or perhaps its environmental factors that explain deviance. I will argue that because deviance is a diverse phenomenon and therefore cannot be explained by any one theory. Beginning with Walter B Miller’s (Miller, 1958) theory, which is based on very niche criteria, lower class…

is true or not. I decided on this project after my mom took a microbiology class and became obsessive with germs and bacteria. She is constantly telling me to wash my hands and not to eat food that has fallen on the floor. I want to see if my mom’s theory is accurate. During this background research paper, I will cover past similar research experiments, as well as explain the concept of my project and why the results are important in everyday life. You are about to eat a piece of candy that…

One outcrop of the Social Cognitive Theory, associated with teaming, is the concept of resilience. Resilience is a person’s ability to adapt to stress and adversity. According to Anderson, Christenson, and Sinclair (2004), there has in recent years been an increase in the interest of fostering resilience of children. One of the findings of their report was that positive supportive relationships with adults is associated with resilience in children, and that the adult supporting the student…