Phlogiston theory

1. Empirical sciences are sciences that make assertions “the truth of which is dependent on the world”, they use our senses, either observations about the world or experiments (not always possible, we cannot create all the situations needed) to come to a claim. For example, statistics and computer science are not empirical sciences, because their truth is not dependent on what the world is like. They are true regardless of what is happening in the world, it has nothing to do with how the world…

control their thoughts and emotions before a competition. In class we talk about two different theories related to imagery. They are the functional equivalence theory and the mental readiness theory. The functional equivalence theory says that the same part of your brain is working when you are out doing the actual activities or when you are visualizing yourself doing them. The mental readiness theory talks about how using imagery helps you to optimize arousal, attention, and confidence. For the…

conceptual narratives (progress, convenience, determinism and control), and to take a closer look at the ways in which technology is integrated and embedded in our culture. Technology as a concept will be evaluated through applying the four phases of the theory of simulacrum in order to illustrate the ways in which it simulates the role of religion in a technologically driven era. Baudrillard created four levels of reproduction. These will be discussed in more detail later, but are: 1. The…

believes fits his or her self-concept at a particular point in time (p. 120). These statements achieve social purposes, and their meaning is in the impact they have in a specific relationship. The final context in the Coordinated Management of Meaning theory is archetypes, which offer a “fundamental logic that interactants can use to frame or define experiences” (p. 120). They are the large, universal patterns of behavior that are addressed by every culture. For example, every culture has a way…

Donna Haraway and Vandana Shiva have argued against the idea that science needs objectivity. Haraway explains that objectivity, “has been used to signify a leap out of the marked body and into a conquering gaze from nowhere,” (Haraway 581). She says that objectivity is the, “transcendence and splitting of subject and object,” (Haraway 583). Their arguments against objectivity look at the role of individual objectivity within science. However, science needs objectivity in order to obtain the most…

The experiment discussed in this article set out to determine if conditions of high anxiety, increased sexual attraction. They hypothesized that males who come across an attractive female while experiencing a strong emotion such as fear will find the female more attractive than by males not experiencing a strong emotion, which is also the alternative hypothesis. The independent variable is a strong emotion such as fear. This was operationalized by participants being on an unsteady bridge that…

Guadalupe Loza Professor Comstock English -80 28 ctober, 2014 Obedience: Behind of an Unethical True The action of believing on what is right according to reality and its own self; make obedience part of each individual responsibility regardless other people behavior. Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist that conducted in the 1960s one of the most famous studies referring on how people obey or disobey to certain authoritarian instructions. The experiment basically consisted on…

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…

Scientific Processes in Anthropology Anthropology is a science defined as "the study of humankind in all times and places" (Haviland, et al. 2014:3), and just as any other science those that study anthropology employ the scientific process in their research. The scientific process is a method for explaining, testing, and proving ideas produced by an individual. This process begins with the formation of an idea or question, focusing the train of thought to a particular topic. This idea is then…

drew dynamically on theories from adjacent disciplines. Whereas Sassen taps into nodes on a circuit board of global transactions, Whyte’s impetus was more social; to make connections between single…