Micromotives And Behavior Book Report

Aim: The aim of the lab “Chemical Equilibrium” is to observe the effects of changes in concentrations of products and reactants on the position of the equilibrium of given chemical reactions.

The objective of the experiment is to apply Le Chatelier's Principle, which is a system that responds to an external stress and then adjusts itself in order to alleviate the stress when it is at equilibrium. A reactant is added, and the equilibrium is reestablished, resulting in more products and fewer reactants, and thus, the position of equilibrium is shifted to the right. When a product is added, the equilibrium position is shifted to the left because there are more reactants and fewer products.

In “Confronting Inequality” by Paul Krugman he tries to show how inquailty in the united states has been getting worse and how it s affecting the united states. He provides many reason to why iniquility is the way it s and how he belives it can be helped. He also states the positive effects in helping the inquility in the united states will have.

When the resources in a society are distributed unevenly it leads to social inequality. Often inequality is understood as being socio-economic and it is now closely associated with social inequality. “Social inequalities are differences in income, resources, power and status within and between societies. Such inequalities are maintained by those in powerful positions via institutions and social processes.” (Warwick-Booth, 2013 p.2)

Though one may favor exchange processes that conclude with a social association that values the idea of equality, however Blau states that exchange processes can “give rise to differentiation of power” (Blau 1964: 114), which results with relation to superordination and subordination. Blau explains this disequilibrium as a result of needs for resources from unlike partners and efforts among equals to gain advantages over the other (Blau 1964: 114). Relating to intrinsic rewards, if one counterpart gains a reward from the exchange, the other counterpart expects repayment in the form of future wards – hence the principle of reciprocity (Blau 1964: 121). Reciprocity between unlike counterparts creates this sense of imbalance

A system is Material moving most stable when it has reached equilibrium. A out of the cell system will tend to go to equilibrium (lowest, accessible energy state) in the absence of added energy (Figure 2).

Ideally, this ascertains the equality of power. A cyclic system where the law changes with the people and adjusts itself accordingly as the essence of man itself changes; where any change in the attitudes of the people is reflected in a change in the law. Equilibrium is, therefore, maintained and this allows elasticity and exposes duality in the expression of power.

To make room for newcomers and to resolve issues of empty units, Schelling assumes that individuals adhere to the “rule of movement” . This rule implies that innocuous individual preferences characterised by assumption (vi) will give rise to a gradual distribution of a spatial phenomenon: the population in groups A and B start to separate out. Schelling identifies this separation between groups A and B as a “stable equilibrium” .

Asymmetry is when one of the parities is made to make a decision without all of the information. The example they gave in the book was that of a firm having to decide between a man and a woman with the same qualification for the job. The employer did not not have all of the information and assumed that hiring the women would be a bad investment because she would probably go on maternity leave and quit afterward to be with her kid. The employer can not be certain it would happen or not but because he doesn't have the information he has to prevent the situation from occurring. The woman was punished because firm has no specific circumstance but good data and social trends. The author does not it is fair but thinks it is logical. His solutions

The equilibrium model is set in place to help people return a person to a place of an equilibrium

Dynamic equilibrium represents a state of balance within a constantly changing system. For instance, a beach, which is recognised as a material store, is susceptible to inputs and outputs. Constructive waves are typically associated with relatively gentle beach profiles, enabling waves to surge a long way up the beach. Gradually, as more beach material is deposited, the profile steepens, working against the propagation of constructive waves. This encourages the formation of destructive waves which plunge rather than surge. Redistribution of sediment offshore by destructive waves reduces the beach gradient which in turn encourages the waves to become more constructive. This constant action between the type of beach and angle of the wave represents

The concept of equality is multi-faceted and widely debated among scholars. While there is no singular definition for equality, equality deals with the distribution of some “thing” in a specific domain. For this paper, equality will be narrowed down to the domains of economic and political. It is essential to note that distinct types of equality can become conditions for equality in a different domain. In this case, economic equality will be analyzed as a condition for political equality. How is it exactly that economic equality can undermine political equality? By answering this question, this paper will prove that economic equality is a necessary pre-condition for political equality. I will do this by analyzing the political writings of

This inequality creates a struggle for survival among individuals within that environment. This struggle leads to the death of the individuals who are not able to survive within the environments limitations, and the only individual remaining reproduce. Depending on the resources that are available, as in food, water, weather, etc., part of the population will not be able to survive and reproduce. Third, individuals who are best fit for the current environment leave a disproportionaly large number of offspring compared to individuals who are not fit.

Dynamic Equilibrium: Two offsetting processes occur at equal rates, producing a state of balance where no net changes is observed.

There are many different approaches to the justice of distributions in societies and there are arguments that can be made to support each of them. Three types of approaches are distribution justice based on a distributive approach that was introduced by John Rawls, emergent which was advocated by Robert Nozick and a market democratic hybrid supported by Tomasi. This paper will illustrate the basic premise of each of these approaches and the impacts that they have on the economics of a society. After briefly explaining these three approaches to just distribution I will demonstrate why Tomasi 's "Free Market Fairness", or the democratic hybrid approach, is the most logical and productive way to achieve justice of distributions while having a