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    Theories are the way people view things, like realism, constructivism, and liberalism. In the United States government, using every theory is essential to problem solving and understanding. When people look at something the way something truly is, and find a way to deal with it, is realism. When people use their own experiences to better understand something is constructivism. When people view things in which things need to change to get progress, is liberalism. Someone who views things with realism

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    Richard Doyle, whose field is rhetoric and cultural study of science, in his article ‘LSDNA: Consciousness Expansion and the Emergence of Biotechnology’, has challenged assumptions regarding the techno-scientific triumphs. This is interesting to note because such assumptions and rhetoric are often accepted without question. The “scientific revolution”-in progress from the time when the Enlightenment rejected all ideas grounded in faith and traditions- has emphasized a new tradition: the tradition

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    The hypothesis for this project is “ If the Effect of Preference of Colored Plates is green then, the Amount of Cookies Eaten will increase.” This project is based on the statement that a red plate can warn the conscious to not eat the substance that is on that plate. The science fair project is going to try to show that statement to be right. The project is interesting because of the science behind the statement; that a person’s conscious could relate a red plate to a stop sign, which is also red

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    Another main idea concept in chapter seven, is speculation. Speculation is the practice of taking full advantage of the market’s fluctuations, anticipating large returns. Essentially, speculation is like betting on the market. A real life example could be buying stocks. If someone speculating bought a stock, he or she would have purchased the stock because he or she expects the stock to grow. I think that speculation is a very risky method because the market varies very often; the risk outweighs

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    In crystal healing it is believed that crystal have an energy field around them that interact with other energy around them. Crystals are believed to have energy on a molecular level that is synchronized with in itself, and can remain stable around negative energy. Crystal energy can help balance the energy the human body has by synchronizing with it and giving the human body harmony in balance. Crystal energy is like water ripple-like waves that flow with a rhythmic pulse and spread harmony around

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    189). He states that understanding confirmation bias is vital, since “it can have significant consequences in many nonlaboratory contexts” (Nickerson, 1998, p. 190). There are numerous situations in which confirmation bias can be born from, two of the deadliest are fear and hope. An example of confirmation bias born from hope can be found when looking at those who are extremely ill

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    Jacob Biggs Dr. Whetstine “Science in Cinema” Physical Science for Elementary & Middle School Teachers 5/16/2017 Science in the Cinema First off, I want to say that this was a lot harder than I originally thought this would be. I normally do not pay enough attention in movies to be able to catch the small scientific inaccuracies that some people may actually catch. So, to write this paper, I had to look up some scientific inaccuracies in movies and came up with a lot more than I thought were

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    Our hypothesis for this project was that we predicted that our egg would not crack and we thought that it would survive the collision into the door. Our results were very different they were very different because our egg did not survive the collision, instead the egg cracked everywhere. The rest of the class mostly had the same results which was their egg cracked or exploded, but there were 2 or 3 groups who managed to keep their egg alive and safe. Some of the things that could have made the egg

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    undecided in that respect. I thought that I had a clear and concise choice; however, there are bits and pieces of almost every theory that might provide a resolution to client’s situation. It was Carl Rogers’s person centered therapy which I found was the theoretical approach for me. When the midterm exam was administered there was a question which asked “Which of the theories covered so far is the one that you lean towards.” I was quick and did not even think twice when I answered Carl Rogers’ person

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    Scientific Lens

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    Anything that can be explained by science is treated as a known truth. There is a bias within the scientific community based on the “assumption that the public is uninformed, and scientist are purveyors of facts” (Bartell 7). Science and folklore have typically had a tumultuous relationship as the scientific community attempts to “re-interpret phenomena previously explained by folklore and /or supernatural mysticism as logical results of scientifically understood processes” (Jordan 8). The goal

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