Fact or Guess: Hypotheses and The Scientific Method John Storrs SC235 Unit 1 January 10, 2012 Kaplan University Professor Travis Kibota Hypotheses and The Scientific Method Assignment Question 1: Read the scenario below and then analyze what is wrong with the hypothesis given. Renee has noticed that a few of her friends have better eyesight than she does. She watches what they eat and then decides to come up with a hypothesis. Her hypothesis is as follows: My friends who eat tasty food for lunch have the best eyesight. Initially, Renee has completed a brief observation period, provided her hypothesis; however, concluded prematurely without conducting any type of study.
Ethnocentrism is the way an individual look at the world from his/her own beliefs in their culture. They feel that their culture, race, or ethnic group is more significant and that their culture is more superior than any other culture of other groups. In feeling this way the individuals will judge other groups, such as their behavior, the language in which they use, religion. How it could be detrimental to society is that it could lead to false speculation about the differences in cultures. It leads to society making premature judgments about other cultures, not knowing all the facts about another culture.
The Disdain of Total Equality Total equality may seem fair and justifiable in the eyes of some people, but in many cases it turns out to be little more than a form of oppression, in which a group of people limit the abilities of others. Throughout the story Vonnegut speaks of this necessity for equality and the means that the government goes to achieve it by using devices called ‘handicaps’; one example of this is George’s earpiece, “A buzzer sounded in George’s head. His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm.” Vonnegut’s simile here creates a sort of loud diction, which expresses the sheer discomfort invoked by these restraints on the person wearing them. The governing body in this society views this as the solution to a problem, one that happens to be relatively impossible to solve, this is how Vonnegut incorporates satire into his story. He is poking fun at the age old concept of ‘equality,’ one that has inspired wars and movements alike; he accomplishes this by creating a system to make everyone equal, a system that happens to be just as stupid as the idea of ‘total equality.’ Under this system equality is achieved, but it is at the cost of individual freedom and a society full of stupid people, this in-turn creates the situational irony found in the story.
Appiah also asserts that both positivism and relativism cannot support the idea of cosmopolitanism because the definition of cosmopolitanism is that every humanity should belongs in to one community, in this community, people respect and communicate with each other in moral way. Everybody shares their thoughts and form a group. Although positivism dose respect each other, their ethics are only judge by right or wrong. As Appiah mentioned that “if relativism about ethics and morality were true, then, at the end of many discussions, we would each have to end up saying, from where I stand, I am right. From where you stand, you are right.”(26) But everyone has different feelings, different perspectives to view different things.
Manipulation of media is of course one of the main factors. Nowadays, we know all too well how easily it is for media corporations to support one political agenda or another by twisting facts and feeding false information. Consumerism, supported and viralized by media, also carries a message which tends to separate those who consume a certain kind of product from those who do not, stating that the former are happier than the latter. This exercises certain social pressure among consumerist individuals who may somehow see their social status affected and thus feel left out. As a result, the key for the survival of individuality lies in how conformist the people are ready and willing to become.
Personally I disagree with what you have pointed out, you say that making friends is one of the few ways to avoid bullying, however how would you make these friends? Well that would have to be by being different, to me making friends is a good way to have fun not avoid bullies, I am in a social group in which everyone shares a different opinion also we all share different cultural and religious backgrounds which enables us to bond. At a point, where you state that you are being ‘teased and taunted’ and you ‘escaped it by making friends’, I agree that making friends is a great way to encounter these threats, but just being friends with some one just to stop the bullies is sad and
But as I viewed this story I got an understanding that prejudice can be based on an individual’s ability or disability. Everybody wasn’t bored to be normal but that doesn’t make then any different from anybody that is normal, because they are just as capable and success as the next person is. You must put yourself in other peoples’ shoes and treat them how you want to be treated because they have feelings just like you and everyone else. We are all humans it just that we were made differently. And despite how we were made it should be understood that we all should have an equal opportunity to live life normal and enjoy it without any
I prefer not to be touched so much. Some people feel disrespected to be greeted with a left hand, when it my be acceptable in another culture. There are so many examples of how individuals want to be treated differently that I could go on listing them, but I wont. I will, however touch on the fact that some people think that that they deserve more then they actually do. It may be unfair to be required to treat a peer like royalty simply because he or she feels entitled to such.
Often moral issues have very different views or opinions which gives reason for many to embrace Subjective Absolutism. This doctrine states that an action is right just in case one approves of it. Meaning that if any person believes an action to be right than it is then a permissible and right act to commit. Thus morality from this view is completely subject to comprehension and beliefs. It wouldn’t be far off to say that an act someone previously viewed as permissible another person may feel more inclined to act upon, such as students seeing fellow classmates take food from dining halls.
Cultural Diversity and Diet By: Deborah Dominie Principles of Sociology SYG 2001 Instructor: Jonathan Brooks Everest University January 23, 2014 You have asked for our opinion about eating toasted ants, about eating fried frog legs, about eating puppies and kittens, and about eating raw monkey brains. You also stated in this assignment that if we were reared in the U.S. society more than likely we would think eating frog legs is okay; eating ants is disgusting; eating dogs and kittens; and eating raw monkey brains is downright repugnant. Then you asked us how we would apply the concepts of ethnocentrisms and cultural relativism to our perception of these different cultures. So therefore, in this essay you will find my opinions to these statements and the definitions to the different types of sociology theories and the terms for ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. The different cultures around the world have their own types of customs that they are used to having.