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1
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Paradox of life

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collective versus individual interests

2
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Collective goods will be exploited unless..

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maze is constraining, with out constraint people will always act in their own interest

3
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Operations

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set of rules of the game, authorized used of legitimate force

4
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2 routes to avoiding tragedy

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  • socialization (people stealing firewood from park dont think its wrong to do so)
  • social c ontrol (government function)
5
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Government concerns

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connective intérêts, good, integration

6
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Key functions of government

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  • keep members secure from harm from others
  • keep members secure from harm outside
  • production of collective goods (dams, etc)
7
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Culture is important for..

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successful integration in the society that we find ourselves, i.e it helps us

8
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Culture is not about ….. but it is about …

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what people do; the ideas that are behind what people do

9
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Beliefs exists independent of..

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truth value

10
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Beliefs describe..

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some aspect of collective reality

11
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Beliefs are used to construct reality in..

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  • ordinary life

- extraordinary life

12
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Beliefs provide assumptions used as..

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substitute for direct experience with those we interact with and depend on

13
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Belief systems are..

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narratives for how the world works

14
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Principle of falsifiability

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if something is an open or closed system

15
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Principle of falsifiability question. Can you imagine something empirical that would change your mind?

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  • if yes, open system

- if not, closed system

16
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Cognitive components of culture

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descriptions (beliefs). beliefs are descriptions of the way the world works

17
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Evaluative components

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prescriptions (values). When they state a value, they are telling you what you should be doing

18
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Referents

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what the thing refers to

19
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Empirical world

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world available to peoples sense (natural)

20
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Super empirical world

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world beyond our senses (supernatural)

21
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Orientations

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how you’re looking at the things your interested in describing or prescribing

22
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Individual as observer

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person IN the world. looking

23
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Individual as manipulator

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person OVER the world. controlling

24
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Individual as subordinated

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person SUBJECTED to the world. experience consequences

25
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Theology

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set of cognitive beliefs. = mythology

26
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Two components of theology, beliefs about..

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  • the way the world is

- a way of discovering how it is that things occur

27
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Difference from science, science is a..

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belief about the world comprehensibility about the senses

28
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2 kinds of theological knowledge

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  • how things work

- why things work as they do

29
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3 universal religious themes

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  • justice
  • needless suffering
  • death
30
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Justice

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people should receive in proportion to their contributions.

31
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Justice ideal connection to norms

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good fortune is deserved if conforming to norms

32
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What challenges justice

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reality of deviance

33
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Needless suffering

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apparenrtly senseless (ex: random shooting)

34
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Theological answer to needless suffering

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there is an answer, point to it all, even if unrevealed to you

35
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Death

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common issues of justice, sufferings, and death demand meeting and regions provide such

36
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What regions supplies

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  • answers to questions that puzzle significant numbers

- answers to questions that cannot be answered empirically

37
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Supernatural character of religion when institutionalized performs social functions for maintaining the pattern of the maze..

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  • unquestioned authority for group norms
  • extraordinary reward punishments
  • prioritize norms
  • common mythology
38
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The important region ____ a group creates problems for religion ____ groups

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within; between

39
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Religions are…

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ideologies, closed system that give certianity in a risk-filled reality

40
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Hierarchy of social justification

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  1. sanctions justified by norms
  2. norms justified by values
  3. nothing above values to justify
41
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Only 2 ways to resolve values disagreements

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  • divorce (staying away)

- force

42
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If you desperately want something to happen but lack technology/tools…

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prone to magic

43
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Types of magic

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determinant, mechanisms by which effects are produced

44
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Implications

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  • characters are dependent variables
  • holding people responsible
  • control
  • everyone is looking glass
45
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Socialization explains past acitions..

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responsibility is about future actions

46
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If controls aren’t built into the person…

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they will be built into physical and social environments

47
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Everyone is a looking glass,

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you are shaping other continuously. denying this doesn’t reduce truth, only quality of socialization

48
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Nature of action

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meaningful, purposeful, intentional

49
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Nature of feedback in an acting system

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if people are going to have a goal, there must be some way to orient/regulate behaviour toward goal

50
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4 components of acting system

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  1. reference signals (goal system is meeting)
  2. sensing mechanisms (registers variables)
  3. error signals (discrepancy between sensing mechanisms and reference signal)
  4. effector mechanisms (systems response to error signal)
51
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What learning means

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non genetic change

52
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2 types of change

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  • from inability to ability

- from ability to inability

53
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Why do people learn

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because of failure to get desired response from the environment

54
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Frustration is a

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necessary condition for learning

55
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Cognitive reaction to frustration

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surprise

56
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Affective reaction to frustration

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disappointment

57
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Evaluative reaction to frustration

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indignation

58
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Not just enough to be frustrated you also need to be… to properly learn

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shown an alternate route or behaviour

59
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Collective goods

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bought at the price of individual freedom

60
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Societies that have more government have more..

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mechanisms for social intervention

61
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Societies that have more government have less..

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individual freedom

62
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Variable is level of government ,,

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state or stateless

63
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Translating strength calculation

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  • 1-10 % diff = no relationship
  • 11-40 % diff = modest
  • 41-70 % diff = moderate
  • 71-100 % diff = strong
64
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Form

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what kind/type of connection relates the variable in the relationship