Molly Chiodo Dr. Bywater Intro to Sociology 10/28/14 Ain’t No Makin’ It In Jay McLeod’s influential book‚ Ain’t No Makin’ It (2009)‚ he discovers new sociological theories and social reproduction through his research over many years. Through social reproduction McLeod shows us how education’s role gets passed down from one generation to the next from class inequality. He claims that aspirations/lack of aspirations is being reproduced. He deeply examines two resident groups of male youths that
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Webster Case: The case suggests that the performance evaluation data (PAS‚ personnel audit‚ and the impressions and opinions of the group members) had several problems. From the perspective of the decision-making biases‚ analyze how the characteristics of the performance data were likely to affect the decisions made by the Carter group. In your analysis‚ cite specific problems with the data and how they relate to the decision-making biases that we discussed in class. PAS • Loss aversion: Webster
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“Ain’t No Makin’ It” Structure Agency Subculture Cultural Capital Habitus Key Concepts 1. Structure: The relatively permanent components of our social environment. (a) What structural forces might you implicate in explaining why the HHs and Brothers were unable to achieve their American Dreams? 2. Agency: The choices me make -and the consequences of those preferences and actions- implicated in a social world where “free” individuals
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COMMON BIASES AND ERRORS IN DECISION-MAKING PROCESS In addition to engaging in bounded rationality‚ an accumulating body of research tells us that decision makers allow systematic biases and errors to creep into their judgments. These come out of attempts to shortcut the decision process. To minimize effort and avoid difficult trade-offs‚ people tend to rely too heavily on experience‚ impulses‚ gut feelings‚ and convenient “rules of thumb.â€? In many instances‚ these shortcuts are helpful. However
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Attribution biases are biases that affect the way we determine who and what is responsible for an event or action. It links closely to social cognition‚ for example‚ the role of mind in our social behavior‚ how our thoughts are influenced by social situations‚ and how our thoughts influence social behavior. Attribution biases are based on situational and dispositional factors. Situational factors are something to so with personal factors‚ and dispositional factors are something to do with external
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II Ms. McCarty November 01‚ 2013 Noah Webster: Birth of the Dictionary Noah Webster was born on October‚ 17th in West Hartford‚ Connecticut. His father was also Noah Webster; a farmer with some government importance. Webster’s mother was Mercy Webster‚ the great-great granddaughter of William Bradford‚ governor of Plymouth colony. Noah was the fourth out of five kids‚ and the second son that had been born (Frank Magil 1417). When Webster was merely sixteen years old‚ he was accepted
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Everybody has their own personal biases and philosophies that they have developed throughout life. Some go through the journey without fully knowing whilst others seem to have a pretty good handle on them. By finding their way‚ through the ups and downs‚ they establish themselves and come out knowing more than when they began‚ effectively learning who they are. In my own journey‚ I have established a few knowns and unknowns and come to realize my own biases. Knowing the good and the bad‚ the things
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Book Report - NoahWebster Noah Webster was written by Elaine Cunningham. This book has 147 page and 12 chapters. This biography talks about the events in Noah’s life in Hartford‚ Conneticut where Noah and his family live. Even though little Noah lived in an old farm house he still got an education. I think the author of this book wrote the book to show children a example that they should not only read‚ but read to succeed. Noah Webster was a curious five years old who did not know
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Biases and Performance Reviews January 10‚ 2008 Abstract I know from past experiences how performance review time is on both manager and employee. The yearly performance review not only impacts whether the employee is retained‚ but will also affect their opportunity for advancement. It is a responsibility that is not to be taken lightly. This being said there are obviously problems with the way performance reviews are handled‚ how one employee can be evaluated
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The play "The Devil and Daniel Webster" was written by Stephen Vincent Benét in 1938. Stephen Vincent Benét was born in 1898 in Bethlehem‚ Pennsylvania. His education came from Yale University and the Sorbonne in Paris‚ France. "The Devil and Daniel Webster" has a wide array of characters‚ each with a distinguished personality‚ yet an overall temperament that would be fitting of a New England community. The main character is Jabez Stone‚ a wealthy New England statesman whose position was the state
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