ECON2318Assignment 1 Lesson 1‚ 2 & 3 1. Answer the following short questions. Each question is of equal value. (36 Marks) a) What is the difference between positive and normative statements in economics? Provide an example of each. Normative statements are subjective‚ often without a basis in fact or without evidence‚ the statements involve judgments about what should or ought to happen. Positive economics involves statements about economic reality‚ which can be supported or
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING‚ VOL. 54‚ NO. 7‚ JULY 2007 1333 Normative Three-Dimensional Patellofemoral and Tibiofemoral Kinematics: A Dynamic‚ in Vivo Study Andrea R. Seisler and Frances T. Sheehan* Abstract—In order to advance biomechanical modeling‚ knee joint implant design and clinical treatment of knee joint pathology‚ accurate in vivo kinematic data of the combined patellofemoral and tibiofemoral joint during volitional activity are critical. For example‚ one cause of
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Assess Rachels’ critique of the main argument for normative cultural relativism (NCR)‚ i.e.‚ the Cultural Differences Argument. How might a proponent of NCR respond to Rachels critique? Is the response effective? Why or why not? In this essay‚ I will discuss James Rachels’ article “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism”‚ in which he criticizes the normative cultural relativism argument which is about how different cultures have different moral codes‚ thus there is no single
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Effects of Non-Normative Life Events on Preschool and Middle Aged Children; Cognitive and Socioemotional. This paper is intended to answer the question of what the effects are of non -normative life events on preschoolers and middle childhood aged children; cognitively and socioemotionally. This is very dear to me as I have two young children as well as older step children that have dealt with medical conditions with their father and I‚ as well as divorce with my older step children. Many
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mental illness‚ drug addiction‚ alcoholism‚ and criminal background are stigmatized in this way. 3. "Tribal stigmas" are traits‚ imagined or real‚ of ethnic group‚ nationality‚ or of religion that is deemed to be a deviation from the prevailing normative ethnicity‚ nationality or religion. SOCIAL STIGMA Social stigma is the extreme disapproval of (or discontent with) a person or group on socially characteristic grounds that are perceived‚ and serve to distinguish them‚ from other members of a
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Article 1. Jones and Wicks (1999): CONVERGENT STAKEHOLDER THEORY We describe two approaches to stakeholder theory - a social science approach and a normative ethics approach- since neither of them is complete without the other. One group of scholars views stakeholder theory as a potential foundation for the growth of social science-based research; another views stakeholder theory as an umbrella term describing a class of narrative accounts‚ each based on its own moral principles. We argue
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1. Age stratification theory comes from the functionalist perspective. In a functionalist perspective the shared rules of behavior and the expectations for a certain behavior in a social situation both come together and shape an individual’s behavior. Age stratification theory is a term where society a society provides older people with certain roles to play and with expectations about acitivity in later life. In sum age stratification theory states that norms are an aspect of how‚ when‚ and why
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history follows Joanne’s life stages and identifies her major normative age graded events‚ normative history graded events and also non normative events‚ and reflects on the impact of these events on her development. Normative age graded influence included biological processes such as puberty and menopause‚ also included are sociocultural‚ environmental processes such as beginning formal education and retirement (Santrock‚ 2008). Normative history graded influences are common to people of a particular
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doctrine of the BN These tenets & use of a normative concept of validity prove to be incompatible w/ K’s positivistic programme of a value-free legal science. Science of law CANNOT state that legal norms are obligatory or binding w/o overstepping the limits of K’s ideal of a legal science. If K is to be re. as a positivist‚ the Kantian traces of his theory must be rejected & the descriptive concept of validity as membership must be substituted for the normative notion of validity as a binding force.
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Positive (or analytical) Economics is objective‚ without emotion or value judgements. It has to do with "what is‚" while normative economics has to do with "what ought to be." Positive economics is based on theory‚ probability‚ and statistical methods. When searching for positive economic statements I found in the business section of the September 12‚ 2005 issue of the Toronto Star an article based on the economies foundation and cheaper insurance. This business article written by Steven Theobald
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