The Scientific Method and Its Application in Nutritional Research
CONCEPTS OF KNOWLEDGE
What is Knowledge?
A set of information stored by learning experience or through introspection.
Episteme and Doxa
Episteme is knowledge that is necessarily true.
Doxa is phenomenal knowledge and therefore misleading.
Knowledge comes from sensory perception, then comes to understanding, and finally concludes in reason. It is said that knowledge is a relation between a subject and an object.
Subject is the person or group of persons compiling the knowledge. Knowledge is always knowledge
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Actants and Essence
Actants are anything that modifies other actors through a series of actions. For example, vinegar poured into baking soda causes the baking soda to react in a way it wouldn’t otherwise (vinegar is the actant).
Essence is the property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity and without which it loses its identity.
Scripts and Mediation
An actant has a program or script. A car is programmed to run. A script is a
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Labeling Theory: New approach
No previous criminological theories: a study of the causes of criminal behavior.
No labeling theory:
study the process by which society (or their institutions: parliament, judges, police, media) condemns some behaviors and create stereotypes of offenders.
Areas of Interest
1. The process of defining the crime and the offender.
2. The assumption of the identity of offenders.
3. Crime Statistics
1. The process of defining the crime and the offender
n The process
Genetics, Maturation, and Growth in Human Development
To switch to MADURACÓN GENETICS (growth, maturation, learning, adaptation or genetic desarrollo.La are the characteristics that differentiate one person from other individuals. It is not modifiable and interacts with the environment m., where the individual develops . M. The genetics and environment influence the growth of the individual, act differently, genetics will make it more high-low, more fat-skinny and act m. Environment on development in the medium, the relationship with others, with
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Disability:
This term defines the impact of impairments on an individual’s life rather than focusing on the causes of the impairments themselves.
Impairment:
Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure.
Disability:
A restriction or lack of ability (resulting from an impairment) to perform an activity in a manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.
Handicap:
A disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or disability, that limits
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Substance Abuse and Confidentiality: 42 CFR Part 2
Applicability: Any information (including referral and intake) about alcohol and drug abuse patients obtained by a program
Includes (but not limited to):
- Treatment or rehab programs
- EAP
- Programs within a general hospital
- School-based programs
- Private practitioners who provide alcohol or drug abuse diagnosis, treatment, or referral
Intent of 42 CFR Part 2 insure that an alcohol or drug abuse patient is not made more vulnerable by reason of the availability
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