Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Contrary to what the article implied, I do believe that students can be taught "approaches to knowledge"--if "approaches" is defined as a method of inquiry, a demonstration of what questions are important...
...nuclear arms race in psychological terms. After the cold war ended, the organization started raising money for scholars who want to combine psychology with such topics as ecology and ethnic conflicts. Explains the center's executive director, Vivienne Simon: "One of our main goals is to challenge current scientific method, which is to deny all things you cannot reduce to statistics...
Bassett participated in three hypnotic-regression sessions (she says she used method-acting techniques to fake her way through them) and eventually served as treasurer of an abductee support group that Mack organized and ran. "I've never seen a UFO in my life," Bassett says, "and I certainly haven't been inside...
...federal judge ordered Maryland's Worcester County to adopt cumulative voting to elect its five countywide commissioners. The plan would allow each voter to cast five votes as he or she wishes -- for separate candidates or, say, cumulatively for one. The method would give black voters, who constitute 21% of the county's population, a chance to elect a black commissioner without creating a black district. The county plans to appeal...
...police harass, detain and/or arrest Black students, particularly Black males, not only on this campus, but everywhere in this country, is an old method used to make Blacks feel out of place where they feel comfortable and to feel ashamed of their race. Police harassing Black students for rapping in public is consistent with the way the white media criticizes rap music, a unique contribution of Black youth to popular culture. It's a degradation method. History has proven those methods to be effective in some cases. So, I guess white racists should be congratulated for their persistence and unyielding...