Nevertheless, literary _1 is all about generalizations. Here are some that are made about Asian-American literature.All Asian-American writers can be placed into one of two groups, those who emigrated to the United States and those who were born here but of immigrant families. They represent ...
that they would like to have a better or more commonly respected job; or, they already have a good career but are insecure about their status in the company, their ability to climb the ladder, their male competition, etc.
There are a lot of reasons thatwe take “mental shortcuts” when making decisionsor judgments, which are calledcognitive biases. Often, these quick mental processes have to do with relating the problem at hand to past experiences or making sweeping generalizations. ...
Stereotypes and generalizations surrounding large groups of people can often lead to lasting damage for both individuals, and society as a whole. Learn more about the importance of putting an end to common stereotypes.
Many philosophers hold that generics (i.e., unquantified generalizations) are pervasive in communication and that when they are about social groups, this may offend and polarize people because generics gloss over variations between individuals. Generics about social groups might be particularly common ...
“Chair” is an exemplar class for affordance; the latest studies on object affordance include reasoning about both geometry and function, thereby achieving better generalizations for unseen instances than conventional, appearance-based, or geometry-based machine learning approaches. In particular, Grabner...
Needless to say, unlike common sense, science and philosophy cannot allow generalizations based on appearances and surfaces —not in vain, visual evidence alone has not been considereda prioriscientific prooffor centuries. There is another reason why science and philosophy have, quite regularly, clashe...
Abandonment of the rule would make the law "an abyss of uncertainty".68 In Zambia, as elsewhere, reference to abstraction and generalizations about the theory of stare decisis is thus in the last analysis insufficient to present a clear picture of the real status of the doctrine in the ...
Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samp...
we make generalizations without even really thinking about them. Research shows that often, these stereotypesare not correct. Our dogs are no exception—themost common dog breed stereotypescause thousands of dogs to sit in shelters every year just because people have the wrong perception of the bre...