Dismissing
the models as a social construct does her argument no favour and casts doubt on her ability to understand the caveats and uncertainties inherent in global warming models.
Not exact matches
While traditional influences remain strong, overtime and
as younger generations grow into leadership,
social constructs and
social models of behavior will become more prevalent.
Ninth - grade students identified
as good and poor readers were randomly assigned to learn
social studies content either with the typical textbook lessons or lessons
constructed around the Frayer
Model steps (Peters, 1974 — 1975).
Each
model may be considered a
social construct which embodies the beliefs of those modellers who created it
as how best to represent the climate system, within the computational and technological constraints at the time.
Caplan (2010) proposed a
model of «problematic Internet use», identifying several specific cognitive and behavioral
constructs associated with negative outcomes of the Internet use such
as preference for online
social interaction, mood alteration, cognitive preoccupation or compulsive behavior.