Abandon Tact!

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  • Fiscal, Financial, Faceted, and Other Words that Make Me Sound Smart; Part 1 of 3

    Research question, and grounding theories. Let's get into Financial literacy. 


    Sources 

    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/financial-literacy.asp#:~:text=Financial%20literacy%20is%20the%20ability,skills%20is%20called%20financial%20illiteracy.

    PFC Definition (2) https://www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/blog/2014/5/16/know-your-brain-prefrontal-cortex#:~:text=The%20prefrontal%20cortex%20is%20the,be%20divided%20into%20several%20subregions.

    PFC Behaviors https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/14/health/self-control-brain/index.html

    PFC Behaviors https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892678/#:~:text=Evidence%20suggests%20that%2C%20in%20the,cognitive%20processes%20and%20executive%20functioning

    FL Education  https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_youth-financial-education_lit-review.pdf

    FL Education  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/your-money/states-financial-education.html#:~:text=High%20school%20students%20in%2021,South%20Carolina%20%E2%80%94%20added%20the%20prerequisite.

    GL- https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/case-study/flecs-national-strategy-financial-education/ 

    17 min
  • Bonus Episode: Gun Violence and Why I Can't Be Unbiased

    This is kinda sad, and pretty personal. I urge anyone who sees this to educate themselves about gun violence, and gun control. No one died btw, guy didn't even get into the building. That doesn't change the fact that these things happen. It's important to hear about stories like this directly instead of as something that happens to people you don't know. 

    7 min
  • Black and White Cookies, an exploration of racial injustice in the police force. Part 2 of 3

    Part 2 of a qualitative research study exploring the ideas surrounding race in the police force. Discussing sub-questions.

    NYPD Study: Implicit Bias Training Changes Minds, Not Necessarily Behavior- https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/909380525/nypd-study-implicit-bias-training-changes-minds-not-necessarily-behavior

    Racial Attitudes of Police Recruits in the United States Midwest Police Academy: A Quantitative Examination- http://www.ijcjs.com/pdfs/schlosserijcjs2013vol8issue2.pdf

    13 min
  • Black and White Cookies, an exploration of racial injustice in the police force. Part 1 of 3

    Part 1 of a qualitative research study exploring the ideas surrounding race in the police force. Part 1 is mostly an introduction to the research. It will lay out the social theories that support this discussion, Social identity Theory, Critical Race Theory, and Realistic Conflict Theory. So hop on in bitches, this is about to get heavy.

    Referenced Materials

    Critical Race Theory https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary_theory_and_schools_of_criticism/critical_race_theory.html

    Social Identity Theory https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-identity-theory.html

    Realistic Conflict Theory http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/social-psychology/social-psychology-theories/realistic-group-conflict-theory/#:~:text=This%20theory%20emerged%20in%20the,situational%20forces%20outside%20the%20self.

    Robbers Cave Experiment https://www.simplypsychology.org/robbers-cave.html

    Us vs. Them Experiment https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/us-versus-them-effects-of-group-dynamics-on-leadership 


    19 min

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