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  2. Theodore R. Sarbin - Wikipedia

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    Sarbin began his professional career as a research-oriented clinical psychologist, practicing first in Illinois and later in Los Angeles.His academic career was established at the University of California, Berkeley, where he served on the faculty from 1949 to 1969 and at the University of California, Santa Cruz where he was a professor of Psychology and of Criminology from 1969 to 1975.

  3. Enactivism - Wikipedia

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    Enactivism is a position in cognitive science that argues that cognition arises through a dynamic interaction between an acting organism and its environment. [1] It claims that the environment of an organism is brought about, or enacted, by the active exercise of that organism's sensorimotor processes.

  4. Act of Congress - Wikipedia

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    The word "act", as used in the term "act of Congress", is a common, not a proper noun.The capitalization of the word "act" (especially when used standing alone to refer to an act mentioned earlier by its full name) is deprecated by some dictionaries and usage authorities.

  5. Enrolled bill rule - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the rule was adopted by the Supreme Court in Field v. Clark, 143 U.S. 649 (1892). In effect, the court ruled that the enrolled bill signed by the presiding officers of the two houses of Congress was the best evidence of what had been passed, being on balance better evidence than the journals of the respective houses, so it should not be called into question.

  6. Instructional theory - Wikipedia

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    An instructional theory is "a theory that offers explicit guidance on how to better help people learn and develop." [ 1 ] It provides insights about what is likely to happen and why with respect to different kinds of teaching and learning activities while helping indicate approaches for their evaluation. [ 2 ]

  7. Statute - Wikipedia

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    A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative body, [1] a stage in the process of legislation. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy . [ 1 ] Statutes are laws made by legislative bodies; they are distinguished from case law or precedent , which is decided by courts , regulations issued by government ...

  8. Originalism - Wikipedia

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    Originalism is a legal theory that bases constitutional, judicial, and statutory interpretation of text on the original understanding at the time of its adoption. Proponents of the theory object to judicial activism and other interpretations related to a living constitution framework.

  9. Structure and agency - Wikipedia

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    Bourdieu's work attempts to reconcile structure and agency, as external structures are internalized into the habitus while the actions of the agent externalize interactions between actors into the social relationships in the field. Bourdieu's theory, therefore, is a dialectic between "externalizing the internal", and "internalizing the external".