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  2. Unintended consequences - Wikipedia

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    An erosion gully in Australia caused by rabbits, an unintended consequence of their introduction as game animals. In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences, more colloquially called knock-on effects) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen.

  3. Boomerang effect (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In social psychology, the boomerang effect, also known as "reactance", refers to the unintended consequences of an attempt to persuade resulting in the adoption of an opposing position instead. It is sometimes also referred to as "the theory of psychological reactance ", stating that attempts to restrict a person's freedom often produce an ...

  4. Manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions - Wikipedia

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    Manifest functions are the consequences that people see, observe or even expect. It is explicitly stated and understood by the participants in the relevant action. The manifest function of a rain dance, used as an example by Merton in his 1957 Social Theory and Social Structure, is to produce rain, and this outcome is intended and desired by people participating in the ritual.

  5. Campbell's law - Wikipedia

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    Campbell's law is an adage developed by Donald T. Campbell, a psychologist and social scientist who often wrote about research methodology, which states: . The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.

  6. Unintended consequences of immigration bill could have ...

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    I’ve spoken to students who are afraid for their parents and grandparents. More: Los legisladores deben ofrecer soluciones para todos, no criminalizar a la comunidad indocumentada

  7. Zero-tolerance policies in schools - Wikipedia

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    The American Psychological Association concluded that the available evidence does not support the use of zero-tolerance policies as defined and implemented, that there is a clear need to modify such policies, and that the policies create a number of unintended negative consequences, [28] [29] including making schools "less safe".

  8. 'Unintended consequences:' NBA exec Joe Dumars ... - AOL

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    If this rule were in place when he played, he would’ve been eligible in every 82-game season. His last year was a lockout-shortened, 50-game season in which he played 38 games in 1998-99.

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