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Robert J. Vallerand is a Canadian social psychologist, academic and author. He is a Full Professor of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Motivational Processes and Optimal Functioning and is Director of the Research Laboratory on Social Behavior.
Mapping controversies (MC) is an academic course taught in science studies, [1] stemming from the writings of the French sociologist and philosopher Bruno Latour. [2] MC focuses exclusively on the controversies surrounding scientific knowledge rather than the established scientific facts or outcomes.
This leads the stance on certain scientific topics to be very different across the board as perceptions vary from person to person, this is the ultimate reason why scientific controversy exists, to begin with. Science-related controversies all follow similar characteristics. Conflict over personal beliefs, values, and interests; Public perception
1699–1716 Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy: Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz 1949 proof of the prime number theorem : Atle Selberg and/or Paul Erdős [ 31 ] [ 32 ] 2002–2003 proof of the Poincaré conjecture : Grigori Perelman or Shing-Tung Yau [ 33 ]
Results published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 2011 were retracted by the Journal in 2016. [88] In 2016 Jamal received a lifetime funding ban from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [89] [90] and in 2018 her license to practice medicine was revoked by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. [91]
Leask holds a Diploma in Health Science (Nursing) from the University of Technology Sydney (1990), a Certificate of Midwifery Theory and Practice from the Northern Sydney Area Midwifery School (1992), a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney (1998) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) also from the University of Sydney (2002).
Christian Science is generally considered a Christian new religious movement; however, some have called it "pseudoscience" because its founder, Mary Baker Eddy, used "science" in its name, and because of its former stance against medical science. Also, "Eddy used the term Metaphysical science to distinguish her system both from materialistic ...
He is the recipient of several grants to continue his work from many research foundations including Institute of Education Sciences and the Humboldt Foundation. [4] Elliot's research focuses have had many different facets, although his primary focus is on achievement motivation and approach-avoidance motivation more generally.