"Sensory data are filtered through the knowing apparatus of the human senses and made into perceptions and s. The human mind is also constructed in a , and its knowledge is in part created by the social and cultural context in which it comes to know the world. Knowledge of the world is therefore always constructed by the human mind in the working models of reality in the sciences. Fleeting impressions of criminal behavior are elaborated by individuals into complete accounts that they believe to be "true." The wrong people are identified as the criminals, and events are construed in ways that are consistent with the observer's emotions and prejudices. Scientific theories are judged by their persuasive power in the community of scientists. They advance and decline through discussions among scientists. In social and developmental psychology, most of the models specify about human interactions have variables with neither temporal nor directional priorities that can escape challenge."
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Sandra Scarr
(née Wood; August 8, 1936 – October 8, 2021) was an American professor of psychology. She was elected in 1975 a Fellow of the (AAAS) and received in 1993 the . (After divorcing her first husband Harry A. Scarr, she married in 1972 the psychologist Philip Salapatek, who was elected in 1982 a Fellow of the AAAS.)
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