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  • String Theory

    String Theory

    INTRODUCTION This document is for persons who have received their graduate degree in theoretical physics and are looking to make their way into the concentration of superstring theory, and what postgraduate mathematics courses are required to do so. Supersting theory is one of the latest forms of theoretical physics and a popular topic with today’s society. However, because of the highly advanced nature of the mathematics involved with Supersting theory, two postgraduate forms of mathematics

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jack
  • Feminist Theory and "the Awakening"

    Feminist Theory and "the Awakening"

    Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening”, is a story about Edna Pontellier. A nineteenth century women looking for her self and discovering new and magnificent qualities in herself and the people she meets during her summer vacation with her husband and children on Grand Isle. This work was considered highly controversial at its time of publishing in 1899 because of its overtly feminist themes; because this is not a story about her marriage or her motherhood

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    Essay Length: 2,192 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Janna
  • Kohlberg and Theory of Consciences

    Kohlberg and Theory of Consciences

    ================================================================= Kohlberg: A. Pre-Conventional 1. Obedience and Punishment 2. Self Intrest Orientation B. Conventional 3. Interpersonal Accord 4. Authority and Social Issue C. Post-Conventional 5. Social Contract 6. Universal Ethical Principles A. Most common for children. Very selfish thinking, and for consequenses of one's self. Ex. Do not do this, or I will spank you. B. Most common in audulescents. A more abstract form of thinking than in Pre-Conventional and thinks partly of one's self,

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    Essay Length: 766 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jack
  • The Vsepr Theory

    The Vsepr Theory

    THE VSEPR THEORY The VSEPR stands for Ў°Valence Shell Electron Pair RepulsionЎ±, the theory is used for predicting the structure of molecules. The theory can be used in two main steps. First, the number of all bonding pairs and lone pairs is calculated, next, these pairs of electrons are rearranged in order to minimize the repulsion between them. Different number of bonding pairs and lone pairs of electrons can form different structure. When there are

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    Essay Length: 330 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • Berkeley’s Theory of Immaterialism

    Berkeley’s Theory of Immaterialism

    As man progressed through the various stages of evolution, it is assumed that at a certain point he began to ponder the world around him. Of course, these first attempts fell short of being scholarly, probably consisting of a few grunts and snorts at best. As time passed on, though, these ideas persisted and were eventually tackled by the more intellectual, so-called philosophers. Thus, excavation of "the external world" began. As the authoritarinism of the

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    Essay Length: 2,596 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • Differential Opportunity Theory

    Differential Opportunity Theory

    Cloward & Ohlin's Differential Opportunity Theory In 1959, Richard Cloward noted that Merton's anomie theory specified only one structure of opportunity. He, however, argued for two and not one. He thus proposed that there are also illegitimate avenues of structure, in addition to legitimate ones. In 1960 he and Lloyd Ohlin worked together and proposed a theory of delinquent gangs known as Differential Opportunity Theory. This theory, like Cohen's theory, combines the strain, differential association

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • Wal-Mart's Organizational Theory and Behavior

    Wal-Mart's Organizational Theory and Behavior

    Final Project - Wal-Mart's Organizational Theory and Behavior Jean K. Martin AXIA College of University of Phoenix There are so many organizational behavior concepts to take into consideration for the success or failure of any organization, business or company. The way these concepts are handled by management and employees will either keep the business open or these same concepts could end up in closure of this same business or organization. Management and employees are the

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Bred
  • Crime Theory

    Crime Theory

    Copyright Blackwell Publishing Jun 2005 [Headnote] The nationwide growth in specialized or problem-solving courts, including drug courts, community courts, mental health courts, and domestic violence courts, among others, raises questions about the role of the state with respect to social change. According to social control theories of the state, especially theories of technocratic or rationalized justice, law is increasingly about efficiency, speed, and effectiveness. Specialized courts, however, take on a social problem approach to crime,

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: regina
  • Game Theory

    Game Theory

    Game Theoryƒ Theodore L. Turocy Texas A&M University Bernhard von Stengel London School of Economics CDAM Research Report LSE-CDAM-2001-09 October 8, 2001 Contents 1 What is game theory? 4 2 Definitions of games 6 3 Dominance 8 4 Nash equilibrium 12 5 Mixed strategies 17 6 Extensive games with perfect information 22 7 Extensive games with imperfect information 29 8 Zero-sum games and computation 33 9 Bidding in auctions 34 10 Further reading 38 ƒThis

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    Essay Length: 950 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory

    Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory

    Dr. Howard Gardner was the first to suggest the theory of Multiple Intelligence in 1983. This theory suggests that the traditional grading for one’s IQ, which was mostly based on linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence, was too limited. Instead, Gardner proposes eight different categorizes of intelligent to account for a broader grading system of human intelligence. Moreover, he proposes that each areas of intelligence can have no relations with the other. This idea was highly accepted

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Pragmatic View of Watsons Theory

    Pragmatic View of Watsons Theory

    Goals Provide an overview of Dr. Jean Watson's caring theory to the nursing community. Facilitate the understanding of her work allowing nurses to readily apply this knowledge within their practice. Objectives Describe the general aspects of Watson's caring theory. Describe how Watson's caring theory can be applied to clinical practice. Describe the person through Watson's caring lens. Describe the person's health through Watson's caring lens. Describe nursing through Watson's caring lens. Key Words: Watson's caring

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    Essay Length: 1,422 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Motives

    Motives

    Motives for writing come in different shapes forms and sizes. Motives drive the need for writing and without motives, most of the greatest writers would have never created some of the masterpieces modern society has come to known. Although motives are abundant, two obtrude from the rest. These two are the main exigencies that George Orwell believe causes writers to write. The necessitate for finding the truth for the sole purpose to use that information

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    Essay Length: 503 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Yan
  • Theories of Female Deviance and Crime

    Theories of Female Deviance and Crime

    Melissa Bernaudo CRJ 313 Term Paper Women are not more deviant than men; they simply commit different crimes and are evaluated on the same set of sociological theories which were originally developed by men to account for male behavioral patterns. Throughout the history of the criminal justice system, numerous theories have been developed in an effort to explain and possibly even rationalize those actions which society has deemed to be criminal behavior. However, these vast

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Yan
  • Maslow’s Therory of Motivation

    Maslow’s Therory of Motivation

    Maslow's theory of motivation includes five increasingly higher-level needs. Maslow calls these needs physiological, (hunger, thirst, shelter, sex, etc), security, (safety, protection from physical and emotional harm) social, (affection, belonging, acceptance, friendship) self-esteem, (self respect, autonomy, achievement, status, recognition, attention) and self-actualization, (doing things) 1. Maslow points out that hierarchy is dynamic, the dominant need is always shifting. The hierarchy does not exist by itself, but is affected by the situation and the general culture.

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Jon
  • Children Play Definition and Theories

    Children Play Definition and Theories

    In the University of Washington’s The Online Daily student’s newspaper, Alison Dahmen in her two pages article published in 1997 titled “Kids Need Real Freedom to Grow” wrote “Today’s generation lead much more insulated lives,” (Dahmen1) that is they are insulated from the actual freedom to play to, get into trouble, do things that kids are suppose to do. She ultimately concluded that play is no longer play because it has progress from the outdoor

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Money Is the only Thing That Really Motivates People

    Money Is the only Thing That Really Motivates People

    I. Introduction Henry Fielding once said, Ў§Make money your god and it will plague you like the devilЎЁ. Money presents in so many aspects of life. It seems that almost everything can be bought, with the high value attached to money. People are very addicted to money because of the idea that if you have money, you have the success, popularity, power and acceptance. But, there is always danger in losing values such as love

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Edgar Allen Poe Death Theory

    Edgar Allen Poe Death Theory

    Michael Montgomery Period 6 11/30/05 Edgar Allen Poe Death Theory The true cause of the death for famous author and poet Edgar Allen Poe remains largely in debate leaving the question of how it really happened to be answered, but just how much of a mystery is it really? Simply, one of the most popular ideas of his death seems to make the most sense. Poe died of his own destructive behavior involving alcohol,

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Group Theory

    Group Theory

    Possess a common social identification Two or more people possessing a common social identification and whose existence as a group is recognized by a third party. The process of becoming part of a group often provokes anxiety.The reconnaissance Process occurs before entering the group . A common motivation underlying this activity is an assessment of the rewards and costs associated with joining the group. Group Processes and Structures One of the most elementary aspects

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    Essay Length: 633 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jack
  • Theories of Management

    Theories of Management

    Theories gave organizations a framework for knowledge and a guide to achieving their goals. The Industrial Revolution prompted the need for better supervision of workers to boost productivity within the automobile, steel, and coal industries. It is because of this need that the various theories of management began to take shape. The classical management theory, which came about during the Industrial Revolution, focused on the single best way to perform and manage tasks. This enabled

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    Essay Length: 1,254 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Piaget Theory

    Piaget Theory

    a) Describe 2 studies of perceptual development (12 marks). b) Assess the way in which such studies help to explain the development of perception (12 marks). In the following essay I intend to describe two studies of perceptual development. I then intend to assess such studies and how they help to explain the development of perception. By perceptual development, I mean how animals and humans alike develop their seeing capabilities. This development of perception

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: regina
  • Critique of the Key Theories Relating to Stress

    Critique of the Key Theories Relating to Stress

    Stress Stress has become a major issue in today’s society. Many factors in people’s lives can cause stress. Stress drastically reduces brain functions such as memory, concentration, and learning. Functions that are essential for effective working. In this essay the potential causes of stress that one may encounter at work will be looked at. Going on to assess ways in which organisations could help alleviate the stress of their employees. A study by ‘Neurofen’ found

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Team Motivation in Organizations

    The Team Motivation in Organizations

    The Team Motivation In Organizations Employee motivation is crucial to good management. Consequently, itЎ¦s no surprise that employee motivation is a subject near and dear to managers. But why it is important and how to motivate the whole team to a greatest degree and thus provide the organization with best management? During the development of the enterprises, the team motivation is an important issue for the human resource manager. Through the communication with quite a

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    Essay Length: 2,843 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection

    Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection

    Charles Darwin revolutionized biology when he introduced The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859. Although Wallace had also came upon this revelation shortly before Origins was published, Darwin had long been in development of this theory. Wallace amicably relinquished the idea to Darwin, allowing him to become the first pioneer of evolution. Darwin was not driven to publish his finding, which he’d been collecting for several years before Wallace struck

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: July
  • The Theories of International Politics

    The Theories of International Politics

    Several theoretical approaches have been developed as an attempt to explain the workings of International Politics. These different perspectives which use different methods and assumptions can be helpful in studying and predicting the actions and interactions of the actors they concentrate on and include, realism, liberalism and feminism. No single approach however succeeds in taking into consideration all factors and outcomes in world politics and each of them has distinct benefits as well as certain

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    Essay Length: 1,636 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Vika
  • Motivating Factors of Fire Safety Training

    Motivating Factors of Fire Safety Training

    People are motivated by many different factors. People are concerned with the fact of how will learning these skills benefit myself. During training people are trained and the trainers are concerns with the transfer of information. With our group project we are going to try and demonstrate the proper use of a fire extinguisher and how to identify the correct extinguisher to use. OBJECTIVE 1 Basic Fire Safety To motivate the trainees we are going

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike

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