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  • Social Problems in America

    Social Problems in America

    Social Problems In America How are we doing? Is the G.D.P rising? Is the stock market strong? Are businesses prospering? Is inflation low? Is the deficit shrinking? Are exports increasing? These questions are all important economically and socially in the world today. If I knew the answers to all these things right now I would be a millionaire. Corporate businesses and wealthy people are taking over the world as we know it, and these things

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    Essay Length: 783 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Social Reform

    Social Reform

    Many things can contribute to the rise of social reform in the 1800's. Many scholars such Ralph Waldo Emerson or Edgar Allen Poe, helped lead the reform era. But the most some of the most important ideas that encouraged social reform was the Second Great Awakening, Industrialization, and nostalgia. All three played a very important role and had key people who helped jump start a era of reformation. People knew that it was time for

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    Essay Length: 1,386 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Artur
  • Hypothesis: Social Class Determines How Asian Teenagers (aged 15-17) Do in Gcse Rather Than Culture

    Hypothesis: Social Class Determines How Asian Teenagers (aged 15-17) Do in Gcse Rather Than Culture

    Hypothesis: Social class determines how “Asian teenagers (aged 15-17) do in GCSE rather than culture. Culture is hard to define and operationalise between different “Asian” groups. In test after test, nationally, Chinese and Indian students show superior performance in mathematics and other subjects compared with their Pakistani, Bangladeshi (also “Asian”) and non-Asian counterparts. In 2003, according to National Statistics, 71% of boys and 79% of girls achieved 5+A*-C GCSE/GNVQs. These statistics were significantly higher than

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    Essay Length: 3,794 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Classical Social Theorists

    Classical Social Theorists

    Classical Social Theorists When trying to compare three social theorists to each other, you must first try to understand the intricacies that are entangled within each theory itself. Theorists, by nature, create theories that can be debated from all angles but must be a tight fit in order to be considered applicable to society. Theology as a single entity is constructed from deep intellectual thought. When social theorist begin to develop there theoretical perspectives, they

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    Essay Length: 1,552 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Yan
  • Social Security Reform

    Social Security Reform

    Social Security: Being a nineteen year old college student, what does Social Security have to do with you? The fact is, it has every thing to do with us as students! Shortly after President Bush’s re-election, he started to put his new found political muscle into Social Security reform, declaring now is the time to act. This new reform will allow workers to withhold payroll endings and put that money into personal retirement accounts. This

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    Essay Length: 1,757 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Marxism Is the System of Socialism

    Marxism Is the System of Socialism

    system based on the private ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, characterized by a free competitive market and motivation by profit.” Marxism is the system of socialism of which the dominant feature is public ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange. Under capitalism, the proletariat, the working class or “the people,” own only their capacity to work; they have the ability only to sell their own labor. According to

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    Essay Length: 355 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Top
  • Justin the Lonely Fourth Grader: An Example of Social, Operant, and Classical Conditioning

    Justin the Lonely Fourth Grader: An Example of Social, Operant, and Classical Conditioning

    Justin is a fourth grader with a rocky history. He recently moved from Akron, Ohio to Oregon and is having trouble coping with the change in his surroundings. Justin is having social and academic difficulty progressing in his new school. He is having difficulty concentrating in class and gets extremely nervous when his teacher tries to interact with him. Classical, operant, and social conditioning will be used in order to explain and shape his

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    Essay Length: 504 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • Corporate Social Responsibility - Survey of Business Functions

    Corporate Social Responsibility - Survey of Business Functions

    Corporate Social Responsibility Survey of Business Functions Bellevue University Mazen Mujahed Abstract Business is defines as a profit seeking activity where companies in return produce goods and services to society. In the past, we can arguably make the statement that this was company’s main responsibility. Also how do they gain stakeholder interest in a business’s activities was a big question. Now days, Businesses have to consider certain roles as part of their duties towards their

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    Essay Length: 2,346 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Social Construction of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

    The Social Construction of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

    Socialization is the unequal distribution of power, wealth, income and social status between individuals and groups. This distribution is not random, it is patterned and structured. Three important axes of global inequality are gender, race and ethnicity, and class. These inequalities are on a global scale and are found in virtually all societies. It wasn’t until relatively recently, however, that a caste system developed to include race and ethnicity among class and gender. Since

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    Essay Length: 333 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mike
  • Social Prejudice in Schools

    Social Prejudice in Schools

    In my report, I am going to talk about the social prejudice that occurs in the schools between students and also teachers. Children from middle-class families generally are more successful in public schools than children from low-income families. Is the school system responsible for this problem, or is lower performance among low-income children a result of their home environment? The home environment has a big role in a child's education and if it is not

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Social Security, Reformation & Privatizing Policies

    Social Security, Reformation & Privatizing Policies

    Social Security, Reformation & Privatizing Policies The policy I wish to address is one we don’t here too much of anymore, unless you’re looking! My parents have come to the point in there life where Social Security is becoming increasingly important. This provoked my curiosity into what has changed since the first major discussion about its reformation. With major political discussions focused on the War in Iraq and Immigration policies, and global warming, Social Security

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    Essay Length: 1,784 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Social Security

    Social Security

    President George W. Bush is lying to the citizens of the United States of America when he says, "'By the time today's workers who are in their mid-20s begin to retire, the system will be bankrupt.” “So if you're 20 years old, in your mid-20s and you're beginning to work, I want you to think about a Social Security system that will be flat bust, bankrupt.'" The truth is that while Social Security could use

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    Essay Length: 1,476 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Steve
  • Social Security - the Current System

    Social Security - the Current System

    The Current System Social Security began in 1935 to provide benefits to workers and their family members due to retirement, disability or death. It is attributed to be a major factor why the poverty rate in the US steeply declined during the last half century. Social Security is funded by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax which is independent of federal income taxes. Workers and employees match equal amounts of the flat rate tax,

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    Essay Length: 3,216 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Janna
  • Experience in School Social Work

    Experience in School Social Work

    Experience in School Social Work As a member of the student services team, school social workers are a link between the home, school, and the community. School social workers work within multi-cultural contexts with the social functioning and social conditions/environments of students to promote and support the student’s academic and social success. They advocate for and assist students to accomplish tasks associated with their learning, growth, and development toward a fuller realization of their intrinsic

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    Essay Length: 2,329 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Gender Socialization as a Female

    Gender Socialization as a Female

    Gender Socialization We are currently living in a society where women are making new gains in the business world and are obtaining more jobs that at one time were considered “male” jobs. But, it is still no secret that women and men are not treated as equals. From the beginning of your life you are either treated as a male, or a female. Not in terms of sex, but in terms of gender. Stephen Sweet

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    Essay Length: 1,454 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Clothing Impact on Social Interactions

    Clothing Impact on Social Interactions

    Does Clothing Have an Impact on Social Interactions: An Observational Study in the Classroom There are many reasons why we choose to wear a particular article or style of clothing. Many of us consider our choice in clothing as an extension of our identity. While many others pick items from their wardrobe that reflect their current mood. There are also many times when we choose to dress a certain way in anticipation of being in

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    Essay Length: 268 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: David
  • Social Group and Individualism

    Social Group and Individualism

    Social group and Individualism Why do we behave the way we do? Three forces are at work: the shaping influences of individualism and socialization, and the human will or internal decision maker. The focus in social group is on socialization, which is the conscious and unconscious process whereby we learn the norms and behavior patterns that enable us to function appropriately in our social environment. Social group is based on the need to belong because

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    Essay Length: 252 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Vika
  • Social Classes in the Great Gatsby

    Social Classes in the Great Gatsby

    1.Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald is famous as one of the greatest authors of the twenties. He is referred to as a member of the “Lost Generation”. His books deal with the idealism and the disillusion of the post-World-War-1 decade and also with the struggle of the American society to find spiritual happiness and material wealth (Di Bacco 525). Long describes Fitzgerald as “central to the American twenties” or “historian of the golden twenties”. “He names

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    Essay Length: 2,907 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Vika
  • Slang: The Social Dialect

    Slang: The Social Dialect

    As defined by wikipedia, “Slang is the continual and ever-changing use and definition of words in informal conversation, often using references as a means of comparison or showing likeness.” The expressions of slang often embody the attitudes and values of the group members using them. In order for an expression to become slang, it must be widely accepted and adopted by the sub-culture and its boundaries. Some modern slang has endured over the decades since

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    Essay Length: 517 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Social Organization Change

    Social Organization Change

    Social Organization Change SOC100 – Introduction to Sociology Social Organization Change Employee opinions can impact financial performance by affecting retention; and quality of work, morale and productivity; so measuring workers’ attitudes is critical to enhancing what is called “Performance through People.” There are many different types of employee surveys. Some examples are the full-scale employee opinion survey that covers a comprehensive range of topics and is usually administered to the entire workforce every year or

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    Essay Length: 2,052 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Artur
  • Heuristic over Social Informatics

    Heuristic over Social Informatics

    A heuristic is a replicable method or approach for directing one's attention in learning, discovery, or problem-solving. It is commonplace, and a good heuristic for inquiry, especially with complex technologies. References to technologies and social entities and to the interactions between them are made largely for analytical convenience. This is where Social informatics comes in, from the beginning in Europe modern studies by Dr. Robert Kling. Social informatics refers to the interdisciplinary study of

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    Essay Length: 921 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Anna
  • 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
  • Significant Events, Organizations, or Legislation of the Progressive Era That Impacted Social Welfare

    Significant Events, Organizations, or Legislation of the Progressive Era That Impacted Social Welfare

    Significant events, Organizations, or Legislation of the Progressive Era that impacted Social Welfare: The Progressive Era was one of those times in history that as the title implies, was a overall good time for those in America. Now although there were certain policies that were implemented on certain groups that were not favored by them, one must still consider its cumulative progression. Veterans gained a lot of respect when the Veterans Bureau was established giving

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    Essay Length: 1,627 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Bred
  • Dealing with Social Conflicts in the Military - Women in Combat

    Dealing with Social Conflicts in the Military - Women in Combat

    Conflict is an inevitable whenever people - whether close friends, family members, co-workers or romantic partners – disagree about their perceptions, desires, ideas or values. Regardless of the substance of the disagreement, conflict arouses strong feelings. The population's tolerance for reinterpretation of institutional values, beliefs, norms and ethics rose significantly due to significant changes in American social norms in the 20th Century. This tolerance, in conjunction with a transition to the primacy of personal rights

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    Essay Length: 3,114 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Self Can Be Understood as 'socially Constructed'

    The Self Can Be Understood as 'socially Constructed'

    Introduction The notion of self strikes us all in someway throughout our lives. Whether we are considered by others to be of a particular persuasion or we admire or despair of our own qualities we have ingrained perceptions and beliefs about the nature of the self, of ourselves. The importance of culture and context in understanding the processes by which people come to describe, explain or account for the world and themselves is described as

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    Essay Length: 802 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Victor

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