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  • Clyde Beasley and Social Influence

    Clyde Beasley and Social Influence

    Prison: A Social Nightmare Heather Baker General Psychology PSY 1012 Gloria Maresma-Giles, M.S. Social psychology is the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. What happens when there is only one way to do things without being teased, mimicked or ever bullied? We conform. Even though the standards are different now than is has been in the past, the theory is the same: for most people, whatever they think

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    Essay Length: 463 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Stem Cells: The Holy Grail of Medical Research

    Stem Cells: The Holy Grail of Medical Research

    Few scientific issues in recent years have managed to draw as much attention, both scientific and otherwise, than stem cell research. I was first introduced to the term ‘stem cells’ when I was in high school, and since then, I have had a keen interest in the direction science is taking them. When considering medical research as a whole, stem cells appear to have the makings of a 21st century medical revolution a la discovery

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    Essay Length: 280 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Anna
  • Social Anxiety

    Social Anxiety

    Social Anxiety In the medical world, Social Anxiety is also known as 'Social Phobia' and is defined as, "The fear of social situations and the interaction with other people that can automatically bring on feelings of self consciousness, judgement, evaluation, and inferiority." Most people who have Social Anxiety are frustrated by the fact that they know their fears are irrational, but cannot seem to stop them from happening. Social Anxiety can be a crippling disorder

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    Essay Length: 528 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: July
  • Japan Social Aspects

    Japan Social Aspects

    The Japanese culture is unlike any other in the world. It has long been known for it’s excellence in education and it’s strong background of family and religion. The Japanese way of life is an assortment of art, literature, music and more; it is nothing short of spectacular. I will explain about some of the different aspects of the Japanese life style as well as take a cultural look into the life of the Japanese.

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    Essay Length: 1,545 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Social Roles in African Literature

    Social Roles in African Literature

    During the uprisings of the 1970s, Nadine Gordimer presented a very dreary and pessimistic prophecy to white and black South Africa in July’s People. This prophecy suggested a probable overthrow of the apartheid system which would challenge the currently existing social and racial roles of its inhabitants. Amid the chaos, traditional roles would be overturned and new ones are formed as the Smales accept their servant’s offer of refuge and flee to his village

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    Essay Length: 2,069 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Anna
  • Research Skills Activity

    Research Skills Activity

    Research Skills Activity 1. Diversity Issues in workplace teams. Jan. 28--When former U.S. Department of Labor Director Alexis Herman spoke in Columbia in October, she encouraged several hundred listeners to embrace diversity in the workplace. Reference Citation: Friedman, S. (2002). Many Issues Are Involved in Creating Diversity in Columbia, Mo., Workplaces. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. p. 1. Retrieved on June 2, 2005 from ProQuest database. 2. Case Studies in Object Oriented Programming The subject

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    Essay Length: 256 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: regina
  • Science and God

    Science and God

    "In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth…" (Genesis 1:1), the words that start it all if you are a Catholic. Children are brought up to believe that God took seven days out of his schedule to create the earth and all that is in and on it from a "formless wasteland" (Genesis 1:2). He gave man his shape and the keys to paradise and life rolls on from there. They know

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    Essay Length: 1,371 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Alcoholism and Social Services for Women

    Alcoholism and Social Services for Women

    Introduction Alcoholism and Social Services for Women. Alcoholism is a chronic disorder characterized by dependency on alcohol, repeated excessive use of alcoholic beverages and decreased ability to function socially and vocationally. (Western Dictionary). Here in the United States are 60 percent of alcoholic women. Studies show that women are more likely to die from lives and heart damage; they tent to lose control of self-esteem. Also women who drink alcohol are physical abused. To begin

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    Essay Length: 1,059 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Environmental Science

    Environmental Science

    Eco Column Project Report VII. Conclusions a) In the aquatic chamber, the first week was a disaster. The plant life was sick, the snails were dying, and our fish died. As the project continued, it became healthier once we changed out the water. The first week the plant started flourishing, the snails and fish started to survive. In the decomposition chamber, it housed the entire time we started with leaves and some fruit which decomposed

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    Essay Length: 938 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Kevin
  • The Research Process

    The Research Process

    Processes of research by Jonathan Guy In this essay I will outline the primary methods of conducting research, their advantages and disadvantages and will outline where they are best utilised. In addition to this, I will select certain methods of research that I believe will be applicable to my own dissertation and state why I will use those particular methods to conduct my own research. The first question we should ask is what is research?

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    Essay Length: 2,689 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Application of Social Psychological Theories to the Problem of Forgiveness

    Application of Social Psychological Theories to the Problem of Forgiveness

    Application of Social Psychological Theories to the problem of Forgiveness Forgiveness has been considered as primarily a religious concept till about 1985 when there has been interest in forgiving as a psychological construct from social psychologists but increasingly from clinicians as well (Allan and Allan 2006). McCullough ,Pargament and Thoresen (2007) stated that there lacks a consensus among theorist and researchers on the definition of forgiveness (p.302). This essay will adapt Enright and Coyle (1998,

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    Essay Length: 2,361 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Janna
  • Cell Phone Industry Research

    Cell Phone Industry Research

    I. Problem Definition Cell phones have fast become common place and rarely do you find a person without one. In June of 2002 ‘62% of Americans owned a cell phone, up from 55% in 2000.’ (Fetto 2002) As competition increases among phone manufacturers, they continue to add options in hopes to increase their market share. A phone is no longer a phone as manufacturers add features like cameras and video. Even something as simple as

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    Essay Length: 797 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Mba 520 - Leadership and Change Management Research

    Mba 520 - Leadership and Change Management Research

    Leadership and Change Management Research MBA/520 Transformational Leadership February 28, 2008 Leadership and Change Management Research The learning organization proactively creates, acquires, and transfers knowledge and that changes behavior on the basis of new knowledge and insights. Learning organizations actively try to infuse their organizations with new ideas and information. This is accomplished by constantly scanning external environments, hiring new talent and expertise when needed, and by devoting significant resources to train and develop their

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    Essay Length: 2,745 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Research Term Paper - the Life of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    Research Term Paper - the Life of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    The Life of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a famous American author “known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction” (Kurt Vonnegut). Although Kurt Vonnegut is most widely known as a science fiction writer, what if his readers knew that he didn’t consider himself that at all? He once said he “learned from the reviewer” that he was a science fiction writer. Regardless of what Kurt Vonnegut considers himself, he is

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    Essay Length: 1,819 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Political and Social Inequalities

    Political and Social Inequalities

    Political and Social Inequalities Racism and gender inequality are still two of the most controversial topics in today’s society. While reading some of the stories that have been assigned, I’ve noticed many similarities as well as changes in the political and social aspects of life at the times set in the readings with those same aspects in today’s society. While the readings show us some of the inequalities that we faced at the time such

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    Essay Length: 1,911 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Postmodernist Fantasy & Science Fiction Essay

    Postmodernist Fantasy & Science Fiction Essay

    Both “Pretty Boy Crossover” and “Flowers of Edo” share a similar and resounding theme. People are afraid of change, death, being left out, and not knowing things. People would rather choose to evade these realities, or even decide to escape them by doing suicide. They do whatever it takes to fit in, to be worshipped, and to be immortal. They do all of this in order to maintain their sanity, because they can’t accept being

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    Essay Length: 1,965 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • An Outline of Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract

    An Outline of Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract

    Outline Hobbes' theory on the social contract giving details on what he believed was needed to maintain it. I will attempt to answer this question by initially explaining what Hobbes' view on humanity was, since these views were what caused him to write his theory on the social contract, quote part of what he wrote regarding the subject and what it means in layman's terms What Hobbes believed: Thomas Hobbes, a 17th century British philosopher,

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    Essay Length: 1,387 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: David
  • 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
  • Business Research Project

    Business Research Project

    The performance of physicians in their day-to-day clinical practices has become an area of intense public interest. Both patients and health care purchasers want more effective means of identifying excellent clinicians and a variety of organizations are discussing and implementing plans for assessing the performance of individual clinicians. In the article, Prospects and Barriers, it was reviewed that the current state of physician clinical performance assessment with a focus on its usefulness for competency assessment

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    Essay Length: 486 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: regina
  • 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
  • Nine Values of Science and Technology

    Nine Values of Science and Technology

    Nine Values of Science and Technology 1. Utilitarian Values These values have high positive regard for technology and are easiest to grasp. Usually they dominate most discussion of the importance of technological advance. Everything we need for living -- food, clothing, shelter -- depend on our use of technology to extract them from the land. 2. Naturalistic Values The value of nonhuman life surely transcends merely going foraging nature for the benefits of evolutionary history

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Artur
  • Science and Religion

    Science and Religion

    Is it possible that in our search for some basic reality, we humans may discover that although religion and science have always seemed to be in different places, the conclusion they will ultimately reach will be the same thing? What is God? Energy, Spirit, Universal Consciousness, Singular, Unilateral? According to David Hume, God is not different from the order that exists in the universe1. Training our thoughts along this line, one might doubt the commonly

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    Essay Length: 653 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: July
  • Science and Religion Collide

    Science and Religion Collide

    Religious beliefs about creation have and will affect evolution theories in science. Much time, effort, and money has been spent on trying to prove and disprove theories about the beginning of the world. As scientists dig deeper, some answers seem to rise to the surface while others slip farther into the unknown. There are three main evolution and creation science belief systems: scientific creationism, theistic evolution, and naturalistic evolution. (Three np) The creation theory, or

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    Essay Length: 1,722 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Monika
  • Action Research Plan

    Action Research Plan

    Action Research Plan We all want our students to do their best. In today’s world where standardized testing can greatly impact not only the student’s life, but also the teacher’s job, the question arises concerning the optimal time to teach students reading, writing, language arts, social studies, science, and math. Does the time of day effect how well a student learns? Is morning or afternoon more compatible with analytical thinking? What about creative thinking? To

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    Essay Length: 862 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jon
  • 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

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