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  • Competing Theories

    Competing Theories

    William of Occam's Razor is the concept that when two competing ideas seem to explain the facts, the simpler is likely to be the true idea. Basically he feels that when something becomes overly involved, don't make yourself crazy by making a situation more complicated. Simplify your life and you will be happy. A simpler idea is not necessarily true. It is just preferred until more facts or data can clarify the situation. Also, the

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Jon
  • Abortion Kills Children

    Abortion Kills Children

    Do you consider something with a beating heart a living creature? A baby heart forms and starts beating in the fifth week of pregnancy; therefore, that would make abortion murder. The baby that is growing inside of the woman is depending on her, so when she makes the choice to end that baby's life, they are making the choice to murder another person. Someone that believes in the pro-choice theory would say that the decision

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    Essay Length: 653 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: July
  • Art Theories and Influence on Artists - How Theories About Art Influence the Practice of Artists And/or Art Critics or Historians

    Art Theories and Influence on Artists - How Theories About Art Influence the Practice of Artists And/or Art Critics or Historians

    Art Theories and Influence on Artists Essay Question: Discuss how theories about art influence the practice of artists and/or art critics or historians Practice in art refers to the decisions and actions that affect choices, perceptions, ways of working and views of an artist or art historian. Tim Storrier sums up the practice of an artist by saying that “A painting is really a graphic illustration of where a particular artist is at that point

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Merton’s Strain Theory

    Merton’s Strain Theory

    Merton’s Strain Theory I learned that Robert Merton borrowed “anomie” from Emile Durkheim. Anomie is the breakdown or absence of social norms and values. This website had little content but was very informative. It outlined the five modes of adaptation to strain. The five modes are conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion. In the mode of conformity, individuals follow culturally approved goals and the accepted means to achieve these goals. In the second mode, innovation,

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Cell Theory

    The Cell Theory

    The Cell Theory The cell theory states that all living matter is made up of cells and some living organisms consist of a single cell. Other cells serve a special purpose within advanced organisms like nerve cells. One theory of a cell states that the first form of life on this earth consisted of a lot of different types of small protocells. Protocells are cell like organism. These organisms were able to reproduce in a

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: July
  • Opions on Mortality and Were We Learn Them

    Opions on Mortality and Were We Learn Them

    Philosophy What forms your opinions, your morals, and your reasoning for your actions? You may say your parents shape you into what you will be like, or you might say that these concepts are learned from self determination. But in all cases one or the other can’t take ALL the credit some things are learned from teachers, friend, and even things like stories. Which is why we are here to day for you to listen

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    Essay Length: 436 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: David
  • Kolb Learning Cycle

    Kolb Learning Cycle

    The Kolb Learning Cycle The Kolb Learning Cycle is the process by which students attend to and understand their experiences, and consequently modify their behaviors. The Kolb Learning Cycle is based on the concept that the more a student reflects on a task or a problem, the more often the student has the opportunity to modify and refine their efforts concerning the task or problem. The Kolb learning Cycle contains the following four stages: experiencing,

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Max
  • Symbolism in Bless the Beast and Children

    Symbolism in Bless the Beast and Children

    Throughout the novel Bless the Beasts and Children, by Glendon Swarthout, symbolism is used frequently to show a weakness in a character or to fulfill a purpose in the novel. The most apparent weaknesses in the bedwetters was their need for radios to help them sleep. The hats portrayed each characters personality and background in some cases. Also, The Box Canyon Boys Camp is in itself a symbol representing American society in general. The radios

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    Essay Length: 750 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Top
  • Service Learning

    Service Learning

    Introduction A common issue in American high schools today is the time allotted for class instruction. Many instructors complain that there just is not enough time to cover all the material required of their subject curriculum in 50 to 60 minutes a day. For the past 150 years, American public schools have held time constant and let learning vary (Lawrence, 2000). Block scheduling is a readjustment in the way time is divided within the school

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: regina
  • Labeling Theory

    Labeling Theory

    As a contributor to American Pragmatism and later a member of the Chicago School, George Herbert Mead posited that the self is socially constructed and reconstructed through the interactions which each person has with the community. Each individual is aware of how they are judged by others because he or she has attempted many different roles and functions in social interactions and has been able to gauge the reactions of those present. This builds a

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan
  • Learning Team a Debriefing

    Learning Team a Debriefing

    Learning Team A Debriefing Anonymous University of Phoenix Learning Team A Debriefing Teams are supposed to have synergy, a process of interaction where 2 + 2 = 10. (Scarnati, 2001) Teams are assembled to complete work in a more efficient manner. By assembling teams, every member's knowledge and skills are supposed to enhance the project or solution more than an individual's knowledge or skills alone. With that being said, Learning Team A's process of interaction

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Monika
  • Social Theories

    Social Theories

    Social Theories The Shaw and McKay theory studied the way that different ethnicities moved from the inner city to the suburbs around the cities and how crime rates are related to the movement. After each new wave of immigrants came in the ones that were there before would move into the suburbs. However Shaw and McKay found that the high crime rates associated with the inner city did not follow them into the suburbs. Therefor

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Parents and Children in Conflict

    Parents and Children in Conflict

    Nando Pelusi’s article, “ Parents and Children in Conflict” is a nontraditional view about The assumed unconditional love between parents and their children. He points out that no one can fully give that kind of love-and they aren’t supposed to according to evolution . His claims that this creates a struggle between the children that crave attention and the parents that crave a break; furthermore, he states that this is what possibly leads adolescence to

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Substance Use and Abuse Among Children and Teenagers

    Substance Use and Abuse Among Children and Teenagers

    Substance Use and Abuse Among Children and Teenagers Michael D. Newcomb University of Southern California Peter M. Bentler University of California, Los Angeles ABSTRACT During the past several years, there has been a renewed national concern about drug abuse, culminating in the current "war on drugs." In this review, we emphasize that even though child or teenage drug use is an individual behavior, it is embedded in a sociocultural context that strongly determines its character

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Children of the Light by Rev. G. Bradford Hall

    Children of the Light by Rev. G. Bradford Hall

    Children of the Light (You Are the Light of the World) Rev. G. Bradford Hall Reprinted with permission of the author The Seven Chronicles of Narnia written by C.S. Lewis have, in their short life, become a classic on library and literature shelves for both young and old alike. The first of the seven books was recently made into a popular TV movie a couple of years ago entitled, The Lion, The Witch, and The

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Advanced Economic Theory

    Advanced Economic Theory

    Abstract Apple Incorperation is one of the most sought-after computer campany Introduction The world wide web is very strong and has changed the word in many ways. As a fan of Apple Macintosh,I am personally impressed with many of its innovations.It strikes me whether or not the company has really become monopoly. This paper will explore its business model and its so called I will closely examine Apple in different areas -PC market -software -portable

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    Essay Length: 1,699 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Anna
  • Rousseau's Contract Theory

    Rousseau's Contract Theory

    Rousseau’s The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right (1762) is an analysis of the contractual relationships which may be necessary for legitimate government, and is an explanation of how these relationships may combine principles of justice and utility. Rousseau argues that civil society is based on a contractual arrangement of rights and duties which applies equally to all people, whereby natural liberty is exchanged for civil liberty, and whereby

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Summary of a Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

    Summary of a Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

    Summary of A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences In A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner introduces the idea of seven different intelligences, combating the idea of contemporary intelligence. Gardner defines the contemporary view of intelligence as, an individual’s intelligence test score based on his or her age with no regard to experience or training. In his words, “It is an inborn attribute or faculty of the individual.” Gardner defines

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • Obesity in Children

    Obesity in Children

    Obesity in Children What is Obesity? Obesity is when there is excessive amount of fat in the body. For a child to be overweight their body mass index (BMI) that is 25 of more . This is a problem in the United States because the number of children who are becoming overweight is growing. This common chronic disease will be an even greater health problem when those children turn to adults. Problems at school and

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Eradicating Poverty in Jackson, Ms: Theories and Hypothesis for Change

    Eradicating Poverty in Jackson, Ms: Theories and Hypothesis for Change

    Eradicating Poverty in Jackson, MS: Theories and Hypothesis for Change Founded in 1822 on the site of a trading post on the west bank of the Pearl River, the city was named to honor Major General Andrew Jackson who later became the seventh President of the United States. The city’s history has been turbulent. During the civil war, the town was ravaged and burned three times by Union troops under the command of General William

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: regina
  • Third Cinema Theories and the Nollywood Experience

    Third Cinema Theories and the Nollywood Experience

    Introduction The term, �Third Cinema’ was coined in an interview with the Argentine Cine Liberacion group, published in the journal Cine Cubano (March 1969), and was then more fully developed in the manifesto “Towards a Third Cinema: Notes and Experiences for the Development of a cinema in the Third World,” written by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, members of that group. Femi Shaka describes it as “a tool for creating a revolutionary consciousness for the

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Victor
  • Children Advertising Defects

    Children Advertising Defects

    Introduction The following research has sought to understand the influence of television on children over the past twenty years using a variety of social models, from public policy and industry self-regulation, to how children receive and process media messages and the parental responsibility in monitoring what is acceptable for children to view. As a baseline, our research used a model of children interacting with television. We expounded on this model in an effort to seek

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Vika
  • Negative Attitudes and Poor Learning Habits of Students

    Negative Attitudes and Poor Learning Habits of Students

    Both Holt (1997, cited in Gardner 2005:59-63) and Rothenberg (1969, cited in Gardner 2005:68-72) suggest that teachers have contributed to the negative attitudes and poor learning habits of students. Both writers suggest that studentЎ¦s poor direction of viewing and bad habits of learning is due to the way of treating others, learning and thinking they are taught by teachers. Both of them think that As Holt (1997, cited in Gardner 2005:59-63) has described, students are

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: David
  • Distance Learning in the K-12 Classroom

    Distance Learning in the K-12 Classroom

    How do we learn best? Any teacher will tell you that direct experience is the best teacher. Often, classroom teachers will conduct experiments and demonstrations or have the students watch or participate in a variety of experimental activities. A good teacher is a facilitator and allows the students in the classroom setting to share ideas and explore. Today, the classroom teacher has something else that has been placed in the classroom that will allow the

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The American Drug War – a Conflict Theory Perspective

    The American Drug War – a Conflict Theory Perspective

    In the mid to late 20th Century, the United States has experienced several states of Cultural Revolution. The Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the anti-War Movement during the Vietnam era, and the increasing presence of a widespread, politically active and highly vocalized youth counterculture led the United States government to feel that maybe, they were losing control of their population. The white, upper class men, who for centuries had dominated the political realm, began

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Top

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