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  • Evolution Vs. Creationism: Disproving the Theory of Evolution

    Evolution Vs. Creationism: Disproving the Theory of Evolution

    Evolution vs. Creationism: Disproving The Theory of Evolution Since the 19th century, biologists have questioned the origin of life, asking the question “How did life first begin?” To answer that question, they have come up with two contradicting yet plausible theories, Creation and Evolution. The theory of Creation states that an intelligent being designed each organism. On the other hand, the theory of Evolution states that some form of stimuli sparked one of the earliest

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: David
  • World Systems Theory

    World Systems Theory

    World Systems Theory Unlike former sociological theories, which presented general models of social change with particular focus at the societal level, world-systems theory (or world system perspective) explores the role and relationships between societies (and the subsequent changes produced by them). A theory primarily developed by Immanuel Wallerstein, Samir Amin, Giovanni Arrighi and Andre Gunder Frank in response to the many new activities in the capitalist world-economy during the mid 1970s, world-systems theory is derived

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    Essay Length: 255 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Have Psychological Theories Elucidated the Nature of Anxiety: With Particular Reference to Panic Disorder?

    How Have Psychological Theories Elucidated the Nature of Anxiety: With Particular Reference to Panic Disorder?

    How Have Psychological Theories Elucidated the Nature of Anxiety: With Particular Reference to Panic Disorder Everybody has had experience with anxiety. Indeed anxiety responses have been found in all species right down to the sea slug (Rapee, et al 1998). The concept of anxiety was for a long time bound up with the work of Sigmund Freud where it was more commonly known as neurosis. Freud’s concept of neuroses consisted of a number of conditions

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Max
  • Cells and Cell Theory

    Cells and Cell Theory

    Cells and Cell Theory What advantages does small size give to a cell? Many cellular processes occur by diffusion, which is efficient over short distances, but less efficient over long distances. Since all materials going in and out of a cell must pass through the plasma membrane, the greater the surface area of this membrane, the faster a given quantity of molecules can pass through. Smaller cells have a much greater surface-to-volume ratio than larger

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Theories of Deviance Applied to Drug Use

    Theories of Deviance Applied to Drug Use

    Theories of Deviance Applied to Drug Use Since the dawn of society there have been people whose behavior differed from the rest of society. There are many different theories and perspectives on why people do things like abuse drugs, and although we my never have all the answers, sociology still help us to understand the problem better. In order to understand the theories of deviance, and apply them to drug use in our society one

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Alderfer Erg Theory in Management

    Alderfer Erg Theory in Management

    1.1 Introduction:- The ERG Theory of Clayton P. Alderfer is a model that appeared in 1969 in a Psycholo -gical Review article entitled "An Empirical Test of a New Theory of Human Need". In a reaction to the famous Hierarchy of Needs by Maslow, Alderfer distinguishes three categories of human needs that influence worker's behavior; existence, relatedness and growth. The ERG categories of human needs are Existence Needs: physiological and safety needs (such as hunger,

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Theory Assignment on American History X

    Theory Assignment on American History X

    Theory Assignment on American History X This movie tells the story of a young man, from Southern California, that is the product of several unfortunate incidents, and his misguided search trying to answer the question why his life is the way it is. I. Daniel appeared to be dealing with the adolescent stage. Daniel seems to have developed his sense of self worth by mimicking his older brother. Daniels significant relationships, since his brothers incarceration

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Bred
  • Explain the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Examine

    Explain the Theory of Multiple Intelligences and Examine

    “Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and move in productive directions. An important part of that understanding is knowing who we are and what we can do…” (Gardner, 1999 ch1, p1-3) Howard Gardner’s developed theory of multiple intelligences has been a positive and influential contribution to the study of education and learning. Gardner’s theory has enabled researchers and educators to alter and

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Vika
  • Drawing on Appropriate Theory & Examples (i.E. Published Research, Case Studies and Personal Examples) Discuss the Extent to Which Managers Can Influence the Culture of an Organisation?

    Drawing on Appropriate Theory & Examples (i.E. Published Research, Case Studies and Personal Examples) Discuss the Extent to Which Managers Can Influence the Culture of an Organisation?

    Culture is a term that is used in workplaces discussions but it is taken for granted that we understand what it means. In their publication In Search of Excellence, Peters and Waterman (1982) drew a lot of attention to the importance of culture to achieve high levels of organisational effectiveness. They made use of over 100 years of theory and research in cultural anthropology and folklore studies to inspire and legitimise their efforts. This generated

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Normative Theory and Policy Evaluation

    Normative Theory and Policy Evaluation

    Public Administration & Management: An Interactive Journal 6, 3, 2001, pp. 87-90 Normative Theory and Policy Evaluation Stuart Nagel MKM-PSO-DSI Center and University of Illinois I. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS An interesting question concerns the ethical obligations of people who do policy analysis research. Such research often involves ethical dilemmas that relate to: 1. Whether one's purposes should include prescription or evaluation, as well as prediction or explanation. 2. Whether or not to work to maximize the

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Yan
  • Social Learning Theory

    Social Learning Theory

    Social learning theory In criminology, Ronald Akers and Robert Burgess (1966) developed Social Learning Theory to explain deviancy by combining variables which encouraged delinquency (e.g. the social pressure from delinquent peers) with variables that discouraged delinquency (e.g. the parental response to discovering delinquency in their children). [edit] Discussion Social Learning Theory was derived from the work of Gabriel Tarde (1912: 322) which proposed that social learning occurred through three stages of imitation: • close contact,

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Why Volumes, Prices, and Margins Vary over the Product Life Cycle?

    Why Volumes, Prices, and Margins Vary over the Product Life Cycle?

    Why do volumes, prices, and margins vary over the product life cycle? Can you provide an example? The same factors that are the key to reaching maximum market potential Awareness, Availability, Ability to Use, Benefit Deficiency, and Affordability. Take the release of both Apples’ iPod and iPhone, both of these products had great pre-release awareness, during the pre-release a lot of people learned from reading press releases and other media how to use them.

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Questions About the Egan Theory

    Questions About the Egan Theory

    10. Egan has a bias toward "client action" in his model. What does this mean? (292-293) Although clients set goals that are directly related to their problem situations, there are also metagoals or superoridnate goals that would make them more effective in pursuing the goals they set and in leading fuller lives. The overall goal of helping clients become more effective in problem management and opportunity development is important. Another metagoal is to help clients

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: July
  • The Theories of Delinquency

    The Theories of Delinquency

    The Theories of Delinquency Susanne Trujillo Juvenile Delinquency JUS 365 Susanne Trujillo September 22, 2007 Various attempt s have been made by Theorists to understand juvenile delinquency and the reasons why juveniles commit crimes, including any remedies that may be applied to prevent juvenile criminal behavior. Early theories of juvenile delinquency were important to the first juvenile court formed in Cook County, IL in 1899(del Carmen and Trulson, 33). . However, only a few select

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike
  • Flaning in a Price War

    Flaning in a Price War

    Flanking in a Price War Article Main Points Summary The article begins by giving a brief analysis of a study that was conducted in Quebec in the early 1980's involving the grocery industry. It discusses a point of time before the leader in market share, Steinberg, Inc., initiated a price war. One of the authors of the article, Roger J Calantone, was involved in an experiment with one of the smaller grocery chains, IGA. The

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: regina
  • Manaerial Theories of He 21st Century

    Manaerial Theories of He 21st Century

    Contents Management vs Leadership 3 Management 4 Fig. 1 – Managerial Roles 5 Cross Cultural Diversity and Globalisation 6 Hofstede 6 Flexibility 8 Fig. 1 8 Shamrock Model 9 Managerial Theories of the 21st Century Businesses are all around; they compile the backbone of society’s configuration. Without the innovations and opportunities that are brought by these companies, lifestyle, as we know it, would be a shadow of how it is today. Due to the importance

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Jack
  • Labeling Theory - Sociology

    Labeling Theory - Sociology

    Gender refers to the significance a society attaches to the biological categories of female and male. Typically they are differentiated into feminine and masculine traits. Biologically, males and females reveal limited differences. GENDER IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE The Israeli Kibbutzim The significance played by culture in the development of gender is illustrated by various types of research, including studies that focus on egalitarian gender role patterns in the Israeli kibbutzim. Margaret Mead's Research Other cross-cultural evidence,

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: David
  • Low Pricing Strategy

    Low Pricing Strategy

    Executive Summary The IKEA Group, one of the world’s top furniture retailers, has emerged as the fastest-growing furniture retailer in the US. To become one of the leading furniture retailers in such huge and promising market, it has set an ambitious goal to have 50 stores around the US by 2013. IKEA has 4 branches in Los Angeles alone. From 1997 to 2001, the revenues of IKEA doubled from $66 million to $1.27 billion in

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Mike
  • Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

    Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development During the 1920s, a biologist named Jean Piaget proposed a theory of cognitive development of children. He caused a new revolution in thinking about how thinking develops. In 1984, Piaget observed that children understand concepts and reason differently at different stages. Piaget stated children's cognitive strategies which are used to solve problems, reflect an interaction BETWEEN THE CHILD'S CURRENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE AND experience in the world. Research on cognitive development

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Pricing and Consumption

    Pricing and Consumption

    PRICING AND CONSUMPTION ABSTRACT In traditional business upon making pricing strategy, such factors as costs, retail channels, advertisements and consumptive psychology need to be taken into consideration. All these factors are under drastic changes due to intensive competition in market. Managers spend a lot of time thinking about how to get customers to buy their products and services but that’s just half the battle. If organization wishes to build long-term relationships with customers they must

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jack
  • Products, Services, and Prices in the Free Market Economy

    Products, Services, and Prices in the Free Market Economy

    Abstract A free market economy is a market where price is determined by the unregulated interchange of supply and demand (Wikipedia 2006). This free market economy allows American citizens, rather than government, to make decisions regarding economic activities and transactions. This allows businesses the luxury of providing goods or services at a cost that would benefit them financially. The business must decide whether to increase or decrease the price of a good or service in

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Edward
  • Equity Theory

    Equity Theory

    Equity Theory, also known as Adams' Equity Theory, attempts to explain relational satisfaction in terms of perceptions of fair/unfair distributions of resources within interpersonal relationships. It was first developed in 1963 by John Stacy Adams, a workplace and behavioral psychologist, who asserted that employees seek to maintain equity between the inputs that they bring to a job and the outcomes that they receive from it against the perceived inputs and outcomes of others (Adams, 1965).

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Price for Freedom Is Too High By: Amber Paysinger

    The Price for Freedom Is Too High By: Amber Paysinger

    The Price for Freedom Is Too High By: Amber Paysinger Eminent domain is the right by the government to take private property for a public purpose or project, such as industrial parks, interstates, utility lines, and other governmental projects. Condemnation is when people are offered a certain amount of compensation and have the opportunity to object or file a complaint to appeal the amount in which they have received. The Constitution of America requires the

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Gas Prices

    Gas Prices

    Gas prices are about $1.99, $1.95, and even as low as $1.89 a gallon in and around the area. After seeing prices reach as high as $3 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, drivers are welcoming the new and much improved gas prices. The United States uses more oil than they can produce and must look towards foreign countries. An organization called O.P.E.C. controls approximately four fifths of the worlds oil reserves in the non-communist

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • Can Biological Theories Explain Rolex Watches in Addition to Peacocks Tails?

    Can Biological Theories Explain Rolex Watches in Addition to Peacocks Tails?

    Can biological theories explain Rolex watches in addition to peacock’s tails? As humans, we do many things which are not instrumentally useful in an evolutionary sense: we dance, get drunk, create art, listen to music, and dress up in expensive clothing, amongst other things. These exhibitions of “useless” behaviours cannot be accounted for simply because we are reported to be in an evolutionary disequilibrium (Kirk et al, 2001); even our ancestors exhibited many of these

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jon

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