...per se? We always believe that marriage (or matrimony) has always been a formalized relationship between a man and a woman, recognized by law and society, by which they become husband and wife. There are several competing definitions of marriage. To start with, Webster’s New Explorer Desk Encyclopedia defines marriage as “a legally and socially sanctioned union, usually between a man and a woman, that is regulated by laws, rules, customs, beliefs, and attitudes that prescribe the rights and duties of the partners and accords status to their offspring (if any).” Merriam- Webster dictionary has a little different meaning of marriage in the second statement. It defines marriage as “(1) the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law; (2) the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage.” A gender-neutral meaning of marriage from the book of Haviland, Prins, McBride, & Walrath (2001) entitled Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge states that “A non-ethnocentric definition of marriage is a culturally sanctioned union between two or more people that establishes certain rights and obligations between the people, between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws.” The word marriage has evolved over time by law and soon became more accepted today in our society as couples spent more years of living together rather...
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...Jung's theory of psychological types. Jung saw the human psyche as "by nature religious" and made this religiousness the focus of his explorations.]Jung is one of the best known contemporary contributors to dream analysis and symbolisation. Through research, I have discovered Jung was a practising clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring areas such as Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. Jung's interest in philosophy and the occult see him a mystic person, even though he wanted to be seen as a man of science. One of Jung’s greatest contributions to psychology is his theory of personality types. Jung found that different people...
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... 2015 The history of anthropology and racism is knotted and complex. Thoughts of human nature and life anthropology need to include replications on anthropology and racism today. The essential to answering the question of what is Anthropology is the real mystery? In this essay we will discover how anthropology and racism are intertwined and affect our lives. Racism today takes the form of financial and political differences, arranged along the collective group of race. These two things are both facts and still very much present. Before saying anything about the human evolution and biology, it would be necessary to understand ideas of the race shape scientific investigation. The human evolution to categorizing hominin species to discussions about Neanderthal and denisovan breeding and potentially entering the race of ideas, configurations of anthropology and racism today. I like to give you a little insight to how we will look into races the black race is a race that has been abused in time past. They tend to be violent especially to themselves. They are group of that have some that think only of themselves or do anything to move up the latter. The things that is so amazing about this group of people is how they will come together when one of there on has been wronged be another race but they turn around and do it to themselves. Figure that out and let me know. Nacirema are culture that is very superstitious and are determined to live a quality of life. The central belief...
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...complex. In order to convey information properly it must be written in a manner that various audiences can comprehend. This task requires that the author maintain organization and logic throughout the communication. Key components of this method of conveying data are; tone, content, purpose, and attention to the specific audiences the information will be relayed to. Authors of academic documents should bear in mind that information needs to be basic enough so that people of varied backgrounds can leave the conversation with the knowledge relayed in the writing. Some ways to accomplish this is by paying strict attention to; grammar, choice of font, language, punctuation, diction, and word usage. Those who wish to prepare documents for academia are responsible for their words and should approach the task with careful consideration. Wk2 DQ1 In what situations are compare-and-contrast essays effective? When would that style be ineffective? What is the difference? The situations preferable for using compare-and-contrast essays are when I am trying to win over client on business proposals. It gives the client the opportunity to look at the competition as well as, our product and decide which would be the best fit for their organization is. In business, it is imperative that you show the difference in a way that is positive toward the organization making the proposal. This style would not be effective when individuals are presenting a narrative or thematic illustration. In this case...
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...It is said that the conception of evil is controversial. The definitions of evil are explained differently in both ordinary and in a particular field such as ethics. The questions we mostly concern about are whether or not there are actual evil persons and how they look like or the reasons make them become evil persons. In this essay, firstly I will discuss two main factors including circumstances and luck, which are concerned as have essential influence on people’s attitude and behaviour in order to perform actions. Secondly, I will demonstrate whether evil persons should be condemned or blameworthy. Finally, I will indicate another factor which was mentioned in Russell’s article is subject’s autonomy because I think it can be considered as the significant factor in order to decide whether a subject is evil person or not. Before discussing the two factors, circumstance and luck, it is important to understand what evil persons and evil actions are in different accounts. It can be said that there is a relation between evil action and evil person. But what we are judging here is evil action, not evil person though evil action can make an even ordinary person become an evil person and it seems that only evil persons can carry out evil actions. According to psychological thin account, evil action is considered as evil if it is culpable wrong and connect to the extreme harm, whereas psychological thick account adds another point to this, is evil action also encounter with the combination...
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...knowledge. Candidate Name: Nastassja Isabelle Session Number: 002636-063 School Name: Binus International School Simprug Session: May 2013 Word Count: 1598 “The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason”, American author, Marya Mannes once said. Emotion is defined as a strong feeling deriving from one’s circumstances, mood, or relationships with others. In the pursuit of knowledge, there are times when emotion could be involved in order to gain a better understanding of a certain aspect. However, relying on emotions too much could also cloud our judgment, for it is a very subjective way of knowing. This essay will discuss how reliable our emotion is in the pursuit of knowledge in two areas of knowledge; history and the arts. To start with, emotion plays a big part in judging historical figures and events that were immortalized through history books. The question is, would it be accurate enough to judge them solely based on our emotions? Take Richard III for example. He is known as an evil deformed hunchback in history. Shakespeare had popularized Richard III’s ‘deformed hunchback’ image by his famous historical tragedy titled “Richard III” where he was portrayed as a king who ruthlessly lies, murders, and manipulates, so many people had viewed Richard III like that. Shakespeare’s “Richard III” was one of the plays I had to study in my Literature and Performance class, so I knew the character of Richard well enough...
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...rants on the perils of trusting our lives and fortunes to the decision-making of people who were gullible, uninformed, and unreflective. Had he lived to experience the economic collapse of 2008 and 2009, he would have surely added more to his caustic but accurate assessments regarding how failing to anticipate the consequences of one’s decisions often leads to disastrous results not only for the decision maker, but for many other people as well. After years of viewing higher education as more of a private good which benefits only the student, we are again beginning to appreciate higher education as being also a public good which benefits society. Is it not a wiser social policy to invest in the education of the future workforce, rather than to suffer the financial costs and endure the fiscal and social burdens associated with economic weakness, public health problems, crime, and avoidable poverty? Perhaps that realization, along with its obvious advantages for high level strategic decision making, is what lead the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to comment on critical thinking in his commencement address to a graduating class of military officers. Teach people to make good decisions and you equip them to improve © 2013, 2011, 2006, 2004, 1998, 1992, Peter A. Facione, Measured Reasons and The California Academic Press, Millbrae, CA Permission to Reprint for Non-Commercial Uses This essay is published by Insight Assessment. The original appeared in 1992 and has been updated...
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...Explore Wilde’s Presentation of Women in “A Woman of No Importance” A woman of no importance was written late in the Victorian period and was first published in 1893. This was a time of change in traditional English society, the class system, that has stood in place for so many years, was brought into question, a long with the role of women in society with early ideas of gender equality and ‘women’s suffrage’ campaigns. In ‘A woman of no importance’ Wilde explores these changing views and offers several, contrasting presentations of women that existed in Upper Class Victorian society, which I will explore in this essay. One presentation, which some may perceive as the most obvious one, is that women are weak, feeble creatures who need male influence in their lives in order to be able to function. There are several examples of women being presented this way throughout the play; firstly, the way in which Mrs Arbuthnot is shown to be completely dependent on the males in her life throughout the play, firstly on George Harford, and then on Gerald. In the passionate speech she makes to Gerald at the end of act 3 she tells him, in the third person, of her undying love for George she felt at the age of eighteen, ‘he made her love him so much that she left her father’s house’, for her to leave her home and ‘(to break her) father’s heart’, Rachel must have felt that she could not live without George, showing her total devotion and dependence on him. Earlier in the play, we see how...
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...What is Emergent Literacy? Emergent Literacy is the reading and writing concept, behavior and dispositions that precede and develop into conventional reading and writing. Recently the term “reading readiness” has given way “emergent literacy” by which we mean the many skills children need for reading and writing. From the time they were born and continuing through the preschool years, each child picks up in his or her own way. Listening, speaking, reading and writing are all part of emergent literacy. Literacy really begins when an infant coos or babbles, then hears those sound repeated by a responsive and loving adults. These early conversation, which can make adults feel a little silly, and a gentle introduction to spoken language and will soon change into soon change into the sound and rhythms of language. Adults encourage these beginning steps in to language by singing, saying nursery rhymes, doing finger play and sharing picture books. Reading Readiness vs Emergent Literacy Reading readiness has been defined as a point at which a person is ready to learn to read and the time during which a person transition from begin a non-reader into a reader. Other terms for reading readiness include early literacy while emergent literacy is how young children interact with books when reading and writing, even though they could not read or write in the conventional sense. According to piaget theory of cognitive development the concept of reading readiness refers to the...
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...badly. This goes to show that biasness/unreliable data is known to throw things out of perspective and give people false hope. The results of that particular election caused rioting for several weeks. Once this phenomenon comes into the picture of any questionnaire the findings can create profound negative impact. The most frequent and important ways of misconduct in scientific research are falsifying results, plagiarize and over-interpretation. Motives are prestige, money, pressure of time and conflict of interests. The "publish or perish" phenomenon and the sometimes difficult attainable deadlines play an important role. Furthermore, there is a "gray-zone" in which clinical scientific researchers are influenced particularly by the pharmaceutical industry, leading to the writing of tendentious publications. (Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 2004). Over the last 25 years, a small but growing body of research on research behavior has slowly provided a more complete and critical understanding of research practices, particularly in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The results of this research suggest that some earlier assumptions about irresponsible conduct are not reliable, leading to the conclusion that there is a need to change the way we think about and regulate research behavior. This paper begins with suggestions and support for more precise definitions of the terms “responsible conduct of research,” “research ethics,” and “research integrity.” It then summarizes...
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...Responsibility SOC 120 Should Same-Sex Marriage be Legalized? For many years, the debate of should same-sex marriage be legalized has been a topic unsettled. I believe that same-sex marriage should be legalized because not allowing same-sex marriage is discrimination against minorities, protected by the constitution, and is not a sin according to Bible verses. Those against the idea argue homosexuality is a sin, marriage should be between a man and a woman, and same-sex marriage will weaken the institution of marriage. So which side is correct? And what side are you on? This essay will provide you with the facts about same-sex marriage so that you will be able to answer these questions and form an educated opinion on the topic. When arguing if homosexuality is wrong or right, religious arguments often quote scriptures. The problem with this is that the scriptures being quote have more to the meaning than homosexuality. For example, in Genesis 2:18-25 (NIV), when God created Adam and Eve, one of the biggest sayings is that “God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” The first problem with using this saying is that it is true God created male and female, as this is the way you reproduce. The verse is not indicating that God created Adam and Eve as husband and wife. Another argument from this verse is that “God created our body’s to be used in a certain way, and we should not use them in any other way.” Well, God created our mouth and ears for communications, our hands...
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...statement ‘people working in teams always achieve their goals more efficiently and effectively than people working alone’. By relating academic research and the author’s personal observations to the theories of team development, team design, team effectiveness and motivation, this report will identify and analyse key factors that impact on team performance both positively and negatively to assist in drawing a conclusion as to the validity of the above statement. 1.2 Relevance With every day that goes by the world edges closer to a globalized economy; as the furious advancement of technology continues with unyielding pace, organisations are expanding at a rate that is phenomenal. These organisations have started to reach for every source of information from newspapers to academic journals, from discoveries to breakthroughs to find a way to feed their growing expansion even faster. And with that has come the subject of teams. Numerous articles have been published about the benefits of teams. Peters & Waterman, (1982) as cited in Castka et al.,(2001) refer to teamwork as a critical factor in the most successful of companies. Another author, Colenso, (2000) as cited in Castka et al., (2001), suggests that if teams are used effectively it can result in significant improvements to productivity, creativity and employee satisfaction. The results of this research allow readers to gain some insight into the critical issues that affect team performance. 2.0 Teams 2.1 Definition There...
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...knowing/head, feeling/heart and doing/hands respectively). Within the domains, learning at the higher levels is dependent on having attained prerequisite knowledge and skills at lower levels.[4] A goal of Bloom's Taxonomy is to motivate educators to focus on all three domains, creating a more holistic form of education.[1] A revised version of the taxonomy was created in 2000.[5][6][7] Bloom's Taxonomy is considered to be a foundational and essential element within the education community as evidenced in the 1981 survey Significant writings that have influenced the curriculum: 1906-1981, by H.G. Shane and the 1994 yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. A mythology has grown around the taxonomy, possibly due to many people learning about the taxonomy through second hand information. Bloom himself considered the Handbook,[1] "One of the most widely cited...
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...Post-National Enquiries Post-National Enquiries: Essays on Ethnic and Racial Border Crossings Edited by Jopi Nyman Post-National Enquiries: Essays on Ethnic and Racial Border Crossings, Edited by Jopi Nyman This book first published 2009 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2009 by Jopi Nyman and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-0593-9, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-0593-3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments ..................................................................................... vii Chapter One................................................................................................. 1 Introduction Jopi Nyman Part I: Crossing Racial Boundaries Chapter Two ................................................................................................ 8 Between Camps: Paul Gilroy and the Dilemma of “Race” Tuire Valkeakari Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 30 Breaking the Apartheid: Blocking Actors of Color in Globalized Multicultural...
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...thesis is not the content of the thesis itself, but the few words of clarity that I have provided after my thesis in my revised essay. I felt that in my previous thesis, I made an arguable claim, but I left the claim at somewhat of a dead end. In this final draft, I shed just a little more light on what I tried to get across to the reader. What I am most pleased with in this revision is the addition of significant comparisons between Don Vito and Michael Corleone, as they are two totally different characters with different tactics in leadership. I feel that the comparisons vividly show that Don Vito is an effective Machiavellian leader, who according to Machiavelli, should remain safe and prosperous; Michael, while also an effective leader, uses more aggressive and hasty tactics to take care of his matters. The most difficult task in my revision process was including enough of an analysis towards some claims I have made. Even though I feel this draft is improved, I feel that I still drag out evidence for a bit too long during some sections of the essay. I hope that you find this essay as persuasive as I found it interesting to write. Thanks for reading, Mike Guzman Michael Guzman March 2011 Professor Chalk Final Draft: Paper #2 A Cold King of Hearts The word “love” brings several unique meanings to the mind. To an individual, love is a jovial feeling upon seeing someone who is cared for. To others, love is a...
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