In 1492‚ West African societies are currently under Songhai rule‚ but Sonni Ali is dying and Askia Mohammed is going into rule gaining everything left from Sonni Ali‚ including Timbuktu. Timbuktu was the trading and cultural center for the Mali. Askia Mohammed is focused predominantly on expansion of the empire through strengthening Muslim ties and reforming government‚ banking‚ and education. European societies discussed in these sections include Spain‚ Portugal‚ France‚ and England. Spain‚ Portugal
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Describe the contributions to society of the Cognitive and Psychodynamic Approaches‚ and compare the two approaches in terms of their scientific status (18) The Cognitive Approach provides two contributions to society; Reliability of Eyewitness Testimonies and Cognitive Interviews. The cognitive interview technique has been developed from a number of models of memory and forgetting from the cognitive approach‚ which is used to interview eyewitnesses of crimes. The major two contributors are cue-dependency
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The question that is being asked here is what is the West? The west can be defined as many different things‚ but According to Levack‚ B.‚ Muir‚ E.‚ & Veldman‚ M. (2011) the west is a “place” (p. 2). The west is thought of to be traditionally compromised of certain regions like Europe‚ the Americas‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand. There are in fact many ideas that are evolving around western civilization such as form of governments‚ methods of scientific inquiry‚ religions‚ and languages just to name
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(the respect for what is sacred) and religare (to bind‚ in the sense of an obligation)‚ the word religion is an organised collection of belief and practice systems‚ focusing on what people determine to be sacred or spiritual. Throughout history and societies across the world‚ religious leaders have used sacred narratives‚ symbols and traditions in an attempt to give more meaning to life and to gain wisdom through the understanding of the universe. In every known culture throughout centuries‚ a form of
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Critically evaluate the contributions of functionalism to the study of society. Functionalist theory is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. It can be argued that the functionalist theory has made a significant contribution to the study of society. It originates from the work of Emile Durkheim who suggests that social order is possible and society remains stable due to the functioning of several institutions. Everything has a specific function in society and society will always function
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Wessay The United Staes were trying to push people to settle in the west brought a lot of trouble. Since‚ Settlers and Native Americans thought very differently there were many conflicts between them. They both thought in different ways about the land usage‚ settlement‚ and ownership. Native Americans thought different about land usage than the Settlers did. The Native Americans thought that land should not be purchased or sold to anyone. They looked at land as a gift of the Great
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Critically discuss the contribution of positivism to the study of society The positivist research method in the social sciences become more influential by August Comte‚ who tended to build a methodology based on facts rather than speculation. For Comte‚ the social sciences should concentrate on scientific laws rather than contemplation (Marcuse‚ 1941‚ p. 345). This theoretical perspective continues to be the present method of conducting research. This essay argues that positivism has accelerated
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Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of society [33 marks] Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates. They believe that structure is categorised into two kinds of structure; the infrastructure and the superstructure. They believe the infrastructure is made up of the economic base and is made up of the social relations between the producers and who owns the means
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Gibbs Award (1921) Spouse Pierre Curie (1859–1906) Children Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) Ève Curie (1904–2007) Signature Humble beginnings Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium‚ and her huge contribution to the fight against cancer. Born Maria Sklodowska on November 7‚ 1867 in Warsaw‚ Poland‚ she was the youngest of five children of poor school teachers. After her mother died and her father could no longer support her she become a governess;
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Access the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of the society The key concepts within functionalism are collective conscience‚ that all of society must have shared values and beliefs as it is crucial to achieve social order for the well being of society‚ they believe that this can be achieved through value consensus‚ that for society to live in consensus it must socialise its members into a set of norms and values to ensure society can work harmoniously and to meet it’s basic needs
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