Sociological Explanations for the Existence and Persistence of Poverty Dependency based Explanations These sorts of explanations argue that the poor are in some way‚ the cause of their own poverty. At their most extreme‚ they suggest that the welfare system in Britain actually makes people dependant on it by providing an attractive alternative to work. Different approaches exist‚ based on: The dependency culture The culture of poverty The underclass The Dependant Individual This idea
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess different sociological explanations of suicide. (21 marks) Suicide is the intentional taking of one’s own life and sociologists over the years have tried to put forward various explanations for why someone may do this. Within sociology there are many different views on suicide on the causes and explanations for it‚ these come from two main methodologies which are Positivists who believe that sociology is a science and they should aim to make causal
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Human evolution is the evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of modern humans. While it began with the last common ancestor of all life‚ the topic usually covers only the evolutionary history of primates‚ in particular the genus Homo‚ and the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of hominids (or "great apes"). The study of human evolution involves many scientific disciplines‚ including physical anthropology‚ primatology‚ archaeology‚ linguistics‚ evolutionary psychology‚ embryology
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The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Trimester 1‚ 2012 73198 Human Development Final Examination Time allowed Three hours‚ plus 10 minutes to read this paper. Instructions Section A Answer all of the 30 multiple-choice questions on the answer sheet provided at the back of this paper. Attach this answer sheet to your examination booklet securely. Answer any 14 of the 18 short answer questions. Section B Mark Allocation Topic Section A Section B Multiple choice questions (all 30 questions)
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Book Notes AP Notes Citation Generator More Essays » Health » Health Administration Human Resource Maintenance By AnimeAddict1‚ December 2012 | 7 Pages (1‚738 Words) | 362 Views | 1 2 3 4 5 1 rating(s) Report | This is a Premium essay for upgraded members Upgrade to access full essay Human Resource Maintenance Its function includes: 1. Worker Orientation 2. Physical working conditions 3. Motivation
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STATION (B) NATION (C) MOTION (D) MOUTH Answer: (D) Explanation: There is no ?H? letter in the given word. Therefore‚ the word MOUTH cannot be formed. 2. Which letter in the word ?Vertex? should be changed to mean spiral movement ? (A) 1st (B) 2nd (C) 4th (D) Last Answer: (B) 3. If MONKO is coded as 57637‚ then how KLJMN be coded in the same code ? (A) 32456 (B) 34256 (C) 35156 (D) 32546 Answer: (B) Explanation: As‚ M O N K O ? ? ? ? ? 5 7 6 3 7 Therefore
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Outline and evaluate two social psychological theories of aggression Bandura’s Social Learning Theory suggests that acts of aggression are learnt through the observation of role models. His original “Bobo Doll” study showed that when exposed to aggressive behaviour small children copied this behaviour‚ not just by being physically aggressive but even copying the verbally aggressive behaviour. However this study focuses on children who are supposed to learn in this manner‚ this doesn’t demonstrate
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Functionalism is a consensus structuralist theory‚ which sees the source of crime and deviance located in the structure of society. Although crime and deviance might be stigmatised in society‚ some sociologist think it is important to have it occur and there are some benefits to it. Durkheim (1982) argued that crime is an inevitable feature of social life‚ because individuals are composed to different influences and circumstances‚ and so not everyone can be equally committed to the shared values
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I CANNOT TELL A LIE Indian Father lines up his three sons. "One of you pushed outhouse over cliff‚ two nights ago. Which of you did it?" "Not me" "not me!" "Not me!!!" "Come on‚ I promise not to punish you. Who did it?" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Not me!" "Let me tell you story of great American hero‚ George Washington. When he was a boy‚ he chopped down a cherry tree. His father came to him and asked‚ ’George‚ did you chop down that cherry tree?’ ’I cannot tell a lie‚ father‚ I chopped
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American life is a song wrote by American singer-songwriter Madonna Basically the song is about how she tried to be something she is not and then realize that what she had being tried in the end is meaningless . The song could be divided in three part‚ in which contains and delivers completely different viewpoint. From its very opening line‚ “Do I have to change my name /will it get me far /should I lose some weight /Am I goanna be a star” offering an image of finding a way to stay at the top
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