Contemporary Issues Psychology provides an insight on contemporary issues in a number of ways as it strives to comprehend how we think‚ act and feel. It uses scientific methods to research social influence‚ perception and social interaction (Tyson‚ Jones and Elcock‚ 2011). Body image has been viewed as a psychological construct by Wykes and Gunter (2005). When an individual is continually labelled and considered in a certain way‚ he or she then develops a self-image. The self-image indicates
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria like most developing nations of the world is faced with myriad of problems and harsh realities which include poverty‚ unemployment‚ conflicts and diseases. These situations pose great challenges to the very existence of individuals in most developing nations thereby calling for the training of educated man and women who can function effectively in the society in which they live in. available information by National Universities Commission (NUC) (2004) reiterate the massive
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Contemporary Social Work Practise Taking into consideration all the material received regarding the Benjamin family‚ I have chosen to make use of the think child‚ think parent and think family approach in analysing the material. This method identifies what changes are required to improve service planning‚ delivery and practice and this will assist to improve the wellbeing and life chances of families affected by parental health. This essay will examine all the material provided focusing particularly
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asylum seekers and refugees arriving in Australia by boat. As the complex issues surrounding asylum seekers in Australia are increasingly challenged‚ constant changes due to globalisation and population flow affect Australia’s political‚ economic and social attitude towards the people who are seeking asylum (Jupp‚ 2007). “As at 31 December 2012‚ there were 45.2 million people in the world who had been forcibly displaced from their homes as a result of persecution‚ conflict‚ generalised violence and
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Managing Challenges in Banking Industry By: Dr. Sudhindra Bhat MBA‚ MFM‚ ACS‚ M.Phil‚ PGDS&MM‚ PGDIR&PM‚ PhD** Management Faculty‚ Consultant and Corporate Trainer Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences 1st Cross‚ 1st stage‚ Peenya industrial Area‚ Bangalore-560 058 E-mail: bhatt1978@yahoo.com Financial System is the most important institutional and functional vehicle for economic transformation of any country. Banking sector is reckoned as a hub and barometer of the financial
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with varied problems. Years after serious problems were exposed to the public‚ it has become increasingly apparent that our elections system is technologically‚ legally‚ and administratively inadequate and unfair. Over the last three years‚ INEC‚ Nigerian politicians‚ civil society organizations‚ and the international community have all sought to learn from 1999 and 2003 elections by launching projects that aim to improve the Nigerian electoral process (Carl Le Van‚ 2006). PROBLEMS The management
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Law‚ Corporate Objective and Social Responsibility: The Nigerian Situation Background Information Corporate associations largely influence the lives of humans and economies of nations. Confederation of British Industry rightly notes that human ‘...lifestyle is determined by the activities and the style of businesses’. [1] These businesses are in turn largely determined by the activities and styles of companies.[2] Therefore‚ the impacts of businesses and their organisations on
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SOLUTIONS TO THE NIGER DELTA PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA AN ASSIGNMENT WRITTEN IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE DVS 512: TECHNOLOGY‚ ENERGY‚ NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT BY ISU‚ DORATHY AKWUGO PG/MSC/07/46529 LECTURER: DR. OGAKWU INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES‚ UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ ENUGU CAMPUS. AUGUST 2009 BACKGROUND The Niger Delta produces the oil wealth which accounts for the bulk of Nigeria’s foreign earnings. Paradoxically however‚ these vast revenues
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is a social problem? A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Everyone would agree about some social problems‚ such as murders and DWI traffic deaths. Other social problems may be viewed as such by certain groups of people. Teenagers who play loud music in a public park obviously do not view it as a problem‚ but some other people may consider it an undesirable social condition. Some nonsmokers view smoking as an undesirable social condition
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What Are Social Problems? Answer A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Social problems directly or indirectly affect a person or many members of a society and are considered to be problems‚ controversies related to moral values or both. A few examples of social problems include murder‚ drug abuse etc. A social issue (also called a social problem or a social situation) is an issue that relates to society’s perception of a person’s
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