Astride Victor Sociology 101 Prof. Michael Fraser December 6‚ 2012 Explain and discuss Sociology concepts. State assumptions and provide examples from the articles to support and strengthen your point of view. Offer your opinion. Write references correctly using the ASA format. c) Ten other sociological concepts (five from each article) Symbol: Is anything a sound‚ a gesture‚ an image‚ an object that represents something else. Refer to the article‚ the 12 year old Autumn
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Discuss the rationale behind the WS and PS curves (12 marks) Keynesian macroeconomics assumes that markets are imperfect and this as the result of lack of competition. The implication of imperfect market is that agents are no longer price takers as in perfect markets‚ but become price setters. In product markets the firms are price setters considering the elasticity of demand which is partly dependant on competition. In the labour market‚ workers are the wage setters. Through collective bargaining
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Is an invitation to treat an offer? Discuss? Answer: Section 2(a)‚ Contracts Act 1950 provides that ‘when one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to the act or abstinence‚ he is said to make a proposal’. Case: M N Guha Majumder v R E Donough [1974] 2 MLJ 114 Facts: Property owned by the defendant was advertised for sale‚ and written offers to purchase were invited. The plaintiff viewed
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Discuss the significance of Strategic Planning to organizations Introduction In discussing the significance of Strategic Planning it is important to clarify the process‚ though complex‚ in a definable manner. (i) “The GUIDING MEMBERS of an organization ENVISION its future and develop the necessary PROCEDURES and OPERATIONS to achieve that future. The strategic plan sets the stage for creating the marketing plan and the financial plan. The risk analysis section of the strategic plan includes the
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Discuss whether taxation is the most effective solution to the market failures arising from negative externalities. Negative externalities are defined as‚ “[negative] third party effects arising from production and consumption of goods and services which no appropriate compensation is paid.” This means the marginal cost curve only takes into account the private costs and not the external/social costs‚ and so there is an overproduction of the good or service. This misallocation of resources means
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stipulates that no language can ever be permanently the same‚ but will always be in a variable and fluctuating state. Every existing language undergoes change with time. To the advantage of human beings‚ these changes occur gradually. Had this not been the case‚ people would be faced with the task of relearning their native language almost every twenty years. As a result of these changes occurring moderately and gradually‚ it change is hardly noticeable. Several English language changes are revealed in written
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Discuss Biological Treatments for Schizophrenia (24 marks) The vast majority of people who suffer from schizophrenia will receive some form of treatment to try and diminish their symptoms. There are drug therapies that help patients to function as well as possible‚ and were founded in the 1950’s when the drugs were given to hospital patients to try and calm their anxiety before surgery but were also found to relieve the symptoms of schizophrenia and so consequently were used for treatment of
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Discuss the Psychoanalysis Treatment of Abnormality Psychoanalysis is based on the idea that abnormal behaviors and feelings could be caused by factors in our unconscious that we are completely unaware of. These may be the result of unresolved conflicts or repressed memories from childhood. The therapist uses several techniques to uncover these factors or memories from the unconscious. The treatment involves a patient and therapist meeting regularly‚ possibly several times a week for several years
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Discuss their health care system’s essential features Dominican Republic VS United States Vanessa Fantauzzi Student St. Petersburg College Research supported by http://www.globalsurance.com/resources/dominican-republic/ The Dominican Republic shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti. The island was reached
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Discuss two biological explanations of depression (8+16 marks) AO1: One biological explanation for depression is family studies. Family studies have proved that having a first-degree relative with depression appears to be a risk factor of depression. These studies select people who already have the depression (the probands) and examine whether other members of their family have been‚ or might be diagnosed with depression. Research has found that around 20% of such relatives have depression compared
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