What is homeostasis? Homeostasis is split up into 2 words‚ Homeo meaning same and stasis meaning inactivity. Homeostasis are internal conditions that are controlled within the body‚ these conditions must be controlled within their limits in which they can hold. Examples of controlled factors within in the body are water control‚ temperature regulation and any blood condition. Homeostasis is a very important factor to life. Homeostasis is a dynamic process of sending and receiving information to
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illness as some point in their life. With that being said‚ who is to say normal isn’t having a mental illness versus not having one. If more people do than don’t‚ wouldn’t it make more sense to say the majority is normal? I think it really depends on what someone’s definition of normal is‚ but in my opinion‚ no‚ nobody is really “normal. Mental health is a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions
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The topic of intersectionality was discussed in our daily interactions during our week 5 discussion. The term intersectionality was actually first coined in 1989 by black legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw within her essay Black legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in her profound essay‚ “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine‚ Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics.” Instersectionality is a sociological
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What is temperament? What is the relation between temperament and personality traits in adulthood? Over time‚ I have noticed that I have become more impatient‚ I let negativity come to mind before positivism‚ and sometimes‚ I just don’t want to hear it. This is not my complete personality at its best‚ but the innocent mind that used to be open to people’s stories thinks a bit more skeptically and suspiciously. Though skeptical‚ I do enjoy listening to people’s encounters and feelings. I am
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and by whom should healthcare be provided. (ANA 2007). Even though this is a pertinent issue‚ most consumers are often faced with cultural and social factors while healthcare providers on the other hand face some cultural and ethical issues as to what to do in particular circumstances. Definition: Health can be defined in so many ways. As defined by Craven and Hirnle‚ Health may be state of well-being and optimal functioning. It is also defined as interactive
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What is Culture? photo of Edward. B. Tylor Edward B. Tylor (1832-1917) The word culture click this icon to hear the preceding term pronounced has many different meanings. For some it refers to an appreciation of good literature‚ music‚ art‚ and food. For a biologist‚ it is likely to be a colony of bacteria or other microorganisms growing in a nutrient medium in a laboratory Petri dish. However‚ for anthropologists and other behavioral scientists‚ culture is the full range of
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4th Pd What is history? That has been a question philosophers and historians have been asking for centuries. But really what is history? Webster dictionary defines history as "acts‚ ideas‚ or events that will or can shape the course of the future." Is that all history is a series of events leading up the present moment and then on to the future. English historian and philosopher‚ R.G. Collingwood said "History is for human self-knowledge. Knowing yourself means knowing‚ first‚ what it is to
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What is Piety During the Periclean age (around 400 B.C.) in Athens Greece there was a man named Socrates. He was considered a very wise man by the Athenians. However there were men in power who did not care for him or his teachings; Claiming that he corrupted the Athenian youth and did not believe in the Greek gods‚ Socrates was put on trail. On his way to his trial Socrates met a man named Euthyphro‚ a professional priest who is respected by the "authorities" (those who want get rid of Socrates)
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To understand how one’s work is related to one’s community‚ it helps to understand what a community is and why they form. There are basically two parts to the definition of community. The first part of the definition states that a community is “A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.” The second part of the definition describes a community as “A group of people having common interests. To me‚ this means that along with the two definitions‚ there are mainly two
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When our teacher asked to us: “What is language?” I couldn’t give a specific answer‚because the language means many things.So‚my mind was bombarded by lots of things.I said to myself: “Language is our identity‚language is our culture‚language is words‚rules‚interfaces‚signs‚reaction‚action‚verbal‚non-verbal‚discourse...”I was confused by that attack of the opinions and couldn’t choose a specific word that identifies language for the teacher’s question.After the class‚when I came to home on the bus
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