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    taught typical gender-based knowledge. Knowledge that is usually composed of stereotypical‚ and sexist beliefs. Beliefs like‚ men don’t cry‚ men are supposed to protect females‚ and men are supposed to be both the provider and leaders of their families. With beliefs and thoughts such as these being imposed into the minds of little boys everywhere‚ there’s no wonder why‚ although different in their own individual ways‚ generation after generation of men still subconsciously follow these gender-based guidelines

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    Biological & Humanistic Approaches to Personality Biological & Humanistic Approaches to Personality When breaking down the differences with how Abraham Maslow used personality and development that consisted of theories based solely on the personality part of human needs. His hierarchy of needs pyramid shows the influences of human needs to the formation of unique individual personality. There are factors of biological needs that influence the formation of the way the

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    Lexical Analysis of Gender and Language Theories Muna Mohammed Abbas College of Engineering/ Babylon University 1. Introduction The major thing that distinguishes human beings from animals is basically our way to communicate with each other by using language. We have words for specific things‚ emotions‚ expressions and it appears as though we have words for everything when thinking about it. In each language; words are constructed in a certain way. When working with language‚ it is quite

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    other gender differences‚ miscommunications between males and females can be explained by either the biological aspect or the cultural/environmental aspect. Deborah Tannen‚ a University professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and an Author‚ suggests the biological explanation to be the problem: "Sometimes when you are talking to someone from other gender‚ it is like you are talking to someone from another world‚" when she was talking about communications between opposite genders. That

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    Military use of biological weapons “Biological weapons amount to no more than “weapons of mass disruption” (Introduction to Biological Weapons). Biological weapons are toxic materials taken from pathogens (bacteria)‚ host or target. These can be put in something as simple as a letter‚ in an envelope‚ or something as complex as a missile containing the materials inside. The military should not use biological weapons because the U.S. doesn’t have the funds to protect the country‚ they are

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    Importance of stereoisomers in a biological system Isomers are compounds that have the same molecular formula but different structural formulas. Stereoisomers are isomers that have the same sequence of bonded atoms‚ but they differ in their three dimensional orientation in space. [pic] shown above is an example of the two types of Stereoisomers; Enantiomers‚ which are stereioisomers which are non-superimposible mirror images‚ much the same as one’s left and right hands are the same

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    One biological explanation for unipolar depression is the monoamine hypothesis. The monoamines are a group of neurotransmitters which include serotonin‚ noradrenaline and dopamine. You will recognise the latter‚ dopamine‚ from the biological offering of an explanation for schizophrenia. The monoamines are believed to regulate mood. One of the functions of serotonin is to regulate the other neurotransmitters. Without the regulation provided by serotonin‚ erratic brain functioning and thinking patterns

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    GENDER Gender can be defined as the sex-role that a person takes on according to guidelines or standards instilled in us by society. One can be a male or female biologically‚ but still be perceived as the opposite sex due to the way one may think or present him self or her self. Whether or not we are born with certain biological traits different in male versus female is the nature versus nurture question that has been around for years. Through research‚ science has found that men and women

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    How do the four biological explanations fit together to explain schizophrenia or are they mutually exclusive? The biological explanation can be divided into subcategories to explain schizophrenia; genetic‚ biochemistry (dopamine hypothesis)‚ brain structure and season of birth explanation. Firstly there’s genetics. This view says some people posses certain genes that predispose them to schizophrenia. However‚ if schizophrenia was totally and always inherited then concordance rates between MZ

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    the company name] INTRODUCTION As the name suggests‚ macromolecules are large molecules that make up more than 90% of the total cell mass. These biological macromolecules vary greatly in size - from several hundred to several hundred million molecular weight units - and are made up of monomer units. There are four major classes of biological macromolecules: proteins‚ carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ and nucleic acids (Sheeler & Bianchi‚ 1980). Proteins are made up of polymers of amino acids. The shape

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