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    Historical Development of Atomic Structure Yazan Fahmawi Sept. 30‚ 1995 T3 IBS Chemistry Ms. Redman The idea behind the "atom" goes back to the Ancient Greek society‚ where scientists believed that all matter was made of smaller‚ more fundamental particles called elements. They called these particles atoms‚ meaning "not divisible." Then came the chemists and physicists of the 16th and 17th centuries who discovered various formulae of various salts and water‚ hence discovering the idea of a molecule

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    Biological Theories “Biological theories of crime focus on the physiological‚ biochemical‚ neurological‚ and genetic factors that influence criminal behavior. However‚ such theories also stress the complex link between a person ’s biology and the broad span of social or environmental factors that sociological theories examine” (Denno‚ 2009). Biological factors that contribute to crime are something neurological or chemical related‚ which is not to be confused with a genetic factor that is inherited

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    The psychologist taking the biological approach would respond with an explanation of how the brain may be deficient in a certain area. He/she may suggest that there is a chemical imbalance in the brain causing the irrational actions displayed by the criminal. There may be any number of chemicals in the brain that could be off and affecting reactions in the nervous system all the way into the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. Additionally‚ the psychologist may attribute genetic markers

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    orientation‚ don’t necessarily look at what makes someone gay or lesbian‚ but rather what causes it at all. During the very early stages of development‚ XX and XY chromosome fetuses‚ share the same traits (1). After 9 weeks‚ fetuses are given higher levels of testosterone to begin the process of a male-typical body. During prenatal development‚ there are biological factors that influence diverse sexual orientation in humans. Prenatal sex hormones are a good focus when looking at why humans are gynephilic

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    University of the Philippines Los Banos BIOLOGICAL CONTROL Jeff C. Ebio G-1L INTRODUCTION Farmers sure aim to have abundant and healthy agricultural produce but that became so elusive as the prevalence of disease-causing fungi or bacteria and defective planting materials remain a challenge. To cease all these through a necessary and effective pest management and disease control schema must be utilized. Using chemical pesticide would be a usual resort though

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    Discuss biological factors in the formation and development of gender roles. As people grow older they began to develop more complex ideas about gender. This includes their sense of gender identity as well as their knowledge of gender roles. Gender identity is one’s sense of being male or female. By the age of two‚ most children can correctly label their own or another person’s sex or gender. Between the ages of 3 1/2 to 7‚ children grasp be at the idea that a person’s biological characteristics

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    Examine the environmental impacts of development on the coast and the conflict it causes (10). (1)VISUAL POLLUTION – big ugly container ports eg Dibden – Southampton. The coast is traditionally a very attractive place that is why there has been a process of: COASTALISATION - increasing population density along the coastlines‚ as people seek a better quality of life outside of cities and inland areas which leads to: (2)SEWAGE – more pressure of housing and growth of coastal resorts means

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    A study was carried out by two third year psychology students to investigate Piaget ’s stage theory. A 4 years old female child was tested in task of comprehension of more and less‚ followed standard and modified versions of conservation and class inclusion tasks. Results indicated that child exhibited difficulties in both modified conservation and class inclusion tasks despite the removal of some confounds in standard tasks. This infers that children of pre-operational stage do lack the ability

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    Throughout history there have been several factors that contributed to the historical evolution and development of the various mass media in the United States. Print‚ broadcast‚ and electronic media have changed drastically since man was first introduced to them. The speed of these changes are occurring more rapidly now‚ altering the different forms of media along with it. Though these changes have brought forth many benefits‚ a few negative impacts have been brought along as well. Print media

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    Sheriff (1963) defined social psychology as “ The scientific study of the experience and behaviour of individuals in relation to social- stimuli situations ”as cited in Sahakian (1982).What most social psychologists study are a person’s responses stimuli originating with fellow other people. The history of social psychology can be sought at in stages. The first is the anti-democratic French crowd psychology which was around 1900‚ the democratic attitude research in the United States which was between

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