A. Identify and briefly explain three functions of religion (9 marks) Marxism believes it acts as the ‘opium for the exploited working class people’. Religion would cushion the pain of oppression and exploitation in unequal societies such as in a capitalist society. It legitimized and maintained the power of the ruling class – helps to maintain the status quo by preventing the less powerful from changing things. Feminists see religion as a conservative force because it acts as an ideology that legitimates
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The Role of the Endocrine System Insulin‚ a hormone buried by the pancreas‚ controls blood sugar levels in the body. It travels from the pancreas to the liver in the bloodstream. Other responses are controlled by hormones; the response is slower but longer lasting than if it had been controlled by the nervous system. Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes is an auto-immune disease where the body’s immune system attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. People with type 1 diabetes
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Outline and evaluate restoration explanations for the functions of sleep [8 + 16] intro: Aleep is divided into several different stages. SWS and REM sleep are associated with particular benefits. Oswald (1980) proposed that each of these had different functions - slow wave sleep enables body repair and REM enables brain recovery. SWS – initiates body repair (Oswald) Growth hormone – important in childhood because it stimulates physical growth. Important throughout lifespan for protein synthesis
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Komal Gupta 1313232 Psychology Honours Hindbrain Outline The introduction briefly talks about the hindbrain‚ its location‚ structure and highlights its main functions. It also talks about how the hindbrain is divided. The next topic is about Structure and Function. It first starts with the functions of the hind brain and then mentions each and every function of the brainstem‚ that it‚ the medulla‚ pons and the cerebellum. It also mentions the functions of the cranial nerves. The next section is on
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Function of language Tutorial WEEK 3 Identify the function used (examples of sentence) 1. Referential The party is going to start at 8 pm 2. Emotive Oh‚ really? What a surprise! 3. Conative Patrick‚ you should be there at 7.45 pm sharp. You have to prepare as you’ll give the opening speech in front of us later. 4. Phatic Hello? Hello Patrick‚ are you still there? 5. Metalingual Our friends had agreed that the dress code for tonight is casual attire with Hawaii’s theme
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Briefly describe the early historical development of Psychology This assignment will cover what psychology is and where it originated from. It will also include some of the main individuals that helped put psychology on the map of scientific research‚ uncovering the tactics that were used to develop‚ which is now one of the most studied subjects within the United Kingdom‚ psychology. Psychology is the scientific study of mental and behavioural processes in humans and animals. A Psychologist
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the structure and discuss the function of the cardiac and pyloric sphincters. b. Identify the structure the cardiac region‚ the fundus‚ the body and the pyloric region of the stomach. c. Discuss the significance of rugae. d. Discuss the function of the oblique muscle layer of the stomach (see lab!) e. Identify the structure of a gastric gland including the location of the chief cells‚ parietal cells‚ endocrine cells‚ and mucous cells‚ and discuss the functions/products of these different cell
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Chemical Eric: Dealing with the Disintegration of Central Control by[pic] Eric Ribbens Department of Biological Sciences at Western Illinois University Part I—At Fifteen… [pic] He was‚ his mother always said‚ the cutest little boy ever‚ and she had always adored him. So strong‚ so sturdy‚ confidently charging through life. At 10‚ he joined a Little League baseball team‚ and made the All-Star team in his first year. It wasn’t until quite some time later that she realized something was
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Briefly Applying a Decision-Making Framework 1. Who are the stakeholders involved in this decision? The stakeholders that will be affected by this decision are Linkage Construction Inc.‚ the companies that Linkage Construction Inc. contracts for‚ the investors‚ employees‚ and the community but Linkage Construction Inc. is the only one taking part in the main decision making. 2. What are the ethical issues involved? The ethical issues involved are whether to manipulate the financial
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The purpose of this essay is to identify a function from the management process that is linked to issues found within the case study. In order to offer an opinion on this‚ this essay firstly seeks to discuss two functions of the management process that are relevant to the case study and briefly describe a related communication issue within each function. Then finally provide an explanation and supporting evidence as to which function is the most important. According to the case study the business
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