Understand Contemporary Issues in Health Psychology – Anorexia and Obesity Some people argue that the cause of obesity can be explained by the social learning theory (SLT). People who support this approach are suggesting that the habits that cause obesity‚ such as portion control‚ over-eating and bad food choices‚ are learnt from the people around us‚ e.g. family‚ friends‚ peers etc.‚ and from the environment around us. For example‚ we learn to overeat from the big portions we are served at fast
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The Gender Debate Shawn Simmons Grand Canyon University Contemporary and Ethical Issues in Psychology 510 Michael Kellam August 29‚ 2012 The Gender Debate When a small boy puts on a girls clothing and wants to play with Barbie dolls the reaction might one of alarm. When a little girl refuses to play dress up or house parents may give up all hope of having grandchildren. The response to this type of behavior is to stop the child from engaging in the wrong gender type of play‚ and reinforce
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Educational Debate Persuasive Paper AED/200 Contemporary Issues in American Education June 6‚ 2010 Mr. Henry Bos The debate that has been occurring for years is whether or not special needs students should either be included or excluded from exiting assessment testing for graduation. There are facts that show that these students should be exempt because the tests that are being used to not test the students true knowledge. The standardized tests are based on normal student knowledge on what
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Contemporary Issues in Sport The main issue that I have chosen is hooliganism in football. The article to be analysed is that of Eric Dunning: Soccer Hooliganism as a world social problem‚ (in Sport Matters- sociological studies of sport‚ violence and civilization (2001). Other works will also be looked at to highlight wider understanding of soccer hooliganism from different social thoughts. What will follow is an essay that will try to cover issues raised by Dunning in his article. It is worth
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The Asian American communities dealt with many race relation issues during the contemporary period. The Los Angeles Riots was caused by a combination of events that built up to the tension in the black community. The beating of African American motorcyclist‚ Rodney King‚ was not the only event that ensued the L.A. Riots. A few weeks after the Rodney King beating‚ the murder of fifteen-year-old Latasha Harlins‚ a Black teenage girl‚ was heavily broadcasted in the media because King’s beatings were
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Understanding Contemporary Moral Issues from a Catholic Perspective ‘Withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment’. “And the dust goes back to the earth as it was‚ and the spirit goes back to God who gave it”. (Ecclesiastes 12:7). In order for me to comprehend and discuss the moral issue of withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment from a Catholic perspective‚ I needed to have an understanding of what Bioethics refers to. It is a shared reflective analysis and discussion of ethical issues in
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INTRODUCTION Through history and the many years of accounting practice‚ a lot of accounting theories have been developed. Interestingly‚ many of those theories are grounded on the basis of prescribing and proposing how accounting processes should be performed. These are known as normative theories of accounting as they are not built on observation‚ but rather upon the theorist’s deductive judgement‚ and subjective opinion (Goble 2009). Accounting conceptual frameworks are good examples of normative
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notice the wide variety of cultures that with the years have come to share this land with Americans. With the increase of diversity in the country‚ comes a wide variety of issues facing all sectors. In the criminal justice sector we see issues such as racial profiling‚ discrimination amongst others. In this paper the issues of excessive force against minorities and discrimination will be discuss with examples from recent years that have made the news. On the morning of December 19‚ 2007
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digital art development and impact towards art in this revolution and information era. Today‚ digital art is not only for programmer but also for illustrator‚ graphic designer and multimedia‚ thanks to development of graphic softwares. Issue Discussed Issues of discussion here is about perception of society towards digital art which is the art of computer; is digital art‚ art? This is a very interesting subject as society still underestimates of digital art as “easy to produce” and “have less
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Contemporary Health Care Issue: The Affordable Care Act Mary Kennedy Grand Canyon University HCA 530 Healthcare Policies and Economics Professor Steve Klense Contemporary Health Care Issue: The Affordable Care Act Introduction More than 45 million Americans are uninsured. Even those that do have health insurance often face financial and other barriers when getting healthcare. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) removes most of these financial barriers (Kocher‚ Emanuel‚ & DeParle‚ 2010). The
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