‘Examine the ways in which childhood can be said to be socially constructed’ A social construct is an idea or concept that has been created and defined within society. Many sociologists argue that childhood is a social construct‚ as it isn’t a fixed‚ universal idea‚ and differs in different areas and time periods- they believe that childhood as we know it is a recent phenomenon. Aries argues that in the Middle Ages ‘the idea of childhood did not exist’. Within modern Western society children
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where it is used purposely or to harm others‚ it can get out of control. There are many reasons why it can be dangerous‚ it can spread‚ Get sparks in your eyes‚ and most importantly it eats up oxygen. First of all it can lead to extinction of many animals‚ it is already the reason why there are rarely any light gray peppered moths now. Another reason why fire is dangerous is because it harms the environment by polluting the air with harmful black smoke‚ and it can also lead to loss of oxygen. The
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Should business be responsible to help society in any way they can? For this question‚ reality will show you the answer. In the present days‚ corporate social responsibility is drawing high awareness among business sectors. As more and more people around the world think that enterprises have the obligations to help their society‚ my answer to this subject is partly positive. In the following content‚ I have two facts to support my view and one disagreement. To which I agree because enterprise is a
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two ways in which humankind can produce knowledge: through passive observation or through active experiment.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Knowledge as a whole is the total information one has acquired. Passive observation is the process of observation that one is not experiencing the event. It is not as dynamic as active experimentation because one just perceives the event and not feeling it‚ the observer does not have any idea of the outcome of the situation. In the way‚ knowledge
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Recently‚ the media has spent an increasing amount of broadcast time on new technology. The focus of high-tech media has been aimed at the flurry of advances concerning artificial intelligence (AI). What is artificial intelligence and what is the media talking about? Are these technologies beneficial to our society or mere novelties among business and marketing professionals? Medical facilities‚ police departments‚ and manufacturing plants have all been changed by AI but how? These questions and
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Cambridge Companion to Ibsen‚ wrote: "The people who live in such a society know the weight of ’public opinion’ and of all those agencies which keep watch over society’s ’law and order’: the norms‚ the conventions and the traditions which in essence belong to the past but which continue into the present and there thwart individual liberty in a variety of ways." Torvald lives by society’s norms‚ and when faced with a choice of whether to support his wife or society‚ he sides with society. When
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The complexity of Management Tutor: Geoff Stanley Name: Dung bui ID: s10505683 Word count: Assignment- 2457 Reflection essay: 522 Contents Introduction 0 Nature of Management 0 Complexity in human resource management 1 Power and politics in organisation 4 Types of power 5 References 6 Self- reflection essay 7 Introduction Management is the act of getting individuals
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same if there weren’t airplanes. Air transport can help us with visiting our relatives and friends across the world‚ without them it wouldn’t be so easy as it is today. Economy is very important. Having the ability to fly from coast to coast helps to build business for lots of people‚ whereas it helps to build up world’s economy. The airpline industry itself adds to the economy. Also there is one more important thing – an air ambulance. Some people can say that airplanes are the only reason why they
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According to Spoors et al. (2011) thinking is perhaps one of the most difficult of all psychological processes to describe. We can organise our thoughts by using mental images‚ forming concepts or developing schemas. In this essay‚ I will describe each way of organising thinking in turn and illustrate how they can help us improve our memory. First‚ to consider the role of mental images. Forming mental images simply means thinking in pictures. Spoors et al. (2011) suggest that it works best if the
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In today’s fast –paced society‚ the main focus of school seems to be purely on academics so that students are equipped with the relevant knowledge to ace their school as well as national exams. Students sit through hours of lessons‚ then return home to study even more. The text book information would not be of much help to the students after they have graduated and moved on to the working world. The sole focus on the memory and recalling of these knowledge has made school life less meaningful for
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