1) Explain what is meant by the term pseudoscience used in paragraph 1? The word pseudoscience by definition means a theory that is claimed to be factual or scientific but has insufficient evidence to prove so. In paragraph one the term pseudoscience is used in reference to physiognomy which is being able to tell someone’s character from their face. It is said in the article that physiognomy was “written off as pseudoscience.” After it became associated with phrenology which is referred to as a pseudo
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Explain what is meant by the term "barriers to trade;" use examples. (10) In order to understand what we mean when we say "barriers to trade" we must first grasp the idea of international trade and free trade which is what these "barriers" are preventing. International trade is made up of imports (M) and exports (X)‚ and is one of the components of aggregate demand (X-M). For some economies‚ international trade is an extremely significant contributor to GDP‚ as they have goods and services which
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Question 1 What is meant by group work? • A number of people or things gather‚ placed‚ or classed together for some purpose”. When we think about working in a group‚ the key words are “for some purpose”. Group working is a situation where there is a common purpose(s)‚ a shared aim(s) • The benefit of the group is : • Ideas sharing • Tapping into a pool of wider experience • Learning to deal with challenges or criticism • Stimulating thinking and clarifying
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The Usefulness of “The Sociological Imagination” in Relation to Gender‚ Social Inequality and Suicide Sociological imagination is the “quality of mind” (Mills‚ 1959: p. 4) that enables us to look outside our everyday life and see the entire society as we were an outsider with the benefit of acknowledge of human and social behaviour. It allows us to see how society shapes and influences our life experiences. Is the ability to see the general in the particular and to “defamiliarise the familiar”
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What is meant by the term mandated benefit? Describe government-mandated benefits. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? A mandated benefit is a law that requires a health insurance policy or health plan to cover specific providers‚ procedures‚ benefits or people. Mandated benefits are controversial. Some view them as consumer protections that ensure access to important care‚ while others contend mandates are promoted by narrow special interests and add significant cost but marginal
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What Is Poetry? by John Stuart Mill It has often been asked‚ What Is Poetry? And many and various are the answers which have been returned. The vulgarest of all--one with which no person possessed of the faculties to which poetry addresses itself can ever have been satisfied--is that which confounds poetry with metrical composition; yet to this wretched mockery of a definition many have been led back by the failure of all their attempts to find any other that would distinguish what they have been
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What is meant by style and stylistics? Style is concerned with the artful expression of idea and stylistics is the bridge that links the idea of style to the analysis of literary texts through the tool of linguistics. The 19th century‚ that witnessed evolution in the field of biography‚ historiography‚ anthropology and others‚ could not remain unattached to immutable linguistic and stylistic norms in literature. Linguistic study was esoteric in the beginning and severely criticized as‚ "pretension
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1. What is meant by diversity? Diversity literally means difference. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences. 2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of: • Interests • Beliefs • Ages • Lifestyles • Personal‚ social and cultural identities. I live in a town called Braintree in
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What is meant by multiple intelligence? The generally accepted view of intelligence is that it is about cognitive or mental ability. Charles Spearman‚ one of the early pioneers in thinking about intelligence called it the ‘g’ factor‚ and intelligence tests have been designed to measure it. However‚ few people now believe that intelligence is a concept that can be described in such simple terms‚ and some have sought to explore our understanding of intelligence more fully. The best known and
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5. What is meant by ’masculinity in crisis ’ in recent debates about men and masculinity? Use a specific example from media or popular culture (for instance‚ media coverage of the Bulldogs scandal) to support your argument. You should draw on Whitehead ’s argument in your answer. The concept of ’masculinity in crisis ’ has been put forth in recent debates regarding men and their masculinity. Critical analysis of men and thus of the gender of masculinity arose in the 1970s with the beginning of
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