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    Why Do People Multitask?

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    Explosion of technologies nowadays opens the route for people multitask more often‚ thus has them to do more than one activity on a daily basis. For instance‚ some people will use their mental task combined with their social task‚ texting their friends while studying at home‚ which lead to trouble concentration and performance loss. However‚ some people are trained to multitask by listening to music with their iPhone while doing homework. According to the author Naomi Baron from the book Always

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    constitutes an offence and is punishable by law’. Crime can be any aggressive‚ violent‚ or delinquent behaviour that benefits an actor at the expense of others‚ it involving the infliction of costs on others‚ but this infliction may directly involve other people or indirect. Violence refers to aggressive behavior that involves the intentional use of physical force to cause harm‚ injury‚ or death to another. Some of the crime are directly inflicted others‚ it always is violent. As Frances Heidensohn (1996)

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    Discuss two or more explanations for the success and/or failure of dieting (9+16 marks) Dieting is increasingly popular as people try to fit into the thin western ideal of beauty. Theories for the failure of dieting include the restraint theory‚ while it has been suggested that the key to success is the amount of attention we give to the detail of our food. The restraint theory (Herman and Mack) suggests that restraining our food intake actually increases the risk of overeating‚ which is why many

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    Why Do People Lie

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    Since the early age‚ we have taught that lying is wrong and hurts people including ourselves. Moreover‚ we also have educated that it is better to accept the consequences of my actions than to lie. However‚ the more we grow up‚ the more we know about using of lying because telling the truth cannot always solve the problem. From my point of view‚ some lying is acceptable‚ some is not. It depends upon what purposes that make people tell lies. The first point to note is that although telling lie

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    Psychological Explanation is based on someone’s mental behavior. A person’s personality and learning factors can cause them to commit a crime. According to some early childhood experiences it can have a major effect on personality and development. Also according to Psychological Explanation crime is stemmed from abnormal urges and desires. Many link criminal behavior to certain concepts as innate impulses‚ psychic conflict‚ and repression of one’s personality.The Psychological Theory relates

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    Why People Join Cults

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    Member Characteristics Worldwide‚ there are hundreds of groups defined as ‘cults’‚ each are comprised of many members‚ who are there for personal reasons. The type of people and their assimilation into cult life are similar in many cases. There is no defined group of people who are more susceptible to a cult’s influence. The people joining may be of any race‚ gender‚ economic class‚ level of education‚ or former religion. Those who join cults centered around religions‚ are usually previously affiliated

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    The biological explanation for Anorexia Nervosa focuses on the role of neurotransmitters. It suggests disturbances in the levels of serotonin and dopamines are characteristic of anorexia. Bailer et al compared serotonin activity in women recovering from restricting anorexia with those recovering from purging type anorexia with a healthy control group. They found that the group recovering from purging type anorexia had higher serotonin activity. They also found the highest levels of serotonin in women

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    filled with curiosity against the Party throughout the whole book. Most of his inner-questioning occurs in Part I. Many times he conforms to what The Party tells them to do‚ but in his mind he questions this. George Orwell is allowing us to see we must always question whatever we think is wrong. Many times we are ignorant to what is going on around us and‚ like Winston‚ we conform to everything‚ but sometimes we must see the reality of things. “Winston loathed this exercise‚ which sent shooting

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    why people join gangs

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    Eng-090-10-11 J-11 Who is Responsible When Children Misbehave in School? When children misbehave in school‚ both the parents and the child can play a part‚ such as‚ parents being good role models‚ and children being good students The first people who need to teach children good behavior are the parents. Parents have a responsibility to talk to their children about what they see and hear in the world today. Parents have a responsibility to instill a sense of behavior in their children. When

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    Although we say it would be wrong to judge them‚ our society judges people of different social status’. Our society has grown to take one look at someone and judge them for what gender they‚ what their skin color is‚ and what religion they follow. These are some of the things that should not be judged by people because either they were born that way or they choose to follow that religion. Lastly‚ it is wrong to judge people for the way that they live or how they were born. If someone is a religion

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