What is science? Science is the concerted human effort to understand‚ or to understand better‚ the history of the natural world and how the natural world works‚ with observable physical evidence as the basis of that understanding1. It is done through observation of natural phenomena‚ and/or through experimentation that tries to simulate natural processes under controlled conditions. (There are‚ of course‚ more definitions of science.) Consider some examples. An ecologist observing
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Law is not something we ask for‚ but is simply something that has been thrust upon us at birth. It is a body of rules and regulations that govern the relationships among individuals as well as between the individual and their society. These rules establish rights‚ duties and privileges that are consistent with the values and beliefs of the society. Nevertheless‚ is law a “necessity‚” is it an “evil” or is it merely a “necessary evil?” Law is necessary in the society as a control mechanism. Since
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The final wave of deinstitutionalization was in 1989 with a mental health policy that was made up of five directives: make the individual the prime consideration‚ enhance the quality of services‚ distribute resources equitably that are based on needs‚ look for solutions in the patient’s customary environment and form a strong partnership between the individual‚ public resources and resources in the individual’s environment (The History of Madness in Canada‚ 2009). Deinstitutionalization has some
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Compliance is where a person carries out a request to do something under direct pressure. For example‚ when people comply to buy certain products‚ even though the direct pressure may not be necessarily be perceived by them. This contrasts with conformity‚ which does not use direct pressure‚ but pressure is often perceived by individuals as influencing their behaviour. Compliance is the cornerstone of advertising and marketing‚ where sale tactics are examined on the basis of what would persuade the
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Someone with OCD can feel isolated‚ they can feel embarrassed and anxious to let people know how they are feeling and consequently worried about whether they will be supported by their friends and family or misunderstood and laughed at. This is when the anxiety can become too much and lead to depression. Q4 If you live with OCD you might experience some or all of the following: Thinking you’re crazy – when you keep having obsessive thoughts which intrude on your everyday life‚ along with strong urges
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of safety and wellbeing. Black people in the South faced social‚ political‚ and economic hardships post-Civil War due to white supremacy‚ the evolution of racist laws‚ and specialized taxes and business set ups. African Americans faced social limitations in the decades following the Civil War‚ mainly because of white supremacists. One of the worst groups formed against African Americans was the Ku Klux Klan‚ which is still around today even if they are not as visible. The Ku Klux Klan‚ or KKK for
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Task 2 To achieve P2‚ you will describe the limitations and constraints of marketing. Prepare an information sheet that readers of your article could access online. This information sheet should include: * Legal requirements * Voluntary codes and constraints * Refer to examples you can find (see www.asa.org.uk) This part of the assignment will be assessed as an individual report written about one organisation. Consumer Law Consumer Law is where marketing activities of the business
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Psychology AS Level Guy Webber The Biological Approach What assumptions do biopsychologists make? Psychologists from the biological approach assume that behaviour and experiences are caused by activity in the nervous system of the body. The things that people think and feel‚ say and do are caused‚ one way or another‚ by electrochemical events occurring within and between the neurones that make up their nervous system‚ particular those in the brain. Many biopsychologists also agree that
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The debate here is do ethics and religion deal with fact or opinions. There are two types of ethical statement descriptive and normative. Descriptive ethical statements such as “most crime is carried out by young men” are verifiable which means that they can be proved as fact or fiction. The key areas pf philosophical debate during the 20th century concern meta-ethics and meta-physics‚ where the meaning of what is said takes central stage. For instance what is the nature of language and how can
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Forgetting is the inability to recall or recognise information that was once stored in the memory and is now not available or cannot be accessed. There are four main theories to forgetting; trace decay‚ cue dependant‚ displacement and interference. Displacement seeks to explain forgetting in the short term memory. According to Shiffrin and Atkinson’s model of memory‚ the short term memory has certain characteristics such as limited capacity so if information is not rehearsed‚ it would be forgotten
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