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    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 many others are the concern of the general public brought about by the lack of education concerning rapidly advancing computer technology.<br><br>Artificial intelligence

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    Assess the contribution of functionalism to an understanding of families and households. (24 marks) Functionalists believe that society is based on a shared value consensus‚ this is a set of shared norms and values into which society socialises its members‚ This enables society to work harmoniously and meet society’s needs and goals. Functionalists believe that the family is regarded as a basic building block of society. According to Parsons the family provides two important functions. The first

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    Structural functionalism Introduction A: (Chagua hii) Structural functionalism‚ or simply functionalism‚ is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability.[1] This approach looks at society through a macro-level orientation‚ which is a broad focus on the social structures that shape society as a whole‚ and believes that society has evolved like organisms.[2] This approach looks at both social structure and social

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    from the functionalism approach that’s focus is on the mind and how it adapts with its environment. Structuralism brought forth the focusing on mental attributes and linking them through the process of association. Titchener believed that psychology’s goal was to "discover the nature of the elementary conscious experiences--to analyze consciousness into its component parts and thus determine its structure." (Schultz‚ 2004‚ p117). Much of this was done thought introspection. Functionalism‚ on the

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    One theory is a functionalism‚ a functionalism is some who emphasize that groups and organizations are made up of interrelated parts and rules and regulations that produce cooperation in a meeting a common goal. Workers cooperate to maintain the organizations stability and continuity. A functionalism also notes that organizations like bureaucracies can be dysfunctional. Workers may be alienated because of weak reward systems‚ favoritism and incompetent supervisors. Some people pretend that they

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    Investigating Functionalism Functionalism is a theory about the nature of mental states. According to functionalism‚ mental states are functional states that are defined by their functional roles (causal relations to other things) rather than their intrinsic qualities. To illustrate the difference between the two ways of defining something‚ entities such as clocks (to display time) and calculators (to manipulate numbers) are defined functionally‚ whereas entities such as water (H2O) and gold (Au)

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    are even ready to go under knife anytime which involves pain as well as risk. A natural beauty may not be perfect all the time but it just presents you in a way you actually are‚ it is all about inner beauty; it’s about feeling wonderful. Whereas artificial beauty is about injections and surgeries. These cosmetic surgeries are kind of an art of providing beauty and picture perfect looks. The face of beauty is now changing its meaning; according to the latest surveys people don’t want to grow old

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    STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM: IT’S ROLE IN COMMUNICATION Structural functionalism is a broad perspective in sociology and anthropology which sets out to interpret society as a structure with interrelated parts. Functionalism addresses society as a whole in terms of the function of its constituent elements; namely norms‚ customs‚ traditions and institutions. A common analogy‚ popularized by Herbert Spencer‚ presents these parts of society as "organs" that work toward the proper functioning of the "body"

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    towards creating new Federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security which is entirely devoted to monitoring potential terroristic threats‚ current or future‚ upon American soil. Which brings me to this‚ how has Strategic and Tactical Intelligence helped with staying “on top” of the enemy. Civil liberties activists point to a series of privacy and civil rights flaps associated with fusion centers. They say the public is kept in the dark about what databases analysts are searching‚ what information

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    STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM Reported By Jewel Jem J. Beren WHAT IS STRUCTURAL FUNCTIONALISM? It is one of the various social science theories. Simply functionalism‚ is a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability. Believes that society has evolved like organisms. Reproductive System Digestive System Circulatory System Nervous System WHAT COMES INTO YOUR MIND? The Organic Analogy: The Society is like an

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