"distinguish the difference between right and wrong‚ while folkways draw a line between right and rude".[1] Both "mores" and "folkways" are terms coined by William Graham Sumner in 1906 folkway‚ the learned behaviour‚ shared by a social group‚ that provides a traditional mode of conduct. According to the American sociologist William Graham Sumner‚ who coined the term‚ folkways are social conventions that are not considered to be of moral significance by members of the group (e.g.‚ customary behaviour
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Compare two explanations for criminal behaviour. Crime is simply the behaviour that breaks the law. However‚ as Standen points out‚ “the understanding of what actually constitutes crime varies according to historical‚ cultural and power dimensions which may rule different behaviours as criminal at different times”‚ (n.d‚ p. 1). The most obvious example of this is when the law changes. For example from viewing the list of criminal offences by the Legal Services Commission‚ aiding suicide became
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Why did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone? * Mrs. Bell was deaf and Mr. Bell was always trying to help those who could not hear. The telephone was one of his attempts to create a device for the deaf‚ to assist their ability to hear. * Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone so that people can communicate with other people anywhere in world. * To facilitate verbal communication over long distances. * He invented the telephone because he is an inventor and he wanted to
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Outline and evaluate one or more social explanations of aggression. Aggression has been defined as ‘any form of behavior directed towards the goal of hurting or injuring another human being or animal that is motivated to avoid such treatment’ (Baron). Various types of aggression have been identified; person-orientated aggression‚ which is when the main goal is to harm another person and instrumental aggression‚ when aggression is used in order to achieve a desired goal. An important
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throughout the night due the conditions they’re having to manage with. Homeless people still uphold the title of being a person‚ they should live like a person. The reasons for homelessness varies so greatly‚ each individual has their own explanation. Some explanations
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The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell on March 10‚ 1876. The first words ever transmitted to another person through the telephone was “Mr. Watson‚ come here‚ I want you.”. This was the start of something huge in the future. The telephone’s cause can be described by the inventor and his reasons. The effects can be described by the outcome and todays uses of the telephone. Bell came to the U.S. as a teacher for the death‚ and considered the idea of electronic speech while visiting
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more psychological explanations for schizophrenia Schizophrenia explanations are both psychological and biological however the best solution is probably the diathesis stress model; this combines both biological and psychological approaches to schizophrenia. The diathesis stress model suggests that people have vulnerability for schizophrenia (diathesis) which develops only if the individual is exposed to certain environmental factors (a stressor.) One psychological explanation for schizophrenia is
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Leadership Self-Assessment and Reflection Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell is a practical application to servant leadership. In this book Maxwell outlines the skills necessary to become a great leader‚ or to simply excel from one level of leadership to another. Maxwell suggests ten principles on which the foundation of great leadership is built. In assessing my own leadership skills‚ the principles with which I am most effective are Influence‚ Integrity and People. In order
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usually means one will hurt a person physically. In The Forty-Eight Laws of Power by Robert Greene‚ he explains how one of the best acts of revenge is ignorance. In this way a person is not tormented physically‚ but mentally. Although Greene is correct when explaining the act of ignoring can make one seem superior‚ he fails to mention the negative effects that acts of ignoring can bring. Throughout law 36‚ Greene explains: “Disdain things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best revenge” (300).While
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Discuss psychological explanations of any one eating disorder (24) Anorexia has been found in all countries but the frequency of the disorder increases with the levels of Western influence in society. Hoek et al found that white Caribbean’s had higher rates of anorexia than black Caribbean’s‚ presumably because the white population aspired to a more Western lifestyle than the black population. It can be concluded that socio-cultural factors can help explain anorexia. Social learning theory helps
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