An intensive property is a bulk property‚ meaning that it is a physical property of a system that does not depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system. Examples of intensive properties are the temperature and the hardness of an object. No matter how small a diamond is cut‚ it maintains its intrinsic hardness. By contrast‚ an extensive property is one that is additive for independent‚ noninteracting subsystems.[1] The property is proportional to the amount of material in the
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Social Norms Paper Assignment Worksheet Introduction: What is your paper about? What will you say? Theory: Discuss in detail the theoretical issues that are related to social norms in general and to the one you chose to break in particular. Where do social norms come from? What is the social norm that you chose and how and why did it evolve? How does your behavior break the social norm? Why is the social norm you broke a social norm? How
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Philosophy 200 November 16‚ 2013 The Moral Status of the Fetus The debate over abortion comes down to one essential issue — the moral status of the unborn child. “Those choosing legalization of abortion will argue that the developing fetus lacks a moral status that would trump a woman’s desire to abort the child. Those against abortion argue by making the opposite claim; that the unborn child‚ because it is a developing human being‚ possesses a moral status because of its human existence; and
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Annemarie Jewell Melissa Smith Introduction to Sociology 9 February 2011 Social Norms in today’s Society “Thou shall not commit adultery.”‚ “Thou shall honor thy mother and thy father.” These are words that some are taught at a very young age in church or even at home. We are brought up knowing that these are not things that are acceptable in society and that there is a punishment of some sort‚ rather that be a religious punishment or a punishment that is held against you in the court of law
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Rhetorical Analysis of Supersize Me It is without a doubt that fast food is causing many health and weight problems for a large percentage of Americans’. In the documentary by Morgan Spurlock‚ Supersize Me‚ Spurlock decides to experiment with the effects of eating too much fast food‚ McDonald’s in particular. This film puts a lot of emphasis on the large percentage of obese Americans’‚ particularly the unawareness of how bad fast food is for the body‚ and also questions how responsible consumers
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SUPER-SIZE ME In the documentary Super-Size Me‚ Morgan Spurlock sets out to prove how harmful and dangerous fast food‚ in particularly McDonalds‚ can be to a person’s health and wellbeing. After hearing the McDonalds Corporations defence against the lawsuit filed by two obese teenagers‚ who claimed that their overweight conditions were the cause of eating at the fast food establishment‚ filmmaker and director Morgan Spurlock came up with the idea to start a similar experiment on himself‚ by eating
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At the apex of the legal system‚ according to Kelsen‚ is the ‘basic norm’ or the ‘Grundnorm’. The ‘Grundnorm’ or the ‘basic norm’ is identified as the feature that validates a Constitution and the legal system. The basic norm ties the legal system together‚ unites its diversity and is the source of authority and validity in the system. Norms exist only if authorized or entailed by other norms. As Harris puts it‚ ‘’the grundnorm is the hypothesis which closes up the arch of legal logic’’. It is
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Hayden Sells Phycology 11/1/12 Breaking A Social Norm * What norm did you pick? The norm I picked dealt with personal space. I went to the study room in my dorm and sat as close as I could to a random person. The reason this made them feel so awkward is because there was usually two to four tables with no one sitting at them and I choose to sit as close as I could to them. * Why did you pick it? I choose this norm to break for several reasons. One is that I feel very awkward when my
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In our society‚ there are many social norms we are expected to abide by. These unwritten rules and standards of behavior often go unnoticed‚ leaving society to take them for granted. We only become truly aware of the norms of society when they are actually violated. When a violation occurs‚ those who continue to conform may respond with positive or negative sanctions‚ such as humor‚ alarm‚ irritation‚ fear‚ or a wide variety of emotions. Our society also relies on language as its major bases for
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Socioeconomic status‚ race/ethnicity and gender play a huge influence on health status as it subconsciously influences the way physicians interacts with patients‚ the sort of treatment patients receive at hospitals‚ and how their health is overall based on how society influences them. The main trends noticed throughout time is that the lower your socioeconomic status is‚ the poorer your health status is; if you are African-American‚ Hispanics‚ etc… receive poorer treatments because of the stereotypes
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