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    disorder has a severe impact on the human population that affects individual sleep patterns‚ causes mood swings and occasionally violence.  It is a severe disorder that can ruin relationships and lives if left untreated‚ however new therapies and medications can minimize its affects and allow individuals to lead normal productive lives. A. Describe how altered states of consciousness related to sleep‚ psychoactive drugs or mediation‚ and hypnosis affect individuals with the disorder. 1. Sleep- is affected

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    Confucianism is a powerful religion that differs from others because it not only focuses on spiritual beliefs‚ but in social and moral values. Based on Huston Smith‚ this religion became more important with the founder named Kung Fu-tzu who later became known as Confucius. He was born into poverty that helped him understand the suffering and social life of others. This mentor became the most influential philosopher in China. Moreover‚ this historic event began to develop when china was in crisis;

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    Throughout history the importance of civil rights has increased significantly. The right to have equal political and social freedom impacts an individual’s life drastically. This is commonly known as an individual’s civil right. The manner in which the media was used during the 1960’s civil rights movement in comparison to the use of the media today by the Black Lives Matter movement differs in some aspects while others remained the same. A lobbyist can best be defined as someone hired to push for

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    When referring to social problems‚ society generally looks at them from a larger objective or standpoint. The problem is going to include some typified examples‚ general terms that are associated with the problem‚ and statistics created in the claimsmaking process. This macrosociological approach relies on what the media has portrayed the problem to be. It is the job of social problems work to narrowly tailor aspects of a social problem in order to attempt to solve or address it in a practical and

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    Unit 1 Review Environmental Science is the study of how the natural world and how the environment affects humans (and vice versa) - Interdisciplinary (natural v. social sciences) - Experiments‚ data‚ etc. Environmentalism is a social movement that tries to protect the natural world from human changes - Promoting change in behavior - Can be radical Natural resources are substances and energy source needed for survival 1. Renewable resources can be replinished a. Sunlight‚ wind‚ timber‚

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    This bring us to the present-day situation with immigration. While immigration has been a hot topic since our founding years‚ it the present day use of social media that is getting the most attention. With the growing world of technology‚ the media influence of the radio and cable television are now joined with the Internet. The debates regarding immigration compared from 2007 to today are effected differently because of the difference in media source. In 2007‚ conservatives used the radio and television

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    Social Influence And The Branch Davidians Abstract I examined compliance gaining strategies used by David Koresh to influence his followers. His claim to be Jesus Christ himself‚ and his promise to grant his followers eternal life‚ was highly effective in obtaining his followers compliance. I examined the Branch Davidian’s response to David Koresh’s influence. I observed their willingness to surrender their basic human needs‚ personal safety‚ and that of their children. Compliance-gaining strategies

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    CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: DEVIANCE Viel Elysse N. Cansino Concept: DEVIANCE is the outcome of social strains due to the way the society is structured. For some people‚ the strain becomes overwhelming to the point where they do deviance as a way to manage the strain. Often their deviance is due to their feelings of anomie—meaningless due to not understanding how the social norms are to affect them.  This is usually because the norms are weak‚ confusing‚ or conflicting. Robert K. Merton

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    serial killer and necrophile who was active in California in the early 1970s. He was born December 18‚ 1948 to the parents of Edmund Emil Kemper Jr and Clarnell Stage. As a child‚ he was extremely bright but exhibited antisocial and psychopathic behavior such as cruelty to animals; he reportedly fatally stabbed a pet cat at age 13. He buried animals alive‚ including his family’s pet cat‚ and would later dig them up for further torture. He acted out bizarre sexual rituals with his sister’s dolls and

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