Social insects such as ants‚ bees‚ termites‚ and wasps‚ provide us with a powerful metaphor for creating decentralized problem-solving systems composed of simple‚ interacting‚ and often mobile‚ agents. The emergent collective intelligence of social insects lies not in complex individual capabilities but in networks of interactions that exist among individuals and between individuals and their colonies. The daily problems solved by a social insect colony include the following: finding food‚ building
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Social Stratification: Impacting Positions in Society Social stratification is vertical hierarchical arrangement which differentiate people as superior or inferior. Societies are stratified in three ways which are‚1) Social Class; 2) Racial and Ethnic stratification; and 3) Gender. 1) Social Class: According to Karl Marx‚ Class society is based around a primary line of division between two antagonistic classes‚ those who owns the means of production and those who do not own. Comer added to it
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SOCIAL BANKING INTRODUCTION Banking plays a fundamental role in economic progress of a country. It inculcates the habit of savings among people‚ hence helps in boosting the investment base and speeding up the capital formation. At the same time it also helps out the needy‚ by providing them timely credit at an affordable cost. But majority of poor rural and semi urban population in India are unable to avail the basic banking facilities. As a result they are made to rely on private money lenders
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Chapter 5: Social Exclusion & Current policies/Initiatives to address the Issue This chapter discusses social exclusion and its growth in popularity with researchers and policy makers; it looks at policies employed to address the issue and impact of social exclusion within society‚ particularly social exclusion in Northern Ireland. This chapter also looks at the difficulty in defining the concept of social exclusion and the difficulty defining and identifying the concept and the indicators employed
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One of the most interesting aspects of today’s society is mass media‚ particularly social media. People day in and day out browse the web freely to find just about anything they want. You seriously can find just about anything to pleas the mind of any age these days. However‚ could social media be endangering our future as a society? I will discuss different views and also my own ideas of bettering social media. Including celebrity athletes as well and just how dangerous the mix can be. As over 69%
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SOCIAL STIGMA Social stigma is the extreme disapproval of (or discontent with) a person or group on socially characteristic grounds that are perceived‚ and serve to distinguish them‚ from other members of a society. Stigma may then be affixed to such a person‚ by the greater society‚ who differs from their cultural norms.Social stigma can result from the perception (rightly or wrongly) of mental illness‚ physical disabilities‚ diseases such as leprosy‚ illegitimacy‚ sexual orientation‚ gender identity
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Of Belize Date: 17/4/2014 We are aware that there are a variety of different types of stratification however social class is the main area of division in people. A number of different theories have been made to bring together an explanation on the ways social class is viewed and how society notices this effect. I will give comparison of Marx and Weber ’s perspectives on social class and inequality will be made‚ as we know it is quiet debatable on who ’s view is correct but I will compare and
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NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING and I am going to start my presentation. Body WHAT IS SOCIAL NETWORKING? Social networking: we define social networking as web based services which allow users to create public and semi-public profiles. WHY DO WE USE SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES? 1. Majority of people use Facebook and Myspace to keep in touch with friends and Family. 2. Social Networking websites are also used to meet up new people all around the world and socialize. 3. Social Networking websites
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Discuss the role of primary and secondary groups in the maintenance of social order and the emergence of deviance in Caribbean societies. Through the evolution of sociology as a discipline‚ several ‘big questions’ have dominated discourse in the subject. Such questions surround how social order is obtained and maintained in society as well as the factors that account for a movement away from the social order and engage in behaviour thought to be deviant. This discussion will seek to give an account
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Benefits of Online Social Networking While there are risks inherent in online social networking‚ there are also many potential benefits. Social networking can provide opportunities for new relationships as well as strengthening existing relationships‚ whether your kids’ friends are close to home or across the world. It’s important to be vigilant when your kids are getting involved in online social networking‚ but it’s also good to encourage positive relationships through various avenues‚ including
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