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    Comparing families today and families 50 years ago Families are cells of a society which make it and empower it. Family is the place which gives children love‚ attention‚ and prepares them for living in a big society .family is the place which let a man and a woman share their love‚ respect and receive their solace .it is the base of each society and it shapes characteristics of a society. by changing generations‚ families had changed too. In this paper I tried to contrast today and past families

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    which the extended families are IMPORTANT in the contemporary UK (17)  An extended family contains kin beyond the nuclear family. It includes the vertical extension‚ a 3rd or 4th generation such as grandparents or great grandparents‚ or a horizontal extension such as cousins or aunts/uncles. Willmott and Young believed from historical data that the extended family was the most dominant before being replaced by the nuclear family. Financial stability is important for a family to function and many

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    always can be more and more evidence for every theory that has ever been made and proven. Then when disproving these knowledge claims allows scientific world to grow. It is cumulative‚ whereby it builds on achievements of previous scientists. This explanation shows that science can be a belief system as nothing can ever be proven 100% as there will always be something or someone that will disprove a theory with other evidence and therefore people belief what they have been told. This is much like religion

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    Chapter 4: Nature‚ Nurture‚ and Human Diversity I. Introduction What makes you‚ you? Is who we are the result of our genes (nature) or is it the result of our upbringing (nurture)? Nature: the result of our genes Nurture: everything else other than genes‚ the culture you were brought up in‚ the country and family you were brought up in‚ the school you went to There is an interaction between nature and nurture II. The Nature Component A. Genes: Our biological blueprint Our body is made

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    Outline and assess sociological explanations of the relationship between age and crime The peak age for offending is between 15 and 18‚ with young males much more likely to offend than females. Young people have always been over-represented in the crime statistics‚ and in deviant activity in general. Official statistics show that roughly half of all those convicted are aged 21 or under‚ and a 2002 self-report survey found that almost half of Britain’s secondary school students admitted to having

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    Assess the sociological explanations of the relationship between occupation and social class. The term "Social Class" is widely used in sociology to differentiate the population on grounds of economic considerations‚ such as inequality in terms of wealth or income. An occupation is an individual’s established choice of employment which provides most of the time a steady source of income. According to Karl Marx‚ the transition from feudalism to industrialization has produced a highly unequal capitalist

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    1) Using Item A and elsewhere‚ assess different sociological explanations of suicide Durkheim was the first to study the social causes‚ or facts that he believed led to suicide‚ and these social facts are what shape humans’ behaviour and are external to the individual. He did recognise that some were naturally predisposed to committing suicide‚ but he argue that it was largely a social problem. However‚ many interpretevists contest Durkheim’s findings‚ arguing that the meaning needs to be investigated

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    9 October 2013 Financial Management Strategies in Families Today. Financial management is very essential in maintaining a home and in my opinion goes hand in hand with discipline or is part of discipline itself. It also goes beyond just being a wise spender‚ and involves good planning for college‚ retirement and so forth. There are various methods in which a family with steady income can stay financially stable. A good start is for the family to understand who is financially in charge. It is usually

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    Explanation hw # 2 of a Paragraph from the "Nature" By Ralph Waldo Emerson In this paragraph from Chapter 7 in Emerson’s essay‚ Emerson talks about the importance of the spiritual realm that surrounds a human including nature and the theory of a man. The insight that I had from this paragraph was that the phenomena of nature put various questions in our mind about nature’s theory. It makes us wonder if everything that we see is just the way it exactly is. It makes

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    The Family Institution Lamar Mack SOC 101 Pamela Spence April 25‚ 2011 The American family is normally composed of two parents‚ mother and father‚ and the rearing of a single to numerous children. Within the family institution‚ the three sociological theories of functionalism‚ conflict‚ and interactionism are experienced. The purpose of this paper is to explore how each theory applies to the family‚ the similarities and the differences. How each theory affects the views of the individuals

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