Knowledge function of attitudes Daniel Katz (1960) outlined 4 functions of attitudes one of them being ‘knowledge’ Definition 1 “Knowledge function: Attitudes organize and structure one’s environment. Attitudes provide a sense of understanding and consistency.” (Katz‚ 1960 in Table 1: Shavitt‚ 1989) Definition 2 “Knowledge {function of attitude} - Attitudes provide meaning (knowledge) for life. The knowledge function refers to our need for a world which is consistent and relatively stable. This
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for long time ago. In many different economic conceptions‚ political economy has important roles because it expresses the face of each society through the interaction between economy and politics. According to Government and Social Development Resource Center (2008)‚ the political economy is the economy related to the interaction between the economic and the political aspects of a society. In the eighteenth century‚ Europe entered the industrial revolution‚ capital accumulation. The mode of production
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Why was there tension between Stalin and his people between 1928-1941? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ the two leading candidates for his successor were Stalin and Trotsky-both with opposing ideologies in the manner in which the country should be run. Despite being a brilliant speaker and writer‚ Trotsky’s policy on a ‘permanent revolution’ worried people in the fear that the USSR would get involved with more conflicts while Stalin’s proposition of ‘Socialism in One Country’ was far more comforting
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Secondly‚ new technologies such as buying on credit and the use of cars had been introduced to the US during the 1920s. These new technologies were so high in demand that it enabled that mass production of products and goods which led to the need of more advanced infrastructure and industries. However‚ the expansion of infrastructure and industry resulted in many Americans losing their jobs which increased the poverty rate drastically. The last sector is that of the Stock Exchange. It was the new craze
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The changing identity 2 Identity‚ personality‚ self‚ selfhood‚ individuality are the words that make a difference between people. Changing identity is really important in point to form new people. People can change their personalities at any period of their lives. Always they change individualities when they move to the next step in their lives and they are in a new society. First‚ young people always want to change their identities when they start a college. So‚ when they finished
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Changing Jobs and Changing Loyalties Cynthia Martinez was thrilled when she first received the job offer from David Newhoff at Crytex System. She had long admired Crytex‚ both as an industry leader and as an ideal employer‚ and the position the company was offering her was perfect. “ It’s just what I’ve always wanted‚” she told her husband‚ Tom‚ as they uncorked a bottle of champagne. But as she and Tom talked‚ he raised a few questions that began to trouble her. “What about the big project
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Back to the top! An Overview of the 1920’s The 1920’s has a lot more than just gangsters and Prohibition going on so here is some food for thought that I would use when thinking about concepts for characters in the game. Although organized crime enjoys a lot of power at this time...social conditions have also changed since the 1890’s and the nation is on the cusp of the modern 20th century. Prohibition - The society of the 1920’s is at odds with itself. There are those of
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Introduction The chosen topic “a team of new employees as part of their induction program” will be maintained by the trainer to outline the type of training. Thus the paper will help the reader to understand about the importance of training and other activities to make the reader understand about the importance of communication skills to the new employees. With respect to employee’s induction program‚ the training includes about the communication skills to new employees so they can successfully reach
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Women In The 1920s The lifestyle of women changed drastically in the 1920s. They gained liberties in all aspects such as marriage‚ politics‚ jobs and even self expression‚ along with various other features. Still limited‚ the liberties gained outweighed the restrictions that still occurred. This gave women the freedom needed and ability to show that they were independent and could stand on their own‚ making their own decisions. It started with a group of rebellious women known as flappers.
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voices over the region. In the 19th century and the onset of the 20th century three big authority were controlling the Middle East. These were Egypt‚ Ottoman Empire and Iran. After the peace treaties and establishing mandates a new state system emerged. And this let division of Ottoman Empire to 6 different states. These are Republic of Turkey‚ Syria‚ Lebanon‚ Palestine‚ Iraq and Jordan. There were also another states like Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In the interwar era only Turkey‚ Iran Saudi Arabia
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