Discuss the view that social class differences in educational achievement are the result of cultural factors. Social class background has a powerful influence on a child’s chances of success in the education system. Children from middle-class families on average perform better than children from working-class families and the gap between middle and working class educational achievement gets bigger as children get older. External factors‚ also known as cultural factors‚ these are factors outside
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Describe and suggest reasons for regional variations in morbidity in the UK. One big reason for variations in morbidity in the UK is quality of health care. In some parts of the UK health care is quite poor and lifestyles are quite unhealthy. For example‚ in Liverpool and other northern cities smoking is much more common than in Sussex or some areas of the south east. Men in the north have a higher mortality rate than those of the same social class in the south‚ up to 40% of those in manual
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Upon conclusion of the Mythic Time worldview‚ the era of the gods‚ there emerged a new philosophy‚ the introduction of the Ancient Time worldview and reason. The Ancient worldview‚ driven by philosophers like Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and Lucretius‚ focused on the idea of the cosmos and nature being self-sustaining and harmonious. Aristotle’s work The Proper Function of Man and its Relation to the Good Life‚ revolved around many of the essential ideals of the Ancient worldview. Within Aristotle’s work three
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management Healthcare organizations‚ although extremely complex‚ have as their mission nothing less than improving the health of patients and their communities. Unfortunately‚ this lofty goal can be lost amid the conflicting agendas and value systems of individuals and disciplines within the healthcare system. This is‚ understandably‚ a frustration for many healthcare professionals. Working Together Professionals who are‚ or should be‚ working together to provide healthcare services for patients must
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Discuss research into the influence that individual differences have on independent behaviour. Individual differences contribute greatly to influencing independent behaviour. An internal or external locus of control can affect someone’s actions‚ as well as someone’s self esteem‚ and their reaction to authoritarianism. Rotter created a questionnaire designed to show whether someone had an internal or an external locus of control. Internals perceive that what happens to them is under their
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mean your poor but your basically borderline whereas relative definition means people are poor relative to a certain standard‚ and that standard is partially shaped by the lifestyles of other citizens and lastly there’s social definition of poverty views poverty not only in terms of how many resources people have‚ but in why they failed to achieved a higher economic level. Poverty is more common among some racial and ethnic minorities‚ children single female households and urban rural communities
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The Functionalist View of Religion First Last name Bluegrass Community Technical College There are several key elements that are found in every society. These elements are called cultural universals. One of these cultural universals is religion. From the earliest known societies to our every day modern lives religion has performed many vital functions. To explore these necessary duties of religion we must first understand the definition of religion. Many describe religion as a feeling
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Psychology of gender differences The thought that men and women speak different languages become a statement of belief. Wide ranges of people also believe that woman talk more than man. Despite this widespread believe‚ evidence suggest that social perspective and relative power determine who talks more. From our class reading‚ I am going to compare and contrast between “Sex differences” and “Women talk too much”. In the “Sex Differences”‚ Ronald Macaulay tries to argue that its myth and stereotyping
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Everybody’s views of psychologist are pretty similar as it appears too myself. How I thought of a psychologist was almost a scientific and more honestly respected therapist. Little did I know the vast amount of studies and theories about situations they contributed to the world. The original view I had of psychology was just a Therapist that knew a lot about human brains and how to pick them apart and determine what was wrong with a person and then prescribe them a drug to combat the problem. When
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current higher educational system in the U.S.?" The answer‚ for a conflict theorist attuned to unequal distributions of wealth‚ is the wealthy. After all‚ higher education in the U.S. is not free. The educational system often screens out poorer individuals‚ not because they are unable to compete academically‚ but because they cannot afford to pay for their education. Because the poor are unable to obtain higher education‚ they are generally also unable to get higher paying jobs‚ and‚ thus‚ they remain
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