THE LOVING MOTHER MOTHER TERESA WAS BORN IN 1910. SHE BECAME A NUN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. SHE WAS SENT TO INDIA TO TEACH A CONVENT IN KOLKATA. WHILE SHE WAS TEACHING‚ MOTHER TERESA DECIDED TO SERVE GOD. SHE BEGAN TO LOOK AFTER THE SICK AND THE POOR. AFTER SOME TIME‚ SHE LEFT CONVENT AND STARTED THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY. A FEW YEARS LATER‚ MOTHER TERESA SET UP NIRMAL HRIDAY. IT WAS A HOME FOR THE POOR AND THE DYING. THEN SHE SET UP A HOME FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN.SHE CALLED IT SHISHU BHAVAN
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from dominant group norms. People who become part of a group or are members of that group share similar characteristics of the same nature. “When there is proof of the uniqueness of a team‚ such person is believed to have an effect of black sheep‚ as he refused guidelines of the group and left the group. Individuals who are member of the group experience have more trouble with party members rather than out-group members.” (Fiske‚ 2010) Differences happen when an individual of a group understands and
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Values In different region of the world people have different beliefs that guide and shape the way they live their life. A value is an important and life lasting beliefs or ideals shared by people of the same culture about what is good or bad‚ and what is desirable or undesirable. What may seem valuable to one person may not be the same as to the next person‚ cultures differ in many ways and those values that shapes our culture is also the root of our lifestyle. Throughout our lives
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Violating Social Norms Social norms exist throughout our society‚ many of which are commonly known. To violate one of these norms could cause severe cases of disgust and anger amongst those who feel violated. In order to test and gauge the responses of individuals I decided to take advantage of riding an elevator at the Nebraska State Capitol and stopping at every floor. Although uncomfortable and somewhat unpleasant‚ the experience was useful to gain insight as to how serious social norms and the role
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Socioeconomic Status Impacts on Health Outcomes in Contemporary Australia: In contemporary Australia there are many social classes which group people in regards to their financial‚ legal and family situations. The effect that socioeconomic status has on the health outcomes of an Australian person today’s society is a great one. Persons belonging to low or the lowest socioeconomic status groups have more disadvantaged health outcomes compared to persons belonging to high socioeconomic status groups (Govil
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At the apex of the legal system‚ according to Kelsen‚ is the ‘basic norm’ or the ‘Grundnorm’. The ‘Grundnorm’ or the ‘basic norm’ is identified as the feature that validates a Constitution and the legal system. The basic norm ties the legal system together‚ unites its diversity and is the source of authority and validity in the system. Norms exist only if authorized or entailed by other norms. As Harris puts it‚ ‘’the grundnorm is the hypothesis which closes up the arch of legal logic’’. It is
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Status is the social position a person occupies within a social group with a role that our society expects us to play in a given status. For example‚ a man may have the status of father in his family. Because of his given status‚ he is expected to fulfill a role for his children‚ and in most societies that would require for him to nurture‚ protect‚ guide‚ and educate them. It is quite the same as having the role as mother. Statutes can vary significantly from culture to culture. However‚ in all
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In Blakemore’s experiment regarding children gender role development‚ it was concluded that gender norms vary with age and have both a positive and negative affects on children. Although gender norms can give a child a sense of self and identity‚ it can also limit a child to judge others based on a lack of knowledge and empathy for other people. The article stated that older children are more flexible than younger children regarding gender‚ although older children are less flexible in their judgments
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either effective or ineffective because they can normalise either desirable or undesirable conduct. There are two types of social norms that affect human motivation: the injunctive norm and the descriptive norm. Injunctive norms express how the majority of people feel about a certain issue. For example‚ most people think that wasting water is bad. Descriptive norms describe what is done rather than what should be done. Cialdini outlines the situations in which the use of normative messages in behaviour
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SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE ON DENGUE FEVER What is dengue fever? Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache‚ fever‚ exhaustion‚ severe muscle and joint pain‚ swollen glands (lymphadenopathy)‚ and rash. Other signs of dengue fever include bleeding gums‚ severe pain behind the eyes‚ and red palms and soles. Dengue
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