Why do students cheat? For students‚ cheating means taking the ideas and work of others and claiming them as their own. There are many reasons why students cheat: they are busy‚ the are unprepared‚ or they are not confident in their abilities. However‚ one of the most common reasons is that a student wants to complete a course quickly. While the payoff for cheaters may be instantaneous‚ cheating does have several consequences to the student who cheats. Most students have more going on in their
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Why do people help? Helping behavior is an important topic in social psychology. It is important to understand why people help‚ when they help and reasons for helping others. According to Kassin‚ pro-social behavior is an action intended to benefit others. The author also describes several factors of why people help. Among them‚ one is kin selection which is preferential helping of genetic relatives‚ which results in the greater likelihood that genes held in common will survive ( 2010‚ page
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"safe" (from French sauf)‚ the condition of being protected against physical‚ social‚ spiritual‚ financial‚ political‚ emotional‚ occupational‚ psychological‚ educational or other types or consequences of failure‚ damage‚ error‚ accidents‚ harm or any other event which could be considered non-desirable. Safety can also be defined to be the control of recognized hazards to achieve an acceptable level of risk. This can take the form of being protected from the event or from exposure to something that
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Do Ogres Exist? Most people would believe that ogres are real because of the DreamWorks Movie called ‘Shrek’‚ but I completely don’t believe in ogres my reasons below will explain why: Wikipedia says: “An ogre (feminine ogress) is a being usually depicted as a large‚ hideous‚ manlike monster that eats human beings. Ogres frequently feature in mythology‚ folklore‚ and fiction throughout the world” The fact that ogres are said to be manlike monsters that eat human beings makes me believe that ogres
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The neuroscientists by the names of Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek have researched the neuroscientific view of the zombie brain in their book‚ Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? They explain how different parts of the brain works in a human and‚ based off of common characteristics of zombies‚ how a zombie can exist based on this. They find and publish information such as the relation between different
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rights as king. He has sexual intercourse with the virgins of his town and acts as though he is a god. Although some readers of this classic book may say that Gilgamesh does not change from the beginning of the book‚ it can easily be interpreted the other way. Throughout the book‚ many things cause Gilgamesh to change. He gains a friend‚ he makes a name for himself by killing Humbaba‚ and he tries to become immortal because of the death of Enkidu.
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WHY DO PEOPLE CYBERBULLY? Cyberbullying happens for many of the same reasons as any other type of bullying‚ but it may be even more appealing because it can be done anonymously. Stopbullying.gov describes two kinds of people who are likely to bully: those who are popular and those who are on the social fringes. Popular kids or teens may bully because: * They see it as a way to stay popular. * Hurting others makes them feel powerful. Kids or teens who are less socially successful may bully
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Why Is Smoking Bad For You? Smoking is responsible for several diseases‚ such as cancer‚ long-term (chronic) respiratory diseases‚ and heart disease‚ as well as premature death. Over 440‚000 people in the USA and 100‚000 in the UK die because of smoking each year. According the US CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)‚ $92 billion are lost each year from lost productivity resulting from smoking-related deaths. Of the more than 2.4 million deaths in the USA annually‚ over 440‚000 are
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What do you understand by the term “Lancefield groups”? History In the early 1930’s Rebecca Lancefield recognized the importance of serological tests for the identification of organisms. The system is based on specific antibody agglutination reactions with cell wall carbohydrate antigens (C polysaccharides) extracted from the streptococci. Lancefield also showed that further sub division of group A into specific serological types was possible using type-specific M (protein) antigens. The groups
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Cell Division Why must cells divide? To start it off‚ cells can’t keep growing forever‚ so when they reach a certain size they will have to divide. Cells divide for four important reasons; reproduction‚ growth‚ repair‚ and replacement of damaged or worn out cells. Most cells divide at least once during their life cycle and some divide divide dozens of time times before they die. There are three types of cell division. They are binary fission‚ mitosis‚ and meiosis. When cell division is
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