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    Misconceptions Question 2 Students may have misconceptions about counting coins. Question two involves adding a twenty cents‚ a ten cents‚ a 5 cents and a dollar coin together. They may have misconceptions about the value of each coin and relate proportionality to its size (Hansen‚ Drews‚ Dudgeon‚ Lawton & Surtees‚ 2017; Mackle‚ 2016). As most of the coins are in cents‚ they would equate a dollar as ten cents or one cent and choose option B or A. Furthermore; students may make an error due to

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    misdiagnosing Asperger syndrome disorder would lower with the correct equipment that tells the accurate diagnoses. Medical experts have misconceptions about Asperger syndrome‚ which leads to misdiagnosing the behavioral and mental state that would result in the patients’ not getting proper treatment. Within the community; Citizens and medical experts have misconceptions about Asperger’s Syndrome. For example citizens

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    These misconceptions include: 1. Nigerians are the only con artists around‚ so watch out for them. 2. Nothing good comes out of Nigeria besides the oil. 3. You can’t visit Nigeria because it is totally unsafe. 4. Nigerians cannon speak English‚ are uneducated and live in huts or in the jungle. 5. Nigerians‚ like all Africans‚ are as black as a chalkboard. When asking Temitayo this question she stated that the biggest misconception she knows about her culture is Nigerians being

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    Myths about Scalp Micropigmentation. Hair loss is observed all around the globe and it has become quite common in both men and women. While struggling with your hair loss‚ you must have heard about so many treatments and methods available and among those techniques‚ you might also have heard about scalp micropigmentation. Most of the people don’t know about this kind of treatment and those who know‚ have developed a number of misconceptions about it. First of all‚ it’s important to understand what

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    Does Americans really do what’s needed for their older citizens? Medical coverage does not adequately pay for all of seniors medical expenses. Americans could learn how to show respect to their older generation from other countries. There are many misconceptions about the elderly generations. The American culture could use some changes for the good of elders and what they have learned can live on throughout generations. The hidden expenses of elder’s medical care. 11% of older Americans reported

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    The Misconceptions about Women in Islam While people in the west think that women in Islam are oppressed‚ they do not know that Islam liberated women from oppression. There are many people who have opinions about the religion of Islam‚ but mostly about the women who follow it. Westerners have this idea that women in Islam are disrespected‚ mistreated and oppressed. In actuality‚ these allegations are incorrect. Women in Islam have rights and are not oppressed. The veil is widely misunderstood

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    makes this defense so controversial is the difficulty in interpreting what exactly should be defined as insanity. To add the distortion‚ many different states also have completely different rules and attitudes towards the insanity defense. Many misconceptions about the insanity defense exist throughout society. For starters‚ the term insanity is strictly a legal term‚ not a psychological or medical term. Although various movies and television shows portray the insanity defense as a commonly used and successful

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    neglect‚ beating‚ and sexual molestation (“Child Abuse").” There are many misinterpretations about child abuse‚ such as‚ “if a child is being abused they will tell someone‚” most children who are abused actually do not report their families because they feel as though they have to protect them‚ and they don’t want to be taken away from their families (“Myths and Realities”). Another common misconception is that fathers are the only ones who abuse their children‚ when

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    MISCONCEPTIONS OF NON-MUSLIMS ABOUT ISLAM There are many Non-Muslims who have studied Islam. Most of them have only read books on Islam written by biased critics of Islam. These Non-Muslims have an additional set of common misconceptions about Islam. For instance‚ the claim to have found contradictions in the Quran‚ they contend that the Quran is Unscientific etc. ALL RELIGIONS TEACH PEOPLE TO BE RIGHTEOUS‚ THEN WHY TO FOLLOW ONLY ISLAM? Major differences between Islam and most other religions

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    Misconceptions about adults’ language learning When adults start taking English lessons in order to learn this language‚ it is common listen some comments like “you cannot teach an old dog new tricks”. Despite research results show the contrary‚ many people still believe that adults cannot learn a second language with good proficiency. All these myths related to adults’ language acquisition set a negative effect that in some cases produces that second language learning becomes a wish never reachable

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