For millions of years people have lived in areas where two different plates meet. In theses types of areas it is very common for earthquakes to happen and for volcanoes to form. So why if these are such dangerous places to live do people continue to settle here? One reason may be that people believe that the types of natural disasters that are possible will never affect them in their lifetime. It is impossible to tell when a plate movement will occur. Some people are willing to take the chance that
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period diederich Alcoholism. What is Alcoholism and why do people abuse the use of alcohol? Alcoholism is a disease that causes multiple effects such as: Cravings‚ loss of controls‚ physical dependence‚and tolerance.Alcohol isn’t bad and can be controlled but it becomes bad when people abuse the substance. Alcohol can be mistreated in so many ways such as; young teens drinking‚ drinking while driving‚ overuse of the substance. When people continue to abuse the use of the substance they become
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e Why do people fall in love? There are many reasons as to why people fall in love‚ and why romantic relationships may form between two people. However‚ there is no definite factor that makes an individual fall in love. Today‚ reasons as to why we fall in love still remain a mystery‚ but psychologists have tried explaining this through different theories. They used two main theories to try to explain this question. The first being Relationship Formation Theories and the second is Economic
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Conformists fulfill the expectations of society and behave in a way that’s socially acceptable.Conformity is a social influence that makes people believe they have to act a certain way to fit in with a group. However‚ being a conformist also has flaws due to the fact that one is not independent and is typically just a follower. Nonconformity enables society to be diverse in a way that reveals each individual’s originality. It allows others to feel comfortable to express their uniqueness and to be
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To discuss why people help others we must consider whether people are by nature selfless or selfish. The dominant view today in psychology is of universal egoism; that we are fundamentally selfish‚ and that altruism (helping motivated by the wish to benefit another person) an impossibility.<br><br>One form of universal egoism is Piliavin et al’s "arousal: cost-reward" model‚ whereby faced with a potential helping situation we weigh the probable costs and rewards of alternative courses of action‚
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Languages are‚ of course‚ one of the prime tools of cultural expression. So it should not surprise us to discover that the decline of indigenous cultures is also having a serious effect on the languages of the world. Indeed‚ an indigenous language disappears every two weeks. It is estimated that by the end of the 21st century‚ 5‚500 of the current 6‚000 languages now spoken will simply be as dead as Ancient Greek and Latin. Behind each language is a culture‚ the expressive richness of a living tongue
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experience that happens between two people. So why do people fall in love? Professor Arthur Aron from State University of New York at Stonybrook has been exploring the dynamics of what happens when two people are falling in love: Q: What motivates people to seek out love? A: Our primary motivation as human beings is to expand the self and to increase our abilities and our effectiveness. One of the ways we accomplish this is through our relationships with other people. We have learned in our research
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Why do you think people take drugs? Do you know anyone with an addiction-prone personality? What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities? I think people take drugs because there trying to escape or forget about something in their lives. And when they take drugs they don’t have to worry about anything that is bothering them. They also don’t have to face anything that is bothering them because there not ready or don’t wont to so they get high. Medical literature indicates
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opinion‚ people are born good. And the external factors are important for people.
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influenced the local people‚ shown from different perspectives‚ in the former years and still nowadays as a form of propaganda focusing mainly on the German and Nazi background. Before going deeper into he topic of propaganda we ask our self what propaganda actually is. It is a form of information‚ which is especially of a biased or ambiguous nature‚ used to publicize a political source or point of view. There are various forms of propaganda‚ for example the bandwagon‚ which is when people tend to believe
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