UNIT 1 : THE NATURE OF SOCIAL STUDIES 1. Definitions of key concepts . Attitudes: "A learned predisposition to respond in a consistently favourable or unfavourable manner with respect to a given object." http://www.usu.edu/psy3510/attitudes.html Attitudes are feelings expressed as preferences‚ as likes and dislikes‚ as approvals and disapprovals. Attitudes are held towards objects situations‚ ideas and people – individually and in groups. (King et al‚2000 p7.) Citizenship: The state of being
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Nature and Nurture Go Hand in Hand Nature or nurture is one of the largest debates in the field of psychology. Nature is our genetic or hormone-based behaviors. Nurture is the traits that come from our environment and experiences. Many scientists today believe both have a huge impact on a person and believe they are inseparable. Some genes cannot work without assistance from the environment‚ such as sight because a person cannot develop sight without visual stimuli. I believe nature and nurture
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Writing Assignment One Your Safety Or Theirs? Kaplan College CJ102 Mr. Duncan October 1‚ 2012 There is a lot of issues today concerning public-order and individual-rights. Many issues there is an obvious fine line between the two‚ but others really tend to make you think. Outweighing a criminal offender ’s rights with the needs of the public may seem cruel‚ but it is what keeps our streets more safe in the end for future generations. Whether it is a harsh crime such as life
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------------------------------------------------- Date Submitted: 12/12/12 Roundtable Discussion - Chapter 6: Social Relationships Chapter Outline: 1. Topic Summary: We examine Social Relationships in the context of how we interact with other individuals‚ how interactions change from infancy to adulthood‚ and how they can affect an individual. 2. Theories of Social Relationships a. Attachment Theory: i. defined as the bond between two people that involves feelings of security
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Contemporary poetry and Nature Technically‚ “Contemporary poetry” is written after the start of the 1920`s‚ especially poetry is connected with modern literary genres‚ such as modernism and post-modernism. Poetry often involves nature in its description. Though inspiration as a poet truly derives from within‚ nature can act as a tool to enhance imagination and devices used in our poetry. Poets have for ages seen nature as a reflection of the human experience. Poets in their writing usually
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Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION Malolos Nature Park: A Centerpiece of Recreational Urbanscape Destination through Nature Based Tourism BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY More than half of the world ’s population now lives in cities‚ making the creation of a healthy urban environment a major policy priority. Cities‚ compared to rural areas are more crowded and faster-paced while rural living is often more relaxed and less congested. Cities have benefits and disadvantages. One is‚ it is a hub for industrialization
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What has landscape architecture and industrialized society to learn from indigenous cultures and their symbiotic relationships with nature? “‘Despite nature’s many earlier warnings‚ the pollution and destruction of the natural environment has gone on‚ intensively and extensively‚ without awakening a sufficient reaction; it is only during the last century that any systematic effort has been made to determine what constitutes a balanced and self-renewing environment‚ containing all the ingredient’s
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April 24‚ 2013 Relationship Analysis Project Relationships are the things that make human beings‚ which brings sense to life if these relationships make you feel happy or takes the desire to live away if these relationships are like a stone at your neck. From relationships‚ the whole fate of the person is determined. If he or she has pleasant relationships at work‚ in his or her family‚ in private life‚ such a person is considered to be happy. If relationships are not the things that bring
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1.1 Nature of Business Activity Factors of Production Land … all the natural resources Labour … all the human effort (physical and mental) Capital … the manufactured resource used in the production process Enterprise … the unique ability certain people have in organising factors of production Combining the factors Labour Intensive Capital Intensive Division of Labour and Job Specialization Benefits Increased Production Lower Costs Efficiency Standardization
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M1- Discuss the nature-nurture debate in relation to the development Pregnancy During pregnancy your physical growth can be effected by nature. Nature can affect many things on pregnancy as there could be a genetic or chromosomal issue it may lead to deformities and also Down Syndrome. Pregnancy can also be affected by nurture‚ this is things such as the mother may smoke or drink during pregnancy. This would cause a poor environment for the growing baby inside the mother as it affects the growth
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