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Experiments in Sociology and Method Applications

hypothesis. Suppose someone wonders whether or not girls who have grown up in broken homes are more likely to use illicit drugs; i...

Kmart's Rise and Fall

and Sears. After constructing one hundred fifty new discount stores and sprucing up or expanding eight hundred existing ones in a...

Mary Shelley's Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Joseph Conrad's Kurtz and Human Personality

In five pages this paper applies the human personality theories of Sigmund Freud to an analysis of these two classic literary char...

Learning Theories of Vygotsky and Piaget

some concrete ideas in his mind as to how things work. When a new idea is introduced such as our example of learning how to open ...

Moral Reasoning Case Study Evaluation

fact, it seems that both are taking the noble road and one wonders why anyone would succumb to the pressure of signing a paper tha...

Survival, 'Total Institutions' of Erving Goffman, and Human Development

In five pages various concepts regarding survival are considered in an examination of Erving Goffman's 'total institutions' applie...

Netherlands' Sociological Structure

In five pages 'sociological imagination' is defined and then applied to the Netherlands in this sociological analysis. Six source...

Xerox Capital Costs

will use a simple example of the calculation of weighted average cost of debt (Xerox, 2001). This can then be applied to the Xerox...

WorldCom, Enron, and the Application of Business Failure Prediction Models

known as the going concern concept1. In looking at the viability of the business the potential creditors are seeking to ensure tha...

French Revolution and Pattern of Revolution Stages by Crane Brinton

the evolution of revolutions. Firstly, an overall faith in the existing political and ruling system decreases and the intellectual...

Pain Management and Music Therapy

a role, as well as the elements of the music itself. Studies show that slow rhythms tend to be calming, while faster tempos tend t...

Public Relations Campaign Development in Theory and in Practice

the resulting contamination has blown over both China and Burma, and looks as if it may also spread further west. The problem is...

'It Takes a Village' in Toni Cade Bambara's Short Story 'The Lesson'

especially in inner city conditions, is a culture that relies heavily on community. Like other cultures, and unlike the majority o...

New Zealand's Inequality in Education

what is expected of all partners in the system and thirdly, it does not take enough account of the fact that students have differe...

Examination of Enron

for the scandal that ultimately occurred. "The contributions dwarfed what was at stake for Enron. In its energy trading in Calif...

Nursing Intervention and TT

York University School of Nursing and became an advocate of the practice through her teaching of therapeutic touch techniques and ...

Contemporary Muslim Turkey and the Religion Theory of Karl Marx

in a system and was so closely linked with economics that it was largely used as a buffer for those in the oppressed lower classes...

How the Texts of Architects Vincent Scully and R.E. Wycherley Depict the Culture of Ancient Greece

city(Wycherley 1976). As reflected by the Senate, his study of it theorizes that those who were most affluent and powerful lived ...

Nintendo Company Analysis

tomorrow. This analysis is simply a vital present-day report of the company and how it is doing within the industry-wide competit...

Improving TQM Through QFD

exactly? Basically, Total Quality Management provides a paradigm shift in management philosophy for the enhancement of organizatio...

Rickshaw Beijing by David Strand

time these individuals and their groups began to organize to the point where they became politically active and engaged in the soc...

Science Fiction Writing and Ray Bradbury

realms that were considered science fiction. For example, one looks at his work "The Martian Chronicles" and immediately assumes...

Criminal Theory and Criminal Treatment Programs

basis of social norms, thereby causing them to seek out the only measure of achievement they can. Boot camp and shock incarcerati...

Decision Making and Nursing

on the other hand, is much faster than analysis in that it is based on "immediate recognition of the key elements of a situation a...

Human Universals by Donald E. Brown

out that this is two-way street. He writes, "...by the same token that we may seek the explanation for universals in human nature,...

Realist and Liberal Perspectives on the Iraq Conflict

subject. Realism is really a particular world view that is defined by assumptions equated with the idea that the international re...

Classrooms and the Multiple Intelligences Model of John Gardner

Howard Gardner would emerge with his theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner came up with the theory of multiple intelligences ...

Comparing the Use of Alcohol and Tobacco in the U.S. and New Zealand

those who smoke at this early age are also products of the society around themselves. If this is true we would also expect to find...

Corporate social responsibility, cognitive dissonance, and preserving the environment.

Inasmuch as "dissonance theory applies to all situations involving attitude formation and change" (Cognitive Dissonance #2), the m...

Theory of Human Capital and Student Loans

leveraged form the tangible capital assets of a business such as plant and machinery. The aspect of the human element was that it ...