Conclusion- In conclusion, the lack of women working in STEM is caused my three crucial factors: gender stereotyping, the lack of female role models in STEM, and less family-friendly and flexible careers in STEM. Gender stereotyping can limit childrens’ educational choices and the career path that they choose1. Consequently, boys are more likely to work in science and computing industries whilst women most likely pursue careers in nursing and medicine, resulting in the lack of females entering STEM careers2. The...
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Education is never ending process, which is intricately interwoven with life, enriching the individual with a variety of experience, kindling the flames of knowledge with constant probing into the mysteries of life, within and without. Each educational institution should produce educated, intelligent individuals who can think independently not a mass which can be manipulated. Rationale for the study – Empirical Evidences for the selected variables. The research studies conducted so far in the areas of students Parenting, Self-concept, Style of...
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Do you smoke? Actually, it does not matter. Cigarets are so popular in the contemporary world that almost everyone knows something about it. Smoking has been a cause of disputes and investigations for many years. Of course, it's important to talk about nicotine and its harm to the human body, but in this essay I want to reveal the topic a bit deeper. Historians say that in ancient times in the territory of Africa, Asia and Europe, people burned tobacco...
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Abstract Many important factors are taken into consideration while trying to understand an individual’s choices and attitudes. This is a study conducted to understand how attitude affects the decision-making styles of an individual and if there are any differences among first born and middle born students. The study has 2 main objectives: 1) to understand the role played by the attitudes one has towards himself in his decision-making process 2) to analyse if being a first born or middle born...
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Abstract: One of the things that is still in the spotlight for the Surabaya City government is the population density. It makes city officials take strategic steps to increase public participation in family planning program. One of the programs being promoted is male family planning with vasectomy method. In order for this pro-gram to be widely known, public service ads will be made. The ads take consideration of perceptions and self-concept of the target. The method used in this research...
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To what extent do The New York Times and The Guardian use bias to influence its readers on The Trump Administration Family Separation Policy? Introduction Nowadays, News is increasingly and ironically omitting the actual news. Since the publishers have relatively easy means of control, they dictate, and disseminate news to promote certain events. In this regard, it is essential for us to determine what is biased and what is not in the information we receive. I believe reading only one...
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Abigail is a 6-year-old girl who lives in a quiet area within Kilwinning, North Ayrshire. She lives at home with her mum Wendy and pet dog named Sacha. Wendy is currently a student, therefore has a low income. Abigail attends Pennyburn Primary School and is in primary 2. Most days she attends breakfast club and after school care while her mum is at college. Abigail likes swimming, football, dancing, karate, reading, drawing, painting & unicorns. The past year has been...
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DUI Defense is complicated and so is finding a professional defense attorney. The attorneys have a successful, long-standing, history of representing clients accused of felony and misdemeanor DUI charges. DUI charges are reduced or dismissed for many of the firm’s clients. The common DUI Defenses include: driving erratically, but you weren't intoxicated, exhibiting symptoms of intoxication, but you weren't drunk, and unreliable field-sobriety tests. What Is DUI/Criminal Defense Under California Law? Vehicle Code 23152(a) reads: '(a) It is unlawful for...
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Before I begin I would like to ask a question. Who here has siblings? Who has more than one sibling? Now, raise your hand if you are a middle child. My name is Layla and today I will be discussing birth order. What is birth order? Well, the definition has two parts. The first is ordinal position which refers to the actual order that siblings are born in. This is the idea of first-born children, middle children, youngest children, and...
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Maslow's hierarchy of needs is usually shown as a pyramid. The lowest level of the pyramid consists of the most basic requirements, while the top of the pyramid consists the most complex needs. Once the lower level of needs are met, people can move to the upper level of needs. As people enter the pyramid, needs become increasingly psychological and social. After that, the need for love, friendship and intimacy become very important. At the top...
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Cognitive psychology is a young branch of psychology which involves the study of mental processes: every other process that goes inside brain including attention, perception, language, memory, problem solving, decision making, creative thinking and thought processes. It looks at how one acquire information one received and how treatment of this information lead to one’s responses, that is in simple word perception, acquisition and retention of information. Historically the study of Cognitive psychology is rooted in the philosophical approaches towards understanding...
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Annotated Bibliography Barclay, KJ 2018, 'The birth order paradox: Sibling differences in educational attainment', Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, vol. 54, pp. 56-65. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2018.02.001. [5 September 2019] This article explores the inverse relationship between the net effect of birth order and educational attainment. Later-born children were shown to spend longer in education and attain higher qualifications, however this was attributed to the educational expansion that took place in 20th century Sweden, in conjunction with longer average birth...
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I am a strong believer that our behavior comes from a place of learning, understanding, and or influence. In childhood our surroundings affect the way act not only in our youth but our adulthood, if a parent treats their children with violence or if the child witnesses this type of behavior from a certain age they are more likely to true aggressive due to the experiences they face at such a young age. Our behavior can also be influences by...
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Question 1: Below is the interview of 3 parents who have children in the adolescent stage; 1. How they educate their children about sexuality · Parents A: father is a policeman and mother is a stay at home mother -has 3 children (13 y/o girl,10y/o boy and 6 y/o girl)- According to parents A , sexuality means introducing their child to their own body and their emotions. They don’t really use any specific method to teach about sexuality but just...
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Cognitive Psychology focuses on the study of human cognition, as well as how the brain stores and processes information (Tiitinen, 2001), however, during the 1930’s the field of psychology mainly focused on sensation and behaviourism (Gardner, 2017). Jerome Seymour Bruner was a cognitive psychologist during this time that did work in both sensation and behaviourism, but initiated the focus on perception (Greenfield, 2016). Bruner was a psychologist whose theories and research was important aspects of the cognitive psychology revolution regarding...
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There are many reasons why a student can demonstrate their understanding to core related content. External factors in a child life, such as reading or exposure to technology can expand the student’s prior knowledge to assist them in learning core-related material. As well as internal factors, such as the student’s mental capability of understanding content. These are a few explanations to support the theory of a student’s ability to grasp materials in a classroom. However, students can also show their...
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One of the areas in contemporary society of great concern is celebrity culture, authenticity and the ‘perfect’ body. This essay will therefore critically evaluate the role that celebrities play in shaping our ideas today about consumption and identity, focussing on childhood, ethical consumption and mobile phone usage. Firstly, the background of consumption will be addressed. Furthermore, an analysis will explore whether the role of celebrities is either positive or negative to identity construction, and an emphasis on how celebrities can...
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Abstract The User Acceptance in Autonomous Vehicle is a main subject that has received the attention of researcher and professional in all around the world. The present research reviews literature which demonstrates the nature of technological acceptance is mediated by distinct factor groups related to the psychology of the users, the design process of information technology, and the quality of the technology in user terms. All benefit, after technological difficulties, do not come without a certain amount of challenges. The...
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What is attachment? Two theories of Child/Adolescent development are Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory. Piaget was a strong proponent of constructivism which viewed learning as a search for meaning and described elements that helped predict what students understand at different stages of development. Freud emphasises the importance of the unconscious mind. Sigmund Freud alleged that we are forced to act in a way or another due to the unconscious process. These unconscious processes make us...
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Abstract Childhood trauma continues to be a problem psychosocially, medically, and as well as in the realm of public policy (De Bellis & Ziskm 2014). The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) was developed by Bernstein and Fink (1998) and has been widely used in research relevant to stress, depression, and substance use. The current paper discusses the development of the CTQ, the psychometric properties of the tool, the use and applicability in research, ethnocultural factors that need to be considered, and...
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Hearing is an important aspect of our everyday lives. If there is some sort of damage to either one’s outer ear, middle ear, or inner ear, hearing loss can arise. Hearing loss can occur both at the time of birth or over time as a result of an injury or disorder. Any type of hearing loss that emerges in children will affect their ability to hear, but it can also alter their ability to develop speech, language, and social skills...
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Introduction When simply defined, intelligence refers to the ability of a human being to apply knowledge to the everyday workings of life. Whereas hard work refers to, in simple terms, a great deal of endurance or effort. However, hard work is a term that is truly applicable to everyone, because it is not inborn. Hard work can be developed unlike intelligence, so where intelligence can fail you, hard work never will. This essay is to clarify the difference between hard...
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Adolescents, generally considered ages 11-21, all over America are exposed to drugs. It is not just a problem in the inner cities or urban areas. Adolescents in the US use illicit drugs (but not alcohol) more than adolescents in Europe. Teens do drugs for reasons including; to relieve boredom, satisfy their curiosity, self medicate depression and anxiety, to feel adult, for social acceptance, to improve their mood, to increase performance, succumbing to peer pressure. However, many adolescents reject alcohol and...
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Introduction: Learning theories are important in learning because they allow for students and educators to communicate so that students have the best understanding of a topic as possible. Cognitive dissonance is when learners try to work together to have consistent beliefs, and alter their behavior or attitude so that it reduces “dissonance”. In his theory of cognitive dissonance, Festinger (1957) portrayed cognitive consistency as a mental need that is as essential as eating to survive. Cognitive dissonance theory suggests that...
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Behaviorism is a psychological school of thought most prominent during the early 20th century up until the late 20th century. The paradigm as a whole defined psychology as the study of behavior rather than the study of consciousness which was once assumed as central to the field. Behaviorism can be defined as “the theory that human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings, and that psychological disorders are best treated by...
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In the engaging and well put together book, Jerome Groopman, the author of How Doctors Think (2008), explores the mind behind of the physician’s mind. The explicit purpose of How doctors think is to give laypeople an understanding of the medical mind so that they can participate more actively in clinical conversations and improve the care that they receive. In a style familiar to readers of his New Yorker articles, Groopman uses detailed case studies of physicians to make clear,...
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Deviance can be described as the diverging of what is seen as acceptable and the social standards set in our society it is seen in social and sexual behaviour. Deviance in sport can refer to purposely fouling an opponent to cause harm, the abuse of drugs and other forms of foul play like cheating. (BBC, 2019) Many sports may include aggression as part of the game sports like rugby and boxing require psychically touch and aggression however the difference to...
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Introduction Cognitive development is concerned with the stages of human development, which encompasses memory, rationale and the ability of making choices (Ahmad, Hussain, Battool, Sittar & Malik, 2016, 72). According to the cognitive development theory, developed by Jean Piaget, children experience various levels of cognitive awareness of their environment, and each child is developing at their own pace (Lefa, 2014, p.1). In other words, children form an understanding of what is known to them and anything out of the extraordinary...
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Introduction In recent years, there has been a rise in the number of open members of the LGBTQ+ community throughout the United States. Through news broadcasting, social media, and public displays, we can see how large and proud this community is. However, it has not always been this way. Throughout history, the LGBTQ+ community has been silenced and mistreated. This led them to be quiet about their lifestyles and hideaway up until present day. Although the change is inspiring and...
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Media depicted violence has been around for over a century now and has evolved from literature to comics to film and finally to video games, and each stage of progression has been met with societal backlash. In the past ten years however, the rise in mass shootings has caused many politicians to point a finger at violent video games as a key factor. In the wake of these tragedies, many scholars began looking for a link between violent media consumption...
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