Study Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

- The main purpose of this article is to highlight how stress affects the life of students in college and how they can tackle stress through meditation. The article explores two different meditation based programs – Kabat Zinn’s mindfulness-based stress reduction program (MBSR) and Easwaran’s Eight Point Program (EPP). The article further details the key observations and conclusions that were derived by conducting a study on college students. The final conclusion derived from this research was that the two stress reduction programs are indeed effective in lowering the stress level among college students and adults.

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Questions of ethics have troubled humanity since the dawn of time. In the Book of Genesis, the first controversy involved the decision to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil – in other words, to know that it was possible to commit evil, and to experience temptation. The serpent couches this as the chance to be like God; when the first couple actually eats the fruit, though, they find that the possibility of evil in the world is not a source of empowerment but instead is a recipe for tragedy. The consequences of their decision only takes ...

The accuracy of the second language use has for long been a center of focus among many societies. The societies placed high expectations on people on how they should use the second language in communication. Adherence to the rules was something one had to observe without any compromise (Chang, 2009). However, things took a new direction when Hymes came up with the idea of communicative competence in 1970s. In this policy, the knowledge of the speaker on the linguistic rules and the socio-cultural rules of speaking that apply to the second language was equally regarded. This was a time when the trends ...

As a cohort study, the article “Development and evaluation of a short 24-h food list as part of a blended dietary assessment strategy in large-scale cohort studies” provides information about how German residents were used as samples for developing a longitudinal research on their food intakes in the last 24 hours. Freese, Feller, Harttig, Kleiser, Linseisen, Fischer, Keitzman, Six-Merker, Michels, Nimptsch, Steinbrecher, Pischol, Heuer, Hoffmal, Jacobs, Boeing and Nöthlings aimed to investigate the validity of dietary assessment. The authors of this study followed two objectives: to identify the foods consumed by German people during the previous 24 h and to assess the ...

Critique of Joshua M. Englehart (2011). Why class size effects cannot stand alone: Insights from a qualitative exploration. Learning Environ Res 14:109–121 This is a critique of a qualitative study on why class effects cannot stand alone in influencing performance, comfort and participation amongst students in both large and small classes. This critique uses several criteria to analyze the qualitative study and its social and conceptual justification. Example of the criteria used include methods used to reduce bias, the use of the qualitative approach, interpretation of results, sample size, study results and any strengths or limitations to the research. From ...

Introduction

The aim of this is to conduct a critical synthesis on a particular problem that has plagued the society for quite some time. This is the problem of childhood obesity. The most common reasoning that comes to mind when one witnesses an obese child is that these kids must be excessive eaters. In fact, every kid who exhibits obesity tendencies is often thought of as an excessive eater. Is this assumption justified? Is it true that obesity in kids is primarily due to excessive eating especially that of unhealthy foods commonly referred to as “junk food”? The assumption that the ...

Culture psychology

Culture psychology is the study of how behavioural and psychological tendencies are embedded within the culture. This essentially means that one’s culture directly influences how they are “tailored”. The fact that the mind and culture are inseparable serves as a major tenet in cultural psychology. Here, psychological processes are shaped by local cultural practices making an individual stand out just because of their culture. It is within this field of study the 4I’s of psychology come. Namely these are: Individual, interactions, Institutions and Ideologies. These directly affect how individuals behave and relate (“Psychology,” 2002). Cross-Cultural Psychology ...

Introduction

Traditionally, colleges follow a top to bottom strategy, where all the major curricular planning takes place at a leadership level. Even there are myriad educational institutes, where the liberty of choosing the subjects is limited. On the other side, there are many upcoming educational institutions, where student-let curriculum is an emerging phenomenon. With excellent educational system in United States and United Kingdom, the educational planners are still concerned with high percentage of dropouts in the first year of university that is 25% in United States and 11% in United Kingdom (Yorke & Longden 2006, 16). This scenario causes immense problems for universities, ...

The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, a social or political issue, seems to be in question. The opponents to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes stick to the same argument of social and at times religious effects. The support of the movement seems to be basing all evidence in the far-reaching uses of cannabis beyond medical application. With Washington and Colorado both recently legalizing marijuana for recreational use, it reopens the debate about whether or not marijuana should be legal for medicinal purposes in the United States. A look at the current research, an analyzing the argument of ...

- Proposed Research Question Post your research question for your session-long project and indicate how your research question meets the following criteria: Is the substandard housing in Owsley County, KY a predictor for poor health among the elementary school children. - Is it relevant to the field of public health? There is a clear link between substandard housing and health. 57% of the children come from households that live below the poverty level. This is an indicator of poor health conditions that requires government intervention. - Is it novel (e.g. previous studies have been limited or inconsistent) ...

In the article Students Behaving Badly, Richard Flacks seeks to explain the attributes of college and university students today. Their character and mannerisms, he says, are highly influenced by their backgrounds in terms of family, race and education. He made his point of view known from the onset of his findings because he tries to draw comparisons on what happens in college and universities today from what used to happen many decades ago. But then there is a problem with the way he puts forth his findings because the environment in which the studies are done is quite different. The ...

Introduction

This is a probability analysis paper that is based on the results of a telephone survey that was conducted to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Springdale, Downtown and West malls located in Springdale. There were 150 respondents and 30 variables in the survey. The paper concentrates on 8 variables.Q1 - There were 107 respondents who stated that they spend at least $ 15 dollars during a trip to Springdale Mall. Therefore, the probability that a randomly selected respondent spends at least $ 15 to shop at Springdale Mall is 107/150 which translates to 0.71. Probability is computed by dividing the number of favorable ...

That tobacco causes lung cancer and other forms of cancer has long been established and accepted by the health community and the general populace. Daniel Neal in his essay “Tobacco: Ignorance Is No Longer an Excuse” shows stats of public perceptions to indicate that we have moved on from the period when there was a debate of the dangers of tobacco (Neal, 2011). However, there are studies that have shown that tobacco use has other unwanted outcomes beyond just cancer and the better-known effects of smoking. A number of studies have linked tobacco use to depression. Jane Collingwood asks ...

The media is the great source of information on local, national, and international issues. Also, the different means of media – such as the internet, newspaper, and television – contain knowledge about various aspects of social life, including education, economics, business, entertainment, technology, culture, religion, and more. However, the media like news reports can contain biased or incomplete presentation of information. Determining whether a media report or information is accurate and true requires an individual to take critical analysis of certain portions within the report. To understand this, a sample report should be used. Last Monday, February 3, 2014, a news report about ...

General Education Capstone

Introduction Suicide is an issue that affects our country in a big way, especially with the increase of bullying incidents in schools around the United States. What can we do as a society to help this problem and recognize the signs? It is possible to notice the signs of someone thinking about committing suicide and there are different tips on how to help the person or even tell an adult about the situation. Suicide can be preventable if given the right knowledge There Are so many reasons why any individual would choose this topic to write about such as: ...

The research question is both relevant and interesting. The Parahippocampal white Volume Predicts ad Risk In Cognitively Normal Old Adults published on 17 Jan 2014, the study found out that PWM atrophy provided a sensitive MRI biomarker of dementia risk among those with normal cognitive function. The abstract begins by examining the previous studies that had been done on the subject. All of the studies documented concentrated on the gray matter and its predictive of the cognitive decline yet very little had been done on the white matter as a probable MRI biomarker predictive of AD. The study investigated Parahippocampal white ...

Parental separation has adverse effects on children growth and development. In part, children who witness parental conflicts and the eventual breakups develop hatred to the parents, and this may be exhibited through withdrawal signs by the child after parental re-introduction. Parental alienation is more common in modern times than it was before due to increased cases of parental divorce (Fidler & Bala 23). Children who have been alienated develop post-traumatic stress, and this has great impact during the re-unification process. Parents who separate from their children expose the young ones to extreme psychological and emotional abuse and this may lead ...

The research was conducted due to the increased imbalance and immobility among the healthy older adults. It was ascertained that most of the adults did not engage in the physical and psychological activities that would have helped in the improvement of their health. The few who engaged in the activities were inconsistent hence the findings of the benefits would not have been determined as they were not effective (Kennedy et al. 2014). The older adults especially above the age of sixty five years were prone to be affected by several avoidable diseases. The dormant ones were highly susceptible as ...

Studying Effect of Age on Ability to Ignore Distractions

Introduction With aging, people tend to perform poorly on cognitive tasks as they are unable to ignore non-relevant information. At the same time, young adults are observed to be adept at ignoring irrelevant information as they seem to be more focussed and have the ability to ignore distractions. Research studies published so far are throwing highly contrasting results. Mack & Rock (1998) in studies related to inattentional blindness (IB) formulated a working hypothesis that there is no perception without attention, as young adults failed to respond or to remember information presented in the centre of their visual field. This ...

Introduction

The current essay involves a critical review of the research process and development of two research reports on nursing care and shared care services and evidence based practice in the nursing profession. Understanding the research process and development may furnish important insights on how evidence based practice be implemented effectively in aid of better patient care in both traditional hospital nursing care and shared care services involving nurses as useful members in the healthcare staff. Parameters for the research process critique involve important aspects in a research report: research approach or design, sampling method, methods of data collection, validity and ...

The research study was aimed at carrying out an evaluation of a Teen Talk project in a school within the London Borough of Greenwich. The Teen Talk center was a health drop in center in the school. This was a pilot study that involved all stakeholders and was aimed at assessing whether the Teen Talk project was meeting its goals and objectives. The researchers employed questionnaires, surveys, one-on-one discussions and interviews as methods of collecting data. The study, as the researchers stated, was not aimed at highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the program, but to highlight the positives and the areas that ...

One of the most difficult things in the past decade is childhood. This paper looks at the various concerns constructed around childhood. It looks at how childhood articulates itself in the different societies around us. The emergent paradigm is an approach to the study of children and childhood. This study became so popular in Europe and shaped the way for researcher in the field of childhood. It states that childhood is a social construction. This means that the social world around the child affects their childhood (Allan, P. (1997). Children are active participants in developing their childhoods as well. The ...

The topic for the qualitative study shall be an analysis of “how to come up with proper crisis management plans that are suitable for differently sized companies”. The increment of crises in companies informs this study topic. The interview shall focus on obtaining responses from 10 managers (5 from small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) and five from large companies). In this assignment, the study will obtain qualitative data through an interview with two senior managers (one from an SME and the other from a large company). The selection of the two interviewees is based upon the following criteria. A large ...

The deductive study conducted my Audia and Greve, entitled “Less Likely to Fail: Low Performance, Firm Size, and Factory Expansion in the Shipbuilding Industry” is structured as a typical research question, containing introduction, literature review, methodology, results and conclusion. The study includes four hypothesis, formulated in accordance with the literature review findings. The hypotheses have affirmative value, guiding the study’s development towards finding whether or not research supports them. The literature review contributes to deducing the hypotheses in the analyzed study. The authors rely on previous developed studies for stating the four hypotheses presented in this research. The ...

The research of Anna C. Baldry and David P. Farrington (1999) is addressed to the Italian children who have been bullied in school or bully their peers. In their article “Types of Bullying among Italian School Children” the authors determine the percentage of children who are being bullied or bully the others. Also Baldry and Farrington provide the information about the most prevalence types of bullying and the most common places of bullying. The research took place in one of the typical schools of the Rome and involved the students of the 11-14 years old. 238 pupils were asked ...

Technological efficiency is one of the most important activities that associated with an organization, as it has the ability and tendency to assist the company to attain its long term objectives. The essence of technological efficiency is necessary for an entity because it has a direct linkage with the bottom line of the organization. This is the main thing, why organizations always emphasize to strengthen their information technology department in a perfect manner. There is a case study that associated with this assignment. The case study is all about Challenge of IT management in the Global Business Context written by Dube and ...

“ARE WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT VICTIMS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE MALE NORM?”

Introduction Billing (2011) analyzes the state of gender pressure on women at different workplaces. The accepted assumption is that there exists a pressure on women within workplaces because of their gender characteristics. Social environment shows some norms that are male dominance. At many workplaces, managers claim that there is equality between genders. In contrast, according to many academicians, workplaces have a male dominant culture and women workers are treated differently from male workers (Acker, 2006). After being regular workers, women managers go into transformation. The organization culture expects them to fulfill some requirements for being managers. According to many ...

Abstract

This paper is critical review of journal living with difference: reflections on geographies of encounter from Gil Valentine. The first section of this paper will summarize the general issue of the paper and the findings which have resulted from the research. The following section of this paper will analyze and evaluate important parts of the topic of progress in human geography like the work discussed in the article, references used, terms and the intended audience. The paper will evaluate the capacity to live with difference in the 21st Century.

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The development of language is an inherently puzzling phenomena that requires understanding to be able to evaluate the relevance of language acquisition. According to Hoff (2004) adults have lexical knowledge of language that consists of three major elements. First, knowledge of pronunciation of words that is called phonological knowledge. Secondly,they have grammatical knowledge that entails knowledge of the use of words in a sentence, which for some reason has been a matter of debate where scholars such as Dabrowaka (2011) notes that universal grammar is an illusion due to the simple fact that language acquisition is inert and for that ...

It has been found that there had been extensive research on distance learning and the entire concept is being investigated since a very long time. Advocates of distance instruction fight that the discoveries demonstrate definitively that distance elearning is "on a par with" customary training if directed legitimately. With the improvement of the postal benefit in the nineteenth century, business correspondence schools gave distance instruction to people the nation over. This pattern proceeded well into the twentieth century with the appearance of radio, TV, and other media that took into account learning at a distance. In the most recent decade, distance training ...

Experts in child development and related practice hold a common view that parents should learn parental sensitivity to child behavior. The responses that parents give to their children have a significant impact on the development of the child. Interestingly, studies on the parental sensitivity project limit focus on the adolescent mothers and fathers. Parental sensitivity focuses on the response pattern to the infant’s behavior. Mary Ann McGovern article “Sensitivity and Reciprocity in the Play of Adolescent Mothers and Youth Fathers with Their Infants” explore the adolescent mothers and father’s sensitivity and reciprocity to their four month old infants. ...

Introduction

The fact is all individuals are equally biased. Individuals cannot help it. They can only distinguish this innate bias and be able to counter against the same. The basis of economics provides that derivation or results and decision making needs to be supported by appropriate reason. It is dependent upon an exact consideration of something's value versus its expenses. However, life proves it to be totally wrong. Behavioral Economics shows that individuals are effectively affected by wrong information and different types of irrationality. Besides, the first year students are regularly unconscious of a drastic number of sources that impact their ...

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Summary of the Article

In the article Numbers and Costs of Occupational Injury and Illness in Low-Wage Occupations, the author Leigh (2012) described the findings of a study that aimed to address the problem of what the costs of occupational injury and illness are within low-wage occupations, and which of the said occupations contribute most to those costs. The determination of the solution to this problem would provide public health administrators -- or the government in general – with information on the costs being incurred for injuries and diseases, which in turn would enable them to efficiently allocate healthcare resources. Moreover, by ...

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Ethnic Studies Ethnic Studies was created so that people of colour this include African-Americans, Asian-Americans and Latino-Americans, could share their history, and achievements in their own way. In this paper I will discuss the origin of slavery and its abolition in America. Most African-Americans are descendants of slaves that were captured mostly in West Africa and sold to Americans who owned cotton and sugar cane plantations. The Europeans did not introduce slavery in Africa, it was in existence for thousands of years they just exploited it. The captured slaves were completely cut off from family, friends and ...

A Systematic Review Of Low Back Pain Cost Of Illness Studies In The United States And Internationally.

Introduction The medical challenge in the part of low back pain (commonly abbreviated as LBP) is on an increase. Due to requirement of attention it costs the economy dearly where the value of cost is in both time and money. Diagnosis methods and equipment, and medical improvements have been seen, but still LBP remain a menace, with the worst part being that number of patients are increasing per unit time. Developed countries face the problem of an equal magnitude to that of developing countries in this. America is also facing an economic challenge due to LBP even after large ...

Studies on HIV are fast accumulating throughout the years. Scientific studies have demonstrated the destructive nature of HIV in the human population. There has also been emerging studies on the retrovirus which illustrate the risks of acquiring HIV in humans when they are in close contact with non-human primates such as chimpanzees (LeBretton et al., 2007). Some studies in the field of psychology relate HIV to social stigma among humans who have acquired such disease (Logie et al., 2011). Scientists noted how the HIV pathogen can be acquired and how it affects the human physiology. Having such essential information ...

Prejudice and discrimination are inbuilt creation in people’s minds which develops hard to crack barriers of effective coexistence of differentiated groups. The study by Jane Elliot presents the reality that the minority groups have to undergo only because they are discriminated by the others. The study shows reveals that the behaviour of the minority group is influenced by the circumstances that exist. Elliot shows that when an individual is offered a good environment to operate in, he tends to behave in a superior way and have a positive perception of success in life. The study has established a barrier that is created ...

Article Review

The article is about the study conducted by Smith and Searles (2013) on determining whether fair and balanced news or difference in opinion matters for media effects. It encompasses the exploration of both the effects and content opinion shows during the 2008 presidential election (Smith and Searles 671). According to the study, opinion changes opinion. On the case of TV shows devoted to attacking opposition candidate instead of praising candidates with the same, opinions conveyed in opinion shows, newspaper editorial, and political talk radio programs has the capacity to change the public’s perception. The exploration of the given ...

The main purpose of this article is to show the connection between human wants and happiness. It is based on various theories that show the relationship between human happiness satisfactions of human wants. The information is based on studies carried out to study the relationship that happiness on the satisfaction of human wants. Human wants cannot be satisfied all at once; however, there are different levels of satisfaction among different people. In satisfaction of these wants, there are a number of factors that should be considered. The wants vary among different people and also depending on the social, financial and ...

The present article is devoted to the issue of the existing educational research methods review, and an attempt to evaluate the efficiency of each method choice. To begin with, I would like to refer to the information from the sources, which comply the review. It is common knowledge, that the contemporary research world is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, complex, and dynamic. Thus many researchers need to complement one method with another, get a solid understanding of multiple methods used by other scholars to promote collaboration, cooperation, facilitate development and communication, and elaborate a superior and the most efficient research. The present article ...

Clinical depression has been a significant concern in the psychiatric arena for a long duration owing to the failure of antidepressant administration approach given to its prevalence. Scores of patients inhibit varying responses to these methods of treatment with some showing poor response while others displaying total resistance. This necessitated the development of new treatment approaches for depression that would not react or produce other symptoms from the patient. , describe Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as a noninvasive and easily tolerated method of adjusting the physiological characteristics of the cortical section of the brain. This approach was developed for adverse cases of clinical ...

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The proposed field of research in dark energy has the potential of creating vast amounts of clean energy for humankind. However, the proposals are still in the preliminary stages, and there are debates about the suitability of having carrying out the research. The proponents seek to expand the existing body of knowledge with the aim of opening up further applications and hence justifying the initial costs and faith put on them. The proposal, along with its implications, has some advantages and disadvantages. Research into dark matter would serve to satisfy Intellectual curiosity. People are curious about the properties of ...

Joel Stein opened his argument with a very strong empathic tone “I am about to do what old people have done throughout history: call those younger than me lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow. But I have studies! I have statistics! I have quotes from respected academics! Unlike my parents, my grandparents and my great-grandparents, I have proof.” Stein’s premise goes with the idea that despite the fact that millenials (the Me Me Me generation)—those who were born between the period 1980s to 2000—are inherently narcissistic, selfish, shallow, lazy, and obsessed with entitlement traits, they may not be that ...

Introduction

Qualitative research studies are mainly used to seek an understanding as to why people behave in the manner that is seem to be. It differs from quantitative research studies in that it attempt to gather information or data that can provide relationship between certain variables or compare the two by being objective and trying to separate the investigator from the investigation while providing the relevant predictions. In this case, the qualitative study seeks to understand why clinical staffs within the hospital settings are not washing their hands properly after using the washrooms or toilets, as per the rules ...

Morphology

The word “morphology originated from the Greek words ‘morph’, meaning from, and ‘-ology’, which means study. It literally means the study of forms. It is used in both linguistics and other scientific disciplines, but this paper focuses on its use in linguistics (Fudeman, 2011). It has proved to be a very important area in linguistics that it is not only a basis of linguistics study, but also as a branch of linguistics. A German linguist August Schleicher first brought it to light in mid-19thcentury, and its development since then has given meaning to the internal structuring of words. In simple terms, ...

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- At least one problem or guiding question related to your personal or professional setting that could be used in a program evaluation. (Note: Anything related to education, elementary schools, etc). Each year, federals, government and foundations fund educational projects and initiatives with the main goal of transforming lives of students, adults and families. Such a program needs to be evaluated in order to determine whether its goals and objectives are being met. - A statement defending the choice of problem or guiding question for program evaluation with support from the Spaulding text, Program Evaluation in Practice. ...

Personality congruence can be well explained when there components of an individual: real, perceived and ideal self fits together. It’s a state of being healthy and it assists people to progress positively in self-actualization. In a partnership, it’s a state of coming together in an agreement and living a happy life. Personality congruence increases the longevity of couples in a relationship since it bonds together their similarities and does way with the differences (John, Donahue & Kentle 1991). A number of researches are being conducted to show the relationship between partnership longevity and personality congruence in couples. One of the most prominent studies ...

CRITICAL THINKING

Diversity of cultures: different lifestyles and customs by different people. Ethnic backgrounds or cultural beliefs tend to influence them wherever they go or professions they pursue. Acceptance of their ethnicity allows them to incorporate it into their professions and be more aware of cultural influence around them socially, politically and economically. Amongst cultures that are not well understood, they tend to face discrimination and derogating inquisitive conversations about their ethnicity. This results in feelings of being misunderstood as posited by Gomez-Pena (1996) and constantly seeking for their roots and ethnic identity. A deeper sense of searching for particular ethnic ...

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The quantitative research is a data research of some hypothesis, which can be checked by using mathematical or statistical techniques. This means employing of some mathematical models and methods (performing calculations). These calculations are based on empirical observations given in a data set. This data has a numeric form. The qualitative research refers to understanding some phenomena (for example, human behavior) – how and why people do or think something. The quantitative methods are usually can support qualitative researches. The one of the most usual methods to collect the data for qualitative research is to ...

Introduction

Internal validity is a condition of scientific research which depicts the degree to which a conclusion is warranted. It is common that systematic error minimization is the basis of warranting causal conclusions in research. An inference is concluded to be having internal validity if the binding relationship between the independent and dependent variable is described with precision. However, internal validity of research can be jeopardized (Salkind, 2010). One of the ways that internal validity of a study can be jeopardized is by the selection bias. Selection bias is as a result of a bias involvement of more than a single person of the same ...

The influence of psychological state of the athlete on his performance and, therefore, prospects of using various psyching strategies, has for quite a long time been of interest for both practitioners (e.g., athletes, coaches) and sports science scholars. According to Hackfort&Tebenbaum (2006), peak performance in sports is most often associated with such factors as physical preconditions, psychological states, motor skills, as well as mental abilities (e.g., ability to concentrate, attention) and a range of psychological issues as stress resistance, will-power, self-confidence, motivation etc. (11). Nonetheless, it is still hard to define the extent to which each of above-mentioned factors if capable ...

The experiment offers a description of the procedures for the overall studies in terms of the destructive obedience within the laboratory. On the other hand, this is fully consistent with the ordering of administration of the increasingly severe punishment to victims in line with a learning experiment. In this case, punishment is issued through shock generators having close to 30 graded switches that range from Slight Shock all the way to Danger (Severe Shock). The victims are confederate of E. in this case; the primary dependent variable includes the maximum shock the subject has willingness to administer prior refusing to continue ...

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The aim of the study was to determine differences in cardiovascular disease (CDV) risk factors in four cross-tabulated sets of body fatness and cardio respiratory fitness in adolescents. The participants included 755 females and 860 males aged 9-15 years from schools in Australia. Subjects were cross tabulated using maximum oxygen consumption and percentage body fat to split the groups to four .In males, differences across the group included blood pressure, triglycerides, high and low density lipid cholesterol but in females the variations were observed in high density lipid cholesterol and blood pressure .In females, variations were seen between high-fat/high-fitness ...

The study of foreign policy is all about how a state makes and develops its foreign policy. The foreign policy analysis (FPA) ensures that the decision making process is analyzed, and it’s also studies the domestic as well as international politics. It also deals with the study of intergovernmental organizations, war, economic sanctions and diplomacy. The major importance of understanding the evolution of the study FPA analysis is that it helps one to capture on how foreign countries conduct the decision making process. It is evident that human beings play a big role in changing the international politics. The ...

In the study presented where 5,000 students at the University of Texas were surveyed based on their declared major in order to see if there was a correlation between declared major, GPA, and student attitudes toward racial tolerance the data returned validated the hypothesis that these variables were significant in determining different attitudes towards race. Given the different theories on ethnic stratification we studied, I believed the functionalist view is the best framework to work with in understanding these differences. This view relies on one of two conditions being present. That inequality functions to meet a social need and ...

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In their article ‘“Defaulting to Management: Leadership Defined by What It is Not’”, the authors Brigid Carroll and Lester Levy (2008) develop the concept of a default identity or aor baseline identity that influences the performance, acquisition, and understanding of more emergent identity constructions, such as the leadership identity. In the qualitative study that tThe authors conducted where they interviewed 53 upper-middle and senior managers about to ascertain their definitions for of leadership and leadership development, it is foundfinding that most of the participants lack a concrete understanding of what leadership is. They cannot provide a concise definition for leadership and leadership ...

The article “Stereotypes and Prejudice: Their Automatic and Controlled Components” by Patricia G. Devine has been very well presented in regard to the study it presents. The article has one specific purpose and that is that of exploring studies that show how stereotypes as well as personal beliefs play a crucial role in reaching conclusions about stereotyped groups. The writer also explores various processes which instigate stereotyping which are automatic and controlled mechanisms which are involved in determining the cause of stereotyping and prejudice as well as the desired outcome on the groups involved. The people involved are also illustrated ...

Summary of “The Innovator’s DNA”

The article is titled “The Innovator’s DNA” because it draws its conclusions from a study of successful innovators and establishes the issues that make them different from other people. The study conducted over a period of six years entailed examining innovative entrepreneurs such as Apple’s Steve Jobs, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, eBay’s Pierre Omidyar, Skype’s Niklas Zenntrom among many others. The examination was aimed at establishing the unique traits “DNA” that are common in all these phenomenal entrepreneurs. The study found out that successful innovative entrepreneurs employ five discovery skills in their quest to create business ...

According to economics, the law of diminishing returns usually appears on a topic that deals with costs. According to the law of diminishing returns, additional workers in a firm, or variable input added in into the production process would result in a fall of the quantity produced in the short run or at least a single factor of production is held constant (Mankiw, pp. 158 - 165). The law of diminishing returns provides that each additional unit of an input used in the production results in an increase in production by smaller and smaller amounts. As an economics student, I have found ...

Politics of Abortion Accessibility

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This paper explores five peer-reviewed articles that report studies on the effects of abortion on the well-being of women who underwent abortions. It also reviews an ongoing study that touches on the effects of denied abortions. The paper examines arguments of the health effects, briefly touching also on the economic effects, of abortion and if these effects have great implications whether or not to limit the access of abortion to the female public. The published studies examined in the paper lead to suggest that abortions are generally safe and the side effects are minor and do not ...