Social Science

A similarly narrow view has been taken toward the idea of intelligence in the past century. While the word “intelligence” entered the English language in Europe during the early Middle Ages, it has become a synonym for IQ or intellectual…
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Some years ago I had become a kind of perpetual student in France, coming there on the GI Bill from my native Virginia and America. I was a curious man in his early twenties, and was interested in medicine, but…
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Many of a child’s experiences before the age of two will shape the rest of his or her life, as these very early months are critical in cognitive and emotional development. While no child chooses a parent, all children are…
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The discipline of Environmental Psychology has many meanings, although the simplest way to explain Environmental Psychology as it relates to human psychological needs and values is that it lends value as it relates to psychology. According to Conservation Psychology Environmental…
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Due to advancements in technology since the 1990s, shale natural gas oil drilling has become a more economically viable occupation for shale oil drilling companies and for the people working for them, thus providing more economic stability to the residents…
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If you’re studying social science at college, you will have to take a course in statistics, which can be very off-putting, especially if mathematics was not your strong-point at school. However, when it comes to research for your dissertation or…
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It is assumed that early care in life has a tremendous impact on how the future adult will develop. And that common sense thinking is correct up to a point. While there are random studies being done, as reported by…
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Can we change the way we are?  Yes.  People change over time. What you wanted to do with your day at six years old is likely different than what you spend you time on now.  Do people change once they…
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Many studies have taken place in order to discover the relationship between birth order and relationship dynamics within the family. Such studies can also show information which is predictive of how an individual will fair when it comes to career…
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To live on the earth, for survival, we must consume foods, essential products or services. Nothing is wrong in it and this is not consumerism. In fact, the working definition of consumerism is the consumption of products or services for…
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