Social Science

There are many ways to measure human intelligence on a daily practical and survival level.  Yet there are few that measure scientifically that which is called intelligence.  In fact, many researchers themselves do not agree upon what constitutes “intelligence” so…
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Jenne-Jeno is an archeological site on the inner Niger River Delta in Mali.  Between the fourth and the twelfth centuries, Jenne-Jeno was an important trade center.  It is one of the largest and oldest towns that has been excavated in…
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Because sociology studies groups and the effects of group inclusion (or exclusion) on individuals, it has to look at attitudes, attributes and behaviors that people have in common. If it focused entirely on personal uniqueness, the results would have little…
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Social change, the process by which a certain society or culture evolves in response to a great stimuli. In the case of this study, it shall be natural disasters. Since they can not be fully controlled or stopped, they cause…
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It is important to understand the difference between gender and sex. Sex is biologically determined by one reproductive organs. Gender, however, is socially constructed. It is the way in which one acts in relation to the societal expectations of their…
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The society in which we live has a complexity that makes simple definitions almost impossible. However, the idea of what exactly a criminal is ought to be easy enough to understand. Regardless of the severity of any criminal act the…
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Some words are spelled completely differently but actually have very similar meanings, or at least people can think they have very similar meanings. One of these word sets includes revolution, coup d’etat, revolt, and secession. Without looking at actual definitions,…
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Culture clashes rather than nation against nation will cause the future revolutionary actions and global uprisings, Samuel P. Huntington taught and wrote about while teaching political science at Harvard University. That supposition is real today because of the 911 disaster in  New…
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Covert racism exists everywhere in the United States and in other parts of the world, but is often denied by the people experiencing it and the people responsible for it. Why do racists hide behind insidious words and actions and…
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Revolutions- the overthrows of rulers or systems of government- are generally caused by a combination of weakness or divisions within the ruling establishment, combined with dissatisfaction among various other segments of the population. Many of the revolutions in history have…
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