Social Science

James Rachels is an American philosopher who specializes in ethics; more specifically, he is a utilitarian (meaning he believes in the greater good for the greatest number). This is a rather simple summary of his position, which is more intricate,…
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After more than thirty years, researchers still do not agree whether Cognitive Therapy (CT) is an efficacious treatment for severe depression (Cuijpers, van Straten, Andersson & Oppen, 2008). The discussion and the research is still relevant as the Treatment of…
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The Stone Age has captured our hearts and minds for centuries. As the evidence of the activities and lives of our earliest humans and human ancestors was discovered, the world became permanently fascinated. To this day, new discoveries are treated as “breaking…
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INTRODUCTION             In the last 20 or 30 years society has changed. Society has seen new wars emerge between countries, and society has seen the collapse of the American economy, and society has seen record breaking unemployment and layoffs, and…
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Erik Erikson’s personality theory is sometimes referred to as “Ego Psychology” because Erikson asserted that a person’s ego gains or loses strength through the resolutions of eight developmental crises or stages of psychosocial development. The term “psychosocial” is telling of…
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Is identity of oneself linked to the culture of the specific person? This is a question that has risen on numerous occasions and it has never been truly solved, since everyone has different opinions on this subject and how our…
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Have you ever wondered what drives a single parent to drag themselves to work after a sleepless night only to come home to cook and clean their homes knowing they must repeat these steps over and over again for weeks,…
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Personality can not be determined by IQ testing. IQ tests are developed for testing of intelligence, or to be more precise, for measuring the so-called Intelligence Quotient.   The term “Personality” is used to describe typical patterns of behavior, thinking…
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At the core of a person’s emotional makeup is self-awareness: How he or she manages their emotions, whether they are calm and collected or they panic quickly, their level of empathy towards others, whether they simply focus on themselves and…
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SMARTNESS INDICATORS According to PISA, which is an organization interested in the education of the most intelligent people in the world, Hong Kong is numero uno when it comes to mathematics. Finland cannot be beat when it comes to Reading…
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