This essay aims to discuss that attitudes may not always predict behaviour, and a number of other factors should also be considered. This essay will also go on to suggest ways in which the attitude-behaviour link can be improved. ... Oskamp (1984) showed that a large percentage of smokers agreed that 'cigarette smoking causes disease and death' however because smoking was a hard habit, their attitude did not influence their behaviour. ... Fazio (1984) also proposed that accessibility helped increase the attitude-behaviour link. ...

• Word Count: 1527
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He remained at LSE for 35 years before moving to Cambridge as William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology in 1984. ... (Mattick The New York Times) In commenting on Gellner and his writings, the Santa Fe Institute Notebooks web site said: "Most of Gellner's writing consists of essays and reviews, in which a fairly limited number of themes crop up again and again; if you like what he says, he brings to mind kaleidoscopes, and if you don't, he seems repetitive." ...

• Word Count: 811
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Western industrial society has idolised ideals, rationality and a limited type of practicality and all too often regards the conscious ritual of other cultures as a frivolous curiosity (LaChapelle, 1984:1-6). ... In this essay I will point out that whether we accept it or not, ritual is an essential part of the life course, even though the act of performing and perceiving ritual may be unconscious. ... His presence is vital to the ongoing life there and the people know it is the rituals that embody them (LaChapelle, 1984:1-6). ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will address the aforementioned issues relating to the relationship between social movements and political party representation by defining the terms and presenting different perspectives regarding their roles in the political system. ... Although, the women's movement was the most closely aligned with the NDP, it was the governing Liberals between 1963 and 1984 that played a significant role in shaping the movement. ... However, with the fall of the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives in 1984, it became evident that social movements and their issues are not always at...

• Word Count: 1990
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will address the aforementioned issues relating to the relationship between social movements and political party representation by defining the terms and presenting different perspectives regarding their roles in the political system. ... Although, the women's movement was the most closely aligned with the NDP, it was the governing Liberals between 1963 and 1984 that played a significant role in shaping the movement. ... However, with the fall of the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives in 1984, it became evident that social movements and their issues are not always at...

• Word Count: 3983
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will examine some of the different kinds of linguistic sexism in the English language, some of the reasons why these forms of language are harmful and finally some ideas of how these forms of language can be changed for the better. ... Earlier in the essay it was pointed out that the use of "he" as a neutral pronoun was problematic because of its inaccuracy. ... Fasold (1984 in Pauwels 1988) claimed that the relationship between language and reality is that language merely reflects the reality. ...

• Word Count: 2723
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate