Women looked for a strong man who would be a good provider; men searched for a nurturing woman to make a home. ... Buss tried to explain the evolutionary truth about relationships in his book The Evolution of Desire and bases his theories on a cross-cultural study of more than 10,000 respondents. ... Research indicates that the places where people congregate tend to be of similar social class and race, "because of residential and occupational segregation, as well as other cultural factors, one average people get together with people like themselves (Coltrane, Collins 268)." ... Mutations in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Berk's ninth edition Child Development text book last published in 2013. There are at least ten pieces of parenting advice that can be found in Berk's book which are then supported by numerous evidence and research. ... Adults tend to speak to babies in what is called infant-directed speech or "baby talk" and this form of communication is made up of short sentences with high-pitched, exaggerated expressions, clear pronunciation, distinct pauses between sentences, clear gestures to support verbal meaning (including sign language), and repetition of new words in a variety of...

• Word Count: 2833
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Our laws, which were enacted many years ago, were put in place to prevent inequality in our schools, but this cannot remold culture's views on what is right for a boy or a girl. Research shows there have been changes put in place for equality, but our teachers, parents and schools need to work harder in providing an unbiased education to our children. ... Girls are offered courses such as Home Economics and boys are offered Shop classes. If a boy decides he wants to take Home Economics he is made fun of as being a "sissy" boy or if a girl wants to take shop she is called a "she-m...

• Word Count: 2741
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As Ray states, 'if there is an underlying biological tendency towards masculine violence, this should manifest similarly in different cultures and places, which it does not' (2011:85). ... Around eight months after the experiment, just under half of the children that participated, were displaying violent acts at home; the same actions that were shown in the video. Experiments such as this do not only show that aggression is learnt (as Bandura found out), but also that the observation of symbols and objects are memorised by young children, and at a later time period these memories ar...

• Word Count: 3847
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate