Additionally, answers varied based on gender and age. ... Higgins, tests a somewhat new and foreign area of crime: cyber crime. ... Secondly, the authors believe that social learning theory will mediate differences in digital piracy correlates such as ages, genders, races, and geographic regions. ... Individuals who commit digital piracy are of different age, gender, ethnicity, and geographical location than the average offender. ... The second restraint of this study was the theory it was testing. ...

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While science has determined that age, gender, personality and culture all have an effect on learning and memory. ... Gender plays some role in cognitive abilities. At one time it was generally accepted that men performed better on spatial ability tests while women performed better on verbal tests; however it seems that differences in test scores have also changed over the years (Terry, 2009). ... Gender differences can be attributed to a variety of theories from hormonal to handicapping as a result of stereotypes. There is no clear understanding of how much affect gender has on learning and ...

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Furthermore, I will emphasize if their are any differences in aggressive behavior between the genders. ... To test their hypothesis, the subjects were divided into three experimental groups and one control group. ... After the subjects were exposed to aggression, they were tested for the amount of imitation and non-imitation aggression. ... Gender was also positively correlated with imitative aggression and the subjects tended to imitate the same sex models more than the opposite sex. ... What gender is more likely to imitate aggressive behavior? ...

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Prolactin is a hormone that is produced by the pituitary gland and levels can be tested through the blood. ... By using twin studies, the genetic influence is alleviated and gender influences can be evaluated. ... Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies have looked at the differences in the effect of bereavement on the specific genders. ... Although the sex differences for depression are not shown until after the first year initial rates of depression are the same between genders. ... Current studies have not differentiated between sexes for children so it is unknown if the same gender bia...

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The way that the patients were studied was by the way of a semi-structured interview, also additional information was obtained by talking to relatives and friends, and urine tests were also done. ... All patients were given test in regards to memory, behavioral memory and planning abilities. To determine the statistical differences between the patients the Chi-Square test, the Student-T test and the Non-Parametric Mann-Whitney tests were used. ... Every person had to fill out a consent form and a questionnaire about their age, gender, education level, medical history, and past and present use ...

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In the review" The Multiple Choices of Sex Education: Giving A Quiz or a Test After Sex Education Courses May Not Be The Best Way To Ensure That Students Use What They've Learned in Class To Make Good Decisions After Class (Hamilton, Sanders, Anderman; 2013) students that learn through role playing activities are more likely to master skills to get out of certain situations where they are likely to engage in risky sexual behaviors. ... In this matter, a parent might not have enough knowledge to guide their child(ren) of the opposite gender on sex. ...

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It would prove easier to make attempts of theorizing age in a similar way as many have theorized gender. ... Evidently, most of the disciplines have highlighted that childhood is affected by race, gender, class, culture and other demographic factors as they affect adults. ... Quortrup highlighted that the society had excluded children from studies that sought to establish how factors such as gender, race, and class affected the society. ... This focus has helped many sociologists in describing the effect of class, gender, and other economic factors affect this social construct. ... Sociology h...

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Lombroso's theory was tested by an anthropologist named Goring (1913, 1972) who studied 3000 convicts and 3000 non-criminals and found no significant difference in features, facial or otherwise. ... In support of this research, Cortes & Gatti (1972) found that 57 percent of the institutionalised delinquents they tested fell into the mesomorphic category. ... Passingham (1972) noticed differences between the control and test groups used such as socio-economic class and ethnic background. These variables may have affected the outcome of the personality tests. Bartol et al (1979) tested 398 ...

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Biological factors include age, gender, BMI, physical endurance, strength, and agility. ... On the other hand, getting a good grade on a test as the result of studying is an example of an extrinsic factor. ...

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According to Rethinking Classroom Assessment with Purpose in Mind, (2006) in order to be of real value in decision-making, these classroom tests must possess two important characteristics, namely: validity and reliability. ... Harlen's study showed high evidence on teacher's bias when it came to children's character, behaviour, gender, and special education needs. ...

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Background Alcohol consumption among university students is a continuing concern for the population (Wilk et al., 1997; DOH, 2005) and the general behaviours influenced by alcohol involve violence, unsafe sexual tendencies leading to unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, injuries and ...

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