Professor Cilfford Nass created an experiment where he chose very high chronic multitaskers, and "tested how quickly the students could switch between tasks without losing their focus (Dretzin). All of these students thought they tested well but the test showed that they were significantly slower when switching between tasks compared to when they were only focusing on the test.... Gary Small gives his opinion on risks people take while multitasking, "It's hard to get people to stop texting while they're driving, although it's a 23 times greater risk of having an accident. H...

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A culture as the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and traditions shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next. ... Without thinking about it, every aspect of our culture shapes its people. ... Different child rearing practices affect that culture's people. ... It also said that this might help explain why Japanese and Taiwanese children get higher scores on mathematic achievement tests. Throughout high school and college I was always curious why it seemed that Asians did better on math test. ...

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everyone in my class is going to cheat on a test, and no matter how hard I study, I will probably fail, would I cheat? ... So when it comes down to it, I can let myself get a terrible grade but keep my honesty in the process, or I can cheat, lose my honesty, get the A, and study for the next test hoping the same thing won't happen again. ... By studying, I believe I would be letting myself fall a victim to a bunch of people that are too lazy to do anything. ... If you take this question and broaden it to something like your career, you will find that many people in the business commun...

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However, their standardize testing system is one aspect American school systems should look into incorporating into there scheme. ... The teachers are more apt to support people of a higher background and recommend them to a prominent school rather than recommending those students of a less prominent class. ... France's approach on standardized testing, is approached at a different angle than that of the United States. In France standardized testing is used to spot a child's weak area, and the following year that student will receive compensationary education in that particu...

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Some applicants are drug tested and even put through a lie detector test. ... As a Police Officer I would be pursuing different people who break the law and give them citations or warnings. ... I feel like the criminology and investigations major is right for me because I am very interested in why people commit crimes, lowering the crime rate, and helping a specific certain community. ...

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Between the years of 1978 and 1995 Kaczynski left a number of packages containing explosive material for people to find. He also mailed several packages all over the U.S. to university professors and people involved with computers and technology. ... Perhaps Kaczynski believed if he rid the world of these people involved in technology things might return to normal for him. Biological School - Over the years scientists have developed tests and theories about a person's body shape, sizes of bones and limbs, even lumps on the head. It seems like most of these tests were inconclusive and no...

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We are measured on testing and not on knowledge. I really dislike this because I could not pass a multiple-choice test if my life depended on it. ... You still cannot make people 100% predictable. ... This leads to people revolting against the company. ... It works for everyone so most people in general seem to be content with it. ...

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Facebook is an internet social network website designed to keep people in touch in a more modern way than in years past. ... Since Facebook came along, you can easily keep up with a multitude of people who are close friends and/or acquaintances in your own personal "friends" list, by posting "status updates" at your leisure (some people post daily) or when you choose to. ... With that being said, people tend to post status updates that are going to paint the best picture of their so called "perfect life". ... Furthermore, without testing subjects, there isn't enough da...

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Parsons established the sociological concepts of the influences of cultural values and norms on people and how it affected social order. ... His work is supported by standing the test of time. ... Parsons focused on what mattered the most to people in general and applied that to the social sciences in order to achieve the breadth within his theories. ... Parsons' groundbreaking approach to the social sciences have stood the test of time as his theories still prove to be relevant nearly a half a century after his reign at Harvard. ...

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A social psychologist by the name of Muzafer Sherif conducted an experiment to test the theory of realistic conflict. ... After two weeks had pasted both teams showed that they had hatred toward each other, the experiment showed how realistic conflict can bring of prejudices in people. ...

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Those are the people of Africa. ... A whole century passed and I see a little change for the African American people. ... I think it is a way of social structure to create low income housing so they can divide the rich people from the poor people. my definition of the unemployment of urban is poor people not having jobs that they can work and pay their rents buy food and other essence stuff. ... Another way is educating people; teach the skills they do to do the jobs. ... Most of the public schooling does not have books less teachers the class are so big and that the teachers can't teach ...

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To know and understand this job people need to know what it is. ... A school social worker is the one who sits down and discusses and helps cope with these peoples problems. ... To start off with this job, people need to know the education that would be necessary. ... Taking these special tests are just little steps to get into the job the person is interested in, everyone who wants a certain position has to do that in order to be placed. ... "Many people who enter social work with a bachelor's degree go back to school after a few years and earn the advanced degree" (Chronicle-15). ...

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This may be because many people see college and college students as the next generation of this nation's leaders. ... This is because I do not believe this country is truly a meritocracy as many people claim. ... This is also helpful in preparing the child for standardized testing which is a requirement for admittance to college. The questions on these standardized tests usually favor those coming from an upper class or upper middle class background. ... Talking about affirmative action almost always becomes personal for people. ...

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Another opposing argument to Affirmative Action is that promotions given to white males employees were based solely on merit and intelligence, reason being that white males score higher on standardized test. ... Affirmative Action has opened the door for many people who would have never been able to go to a top school or get a managerial position. ...

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An anthropologist would gather all of what he/She examined from these different types of people and compare their culture and religious life. ... They hunt and gather in small groups called "bands", numbering between 20 to 50 people. ... Anthropological approach is very necessary in finding out more about the people who were trapped in the buildings and died. Remains may be found, and taken in for DNA testing. Although we know what happened on 9/11 from and etic point of view, maybe someday something new will arise where we can know more about the people trapped inside and what they were d...

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It is an attempt to understand the world, and it tests the cause and effect of sociological behavior. ... People believed that economic institutions were paramount. ... Symbolic interaction is a sociological theory that focuses on the processes of person to person interaction, on how people come to develop viewpoints about themselves and others, and on forms of interpersonal communication. ... Nonsymbolic interaction occurs when people respond to each other without interpretations. ...

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While it is possible to get rid of the state, people may argue that to completely abolish the state is almost impossible. ... Another theorist, Stirner, suggests the state rips people of their natural egoism and as a result, the state is believed by some to control the behavior of individuals and force them into unnatural social relations. ... Conservatives argue that humans are essentially limited and security seeking creatures drawn to the known, the familiar, the tried and the tested and therefore would be unable to flourish in a stateless society which anarchists argue is possible. ... ...

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Leadership is defined as the "action of leading a group of people or an organization." A leader is capable of influencing and inspiring the people around him or her to voluntarily commit towards accomplishing a certain goal. ... I have been honored to have the extremely rewarding feeling that comes with being a part of a group; especially a group like the Eagle Pride that plays music, performs a show and tells a story at the same as it tests an individual both mentally and physically. ...

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I dedicated a large portion of my time to just for this test. ... People supported these leaders because they were honest with others and did what they said. They built trust with masses of people, who then trusted them to bring about change in their society. ...

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I also agree with a majority of these facts, they definitely are helping our education to an extent in the classroom and kids are getting better test scores because there is a lot more access to more technology, but that's not what I am getting at. ... The point is that technology is controlling society and a majority of the people that are in it, including big names and even people that grew up in a time when the TV was the most technologically advanced thing in their household....

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Politics, as defined by Webster's dictionary, is the complex or aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp. those relationships involving authority or power. ... Plato has noted that human nature will always be the same although tested by time and change. ... The recent evolution of humanity through technology and social media is a test to conclude if human nature still remains the same. ...

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Scenes like the interview when Vincent is automatically allowed in Gattaca just after a fake urine test shows that society is divided and acceptance is a formality for someone who was a valid but virtually impossible for an in-valid. ... Niccol successfully displays how genetic engineering can create an underclass of people whose societal roles are highly circumscribed. ...

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He suggested that in order for sociologists to recognize the social patterns of life, they must identify patterns of behavior of particular group of people (Berger 1963). ... More interestingly of the two groups of women that were tested, the group that favored mathematics, science, and social sciences were more inclined to abort than those in the group who preferred English and arts. ...

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Reckless" containment theory says there are predispositions that make people commit crimes. ... I think it's hard to test, because we"re talking about a lot of inner questions like morals and goals. ...

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The literary canon, a historical body of masterpieces and classics, is considered the best of the best; literary works that withstood the test of time. ... The fact that the canon only has books older than a hundred years included in it mean that modern works are sometimes ignored, so the canon also makes people consider the view of older times and we are constantly looking back. ...

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