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How do changes in society affect music?
the major social factors that effect music are: 1.Technology, which has a profound effect on music. The highly crafted...
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Should experiments on animals be illegal?
(As this question asks an opinion, there are several responses listed. New answers may be added at the bottom.) Testing on...
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How does language help people express themselves and shape their daily lives?
It helps people relate to others how they feel and to what degree or intensity they fell those emotions. It also allows people to...
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What are the 14 fundamentals needs of man according to Henderson?
1. Breathing normally 2. eating and drinking adequately 3. eliminating body wastes 4. moving and maintaining a desirable...
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What is Global Warming and is it taking effect on the Earth?
What is Global Warming? An introduction to the science This answer provides an introduction to the science and effects...
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How do you determine ethnicity?
An ethnic group refers to a group, usually a minority one, that shares a culture regardless of racial composition. Ethnics are...
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Why do so many Asian guys smoke?
A cultural norm, much like the US, England, Australia and Europe, for example, during the middle of last century.
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What is a peninsula?
A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Answer A long...
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Why is there antisemitism?
This is an important question. Why is there so much antisemitism (hatred or prejudice against Jewish people) in the world now,...
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What is a typhoon?
A Typhoon is a name used in east Asia for a Hurricane. It is a type of cyclone occurring in the western regions of the Pacific...
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Is it experimental or quasi-experimental design During workshops people are watching video then need to give answer whether a person on the video was lying also answer some more open ended questions?
It depends. Was there random assignment? If not, it's probably quasi.
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What is the Cognitive Dissonance Theory?
Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term which describes the uncomfortable tension that comes from holding two conflicting...
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How many Muslim women are abused in the Middle East?
In many parts of the region, a substantial number. For example 83% of all Egyptian women have been harassed and almost half of...
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What is winter?
winter is the season of cleansing winter is a season when it gets colder compared to summer, its also the time when...
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What would happen if there was no sun?
A World Without Sun Well, the sun's gravity holds us in orbit, so if it was gone, we'd go flying off into space. Also,...
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What is reverse psychology?
The answer is in the question. Reverse psychology is the ability to convince another person that the first answer they have...
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What major events happened between 1995 and 2007?
9/11 here are two websites that list many events; http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001251.html (for the...
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How does society stand to gain through educated and healthier people?
Society as a whole benefits from healthier people for a number of reasons: Fewer people calling in sick, resulting in better...
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How is philosophy different from the other fields of study?
philosophy is the study of everything, thinking of every possibility and every possibility within that possibility most other...
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What the difference between a university of California and a California state university?
California public universities The University of California has a strong research component, and offers undergraduate, masters,...
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What is Charles Fillmore's theory of case grammar?
I think that case for case means one case always is related to another case because semantic values. (I apologise my bad...
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Is there a way of measuring creative ability such as a test on a scale of 1-100 to see how good or bad your skill is?
Testing for Creative Abilities The only way to measure your creative ability is to develop it by exploration. There is no way...
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How Many Seconds Does It Take To Drown?
About The Time Of 3 Breaths Witch Is About 5 Seconds
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligence?
It looks at the average student in more details than just an IQ score.
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Is the cell phone a boon or curse?
Both. It means that you are always available and can be contacted by your loved ones, and you can contact them. there is no...
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What color is the white horse?
Two inches taller than the black horse.
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Why is volume not included in the SI unit?
Instead of using the litre SI uses the m3 or for an equivalent to the litre, dm3.
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How does remote influence work?
Refer to this article in WikiPedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_influence
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What is meant by the statement that economics is a social science?
because it is associated with human behaviour
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Why does smoke rise?
Air is composed of several different types of molecules, which form a unified density. Smoke is composed of different molecules...
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What theories are in realism in international relations theory?
The question doesn't quite make sense. Realism, as a very basic definition, is a theory based on the following ideas: Sovereign...
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What is the word for discrimination or prejudice against an ethnic or cultural group?
Racism.
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What are cyborgs?
shucka cyborgs are robots Cyborg are biological life enhanced via the use of technology; generally the term implies the...
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Is US a member of OPEC?
No
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What is the definition of responding variable?
Every decent experiment has 3 kinds of variables. - Control variables which are the same for each experiment - Manipulated...
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Find out what is social engineering and identify the strategy in manipulating people.?
(s? Žsh&l Social engineering this is what i found through msn search. hope this helps. enŽŽj&-n?rŽing) (n.) In the...
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What is the scientific name for apple cider vinegar?
Acetic acid. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic_acid
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Taking into consideration the seven value drivers of Alfred Rappaport deduce the key value drivers and how they are important to company's valuation.Show how a company of your choice is value.?
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Why did balch emily greene win the nobel peace prize?
1946 Nobel Peace Prize Emily Greene Balch was one of the founders and leaders of the Women's International League of Peace...
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What capital city in canada is known as the cross road city?
Quebec City haha someone said: salt lake city? It's not even in Canada. Yo do you guys know what da biggest city in Canada...
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How did Albany new york get its name?
how did Albany get its name
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What is the sociological term used for learning through imitation?
Sociological Term memetics
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What are the similarities and differences between person centred counselling and the gestalt theory of counselling?
To my knowledge, the main similarity between person centered and gestalt therapy are that both are "experiential" approaches to...
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What constitutes a metropolitan area?
Technically, it changes every decade or so, as the Census Bureau (who are the ones who define and track metropolitan areas)...
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Who are the persons involved in socio-anthropology?
hi
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How many adults are there in the UK?
Adults in UK 60 million ___ The total population of the UK is a little over 61 million ...
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Should state universities admit applicants with an eye toward advancing minorities and thereby reducing racial inequality?
No. Only those applicants who are qualified should be admitted. To accept someone based solely on their race, gender, age,...
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What are incisors?
They are the front two teeth, top and bottom, in your mouth.
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Is it dangerous to be right when the government is wrong?
That very much depends on what government you are talking about. If you are living under Taliban authority, I wouldn't suggest...
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Why do dogs get along so well with humans?
because we have had many thousands of years of interacting with them, in the wild and in civilized society's and we have had...
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As likert scale are ordinal data can I obtain mean and SD from them?
If you are considering a single ordinal variable, determining the mode or median would be meaningful, but the mean or SD would...
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Explain how goiter occurs?
A goiter is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the body. This iodine deficiency causes the thyroid glands in the neck to...
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What may happen if there is over secretion of hormones in the adrenal glands?
It depends. The adrenal gland makes several hormones, including aldosterone, cortisol, DHEA, adrenaline, and noradrenaline, all...
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Why does the Nile dont flow north?
Like any other river, it flows downhill. Upper Egypt (south) has very high elevation and the Nile starts in Ethiopia which also...
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Does gender affect memory of gender associated object?
yes it does. women are better at remembering things that are associated with women- for example jewelry and clothing. Men are...
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What is psychosomatic blindness and why do people get it?
Psychosomatic blindness is a conversion disorder. Freud believed that the anxiety of the psyche was sometimes "converted" into...
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Are there more people or chickens?
Well, there are about 6 billion people and because about 8 billion chickens are slaughtered each year, there are more chickens....
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When is a hypothesis useful?
The first inclings a person has that there might be a better explanation for [fill in the blank] is a hypothesis. Anyone working...
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Color is most easily observed property of minerals but it is the least useful property for identification list two reasons why this is true and give one example for each?
1) The color of minerals (especially gasses) can change depending on the concentration of said mineral. The more diluted a...
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How do tornadoes occur?
At thermal fronts and in thunderstorms (and others) winds blow - if two winds meet blowing in opposite directions they MAY form a...
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How does the Central Nervous System affect your behavior?
Our behavior is mostly a direct result of the functioning of our central nervous system. The part of the brain that influences...
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By the time you are 75 years oldhow many years will you have spent sleeping?
75 x 365 x 24 =657000 Hours 75 x 365 x 7 = 191625 Hours(if u sleep 7h) 191625 /365 / 24 = 21.8 So u'll be sleeping for 22...
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What can a scrap heap magnet do?
Lift cars made of steel. It can also take your glasses if you get too close! Also, it could hold giant grocery lists onto...
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Is population density an indicator of over population or under population?
Population density is just a measure. Whether it represents over or under population depends on putting that information together...
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What is hysteria?
HYSTERIA IS MASS PANIC ---- Hysteria is a generic term for a condition with a non-organic cause.
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Why do people kill others?
If you believe in the theory of evolution which teaches that we are mindless blobs of matter ultimately without any meaning and...
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What are the importance of science and technology?
What are the importance of science and technology?" the importance of science and technology in the society is it helps us do...
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What is meant by chemical disaster?
What is disaster ? http://www.pollutionissues.com/Co-Ea/Disasters-Chemical-Accidents-and-Spills.html
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What is the cultural acquisition?
What is the cultural acquisition?
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Examples of convection?
hot air rising cooling and falling
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What are the 7 branches of science?
7 branches of science Astronomy Biology Chemistry Geology Mathematics Physics Psychology
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Which type of society comes closest to being egalitarian?
* At a cultural level, egalitarian theories have developed in sophistication and acceptance during the past two hundred years....
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Why does erap should be given a presidential pardon?
so that he will enjoy his life together with his family.
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How long will it take for the entire population of China to walk past you in a single file line?
I was told that it would never end at the rate of the population growth, and with the number of people there. Answer Well,...
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What is geography?
GEOGRAPHY: Traditionally, geographers have been viewed the same way as cartographers and people who study place names and...
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The ovum has a yolk which is important to the zygote after fertilization what purpose does the yolk serve?
'It feeds the zygote', yes providing nutrients needed for the organism to grow and develop.
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What is definition of The greatest happiness principle?
utilitarianism
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What is the relationship between linguistics and social sciences?
There is a whole area of Linguistics called Sociolinguistics. This is concerned with correlations between language-use and...
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How many types of handwriting styles are there?
That is not a helpful answer. There are many different handwriting styles and everybody's is slightly different than...
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How do you finish a questionnaire?
You just answer all the questions on it. Then you're finished.
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What is positivism?
Theory focus's on the facts
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How is tourism affecting the environment and how can we help?
Countries have to legislate so that new tourist developments satisfy environmental safeguards. All development must be...
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Is root the first part that appeared from the seed?
yes
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Which have a greater influenced on the student the family or the school?
The student is influenced by its family and school. I think both the family and school builds the student, makes its life. At...
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How does high-tech farming help?
Increased efficiency in farms, so its not wasting as much time, you get more production (higher yield), leads to an increase in...
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Give the different ways of how to take care the circulatory system?
The circulatory system is made up of the pump (heart), the vessels (veins/arteries), and the fluid (blood). In general, one of...
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What is an existential breakdown?
existential breakdown It is what the Gieco caveman proclaimed he was suffering from while in session with his therapist.
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Why is a reflex reaction faster than a voluntary reaction?
Because a reflex action is automatic and does not involve a thought process.
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Is santa monica fogy in the morning and very cold at night?
Santa Monica CA is often foggy in the morning. But it does not get cold at night.
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What is the Freudian perspective on whether relationships are internally or externally motivated?
Inernally - Freud was a true believer in peronality being completely innate; moreover, relationships stemming purely from the...
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Who is the father of psychoanalysis?
Sigmund Freud.
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How are the arrangement in most solids different from those in liquids?
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In what ways do social factors shape your identities?
That good old saying, "You lay down with dogs you get up with fleas" means if you hang around a bad group of people then people...
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What flood killed the most people?
The worst flood I believe was the Yellow River Flood in China in 1931. The river floods all the time, killing thousands, but in...
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What is humanities?
The humanities are academic disciplines which study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytic, critical, or...
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Why is kindness important?
Kindness is the only thing keeping this world going. With out it there is no point. It is the main ingredient in all religions....
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How many people die each second?
Birth rate: 20.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) Death rate: 8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) Source:...
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What came first darkness or light?
light because according to the bible God said "i am the light" and god is the first person on earth............
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Does having one black feature make you black?
it depends on what you think, if you feel black, then go for it.
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When was GPS systems invented?
The Navy project TIMATION began in 1964. It provided the technological basis for GPS (accurate clocks on the satellites updated...
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