Attitude Change and Persuasion: The total fertility rate in Singapore has declined to a record low of 1.22 in 2009 and 1.16 in 2010 from 1.28 in 2008. The problem of the low fertility rate is common across the three major ethnic groups in the country. Some of the reasons attributed to this problem include the postponement of marriage and lack of marriages at all by the country's citizens. In addition

" (Halpin and Burt, 1998) DuBois states: "The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife -- this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, for America has too much to teach the world and Africa. He would not bleach

In spite of the fact that there may have existed two great cultures that once widely accepted homosexuality as mere manifestation of the human sexuality, the Western world inherited a traditional negative attitude when it comes to this. Parents may accept their sons' and daughter's homosexuality and learn how to live with it, but they will never feel happy about it. Why? Authors like Greenberg (1988), Davies (1982) and Gayle

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Ethical Concerns and Potential Biases Because all of the respondents were assured of anonymity and that the results of the survey and study would remain confidential and would be used for academic purposes only, there were few ethical concerns involved in this methodological approach. Although the potential for researcher bias always exists, it was felt that the survey design, the interpolation of the review of the literature and interpretation of the

As compared to Donatello and Michelangelo's representation of DAVID, that of Bernini is very different, due to being almost frozen in action after slaying Goliath. Julie mentions that this sculpture is a combination of the heroic and the romantic, an observation that is supported by the fact that during the Baroque period, circa 1623, "the pose and attitude of sculptures like Bernini's David were created to express the heroism of the age and the ideals of