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How baby boomers transformed American funeral practices and traditions

Funeral services have changed considerably over the years, each generation bringing its own sensibilities. Death rites once occupied a considerable amount of time and expense. Mourners wore black for a year or more, and funeral services were long and highly ritualized.

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Lee, Driscoll, and Nelson's analysis of distance education research topics

How they used "an inter-rater reliability tests," What do you think the point of that was? Different writers promote different opinions. And for a tertiary individual to make sense of the available resources, he must deal with and understand even conflicting opinions.

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Comparing objective and subjective personality assessment methods

This paper will attempt to give an overview of two relatively common and recently derived questionnaire-type personality assessments used by mental health professionals, the MCMI-III (Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory) and the MACI (Millon ™ Adolescent Clinical Inventory).

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Albert Bandura's social learning theory and self-efficacy concept

Albert Bandura's "Social Learning Theory" represents one of the most important additions to the social sciences and an understanding of human behavior.

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Barriers to women's advancement in American law enforcement agencies

The United States has proven once again that it is capable of change, and the election of the first African-American as president and the fact that his Republican opponent selected a female as his vice presidential running mate suggest that glass ceilings are shattering across the country even as…

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Gender bias in abstinence-only and comprehensive sex education

During the 1920s, education began to be viewed as the cure-all for social problems. One of those social problems was a lack of correct sexual knowledge for school-age children and adolescents. Thus, "mandatory, state-sponsored" sex education was implemented (Carter 2001, p. 212).

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Positive and negative reinforcement in elderly rehabilitation

Reinforcement makes a behavior (response) occur with greater frequency. It has two types: positive and negative. Positive reinforcement happens when a response is followed by the addition of a favorable stimulus.

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Effects of violent media on male child cognitive development ages six to puberty

The objective of this work is to describe, compare and contrast the negative effects of media containing violence, including news, movies, cartoons and internet on the male child between the age of six to puberty and how that impacts their cognitive development, thinking,

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Juvenile delinquency: historical approaches and intervention philosophies

The American Heritage Dictionary (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006) broadly defines juvenile delinquency as antisocial or criminal behavior by children or adolescents.

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Preventing fetal alcohol syndrome through maternal health promotion initiatives

Fetal alcohol syndrome has been identified as a leading cause of mental retardation affecting.2-1.5% of live births. It also produces physical defects in the child. Pregnant and other women of childbearing age who drink have to be motivated into giving up the habit or at least reducing it.

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