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Understanding gender identity and intersex conditions through film and classroom learning

In this film, the need for understanding is very strong because Noah is a boy who feels more like a girl. In this class we discussed transgender situations that call for tolerance and fairness towards others who may be quite different.

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Nuclear power's advantages over coal and alternative energy sources

Nuclear power production was first introduced in the United States and was touted as the future of energy. Nuclear power production has a wide range of benefits that it can offer the nation.

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Vygotsky, Freud, and Piaget's theories of childhood development and education

Freud's theories of development have been profoundly influential upon literature and popular culture. Freud's theory of the Oedipal and Electra complexes suggests that all children form a sexual connection with their mother as their first, primary emotional impulse.

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Intellectual technologies and neuroplasticity in Carr's "The Shallows"

"Every technology is an expression of human will," claims Carr (2011). "Through our tools, we seek to expand our power and control over our circumstances -- over nature, over time and distance, over one another," (Carr, 2011, p. 44).

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Behavior management techniques for pediatric dental patients

Pediatric dentistry is the branch of dentistry dealing with children from birth through adolescence. Each general dentist office has different policies concerning pediatric patients seen in their offices. If you could write the policy for pediatric patients what policy would you put into effect?

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Moral reasoning across Western and Confucian cultures

Until recently, many Western developmental theorists tended to see morality as a transcultural phenomenon, reflecting their belief that all cultures shared certain common moral assumptions.

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How cultural differences shape attribution of business failure

'Personal responsibility' is a common buzzword in American political and business life. Americans are often more forgiving of politicians and CEOs who accept responsibility for the mistakes they have made. Individual responsibility is seen as a positive value, but this is not true of all cultures.

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Bystander effect and intervention in Matthew Buford's suicide crisis

The lack of concern for fellow citizens becomes a terrible habit (Darley). Darley and Latane explained a bystander to an emergency with a decision tree consisting of three questions; notice to the event, interpretation of the event as an emergency, and concluding whether they had responsibility to…

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The Five Factor Model of personality traits: universal and cultural variation

The Five Factor Model of personality traits suggests that all human beings can be judged according to the degree to which they manifest five specific traits: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

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Gender differences in handheld cellular phone use while driving

Cellular phone use while driving has been linked to increased driver distraction and motor vehicle accidents (Strayer, Drews & Johnston, 2003). As a result, many states and provinces have created legislation to outlaw the use of cellular phones while driving.

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