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Why people idolize celebrities: observational learning and modeling

Britney Spears personifies today's pop culture. Michael Jackson remained the pop icon for the last two decades. Paris Hilton is finally making her mark as the new, radical 'snobbishly rich' personality in Hollywood. Bands of all kinds abound in the music scene.

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The evolution of the American dream in contemporary society

Popularly noted and effectively illustrated through the Arthur Miller's play, "The death of a salesman," people's belief in the American dream has, throughout history, led to the creation and development of a society that is not only economically, but also politically powerful and stable.

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Political participation and involvement across Chicago's geographic areas

Political activity involves more than simply participation in the voting process. It also includes whether people affiliate with political parties, the level of participation in the party process, and political contributions as a percentage of disposable income.

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Woolf and Gilligan on women's subjugation and psychological deviance

Virginia Woolf & Carol Gilligan on Women as the Deviant Sex: "Shakespeare's Sister" & "Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle"

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Long-term psychological effects of parental divorce on children

In the 21st century the society has undergone a change, for better or worse we cannot really say. Before the mid-60's divorce was rare. Family was integral to the life of individuals and above that children were the main force of society.

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Arguments against legalizing assisted suicide and the right to die

There is a current trend to support the right to suicide or to die with dignity. This trend does not reflect popular view and I do not support the view that one has the right to commit suicide or in other words the right to die or to die with dignity.

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Otherness and discrimination in Kushner's Angels in America

Tony Kushner's Angels in America won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for sensitively handling of some serious issues concerning America today.

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Brazilian economic development and the legacy of slavery

When giving scholarly consideration to the rise and fall of the Brazilian economy over the past fifty or so years, it is vitally important of course to examine the economy in the context of government, politics, and the international economic climate.

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Emotional intelligence as a management skill: evaluating Harmon's framework

Patricia, Harmon. "Emotional Intelligence: Another Management Fad, or a Skill of Leverage?" Despite the common usage of defining intelligence in terms of numbers there are many psychologists that do not agree with the concept that intelligence is measurable and quantifiable and representative…

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Identical twins separated at birth: nature versus nurture

A study of identical twins separated at birth is useful in determining the effects of nature and nurture on human behavior, since twins are genetically the closest prototypes of each other that can be found among human beings.

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