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Culture bumps and cross-cultural communication differences

Define and provide an example of a "culture bump." culture bump is an event that occurs when a person has expectations of a particular behavior, but gets something different when interacting with individuals from another culture.

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Computer-assisted learning for adolescent sexual health education

A great deal of information and misinformation is available to adolescents today about sexual issues.

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Perception and truth in Akutagawa's "In a grove" and Kawabata's "A thousand cranes"

person's perception changes their reality, by comparing the two stories "In a grove" from Rashomon by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and "A thousand cranes" by Yasunari Kawabata

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Gender-appropriate dress and cross-dressing attitudes in Western culture

Upon meeting an individual, the first distinction observed is whether the person is male or female. More often than not, this first impression is made from what the individual is wearing, such as a man's suit or a woman's dress. However, sexual gender cannot always be assumed by what one is wearing.

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Portraying autism through Christopher Boone in Haddon's novel

Mark Haddon's the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a particularly unique glimpse into the mind of an autistic child. Largely, the book is successful because the disorder is described through the eyes of a character who suffers from it.

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Critical thinking: philosophical foundations and evolving importance

It is often said that critical thinking is a way we humans think but not specifically what we humans are thinking about.

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Drug addiction among Vietnam War veterans and its causes

American troops returning from Vietnam. Specifically it will argue that troops returning from Vietnam were addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. During the 1960s and 1970s, America was in upheaval.

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The iPod and Maslow's hierarchy of human needs

Abraham Maslow created his theory of a hierarchy of human needs in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The psychologist wrote that human beings are primarily motivated by unsatisfied needs. Certain lower needs must be satisfied before higher needs are satisfied.

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Life, death, and friendship in the Epic of Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh himself is extraordinary - a mighty king who is nevertheless obsessed with himself. He afflicts his own people with numerous atrocities and while the people admire Gilgamesh for what virtues he has, they plead with the gods to distract him and give them some relief.

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Public perception of sentencing in a motor vehicle theft case

Abstract crime can be any action that by societies or personal standards may be an action of violating or breaking a law.

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