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CLASSIC SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH
Classic Social Psychology research
Classic Social Psychology research
Social psychology focuses on a variety of social matters, together with social perception, group behavior, nonverbal behavior, leadership, conformity, prejudice and aggression. It is vital to note down that social psychology is not only about focusing on social influences. Social ...
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REGRESSION
Regression
Regression
This report studies a statistical skin-color model and its adaptation. By Regression analysis, we reveal that (1) skin-color differences among people can be reduced by intensity normalization, and (2) under a certain lighting condition, a skin-color distribution can be characterized by a multivariate normal distribution in the normalized color ...
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Maya
Maya
The Maya culture did not hit a deadend with Spanish conquest in A.D. 1541. About 2 million people who speak more than 30 Mayan languages still live in Mexico and Central America. Their forebears, whose civilization arose in the region's tropical forests around 300 B.C., left behind pyramids, temples and ...
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FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina
FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina
"In June 2004, FEMA privatized its hurricane disaster plan for New Orleans, contracting the work to the Baton Rouge, La., firm Innovative Emergency Management (IEM) whose motto is 'Managing Risk in a Complex World'," Joel Bleifuss and Brian Cook reported in the ...
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The Value of Critical Thinking
The Value of Critical Thinking
Introduction
Critical thinking is not necessarily being "critical" and negative. Actually, a more precise term would be evaluative thinking. The result of evaluation can range from positive to negative, from acceptance to rejection or anything in-between. Yes, critical evaluation can produce a glowing ...
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Effective Communication Based on Dr. Scott Kemp's article
Effective Communication Based on Dr. Scott Kemp's article
Effective communication is the key to get you to where you desire to be in your life. Communication is an absolutely crucial ability for thriving enterprise and individual relationships. 'Man is not an island' ...
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THE IMPACT OF IT ON GLOBALIZATION
The Impact of IT on Globalization
The Impact of IT on Globalization
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been implicated in the structuring and restructuring of human social relations since the days of cave paintings and fire signals. The development of the electrical telegraph and the ...
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SEXUAL PREDATOR PROSECUTION
Sexual Predator Prosecution
Sexual Predator Prosecution
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California has had no shortage of notorious criminals over the years. Often their crimes have exposed weaknesses in state and local law enforcement policy. The Onion Field murder, which involved the 1963 kidnapping of two Los Angeles police officers and the killing of ...
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Epistemology
Epistemology
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Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge. It attempts to answer the basic question: what distinguishes true (adequate) knowledge from false (inadequate) knowledge? Practically, this questions translates into issues of scientific methodology: how can one develop theories or models that are better than competing theories? It also ...
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Business Environment
Business Environment
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Nokia is a company headquarters which uses simple energy saving devices to enhance a strong plan and section that generate dramatic and welcoming spaces. Nokia must be Finland's most well-known company. Yet only a decade ago, it was still one of those big rather faceless conglomerates of ...