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The Decline of Music Education in America's Public Schools

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

In most cultures, music making has typically been regarded as nothing more than an enjoyable pastime and has even been looked down upon as a sign of laziness. In a well-known fable by Aesop, a grasshopper spends the summer months doing nothing but playing and making music while the ants are all...

12 Sep 2013
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Administrator challenges

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

A prison is an institution that has been crafted to detain convicted criminals as a rational and humane form of punishment. “Prisoners' daily movements are tightly prescribed, and their compliance with routines is strictly enforced. The purpose of restrictions on inmates' freedom...

12 Sep 2013
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Scientific taxonomy and earth's biodiversity

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Much like the human species of the planet Earth is diverse, so are the animals who also roam, fly, creep, swim, breathe, and exist on the planet. Each animal comes from a particular group. There are mammals, like the snow leopard and dolphin; there are insects like the lady bug and the Karner...

12 Sep 2013
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The scientific method

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

The Scientific Method is a process of steps that uses critical thinking and inductive reasoning. There are five steps to the Scientific method. The steps are: observe, question what you have observed, create a hypothesis that relates to the observation and the question or questions you made from...

12 Sep 2013
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The effect of weight on pulse rate

Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies

The heart is the most important pump muscle in our body that pumps blood , thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system. The pulse rate is the number of times it beats per minute. It can be determined by feeling pulse areas on body and by special BMP machines. An...

10 Sep 2013
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Futures of corrections

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Legislative statutes in criminal law offer punishments for wrongdoing. Punishment for criminal offenses attempt to cause suffering to the criminal as well as deterrence from committing future crimes. The numerous types of sentencing and rationales within the criminal justice system have proven...

05 Sep 2013
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Motivation and empowerment paper

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Motivation, empowerment, and delegation are crucial to the operation of an efficient criminal justice organization. Management that is focused on motivating, empowering, and delegating tasks to their personnel reaps the rewards of pervasive passion and innovative problem solving in the workplace....

05 Sep 2013
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Values reflection paper

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Values and attitudes are strong variables that associate choices in a group based upon the individual's views of important ideals. Values can be considered to be factors that make definite choices based upon the beliefs of someone mostly subject to the way they were raised. Every individual...

05 Sep 2013
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Communication Process - published: 05/09/2013

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Communication is the transference or exchange of thoughts or information. “Although this is a simple definition, when we think about how we may communicate the subject becomes a lot more complex” (N.A., 2012, pg. 1, para. I). The communication process has eight key factors: “the...

05 Sep 2013
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Popularity of tattoos growing in American culture

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

The word "tattoo" stems from the Tahitian word “tatu”, meaning “to mark or color [the skin]” (Webster, 1913). A tattoo is the placement of pigment within the skin to create a picture or design. The process of tattooing is produced by deep puncture wounds in one's skin....

04 Sep 2013
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Organizational effectiveness paper

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

Selection tools are used by employers to determine if a potential new hire is the right person for the job. Selection tools in essence separate the good from the bad. Selection tools weed out potential employees that have great strengths and will become assets to the organization from those with...

04 Sep 2013
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Motivation: Maslow's hierarchy of needs

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

There are theories that have been developed to explain the concept of human motivation, personal training, and management skills of employees in their professions. Among those theories is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow's hierarchy is a theory was developed in 1943 by a psychologist named...

04 Sep 2013
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The security plan: Private Doctor's office

Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies

The target area is of a private physician's practice. The location for the practice is a known urban part of town. The location of the practice has both benefits and downfalls. Since the practice is located in a very busy and highly populated section of town, the practice is well known and has...

04 Sep 2013
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No place is really safe

Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies

My Grandfather is an Evangelist minister for Greater Works Ministry in North Carolina. I spoke with him briefly as I expressed my concerns about the article. He attempted to reassure me as he says that there is nothing to worry about, as his patrons are the “kindest men and women God has...

04 Sep 2013
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Analyzing components of various disorders

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Investigating the workings of various disorders aids the research in comprehending the embodiment of behaviors that human beings hold. Anxiety, mood, somatoform, and dissociative disorders hold emotional, biological, behavioral, and cognitive effects within a human being. Being able to find the...

04 Sep 2013
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Defining abnormality

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

During the past century the perception of gender and sexual preferences have changed within society. The reason for this change is because people are welcoming free expression of a person's identity and orientation. This freedom enables one to conform to his or her true self rather than the...

04 Sep 2013
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Historical perspectives of abnormal psychology

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

Psychopathology or abnormal psychology is the study of mental illness. For the duration of earlier centuries a variety of methods were executed by psychologists and employed in order to aid individuals from distress due to their psychological abnormalities. It must be understood that normal...

04 Sep 2013
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Dispositional personality theories

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

Character shows explicit thoughts about an individual's nature even the methods an individual is liable to conduct one's self throughout conditions that can be set for future events. Gordon Allport stated that every person has distinctive pieces of personality qualities which make up that...

04 Sep 2013
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Psychodynamic personality theories matrix

Case study - 7 pages - Psychology

The psychoanalytic approach assumes that the psychological apparatus of the mind needs some kind of energy to make it go. Psychoanalytic theories place a lot of emphasis on how "the self" develops. The infant is born with no sense of self - this self gradually develops through its interactions...

04 Sep 2013
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Strengths and limitations of theories

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Everyday the social order tries to gain knowledge of personalities and individual's actions. Employing the accurate techniques assists in determining the conclusions to consider to hypothesize about numerous individuals. Psychodynamic theories research mental powers so as to provide ascension in...

03 Sep 2013
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Case study of Elvis Presley

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

On January 8, 1935 Elvis Aaron Presley was brought into the world in East Tupelo, Mississippi (Hansell & Damour, 2009). Elvis' had a twin brother that was born a half of an hour before he was but sadly he died during birth. His father was incarcerated for the period of three years when Elvis...

03 Sep 2013
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Social psychology

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Learning and comprehending social psychology includes special observation of human beings operating within the social order. General, clinical, educational, experimental, developmental, community, research, and cognitive psychologies are all disciplines in the extensive subject of social...

03 Sep 2013
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Domestic Violence - published: 03/09/2013

Case study - 3 pages - Psychology

Domestic violence is a serious problem that can occur to any person despite maturity, ethnicity, age, male, or female. Domestic violence dramatically affects the victim and the families of the victim, coupled with society. The account of domestic violence has left a disturbing finger print that...

03 Sep 2013
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Multicultural experience

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

The diverse cultural occurrence that I placed myself directly in was working toward familiarizing me with a dissimilar faith or belief of my own. The one spiritual examination that I desired to be present at and gain knowledge from was presented at a Pentecostal based house of worship. As a...

03 Sep 2013
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Infidelity

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

The verdict one concludes that the regarding behaviors and actions are developed within their personal cognition's, principles, ethics, beliefs, morals, and attitudes. With the subject of infidelity, one's personal ethics manifest their attitudes and behaviors. The guarantee that one makes in...

30 Aug 2013
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Classical conditioning

Case study - 1 pages - Psychology

The Russian psychologist, Ivan Pavlov, paved the way for what is classified as classical conditioning. He brought it into existence through the extensive work, experimentation, and studies that he bore throughout his career. One aspect of the life of Pavlov that most individuals do not know is...

30 Aug 2013
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Salmon farming

Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies

Aquaculture involves the raising and harvesting of various species of fish and oysters. This practice is relatively new for salmons but it has been practiced by other civilizations over the past thousands of years with other species of fish. With the increasing demand of aquatic foods year...

29 Aug 2013
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Personality theory

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

It is a fact that human beings have a personality. When recounting or describing an individual must individuals will indicate character value and morals of one numerous times previous to generating the bodily portrayal. The traits of an individual develop as a byproduct of his or her individual...

29 Aug 2013
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Introduction to cross-cultural psychology - published: 29/08/2013

Case study - 2 pages - Psychology

Educational to abnormal psychology, there are a variety of categories that within the field of psychology. It is effortlessly observed that many individuals do not share the same ways of thinking as others. This is because individuals are exactly that, individuals. This causes people not to see...

29 Aug 2013
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Traditional and non-traditional cultures

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

Comparing and contrasting two different cultures, fortifies the existence of one versus the other. It tends to shed light on the extremes and subtleties that exist within each of the cultures studied. Placing cultures in a compare and contrast study one may find similarities, influences, and...