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Sexual Attitudes, 2000.
A completed research study comparing the sexual attitudes of male and female adolescents in Hong Kong. Includes data analysis and hypothesis testing and survey questionnaire, tables and table of contents.
8,775 words (approx. 35.1 pages), 57 sources, $ 135.95
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"A Comparison of Males and Female Adolescents in Relation yo Sexual Attitudes
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The purpose of this study was to compare the sexual attitudes of male adolescents in contemporary Hong Kong with those of female adolescents in the Special Administrative District. One research question was investigated and four hypotheses were tested. The data required to test the hypotheses were collected from a sample of the population of the adolescent residents of Hong Kong. Adolescent was defined for the purposes of this study as ages 14 through 18.
The research question ["Do the sexual attitudes of adolescents in Hong Kong vary according to gender"] was answered affirmatively in a nominal context, as female adolescents among..."
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Sexuality and Consumerism, 2006.
An analysis of the relationship between exposure to fashion magazines and sexual attitudes of young women.
6,147 words (approx. 24.6 pages), 23 sources, MLA, $ 144.95
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This paper presents a research proposal to investigate the possible correlations between exposure to fashion magazines and young women's romantic beliefs, sexual attitudes and the actual quality of their romantic relationships. The paper discusses these issues with regards to the impact that magazines have on self-image in general.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Literature Review
Romance
Sex
Processing the Magazines' Distorted Values
Theoretical Framework
Factors on Readers' Vulnerability
Appearance-Oriented: Beauty and the Perfect Body
Research Design
Sample
Data Collection
Independent Variables
Dependent Variables
Research Questions/Hypotheses & Limitations
Conclusion
Appendix
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"Cosmopolitan and Glamour, the two best-selling fashion magazines in the world, sell sex in their content more than anything else (McCleneghan 2003). Their main profit comes from advertisements of cosmetic products, not the actual sales. In 2000, a supposedly flat year for magazine advertising, their ads revenue has grown more than 5% (McCleneghan 2003). Marchand (1985) suggests America has entered a "consumption ethic" where the media is sending cultural messages to construct individuals' desires through changing their self-concept (McCracken 1992); and that desire is commodified and sold back to the individuals. In the fashion discourse, magazines target 17-24 year-old young women in promoting sex and their beauty products because they are single and they are in relationships; they have more disposable income for clothing, beauty products, entertainment and magazines (McCleneghan 2003). Along with the increasingly explicit sexual content in the magazines, correlated or not, is a "sexual revolution" in the past two decades (Netting 1992). There are several trends in single youths' sexual behavior: the increased premarital sexual activity in North America; decrease in age of first intercourse; and the rise in number of premarital partners (Netting, 1992). In 1980, 41% of women had no prior sexual experience; in 1990, the percentage of these sexually-inexperienced women dropped to 21%. Extensive studies have attempted to show the impact--mostly negative--on young women who are exposed to the sexually-explicit fashion magazines--their self-esteem, body image and attitudes towards sex (Attwood 2005; David 2005; Jackson 2005; Lindner 2004; Machin & Thornborrow 2003). In this review, the aim is to extend on the impact of magazines beyond the personal level, showing the possible effects it brings to these young women's romantic relationships: their romantic/relationship beliefs, their sexual attitudes and in turn the satisfaction of their love life."
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Sexuality and Christianity, 2000.
The changing sexual attitudes and practices among Christians, social aspects, abortion, family values, feminism, morality and church leaders.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 79.95
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"Introduction
In the past, Christianity often linked sexuality with sin. Specific Bible text which related to sex were extrapolated to develop church doctrine that restricted sexual expression. While rigidly fundamentalist Christian groups continue to take a dim view of sex, many mainstream groups have begun to reconsider sex-ual expression and its role in the Christian life. Much of the focus on sexuality in modern Christianity relates to the existence of a moral crisis in society.
Society Has Become Increasingly Secular
Society once looked to religious leaders to set community standards of morality. Christians today decry the replacement of traditional moral values with a new morality based on relativism. With relativism, meaning nothing is absolutely right or wrong; choices are made depending..."
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Sexual Democracy, 2002.
A look at expression of sexuality and society's attitude to certain promiscuous behavior.
2,035 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper examines the work of Milan Kundera and his writing on sexuality, sexual politics, political struggle and power. The author looks at the theories of Foucault as well as Giddens to analyze various theories on the subject and to assess Western cultures. A look at arguments about dichotomy and sexual democracy in today's society.
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"Milan Kundera's short story collection, Laughable Loves, does a wonderful job of exploring sexuality, and its dynamic. He is able to step away from his characters, and simply observe the actions and thoughts that run though their each character';s mind. Also, Kundera';s work is useful because we get to bounce the ideas, especially of sexual politics and the corners people back themselves into, as well as the shifts in power, with regard to this political struggle"
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Women's Abortion Attitudes & The Female Dependency Thesis, 1994.
Analyzes survey research to determine if women's abortion attitudes are embedded within conflicting definitions including family, sexuality, & motherhood, & by societal relationships with family, church, & work. Includes 4 pages of statistical tables.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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"I. Introduction
Among the most divisive issues in America today is the issue of abortion. If one were to judge by news coverage alone, one would assume that the nation is divided into two camps, pro-abortion and anti-abortion (the terms "pro-abortion" and "anti-abortion" will be used here, rather than the misleading terms of "pro-choice" and "pro-life"). In fact, these two camps represent only the extremes of the argument, and the great majority of opinion lies somewhere in the middle, with a wide spectrum of opinion favoring at the same time both some restrictions on the procedure and some acceptance of it (Babbie & Halley, 1994; pp. 49-51).
In recent years, some researchers have come to see abortion as merely a sub-issue contained within the wider issues of gender.."
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Different Organizational Attitudes and Behaviors of Employees and Employer, 2001.
This paper looks at employee attitudes and their influence on performance, focusing specifically on physical labor jobs.
1,500 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 49.95
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The following paper discusses the attitudes and strategies that should be used to get the best results from employees, what it takes to keep employees motivated, the attitude of the boss and different attitudes of employees and how it affects their job. All of the latter are discussed with reference to research studies of selected companies and their organizational patterns of behaviour.
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"It is well known by Human Resources Personnel and Managers that positive employee attitudes create positive actions toward organizational goals. Employee attitude is increasingly cited in surveys as the number one performance-related issue of companies, both large and small. As attitudes deteriorate, so do commitment, loyalty and, most importantly, performance. In this research paper we are particularly looking at physical labor jobs such as landscaping, construction, farm workers and other environments which do not take place in an office settings."
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Job Satisfaction Attitudes of Men and Women, 2005.
A look at gender differences in attitudes towards job satisfaction.
1,874 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines if there are differences in attitudes regarding job satisfaction between men and women. It then discusses the reasons for any differences in job satisfaction attitudes. This paper aims to determine how likely it is that men and women have similar job satisfaction attitudes.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
Research and Methodology
Results and Conclusion
Bibliography
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"It seems that men and women have little in common (Rosenberg, 2003). They do not think the same, they enjoy different types of movies, they do not even have the same amount of ribs. However, when it comes to job satisfaction, it is unclear as to whether or not men and women share similar attitudes. While many people say that women getting paid less that men is blatant sexism, the real reasons for the discrepancy are much more complex, some argue (Bort, 2003). According to Bort (2003), survey respondents say these issues are at heart."
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Teacher Attitudes and Multicultural Education, 2007.
An analysis of the impact of teacher attitudes toward multicultural education on student achievement.
4,803 words (approx. 19.2 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 122.95
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This paper reviews an extensive amount of literature regarding the achievement of culturally diverse students and the impact on this achievement of the attitudes of teachers toward these students, or specifically, the expectations that teachers hold in relation to the achievement potential of these students. The paper further looks at how failure to properly educate and prepare teachers for the multicultural education classroom leaves too many unanswered questions in the instructional provision relating to attitudes based on myth or falsehoods, misconceptions or misrepresentations. Additionally, the paper contends that it is critical that teachers be effectively educated with regard to their attitude prior to their entry into the multicultural classroom.
Outline:
Objective
Multicultural Education Defined
Cultural Differences and the Construction of Meaning
Overview of Current State of Affairs
Identified Barriers to Student Achievement
Summary and Conclusion
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"The research conducted by Padilla and Lindholm has purported three: "major identifiable assumptions" relating to the education of ethnic minorities identified as follows: (1) The white middle-class American is the standard used for comparison of other groups to (typically this is the male); (2) Instruments used for assessment of differences are universally applicable "across groups, with perhaps only minimal adjustments for culturally diverse populations; and (3) Although a need exists for recognition of the sources of potential variance such as social class, educational attainment, gender, cultural orientation, and proficiency in English, these are nuisances that can later be discarded (1995, p. 97)." (McCue, nd) "
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Attitudes and Values of HS Students, 2004.
An in-depth study into the way education affects the attitudes and values of high school students.
9,326 words (approx. 37.3 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 192.95
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This research paper is a chapter of a PhD dissertation. This chapter discusses in-depth literature on the attitudes and values of high school students. Reforms to the high school system in the United States are also explained. Additionally, the reason why students need not be involved in the planning of reforms is elucidated.
Introduction
Attitudes and Values: Who are High School Students?
Reforms
References
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"Of a crucial age, climbing a milestone, conscious to their fullest with no fear of prospects, high school students have interested researchers and policy makers for centuries. They have quite a few common traits?they behave as individuals of their own age group in a rather full-fledged way. They are go-getting to achieve their independence, they are show-offs, impressionable persons desiring to be their best (something to be learned) and to suit the times they live in. Their self-esteem is fragile and they are pretty sensitive to criticism, attention, and dilemmas, for instance, within their families."
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Measuring Social Attitudes, 2002.
This paper discusses the use of summated ratings or Likert scales to measure social and psychological attitudes.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that summated ratings or Likert scales are one methodology used by academics, students, politicians and marketing researchers to determine the attitude of individuals towards a particular issue. The author relates that the use of summated ratings is a survey method that presents a set of attitude statements which the subject must express agreement or disagreement on a continuous scale of five to nine points. The author believes that summated ratings can be used to measure emotional attitudes regarding issues particular to criminal justice, such as punishment and enforcement of crime.
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"The relevance of the quantification of attitude may be found in the idea that the psychological ?stimulus? designed to provoke an attitude does not necessarily have to be physical. This is reflected in the work of the psychologist Thurstone, who is considered the father of attitude measurement. He addressed the issue of how favorable an individual is with regard to a given issue in his own work. He developed an attitude continuum to determine the position of measuring favorable and unfavorable attitudes on issues. This was refined in 1932, by his prot?g? Likert, the most famous father of the attitudinal scale."
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Social Attitudes, Judgments and Conformity, 2007.
A discussion of the priming effects on social attitudes, judgments and conformity.
1,783 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper examines the role of priming on several social psychology behaviors including attitudes, judgements and conformity. The paper provides a description of priming and of each of the social behaviors discussed in the paper. The paper then focuses on describing past research that shows the ways in which priming affects these behaviors.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Priming Attitudes/Judgments
Priming Social Conformity
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"Schemas are cognitive representations of nonsocial and social objects that are stored in memory in associative networks. Activation of a schema increases its accessibility in the present and in the future. One way to activate a schema is through priming. Priming is any experience or mental activity that occurs prior to an event or situation and which increases the likelihood that relevant schema will be made more accessible. Such experiences or activities are referred to as primes and primes vary in the level of activation or accessibility they create. The minimum prime required to activate a schema is called the response threshold (Moskowitz, 2005). This can then affect a perception, judgment, and/or behavior by associative processes in memory. In this paper I will examine priming effects on judgments and social conformity by describing several relevant studies and their results."
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Nursing and Attitudes Towards Health, 2005.
Examines attitudes towards health and illness and how these affect the work of a practicing nurse.
2,090 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper argues that there is a right and wrong attitude toward health and illness and the use of a specific set of ideals has important clinical implications. The paper shows how continual changes in attitudes towards health and illness in our society affects the working practice and results of nurses in the health system.
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"A study at the University College Hospital in Nigeria sought to find the prevailing attitude of nurses towards caring for AIDS patients. Of 200 male and female nurses interviewed, 52.4 per cent said their reaction was one of anxiety; 26.4 per cent of fear; 6.7 percent skepticism. Only 7 per cent managed to stay neutral and 6.7 per cent remained calm. The nurses who confessed to a less desirable attitude believed that AIDS sufferers were responsible for their illness themselves and thus deserve their dire health condition. Many confessed to having increased anxiety levels and even experiencing nightmares."
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The Likert Scale for Measuring Attitudes, 2005.
A critical discussion of the Likert Scale's approach to defining and measuring attitudes.
1,965 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper outlines the steps involved in constructing a Likert (1932) scale to evaluate university students' attitude towards vivisection and addresses issues both within the scale itself and in the broader context of all measurements of attitude. Ultimately, it questions the usefulness of attitude scales in light of their unavoidable limitations given the complexity of the hypothetical construct they seek to evaluate.
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"Reliability interacts with validity and where reliability is high ("equal to or more than .80" - Oppenheim, B, 1988), as with the Likert scale, validity will tend to be also, but its fundamental shortcoming, which it shares with other attitude scales, is that construct validity of the attitude concept itself is questionable. No external factual criterion exists against which declared attitudes may be defined and calibrated: for example, group membership or voting habits - seemingly objective measures - may be mediated by situational or pragmatic factors (Oppenheim, 1966). Declared attitude, as measured by self-report rating scales, may not wholly - or at all - correspond to the attitude held and thus it follows that predictive validity also tends to be poor."
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Consumer Attitudes to Local Movie Theatres, 2001.
A research paper which examines the attitudes of consumers in Windsor, Canada to local movie theaters, including amenities.
7,608 words (approx. 30.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 166.95
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The theater business in Windsor, Canada is in the midst of significant changes. With the increased competition in the city, theaters have to do much more than assume what customers want, they must thoroughly investigate the exact desires of customers. The paper shows that by using this research effectively, the theaters can better position themselves for a leap into the new millennium. The research problem identified in this study is to determine respondents? attitudes toward the competing movie theaters in Windsor. The responses are categorized for evaluation by gender, age, marital status, income, education and occupation. This breakdown is crucial to analysis, as it allows results to infer characteristics of different market characteristics.
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"The comfort level of seating at the Parkway theatre revealed a significant difference among income groups. The lowest value was calculated for those earning less than $20, 000 per year. 10.3% of those respondents' would likely find the seating at the Parkway uncomfortable. Significantly higher are the respondents' earning over $20, 000 per year. Of those earning from $20, 000 to $49, 999, 40.9% would likely find the seating uncomfortable and 41.7% of those earning $50, 000 and over would likely agree that the seating at the Parkway is uncomfortable. Results of this analysis are found in Appendix 16.
In assessing the length of ticket lines by annual income, the significant difference exists respective to Silver City. 20.8% of those earning over $50, 000 annually find the ticket lines long at the Silver City theatre. 24% of those earning under $20, 000 find the ticket lines long at Silver City. Significantly greater were those in the $20, 000 - $49, 999 category, with 45.5% of respondents finding the ticket lines long. The reliable results of this analysis are found in Appendix 16."
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Changing Attitudes Regarding Same-Sex Marriages, 2004.
An examination of the way society's attitudes are changing towards same-sex marriages.
815 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses how this phenomenon has been around for centuries; however, only recently is public opinion warming to the idea. It looks at these changing attitudes by the government, the law makers, religious institutions, and society as a whole.
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'However, many state and national agencies still have old-fashioned attitudes toward same-sex marriages. For example, the New Jersey Family Policy Council believes that the institution of marriage would be jeopardized if homosexuals were encouraged to wed. "States do have the right to set limits on who is allowed to marry," said Len Deo, the president of the council. The council ignores the fact that changing times always have brought changing attitudes about marriage."
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