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What are some solutions to end world hunger?

World Food Programmes such as the Food Assistance for Assets provide communities with food security. These programs boost livelihoods by teaching communities effective techniques of developing and managing natural resources and diversifying income activities. The programs also help rehabilitate land for agriculture, construct and improve infrastructure, thus providing access to markets and social services. They provide enduring benefits for the environments and communities.\nProviding women with equal access to resources, education and income helps eliminate hunger because they form the majori..

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What is a social attitude?

The emotional component is the feeling experienced on evaluation of a particular entity. The cognitive aspect implies thoughts and beliefs adopted towards the subject, while the behavioral component is the conduct that results from a social attitude. An individual with an explicit attitude is aware of it and how it dictates his behavior and beliefs. On the other hand, a person may not be conscious of his implicit attitude, although it still may influence his beliefs and behavior.\nPeople pick social attitudes from personal experiences or observation. Likewise, social roles and norms can dictat..

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Why do people have nightmares?

For many people, common feelings, such as anxiety or a fear of anticipated events, can cause nightmares. As with enjoyable dreams, events that occur in nightmares are typically symbolic. For instance, a nightmare in which the dreamer is chased by a racing car should not be taken at face value. Instead, the car may symbolize a feeling of being out of control or overwhelmed by a life circumstance. Nightmares reflect subconscious feelings and do not typically represent future events. A recurring nightmare may take place after the dreamer has experienced a traumatic event, or it may be symbolic of..

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How does the "tree of life" represent and relate both the unity and diversity of life?

Humans occupy only a single twig in the outermost shell of the tree of life. Traveling back from that tip is effectively traveling back through time to a series of junctions with similar bands of related organisms. To travel 6 to 8 million years back along the human twig is to make the first rendezvous with the two species of chimpanzee, who had themselves joined halfway along their own path. Going further back up the branch, the human/chimpanzee group joins with gorillas, then Old-World monkeys, New-World monkeys and prosimians, such as the lemur family.\nEventually, the journey joins mammals..

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Why do so many people believe there are 52 states in the United States?

Washington D.C., the capital city of the United States, is commonly misidentified as a state, and it is typically included in lists of U.S. states even though it is not. Instead, its status is that of a federal district, and it also does not have voting representation in congress. The founders of the United States believed that the capital city should be set apart from all the states and governed by congress. Although there have been movements in recent years to push for statehood, Washington D.C. remains a federal district as of 2015.\nConfusion also surrounds the status of Puerto Rico, a com..

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What are similarities between samurai and knights?

Knights and samurai were respected warrior classes in Europe and Japan. They were both hereditary classes, which meant that children who were born to families in these classes would follow in their footsteps and become samurai or knights. There was very little social mobility in both societies, and it was very rare for common peasants and farmers to become a knight or samurai.\nSamurai and knights followed strict ethical codes that dictated how they should act in times of war and peace. Samurai followed the teachings of bushido, or "the War of the Warrior," while knights were bound by the chiv..

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What are examples of learned behavior?

Forms of learned behavior observed through experimentation are habituation, sensitization, imprinting, conditioned response, instrumental conditioning and concepts. The most commonly recognized form of sensitization is shock therapy, in which a punishment is associated with a certain action. Experiments have shown that a single shock only generates a short-term memory gain on the action, while longer, sustained shocks imprint a memory that lasts for a longer time.

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What is religious tolerance?

For example, a person of the Jewish faith may think that Jesus is not the Messiah. A person of the Christian faith may not belief that the Torah is the complete version of the Bible. Each person can disagree silently with the other person's religious belief system without discriminating against them or making them feel less about themselves or wrong. This is the foundation of religious tolerance. Religious tolerance does not involve believing that all religions are true.

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What qualities does a good sports role model possess?

Humility is a quality associated with sports role models. Respected athletes maintain humility despite their successes. Sports role models show respect to teammates, coaches and officials, and never knowingly step on others to get ahead. Most professional athletes are also very passionate, which provides the ambition and drive necessary to reach goals and succeed. A good sports role model also has great work ethic and tenacity, which is reflected by how hard the athlete is willing to train in order to succeed.\nAthletes who have a strong sense of integrity with strong values are great role mod..

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What are some negative effects of stereotyping?

In one study, two groups of women completed a math test. In one group, the women received support and problem-solving strategies. In the other group, researchers fed the women negative stereotypes. After the test, the group that received negative stereotypes showed more hostility and performed poorly on cognitive tasks compared to the group that received positive support.\nAnother study linked stereotypes about athletic ability to poor performance. In the study, when a group of black people thought a test was about athletic intelligence, they performed poorly. However, when the group thought t..

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