Social Science - 28 September 2006

I visited this town time ago and I was told they disappeared.

2006-09-28 16:28:57 · 3 answers · asked by carpetbagger 4 in Sociology

I have this big report coming up and I thought some of you could help me because the books that I have found is mainly late 1980's on the wemon's rights in these two places. There must be more recent studies of this topic.

2006-09-28 16:25:31 · 8 answers · asked by elena_browne 1 in Gender Studies

2006-09-28 16:20:46 · 34 answers · asked by dmoss2007 2 in Gender Studies

Sometimes I have to scream at my neighbors for help but earlier this year they were on vacation for 2 weeks! I was starving and just stuck there. I am unhealthy from the days without food and my hard drive gets destroyed every so often. I need the magnets to survive, but I can't live like this!!

2006-09-28 16:00:17 · 16 answers · asked by urinaryhero 1 in Gender Studies

2006-09-28 15:49:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-09-28 15:41:12 · 16 answers · asked by mbabanks 1 in Other - Social Science

Pyramids lasting close to 5000 years and have been gazed upon by people of past civilizations with awe.

2006-09-28 15:36:02 · 18 answers · asked by FreeWilly 4 in Anthropology

We are playing this game on stocksquest.com and we start off with 100,000 dollars and I am wondering what company/ companies to invest in, the time span will be from now until December-ish. Should I go risky and day-trade or should I find a good steady company. Thanks for any assistance.

2006-09-28 15:21:33 · 8 answers · asked by ostyman09 2 in Economics

2006-09-28 15:19:40 · 10 answers · asked by RICHARD H 1 in Economics

2006-09-28 15:17:48 · 3 answers · asked by Jeza H 1 in Sociology

I want to have a boy, someone told me that you have to have an orgasm to have a boy. Is that true?

2006-09-28 15:06:56 · 6 answers · asked by justin s 1 in Gender Studies

Background:
When I was in college, I dealt with people who listened carefully to both sides of an argument. The substance of the presentation was more important than the style of presentation. That was where I learned how to persuade people

This Site:
On this site, I'ved learned to adopt tactics tuned to an entirely different audience:

- Most people won't read more than a few lines of your argument.

- If you try to assert something contrary to surface appearances, you are unlikely to succeed

- A short snappy put-down is more convincing than a carefully reasoned argument

- Group affiliation (or ethnicity) trumps reason. Most people support their own kind, right or wrong.

After participating on this site, I've come to understand exactly why politicians "dumb-down" their arguments. Careful reasoning doesn't seem to have much to do with how decisions are made here.

What have you learned form your questions and answers on this site?

2006-09-28 14:58:18 · 3 answers · asked by Tom D 4 in Other - Social Science

I speak of advancement in terms of agricultural, technological, manufacturing, educational, medical, and power harnessing advancements. Is it within one nations right to determine what levels another nation is allowed to progress to? What if someone was to say to you and your homeland, "though you may have the knowledge and ability to better your way of life, we will not allow you to do so." What would your reaction be?


Please, I ask this question with no pre-tense of speaking about current world occurences. I ask that answers to this question be about the question itself, not slanted with detrimental opinions about current events. The question itself is pure, please answer it as such. Thank you.

2006-09-28 14:57:35 · 3 answers · asked by Mike D. 2 in Sociology

I am a quiet person. When in a social situation I have a hard time keeping up conversation. I notice other people have no difficulty thinking of things to talk about when the conversation trails off. I know all about the "ask questions about them" and "current events" conversation starters, but I either feel like I will seem nosy or boring. I would much rather listen than talk. I feel bad when someone I just met asks a bunch of questions about me because I will usually come up with a short answer and leave it at that. I just don't think I am that interesting. I will often think of a response to something and not say it aloud. I just don't care for chit-chat. I also find that I fail to make eye contact with people. I will look at their face, but I have to consciously make an effort for eye contact. I have read about things like Asperger's and such, but I am nothing like that. Is it just a mild social dysfunction? Is there something specific it could be?

2006-09-28 14:51:36 · 18 answers · asked by amber ɹəqɯɐ 4 in Psychology

2006-09-28 14:50:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-09-28 14:48:47 · 9 answers · asked by iStudy 1 in Economics

2006-09-28 14:44:59 · 27 answers · asked by summerbrze 2 in Psychology

2006-09-28 14:43:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-09-28 14:39:11 · 21 answers · asked by Bright Eyes 4 in Psychology

This is for language research. We need a list of noun pairs which have meaning by themselves but mean something else together. Other examples could be traffic light, diamond ring, tree house. It seems easy but it's kinda tricky.

2006-09-28 14:36:11 · 6 answers · asked by Ronnoco 1 in Psychology

Because i want to know.Me understanding human nature.

2006-09-28 14:25:29 · 2 answers · asked by Moanika 6 in Sociology

2006-09-28 14:19:40 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-09-28 14:07:57 · 4 answers · asked by sarwat_je 1 in Other - Social Science

For example: A young lady hardly ever wears makeup, and is considered moderately attractive anyway. She knows it because she is told, but is modest, and not very confident in social situations. One day she puts on makeup and goes to a party and is hit on by about ten different nice, interesting guys. She doesn't chalk it up to her being nice and interesting, behaving sociably; she associates her success with the makeup. So next time she has to go someplace with lots of people she wants to know well, she makes sure to apply makeup the same way.

Is that superstitious thought as taught in psychology?

Another example would be what my teacher said, an athlete never washing her jersey because she thinks washing it will ruin her winning streak, and then she wins all the games and thinks it's from the jersey, not her hard work and team effort....

2006-09-28 14:07:52 · 2 answers · asked by *babydoll* 6 in Psychology

And I tell them it had to happen when I was two, possibly earlier, because my brother was not born yet, and he was born when I was two. I have three to four memories from the place my parents lived in before I turned three (which is the age people think kids start remembering stuff) and anything I tell my dad about those memories, he confirms. The biggest memory was on the day we went to visit Mom in the hospital when my brother was first born, and I was two years, five months old. A momentous time.

What is the unusual reaction by teachers then? Is there something wrong with a brain that works that way? Please explain if it is something wrong or something odd, or if they are just put off because it is not what they learned in college when learning about memory.

2006-09-28 14:02:57 · 13 answers · asked by *babydoll* 6 in Psychology

why is there a women's studies topic, and not a men's studies topic? not that yahoo is sexistsist

2006-09-28 13:53:38 · 13 answers · asked by waffleman 2 in Gender Studies

2006-09-28 13:43:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2006-09-28 13:35:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

The common idea people have is, blonde's are dumb, but have more fun; and brunette's are smart but have less fun. And I wonder to myself, how can this be true? Does hair color affect intelligence or is everyone wrong?

2006-09-28 13:26:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

If the distinguishing factor of psychopathology is marked by inability to feel emotion would it be just to conclude that such psychopath could not also exhibit a second ‘suffering’ mental disorder?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder is almost always present in the Psychopath; however, this far from causes him/her suffering.

2006-09-28 13:17:30 · 13 answers · asked by LUCKY3 6 in Psychology