This article offers an overview and analysis of Berger and Calabrese´s Uncertainty Reduction Theory. It explains the complete historical background and explores further research on the theory. Emphasis is placed on the eight axioms associated with the theory as well as the implications of uncertainty within an interpersonal relationship.
Words: 1129 Downloads: 0 Category: Social Sciences By: Catherine BettyThis article explains the economic principle of price inflation. It is written to provide someone with little or no knowledge of economics with an understanding of inflation and its causes and effects. It also discusses the consumer price index as a measure of inflation and concept of “deflation”
Words: 525 Downloads: 0 Category: Social Sciences By: Hugo RuttenThe article examines the importance of variables in scientific research. Regardless of the type of study or field it is being conducted in, those examining the results need to know what the various variables were and how they were, or were not, manipulated. It explains the definition, conditions and measurement of an independent variable.
Words: 379 Downloads: 0 Category: Social Sciences By: Amanda RumbleWhat is the connection between Germany´s notorious National Socialist Party and Social Darwinism? How did the Nazis use and abuse this adaption of Charles Darwin´s biological theories to support their own racist agenda? This article examines the story behind these connections and its chilling results.
Words: 1258 Downloads: 0 Category: Social Sciences By: Jane K. AustinThis article attempts to inform the reader on the relationship between economic stratification, poverty, and criminal activity.
Words: 304 Downloads: 0 Category: Social Sciences By: TigerInternet Marketing Schemes are everywhere, promising huge income for little work and only a small financial outlay. Some people repeatedly subscribe to these schemes, even when they fail. This article looks at Pavlov’s Conditioning as an explanation to why this happens.
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