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The theories of consumer decision-making process assume that the consumer’s purchase decision process consists of steps through which the buyer passes in purchasing a product or service. However, this might not be the case. Not every consumer passed through all these stages when making a decision to purchase and in fact, some of the stages…

During early childhood (02-06 years), parents often refer to it as the problem, troublesome, or toy-age, educators label it as the Pre-school-age, while psychologists refer to it as the Pre-gang, the exploratory, or the Questioning-age. Despite slow physical development during this stage, the physiological habits established in babyhood become firmly rooted. During early childhood, children…

In today’s society, women have achieved equality with men and all other individuals. They possess the right to vote, pursue careers in traditionally male-dominated fields, and hold positions of power within companies. However, this was not the case during the 1500s and later periods when women did not have the same rights as men. Therefore,…

Medieval writers, among them Giovanni Boccacio, Geoffrey Chaucer and Dante Aligheri, are notable for the moral tone of their works. Not surprisingly given that the great educator of their time was the Church. In any event Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, Boccacio’s “Decameron”, and Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” are made no less entertaining for their erudition. In fact,…

Identifying Information Giuseppe is a 14-year-10 month-old, Latino male in the 8th grade referred for counseling through AB3632 from Hollywood Senior high School under the Los Angeles Unified School District. Giuseppe’s school counselor indicates Giuseppe has difficulty controlling his anger towards peers. She also shares that Giuseppe fights with his peers leading to a suspension…

Viewing Multiple Realities For me the movie ‘The eye of the beholder’ highlighted the importance of various factors that hinder us from perceiving a person’s personality accurately. If not handled appropriately factors like snap judgment, pre-occupation, self-projection, prejudice and pre-disposition completely alter our perception presenting us a much skewed version of the reality. I have…

Quantitative methods have their strengths and weaknesses. Discuss. Quantitative methods, like all social research methods, have their own set of strengths and weaknesses. This essay will attempt to critically assess those characteristics and draw a comparison between quantitative methods and qualitative methods. The quantitative versus qualitative debate is an interesting topic in Sociological studies. In…

Each day, many people are imprisoned as criminals and face a range of difficulties once they are released. These difficulties include finding housing, looking for employment, and dealing with substance abuse issues. It is common for former convicts to return to their previous criminal activities after being released. To prevent this from happening, correctional facility…

Parenting Styles There are four different parenting styles, each of which with their very own interesting description. The four include, Authoritarian, Permissive, Authoritative, and Neglectful or the “Uninvolved”. A young woman by the name of Danna Banding conducted a study on young children their parents in 1967. The first type of style introduced in this…

 Introduction10th January 2000 was a historical day in media world when AOL planned to acquire Times Warner for around $182 billion in stock and debt. It was a marriage of old-and new media-titans It is one of the largest deals in corporate history of USA, and this combines the USA’s top internet service provider with…