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Institutionalization
Institutionalization Placing emotionally disturbed or psychotic people in a therapeutic facility. Our views of mental institutions are often colored by media's portrayal of them, such as in the movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Girl, Interrupted. With an emphasis on care and... Read more |
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Problem solving
Problem SolvingGestalt approachStimulus–response approachInformation-processing approachBIBLIOGRAPHYFrequent references to “the problem-solving process,” “the decision-making process,” and “the creative process” may suggest that problem solving can be clearly distinguished from decision making or... Read more |
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Social Problems
Social ProblemsHistory of social problems approachTheoretical issuesSocial pathologySocial problems and social disorganizationSocial problems as dysfunctionsSocial problems as deviationFuture of social problems approachBIBLIOGRAPHYSocial problems are described most simply as perplexing questions... Read more |
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Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation philanthropic institution, established (1936) in Michigan by Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, for the general purpose of advancing human welfare. Until 1950 the foundation was involved in local philanthropic activities, mainly aiding the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and the Edison... Read more |
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federal government
federal government or federation, government of a union of states in which sovereignty is divided between a central authority and component state authorities. A federation differs from a confederation in that the central power acts directly upon individuals as well as upon states, thus creating... Read more |
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Exploitation
Exploitation BIBLIOGRAPHY In Keywords (1976), his foundational book on historical semantics, Raymond Williams includes discussion of the word exploitation because it illustrates the general problem of how important historical and social processes occur within language. On the one hand,... Read more |
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Product tampering
Product Tampering Product tampering is the deliberate contamination of goods after they have been manufactured. It is often done to alarm consumers or to blackmail a company. The individual involved may have mental health problems or be politically motivated. Investigation of product tampering often... Read more |
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Social Institutions
Social InstitutionsI. THE CONCEPTShmuel N. EisenstadtII. COMPARATIVE STUDYShmuel N. EisenstadtI THE CONCEPTSocial institutions are usually conceived of as the basic focuses of social organization, common to all societies and dealing with some of the basic universal problems of ordered social life.... Read more |
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algorithm
algorithm or algorism [for Al-Khowarizmi ], a clearly defined procedure for obtaining the solution to a general type of problem, often numerical. Much of ordinary arithmetic as traditionally taught consists of algorithms involving the fundamental operations of addition, subtraction,... Read more |
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linear programming
linear programming solution of a mathematical problem concerning maximum and minimum values of a first-degree (linear) algebraic expression, with variables subject to certain stated conditions (restraints). For example, the problem might be to find the minimum value of the expression x + y ... Read more |
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