Advice Response Theory: Understanding Responses to Relationship Advice

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Sample As people go through their daily lives, they encounter decisions to be made and problems to be resolved. For example, you might need to decide on a phone carrier or a dentist, whether to visit distant family at the holidays, or how to pursue your ambitions after college. Or, you may be hav...

Contemporary Debates in Social Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Exploring the Lives of Black and Brown Americans

Author(s): FARRAH GAFFORD CAMBRICE, William T. Hoston, MARCO ROBINSON

The social and cultural inclusion for Black and Brown people continues to be one of the pressing concerns in the 21st century. This pathbreaking collection of works in Contemporary Debates in Social Justice encourages a multi-discipline approach to examining the existing societal injustices affectin...

What's In a Name? Negotiating Marital Names Changes

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Abstract Madeline Anderson took a sip of her iced tea and sighed. It still amazed her that this man who sat across the table smiling and speaking casually in Spanish to the server was going to be her husband in less than six months. “Husband” seemed like such a strong label to assign him. Did tha...

Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian Women

Author(s): Rose M. Borunda, Melissa Moreno

At the heart of Speaking from the Heart: Herstories of Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian Women are cultural narratives, trajectories toward decolonization offered by Chicana, Latina, and Amerindian women. The series of cultural narratives contained in the 2nd edition of Speaking from the Heart: Her...

0 to 30 to 60 to 90: Four Generations

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Abstract Dennis was pleased that over 40 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren attend the 65th wedding anniversary celebration he and his wife organized for his parents. The joy of the moment was somewhat overshadowed by all the other issues facing him. Many of those issues involved de...

Customized Version of Thriving in College & Beyond: Research-Based Strategies for Academic Success & Personal Development Concise Version, by Cuseo et al, for Catholic University of America

Author(s): Jandro L. Abot

This book is designed to help you make a smooth transition to college and equip you with strategies for success that can be used throughout your college experience and in life beyond college. Its goal is to promote the academic excellence and personal development of all students—whether they be stud...

They Won't Show Up at a Shelter!: The Invisible Population of LGBT Teens Experiencing Homelessness

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Sample As the principal investigator of a community-wide research project to uncover systems dynamics that had the potential to reduce or even eliminate homelessness, Alexa often found herself meeting with directors of social service organizations in order to create opportunities to interview the...

Growth of the American Republic: Fundamental Concepts in U.S. Government & Politics

Author(s): Earle Michael Young

Growth of the American Republic: Fundamental Concepts in U.S. Government & Politics essentially ‘catches up’ our woefully history-clueless students on the basic principles of government and citizenship…in essence, giving them a framework of understanding the ideas and history that influenced the fou...

Case Studies of Murder: The Enigma of the American Serial Killer

Author(s): James Sparks

The goal of Case Studies of Murder: The Enigma of the American Serial Killer is to provide informative, qualitative case studies of those individuals who have been arrested and convicted of serial murder crimes in the United States. Each chapter is written with detailed narratives on specific indivi...

Behavioral Deception Detection: A Criminal Case Study

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Sample Deception—a deliberate attempt to mislead others—is a common communication device (DePaulo et al., 1996). People admit to telling lies in 27% of face-to-face conversations, 37% of phone calls, and 14% of the emails they send (Hancock et al., 2004). These lies commonly serve to grease the w...