Compare Old Trends Versus the New Trends in Military Spending

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Essay

Compare old trends versus the new trends in military spending. How has military spending changed over time? What are the consequences?

Describe the major body cavities and their subdivisions.

Identify and describe the planes of the human body.

Understand the concept of homeostasis and its mechanisms.

Distinguish between positive and negative feedback mechanisms in the regulation of body functions.

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Definitions:

Optimal Distinctiveness

People strive to achieve a balance between conflicting motives for inclusiveness and separateness, expressed in groups as a balance between intragroup differentiation and intragroup homogenisation.

Social Mobility

The ability for individuals or families to move up or down the socioeconomic ladder within a society.

Metacontrast Principle

A phenomenon in social identity and group behavior, where contrast between in-group and out-group members is maximized in the perceivers' mind.

Extended Contact Effect

The reduction of prejudice through indirect relationships, wherein knowing a member of an in-group has a friends in an out-group can lead to more positive attitudes towards that out-group.