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Mind and Society

John Offer
- pp 161-195
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In the process of elucidating Spencer's First Principles and the cosmic theory of evolution, it has proved helpful already to touch on his treatment of social life in that general context.
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In the process of elucidating Spencer’s First Principles and the cosmic theory of evolution, it has proved helpful already to touch on his treatment of social life in that general context. It is essential now, however, to address the theory as manifested in respect of ‘psychical’ and ‘social’ evolution, themselves intimately linked in his discussions.

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Contributions of Learning Through Analogies to the Construction of Secondary Education Pupils’ Verbal Discourse about Chemical Change

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Staring Down the Mukhabarat: Rhizomatic Social Movements and the Egyptian and Syrian Arab Spring

TL;DR: The potential causes of the Arab Spring are discussed in this article, with an emphasis on the role of social networks in the movement of the youth in the Arab spring and their role in the political process.
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Research on Interest in Science: Theories, methods, and findings

TL;DR: This paper presented an overview of interest research and described the theoretical and methodological background for the assessment of interest in science in large-scale assessments like the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
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Being Together in Time: Musical Experience and the Mirror Neuron System

TL;DR: In this paper, Molnar-Szakacs et al. introduced the Shared Affective Motion Experience (SAME) model of music and discussed its implications for music therapy and special education.
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Cooperative Learning: Improving University Instruction by Basing Practice on Validated Theory.

TL;DR: Cooperative learning is an example of how theory validated by research may be applied to instructional practice as mentioned in this paper, and the major theoretical base for cooperative learning is social interdependence theory.
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Artifacts in the A&A meta-model for multi-agent systems

TL;DR: The notions of artifact in the A&A meta-model are defined, how it affects the notion of intelligence in MAS is discussed, and its application to a number of agent-related research fields are shown.
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Affordances in HCI: toward a mediated action perspective

TL;DR: It is held that the Gibsonian concept of affordances, conceptualized as interaction between animals and their environments, provides some important insights, but is, in the end, of limited relevance to HCI research.