Bodybuilding and its Influence upon American Sport - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 14 pages - Sports
American sports has evolved from the simple folk games and premodern pastimes of the colonial era to the highly complex, commercial spectacles of the early twenty-first century.Many factors shaped the development of sports in colonial British America and in the United States. Among the most...
Abortion in the United States
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In the modern world, one can observe the growing success of anti-abortion actions in the United States whereas the law is supposed to ensure safe and medical abortion. Besides, abortion has become a part of everyday politics (like the death penalty). For instance, in the presidential campaign...
The Vanguard of Islamic Revolution by Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr
Worksheets - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The Jama'at-i Islami was founded by Mawlana Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi (1903-1979), whose deep Sufism-education rapidly led to Islamic movements, as for instance the Khilafat movement that failed to unite the Muslims of India. The context in which Mawdudi rose and later created the...
Fears and phobias
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
Fears and phobias are prevalent in human minds. Fears, phobias and anxieties are generally found hidden deep in our minds and constitute an essential part of our existence. A phobia is an excessive anxiety to face the reality of danger. A fear is an anxiety and becomes a phobia when it becomes...
Values in social psychology
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
Every culture is organized around values, that is to say, it is governed by organizing principles of behavior and perceptions. They are defined in the form of ideals, shared by the members of a community and determine a way of lifestyle. Different people may move to different focal objects of...
Psychologist's role in abortion
Thesis - 4 pages - Psychology
The objective of this document is to summarize the research information related to the professional practice of psychology. For this, we decided to work on the role of the psychologist in a hospital. As this is an area that interests us, we wanted to know the role of the psychologist during the...
Site visit report: Genesis women's shelter
Thesis - 2 pages - Educational studies
This paper will present the cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy programs at the Genesis Women's Shelter, and specifically programs at the Austin Street Centre; Board representation includes First Presbyterian Church of Dallas and Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. This paper will...
Sociology - published: 19/08/2010
Thesis - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Sociology is the study of society which comprises of humans. When further classified, it is the study of human social relationships and institutions such as groups and associations. A science on one hand relates to discovery, innovation and knowledge. Art is created by human beings. A combination...
Objectivity and subjectivity in sociology
Thesis - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
A sociologist is a man who examines the society by being as objective as possible. We may therefore define objectivity as the quality which provides a distorted picture of people and things, or anything that describes them and judge them without a bias. This paper analyzes the methods employed by...
The FIFA World Cup Germany 2006
Thesis - 4 pages - Sports
The FIFA World Cup was the most awaited event in the calendar for all enthusiastic football fans across the world. The FIFA World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world after the Olympics. According to Franz Beckenbauer, the president of the bid committee, "the organization of final match...
Sigmund Freud's The psychopathology of everyday life
Thesis - 4 pages - Psychology
In this book, Freud tells us that the acts of daily life that we consider irrelevant (forgetting a name, an appointment, ring the bell to enter) actually have a meaning and are manifestations of the unconscious. For Freud, forgetting is a spontaneous phenomenon. It may be a word or a sequence of...
The theories of the state in classical sociology: Karl Marx and Max Weber
Thesis - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
European sociology for long has been influenced by the works of Marx and Durkheim. However, there has been little importance given to the work of Max Weber. Whenever his works were taken into account, they have been focused mainly on their methodological dimension. It is only recently that...
Sports photography
Thesis - 2 pages - Sports
By sports photography we mean taking pictures of sporting events that involve action and movement. If the pictures are not sharp and do not depict fast movement that take place in a sequence, the purpose of a good sports photograph will not be achieved. That exciting movement of action must be...
Fitness experiment
Thesis - 3 pages - Sports
This experiment's goal is to find out if people who exercise regularly are truly “fitter” than those who don't exercise regularly. Since a person's level of cardiovascular fitness can be measured through his/her heart rates, we believe that the people who are fitter will need less time...
Cover letter for magazine editor
Sample letter - 1 pages - Educational studies
Thank you so much for offering youngsters an opportunity to spread their voices in MAGAZINE. I am currently a GRADE LEVEL student studying MAJOR in NAME OF UNIVERSITY. I may not be majoring in the field of English, but I am truly passionate about writing. Enclosed is a disposable copy of my short...
The role of the brain in cognitive functions
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
The human brain is an extremely multifaceted organ. It not only holds the mysterious entity referred to as the human consciousness, it additionally arbitrates particular behaviors. The configuration of the brain and its advanced cognitive operations are the creation of many centuries of evolution...
The sexuality of disabled people and related issues
Thesis - 8 pages - Psychology
I did my internship in a hostel, where there were twenty-one adults with intellectual disabilities and psychotic disorders, in the age group between twenty four and fifty nine. These adults were supported by an educational team consisting of three monitors or counselors, two educators, a...
Dreams and Sigmund Freud
Thesis - 7 pages - Psychology
Dreams are images, sounds or emotions experienced by the mind while in sleep. The specific purpose of dreams has not been understood completely, though there has been quite an interest in this field. The scientific study of dreams is called Oneirology. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist, who...
The role and position of North and South Indian women: The problem of female infanticide, dowry burning and Sati
Thesis - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The North and the South of India is different in terms of language, custom and religion. In fact, language, custom and religion itself is prone to regional differences even down to the village level. However, despite these differences even in the village level, a homogenous explanation can be...
Educating girls in a classroom
Thesis - 6 pages - Educational studies
Throughout the course of history, society has been predominantly focused on the needs and actions of men. This issue became such pertinent problem that in the 1970s women from all across the United States began a campaign to advance their rights. While this campaign clearly elucidated the gaps...
Native American identities and adaptations
Thesis - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Jamake Highwater was an impostor. According to an anonymous essay in Dancing Bear, a blog and online collection of essays having to do with Native American issues, Highwater fabricated his Native American heritage, his family history, his credentials, and even his age. Highwater clearly...
Social work
Thesis - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Though social work is a wide and pervasive field which encompasses many different careers and experiences, there is a common theoretical understanding of the needs of people and their communities which seems to speak to all of them. In this paper I will be concentrating on the theoretical...
The Jews
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Jewish people are some of most influential people in the world today. Jews have helped societies all around the world develop into advanced societies. This research explores several aspects of the Jewish plight. The first phase of the research discusses the diverse wars waged against the Jews, in...
The effect of religion on perceived sense of happiness
Thesis - 6 pages - Psychology
The idea of religion has been one that has existed since the invention of writing around 3,000 BC. The religious groups in the world with the most adherents in order are: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, and Confucianism. Only 11% of the worlds population consider...
Truth and the views surrounding it
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Michel Foucault's Fearless Speech deals with the idea of parrhesia and its role in ancient Greek philosophy and daily life. This lecture deals with two harmonious but separate definitions of parrhesia. One deals with parrhesia in a political sense, the act of speaking truth in a public arena with...
Bishop Hill: Success and failure through adaptability
Thesis - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Scholars assess several criteria in evaluating the relative success of intentional communities. One of the most firmly established and frequently cited is whether or not the community achieves its own goals [You 1983, p.4]. Holding a community's ability to stick to its original plan in such high...
The theory of psychology
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
In the quote, “The purpose of psychology is to give us an entirely fresh viewpoint about things we know best,” Paul Valery is basically saying that psychology gives people the ability to analyze themselves and the people and things closest to them from another perspective. For example,...
Neuro-physiological and evolutionary theories
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
The brain is the most important part of the body. With the use of the brain all other limbs and bodily functions receive information about what should be taking place. With all that the brain is responsible for there is still another task that people maintain almost seamlessly. That task is the...
Truth and falsity within the human being
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
A person's will and intellect produces the ability to observe knowledge and have the innate ability to judge. Truth and falsity in relation to the perception of a person's will and intellect from God is the basis of Rene Descartes' fourth meditation. God, the all-mighty power, had created people...
Parenting
Dissertation - 38 pages - Psychology
It is believed that the subject of offering advice, guidance and in general, counselling on being a parent in modern times has not really been addressed. With this in mind, this book is written in a simple language. Although in plain enough English, the content will still be of importance to the...
