Negative emotions, dropping out of high school and drug use
Thesis - 4 pages - Educational studies
Sociologists study the dynamics of the self, interaction, social structure, and culture. Questions such as the following are raised: What self-processes emerge over time, and within and across what situations? What occurs when individuals take account of each other? How do people build,...
Youth crime in high schools: A theoretical discussion
Thesis - 5 pages - Educational studies
No study of youth crime would be complete without an examination of how it applies within high schools. The presence of disorder and delinquency in school and on school grounds is a growing problem. Most secondary school have some students who disrupt the classroom and threaten the safety of...
Steroids and sport
Thesis - 8 pages - Sports
The idea of doping in sport is not a new one, in fact it is said to have roots as far back as 1876 when a highly regarded Professor of medicine in Edinburgh, Scotland took some athletes from his university into the mountains to introduce them to the South American coca leaves (the root source of...
The study on factors influencing people in purchasing prepaid cards
Case study - 33 pages - Psychology
Hutchison Telecom, one of the world's leading cellular service Providers, brings hutch to you. They are known for their innovative approach and world-class technology. Their goal is to provide you superior products and services, anytime and anywhere. Hutch values are stated simply. To be fair and...
Virtual classroom system
Presentation - 29 pages - Educational studies
The present system is a manual system or a semi-automated system. Manual system involves paper work in the form of maintaining various files and manuals. Maintaining critical information in the files and manuals is full of risk and a tedious process. Proposal: Developing a virtual classroom...
Old age and death are taboo subjects in contemporary western culture
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It may be useful to first define the two main terms that will be studied. The first term is death; the Collins Dictionary defines death as the 'end of life'. Clinically this defined as there is a lack of heartbeat and breathing along with lack of central nervous system function which...
Stereotypes are always inaccurate
Thesis - 7 pages - Psychology
Does a person's view of the qualities that members of particular groups have, reflect the reality of life, or are errors being made when groups and behaviours are observed? A definition of stereotypes with the fewest constraining assumptions is that they are qualities seen to be associated...
Can Gilligan's claim that women have a distinctive moral voice be justified?
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
Women have traditionally been viewed as carers and nurturers. Is this fair today? Is the reality slightly different to that? Do women have a distinctive moral perspective at all? Is o, what does it amount too? Questions such as these will be answered in this essay. The concept of morality has...
What is 'Postmodernism'?
Thesis - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The term 'postmodernism' is a somewhat elusive one for it does not constitute an ideology, such as Marxism or liberalism, nor, as Callum Brown argues, is it a 'state of government or economy?[or even] a coherent set of beliefs' . However, instead it has been suggested that...
A feminist perspective on climate change issues
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Climate change has emerged over the last thirty years as one of the major issues in international politics. It is now generally accepted that greenhouse gases emissions are contributing to a process of global warming which is leading to an increased incidence of natural disasters. The IPCC...
Is perception based on unconscious inferences?
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
Perception and awareness of our surroundings are things we continually take for granted and without these abilities it would be impossible to navigate our way safely round our environment. Roth (1986) described perception as, "The means by which information acquired `via the sense organs is...
To what extent is competition between social groups a necessary condition for inter-group discrimination?
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
Discrimination is a highly contentious issue in our contemporary society, and is still not a thoroughly understood phenomenon, despite extensive and illuminating psychological research. The question acknowledges that there is a place for competition in the creation of inter-group discrimination,...
A qualitative study examining children's development of scientific thinking
Thesis - 7 pages - Psychology
This study compares Piaget's (in Oates et al, 2005) and Vygotsky's (ibid.) respective theories on processes involved in children's cognitive development. Specifically, scientific thinking is examined using children's explanations for why things float or sink obtained via adaptation of...
Exploring the effect of introducing olfactory triggers on recall ability in relation to levels of processing in memory
Thesis - 6 pages - Psychology
Experiments by Craik and Tulving (1975) suggest recall is enhanced using deeper levels of processing by giving meaning to words, semantic processing, combined with requiring more attention resources at encoding. Based on this an experiment was designed to test if non-matching olfactory triggers...
Can psychological stress cause physical illness?
Thesis - 4 pages - Psychology
Stress is a fundamental human coping mechanism for dealing with threats and adjusting to new (often sudden) changes in the demands of the environment. Fundamentally it can be described as an individual's perception of the balance between the demands placed on them and their ability to cope with...
The future of race
Thesis - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
To claim that race does not exist sounds shocking at first. So many decisions and views of the world are made taking the idea of race into account. Yet the genetic claims of race, as such claims usually perceived and discussed, are not grounded in genetics because race, aside from being a social...
Psychodynamic/psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral approach to the understanding and treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Thesis - 4 pages - Psychology
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is not yet fully understood, and thus is presently the subject of a number of possible theories regarding its origin and treatment. Despite this controversy however, a number of basic facts regarding the symptoms and diagnosis of the disorder remain consistent among...
Psychoanalytic and biogenic perspectives of psychopathy with respect to phobia etiology and treatment
Thesis - 4 pages - Psychology
Psychopathy or abnormal psychology is the term used for the study of ‘illnesses related to the mind', and so includes the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorders and phobias etc. In general it can be seen to encompass any mentally or behaviorally disordered...
The melting pot revisited: Supporting research into the genetic diversity of the American population
Thesis - 14 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The advent of the genomic era has brought with it a host of opinions regarding to what ends genetic tools ought to be applied. There is a growing interest in research that will illustrate the genetic diversity of populations. Advocates suggest that research detailing unique features of...
Pounding the concrete or entering the pool: Efforts to reduce driving
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The cool, clean air blows right on my face. The radio is as loud as I want it. There is minimal lurching, and no smelly strangers sitting right next to me. My shoes are not wet, I did not have to leave a half hour early to get where I need to go, and there is no need to leave before it gets too...
A counseling case study adopting a client-centered approach
Essay - 7 pages - Psychology
The following intervention analysis will utilize a planned verbal interaction, which occurred as part of ongoing care, during a 15-week placement on a Psychiatric Acute ward catering for people aged 18-65. The client's informed consent was gained verbally, to use this conversation within my...
An outline of the feminist and post-modernist critique of criminology
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
In this assignment we will discuss liberal and radical feminism in particular and we will outline the concerns of feminist criminology and how it has criticized male stream criminology. I will then outline the main features of post modernism and its critique of the attempt to be scientific about...
The effects of disturbing distractions on short-term human memory
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Psychology
The present study examines the effects of short-term memory forgetting under the delay of a distracting task. Eleven subjects were asked to remember three consonants while counting backwards by 3's for varying amounts of time (3-, 9-, 18-sec). An Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze...
A discussion and evaluation of Marx and Weber's views on capitalist society
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Capitalism is defined as an economic "system of wage-labour and commodity production for sale, exchange, and profit, rather than for the immediate need of the producers" (Marshall, 1998: 53). As observed by Karl Marx, capitalism transformed a small proportion of a society's population into...
Marx and Weber on the rise of capitalism in the West
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Both Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Max Weber (1864-1920) are great contributors to sociological theory. At the time of their writings, Germany was still almost in the Middle Ages compared to the most advanced capitalist country, England. Both economic development and political liberalization were...
Theism in a postmodern world
Essay - 5 pages - Educational studies
“Whither is God,” he [the madman] cried. “I shall tell you. We have killed him - you and I. All of us are his murderers. But how have we done this?...God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.” In today's postmodern world, people are so consumed with...
Factors affecting voluntary termination from MSW distance learning programs by students/candidates prior to completion of degree requirements
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
Study Goals: To determine factors that influence MSW students, in a distance learning program conducted by a state-supported university, to discontinue the program prior to completing degree requirements. To investigate whether discontinuation reasons are idiosyncratic or if there are patterns...
Nursing/Health care: A critical incident report
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
The aim of this report is look at a critical incident that occurred in practice and relate this to the theory and knowledge regarding communication and interpersonal skills, that is to say, what skills were and were not used at the time of the incident. Carl Roger's necessary conditions for...
A discussion concerning the neurosis of poor communication skills
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
It all starts at a young age when you get associated with the quiet kids. Often you are the shy one in the class, but no one really thinks much of it. Then you move on to middle school and have a handful of friends, still though, you are not the popular one. After middle school you preparing for...
A discussion concerning 'bullying' in everyday life
Thesis - 8 pages - Psychology
When one hears the term “bully”, one may begin to think of television characters like “Butch” from The Little Rascals, “Mad Dog” or “Sweet Daddy” from Good Times, or Mafia gangsters like “Scarface”. The aforementioned characters are very...
