Has the media helped in portraying organized crime in New York City as an Italian-American stereotype?
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This question is being researched because when people hear words and phrases such as organized crime, the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra (another name for the Italian Mafia), and the Mob they usually believe it involves people of Italian heritage. Shows and movies such as the Sopranos, the Godfather...
India: The state of the children in the world's most populous democracy
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In December 2001, a farrago of representatives of intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and concerned members of the civil society around the world convened in Yokohama, Japan, at the 2nd World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of...
The M word, a sociological study of menopause
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
There is a shroud of secrecy that surrounds menopause, that for so many women and especially their mothers, it is rarely spoken of beyond hushed tones. In the animal kingdom for Bonobos, it doesn't even exist; females keep procreating all their natural lives! For women of all cultures it is a...
Commentary: "Authority intoxicates, and makes mere sots of magistrates; The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud and vain."- Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Who would think that authority would be able to cook up such a dangerous recipe for human flaws? But upon closer consideration, you begin to compare the attitudes and persona of those with power and those lacking it. The empowered ones walk and talk differently. They possess an air of...
The situation of homosexuals in the Middle-East
Essay - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Prejudice in the Muslim world has been present since the earliest of times, but homophobia in current terms has magnified in Islam since the 1800s. Throughout its history, Islam has been generally tolerant of homosexuals, despite verses in the Koran condemning homosexual activity. Like most...
Child prostitution throughout the world
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Child prostitution continues to be a growing epidemic in the world. While Southeast Asia has traditionally been associated as the sex-trade capital of the world, the last decade of the twentieth century introduced some African nations as emerging contenders in this salacious industry. As this...
The Responsibility of University Administration Off-Campus: How far Does Liability Extend, and Under What Circumstances Does it Exist?
Thesis - 6 pages - Educational studies
Universities and colleges in the United States have long been held legally responsible for their students, even though the circumstances surrounding this responsibility have evolved over time. The basis of this responsibility lies in the concept of in loco parentis, when a university takes the...
The Practice of Sophism in Athenian Politics, Religion, and Decision Making
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Educational studies
In this paper I will discuss the study of sophism as a system of education in ancient Greece and the ways in which it impacted the inhabitants and the conflicts of the ancient Greek society. In the first part I will discuss the subject matters that sophists taught, the reasons why young...
The Theory of Emerging Adulthood
Essay - 3 pages - Psychology
In his book Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties, Dr. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett details research he has conducted shedding light on emerging adulthood. Arnett can be considered at the forefront of research of this kind. According to his biographical...
Creative Chaos
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Suicide. The mere mention of the word makes most of us disturbingly uncomfortable. Yet, just as we run outside, and down the street wearing only a bathrobe, transfixed by a cavalcade of emergency vehicles' flashing lights, urgently needing to know “what happened,” our morbid curiosity...
Wal-Mart: Past, Present, and Future. An Economical View
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Twenty years ago a day of shopping meant going to one store for groceries, another store for clothes, and still another store for prescriptions. Today a day of shopping can be done with one door and one trip. Wal-Mart has changed the way Americans and other countries do their daily shopping....
The Shadow: Man's Garbage Can
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Every child is born with a vast library of experiences which Jungian psychology describes as the collective unconscious, the contents of which are called archetypes. These archetypes are unlearned tendencies to experience life in certain ways, and manifest themselves in several forms. Some of...
Prize Winning Design
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, directed by Jane Anderson and released in 2005, tells the true story of a mother from Defiance, Ohio who helped raise her rather large family by winning contests to earn money and necessities in absence of a steady income from her husband. Julianne Moore plays...
Bridging the Gap
Essay - 7 pages - Psychology
Wondering how similar animals are to ourselves is not a recent question to philosophy or research science. Pet owners are all aware of the mystery behind how it seems like a beloved cat or dog just “knows” when the day has been horrible. More recent research has taken this philosophical...
Effective Media Strategies
Thesis - 18 pages - Psychology
In determining the five most critical aspects of a media strategy, our group immediately noticed that there was correlation between the question asked and a portion of our class notes. In class on October 15, 2007, Dr. Parrish-Sprowl identified what he believed to be the most important aspects of...
Advanced Communication Theory Midterm
Thesis - 8 pages - Psychology
Communication is an omnipresent concept that traverses all aspects of an individual's life. However, when asked exactly what communication encompasses or how to define it, even communication scholars are left perplexed or overwhelmed at the varying degrees of answers that will undoubtedly be...
Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Presentation - 9 pages - Educational studies
Developed and introduced by Howard Gardner in 1983 Gardner suggests that “each individual manifests varying levels of these different intelligences, and thus each person has a unique cognitive profile” Students with high rhythmic intelligence will: Seek patterns in new information...
Sex, Verbal Task and Hand Placement Interactions Influence Balance Times
Essay - 3 pages - Psychology
A person's motor ability may be influenced by one's sex and verbal tasks. We hypothesized that a difficult verbal task would interfere with motor skills on the right hand more for men than women due to lateralization of the brain. The balancing times of a dowel were compared between males and...
No Differences Found Between FR and FI Reinforcement Schedules
Case study - 2 pages - Psychology
To have understood which schedules of reinforcement produce a desired behavior, we examined whether a Fixed Ratio (FR) scale was more effective than a Fixed Interval (FI) scale. Subjects participated in an interview and were unaware that they were being reinforced on an FR, or FI schedule. Other...
Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Fun With Patterns!!
Course material - 3 pages - Educational studies
Objectives: The students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of patterns by creating and finishing patterns that involve colors, shapes, objects and numbers. Content: *Patterns can be made from colors, shapes, objects, numbers, etc. * Definition: Patterns = are...
Classroom Management Plan
Course material - 8 pages - Educational studies
In my classroom I expect to be an effective teacher. For this to occur I need to have effective classroom management. I will create an environment that feels safe for the students so that they can focus on learning. For me, classroom management does not go hand in hand with discipline. This is...
Kindergarten lesson plan title: Apple sentences
Course material - 3 pages - Educational studies
The students will be able to write out original sentences that describe apples. The students will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of phonics by using the sounds in a letter/word to write out the words they want to use. The students will be able to demonstrate their ability to write upper...
Kindergarten Lesson Plan Title: Counting and Sorting Turkeys!
Course material - 2 pages - Educational studies
The students will be able to demonstrate their ability to count objects and to sort those objects by how many feathers the turkeys have. The students will be able to identify same and different by the attributes of color, shape, size, and kind and sort those turkeys by their differences. The...
Kindergarten Lesson Plan Title: Investigating Pumpkins
Course material - 3 pages - Educational studies
The students will be able to generate questions based on their observations of pumpkins. The students will be able to investigate those questions and find answers to their questions. The students will be able to use measurement devices to find their answers. The students will be able to...
Running Head: The Relationship between Depression and Age
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
Depression may be influenced by age differences. Other studies showed no relationship between age and depression so one should expect no relationship between the two in further studies. Data was obtained from 41 college students in order to determine relationships between the profile of Mood...
James Lett and Paranormal Belief
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Paranormal belief is a controversial topic within society and many of its advocates and opponents are both victim to biases in their advocating for or against it. Paranormal belief implies a belief in phenomena that currently cannot be explained by science. These ideas can range from precognition...
GABA Receptors
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
GABAA Receptor The GABAA receptor is a member of the superfamily of ligand-activated ion channels in the cell membrane. GABA type A (GABAA) receptors are most closely related to strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors, more distantly related to acetylcholine nicotonic receptors and serotonin...
Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Receptors
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Psychology
Glutamate Receptors Glutamate receptors are found throughout the brain and are expressed on both neurons and glia, although not all glutamate receptor subtypes are found on both cell types. Glutamate receptors, sometimes referred to as excitatory amino acid receptors, were initially classified...
Developmental Sport & Exercise Psychology
Course material - 2 pages - Sports
Motivational processes vary across the lifespan. Children are motivated by different factors than older adults. In class we discussed the importance of motivating people to lead physically active lives beginning in childhood and continuing throughout older adulthood to maintain good health and...
Kinesiology Exam
Course material - 4 pages - Sports
A developmental perspective in research involves describing an individual's psychological, social, and behavioral changes across a span of time. It also assesses the similarities and differences in changes observed over time between individuals. The study may cover a lifespan, which constitutes...
