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Theories on Social Progress

In six pages this research paper examines social progress from a theoretical perspective. Five sources are cited in the bibliog...

Three Novels on Women as Victims of Violence

In five pages this research paper analyzes how women were victimized by social oppression and violence in Edwidge Danticat's Breat...

Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy

In five pages this research paper examines Bellamy's view of a 2000 utopia as a reaction to the nineteenth century industrialism t...

Children, Prejudice Development, and Social Cognition

In fourteen pages this research paper presents a review of current literature on how prejudice in children is developed through pr...

Overview of Social Psychology

In nine pages this research paper examines social psychology in an overview that includes divisive psychological and sociological ...

Knowledge as a Construct of Society

In seven pages this research paper applies the philosophies of Karl Popper, Emile Durkheim, and Michel Foucault to an examination ...

Intelligence and Its Genetic Component

something reliable. For example, IQ scores do successfully predict the number of years one will be in school, their degree of acad...

Connection Between Social Participation, Concept of Self, and Young People

unprotected sex, drugs, theft, driving too fast, and thrill seeking. According to Lynn Ponton, author of The Romance of Risk: Why ...

Political Society Order and the Philosophy of John Rawls

is contrasted with "conservative" or "right-wing" ideologies. Within the broader context of political theory. "liberalism" has a d...

Greek Tragedy Characteristics of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

the Sophoclean template, time should also be compressed and restricted, with the action of the play taking no more than one day. B...

Trumpet History

extra devices to alter pitch, and chromatic trumpets, which do have extra devices, such as valves, to modify pitch.4 Essentially, ...

Globalization and its Effects

as officially achieving "mature" status. Singapore began its quest for modernization and sustainable development in 1960. ...

Senior Citizens with Chronic Illnesses and Social Deprivation

involved, the elderly can be put aside. Whether living at home or in a skilled nursing facility (SNF), the lives of the elderly w...

Social Inequality and Social Stratification in Raleigh, NC

culture founded on avarice. Politically, it seems to accepted as socially correct in many circles to argue that the poor deserve t...

Columbus B. Hopper and Johnny Moore's Women in Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs

those results in greater depth. It must also be remembered that as an integral part of the study it cannot be avoided that the res...

Comparative Metropolitan Research of Vancouver, British Columbia and Seattle, Washington

fastest growing fields" (CANMET, 2003) there is good reason to believe Vancouver will continue to seek out viable options for its ...

Social Work and Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development Model

1972). The rest of the stages, and their specific crisis, are as follows: the preschooler stage (years 3-5)-- initiative v. guilt;...

Alcohol and Changing Attitudes

Quite clear in the first of three representations, the macaw is blurred in the second appearance and completely distorted in the t...

August 7, 1945 Edition of The New York Times

dangers inherent in the use of nuclear energy. In an inside article, there is an attempt to explain, in a rudimentary way, the sci...

American Scene Painting Art Movement

critical reception and the issues and themes addressed in their work. Regionalism A principal thrust in this school was the conc...

The Nature and Function of Humor

dealing with the world in future" (Palmer 57). As this suggests, humor, at least temporarily, has the power to free perception fr...

Depression In Elderly Women

aforementioned variables are unsatisfactory, depression can occur in a number of different ways. Major depressive disorder ...

Social Engineering of Adam Podgorecki

social changes" (Podgorecki, 1990, p. 62). The concept of sociotechnics was first introduced into the Western scientific community...

Future Educational Social Trends

and speculations that have been put forth about handling the problems facing US public schools. Throughout the country, school di...

Continuing Oppression of Disabled Individuals

specific individual. According to Joseph Shapiro (author of No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement)...

Overview of Educational Research

in scientific research demonstrates the validity of the qualitative approach: Criterion Quantitative Research Qualitative Research...

Aggression Considered in Three Views

can result in aggressive responses" (FAT, 2004). A triggering event can frequently be something insignificant, such as a joke, ges...

Is Aggression Learned or Genetic?

been studied from several different perspectives, but it appears that there has been no attempt to relate grade expectations with ...

Roger and Me by Michael Moore

Moores documentary follows this dictum and offers scathing social commentary, demonstrating the flaws in the capitalist system, wh...

Media Coverage and the Consumption of Alcohol

alcohol as a positively valued activity (Snyder, et al, 2000). In other words, drinking, as it is portrayed in ads for wine, liquo...