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The Perception of the Self - Explanations from Baumeister and Cooley

and perhaps unhealthy, influence on society. Unstable audience members have fantasy relationships with movie stars and violent fil...

Sociological Issues

different facets of existence. This paper discusses a number of aspects of living in society today. Discussion Please note: the p...

Exploring a Doll’s House

House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...

There are No Winners in Teen Pregnancy

One of the most socially disturbing phenomena is young girls who get...

Potential Strategy to Reduce Obesity in Scotland

guidelines that these should be used only as a last resort when all other options have failed, with the possible exception of surg...

Which Punishment is Best

alarming rate. Although the crime rate in general has dropped, there is little evidence to show a direct causal relationship betwe...

Affirmative Action, Racial Profiling and Morality

is a rather difficult concept to explain. In essence, what Himma is saying is that "pervasive stereotypes cause even the most tale...

Societal Impact of the Media

then, after a time, actions follow (Waliszewksy and Smithouser, 2001). The human brain, they note, doesnt need that "garbage" (Wal...

An Analysis of The God That Sucked by Thomas Frank" – Impact Upon Understanding Of Or Concern About The Unequal Distribution Of Wealth

whenever a civilized society is involved. Indeed, the very notion of social justice often leads directly to social injustice, ina...

Voltaire, Moliere and Social Satire

money, not religion. Organ, a simplistic, but good man, has allowed Tartuffe to come into his home and take dominance over his fam...

Past and Present Needs of Society and the Montessori Educational Method

to the place and specific time, there were numerous commonalties in the educational situation of Maria Montessoris time. Inner ci...

4 Articles on Jewish Culture Compared

In six pages Jewish life and culture are considered in a discussion of 4 articles which offer contrasting views to Jewish societal...

What is Normal? Lahiri vs. Chabon

Mr. Pirzada Came to Dinner by Jhumpa Lahiri and Spikes by Michael Chabon are good sources for comparisons of what is considered a ...

Gilgamesh, 'The Odyssey' and Heroic Epics

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...

Hero Worship

In eleven pages this paper examines the societal pros and cons of hero worship with professional athletes including OJ Simpson, Dw...

Gunpowder's Invention and Historical Impact

and explosives has ranked among the top three most important elements of modern civilization along with printing and the Protestan...

Social Stratification Importance to Society and the Field of Social Work

they are essentially from different worlds. To many in America today, political ideology is at the crux of how the poor and home...

Sociology and Family Disorganization

African-American families, this paper does not apply that only African-American families suffer from family disorganization; rathe...

Social History and Sexuality

mentioned and courses taken were important enough in the society to warrant public attention to them. The account of this single ...

Tracing the Origins of the Internet

the Internet (1999). The concept that anyone in the world can publish information and have it instantly available to someone else...

Sociological and Biological Definitions of Sexuality

wonder that many are reluctant to place full responsibility for behavior and personality on genetics. Peele (1995) notes:...

US Society and the Internet

incredibly intriguing and checks every day to see what the weather will be like. From such simple perspectives as this we can see ...

Thirty Questions on Complexity by Mitchell lWaldrop

complex systems, whether they are ecosystems, individual organisms, or economics, have certain characteristics in common. Complex ...

A Tribute to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Who Brought Home the Medal

historical events. Instead there is an interplay between them, circumstance, and other major and minor players. At the time of t...

Societal Concept of Emile Durkheim

allow him a greater ability to define what served as the foundation for social change and how it changed and grew into other degre...

Female and Male Inequality and Societal Consequences

leads to a number of societal dysfunctions such as unequal access to education, jobs and other societal positions. A number of so...

Societal Welfare in Henry Fielding's Shamela and Samuel Richardson's Pamela

ends up marrying her, presenting us with a sense of maintaining the health of a family and the individual. While the novel is made...

Shakespeare's Othello and Racism within Renaiisance England

of perspective came about. Though various ploys were attempted to regain old sorts of power, in the end, there was a rise in the m...

Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips

vessel. The children are Nash, Martha and Travis, and their stories form the basis for the three major divisions in the text. The ...

Contemporary European Drama Classification

In five pages this paper examines the social dramas of August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen in a consideration of modernism classifi...