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Sociological Theories of Structural Functionalism

at the functions they serve. Guns serve the function to protect or to allow an individuals to lash out at society. A wife serves t...

'Ethnomethodology,' Hegelian Marxism, and Robert K. Merton

In seven pages and 3 parts this research paper discusses such sociological issues as ethnomethodology, Hegelian Marxism characteri...

Questions on Religion Answered

defined by the functional role of that state, rather than by proposed intrinsic features of that state. As this demonstrates, neit...

Conflict Theory of Karl Marx and Terrorism

In their work delineating the importance of group identification in negotiating international agreements, Rao and Schmidt (1998) n...

White Males and Reverse Discrimination

both the Constitution and Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Supreme Court set a precedence with regard to quotas in acade...

Black Elk Speaks and Themes of Structural Functionalism

are most often found within family units and the social roles each member of the family plays within the unit in order to increase...

Cultures and Treatment of the Elderly

is well known that in Asian countries, as well as Asian communities in the United States, the elderly are treated with respect. Ye...

The Concept of Global Stratification

fact, stratification is likely a significant catalyst in this attack against America. In respect to stratification, Farr (2003) e...

The Functionalist Views of Durkheim and Parsons

Religious Life, Durkheim relates one of the many ways that he applied his version of functionalism. This text relates the results ...

Culture and Philosophy

their anxiety in significantly negative ways. Diversity in the type of sport is yet another critical consideration when it comes ...

Substance Abuse and Teenagers

ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...

Functionalism and Other Perspectives in Communication

This paper examines various types of communication. The author distinguishes between functionalism and critical or interpretive s...

Psychological Research Issues

In six pages this paper discusses various psychological research issues including an assessment of American Psychiatric Associatio...

The Flight of Apollo 13. The Psychological Impacts of the Events on Members of the Flight and Ground Crews.

standards and then exemplifies those himself (2000). For example, in a coaching situation, a leader may mandate that a cross count...

Sociological, Physiological, and Psychological Issues Associated with the Management of Stress

tooth tiger of prehistoric humans stress stimulators. Modern human hunter and gatherers deal with stress agents such as repeatedly...

The Hispanic Population and AIDS

In eighteen pages the effects of AIDS on Hispanics are glimpsed from a psychological perspective and includes such pertinent issue...

Psychology and Self Esteem in Child Development

childhood develop self-esteem encompasses several elements. I. INFANCY There is perhaps no more vital a growth period in an indi...

Dysfunction and Sex

physical problem and so physical causes must be ruled out first. If it turns out that no physical or physiological problems are fo...

Code of Ethics and Psychological Testing

In six pages this research paper examines the American Psychological Association's Code of Ethics as it pertains to psychological ...

Plot Development in Two Novels by Antonio Lobo Antunes

instructions from a police inspector, who states, "Give the bozo some electric shocks and hell swear he killed his aunt, if necess...

Stress Theory And Coping With Stress

results (Posen, n.d.). When the rats were examined, they had "swollen and hyperactive adrenal glands, shrunken immune tissue (thym...

"The Last Emperor" - Psychological Elements

"develop a healthy sense of omnipotence which will naturally be frustrated as the child matures" (D. W. Winnicott). Because Pu Yi...

Issues in Psychological Testing

or aid in the understanding and prediction of behavior" (Kaplan and Saccuzzo, 2008, p. 6). A spelling test, for instance, offers a...

The Psychological Factors that Impact Women's Decision to Return Home

abusive ultimately create a cycle of abuse whereby children whose innate defense against such inhumane treatment is to become abus...

A Synthesis of Psychological and Economic Behavior Models

theory refers to the study of how individuals choose to act within a group context; unilateral pursuit of self-interests has prove...

Information Warfare (IW) and Cyber-Terrorist Activities

The concept of information warfare is not new, it has been around for centuries, while cyber-terrorism is new. Despite this the tw...

"A Beautiful Mind" - Six Concepts

the disease from ultimately overtaking his very being; rather, in a quirk that even science cannot fully explain, he is able to se...

Depth Psychology/Early Childhood Educational Setting

conclusion that this behavior was associated with the subconscious factors posited by Freud. How the unconscious is conceptualized...

Comparing Structuralism, Functionalism and Evolutionism

A 3 page research paper that briefly contrasts and compares these three early psychological theories, which were formulated soon ...

Structuralism, Functionalism and Behavioralism

this state functions, that is, "the role it plays," within the system to which the individual belongs (Levin, 2004). For example...