Observational learning is a relatively permanent change in an organism’s behavior due to watching others. People will model, or replicate certain behaviors if the model receives a positive reward. Modeling of antisocial behavior, behavior that is negative and detrimental to society is commonplace such as from TV. People learn that violent crimes, suicide, or school … Read more
In literature, Edgar Allen Poe is widely known for his short stories that all have common dark, non-moralistic theme. Considering, Poe’s “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” have no exceptions. Theses works show exemplementry stories of narrators who have gone mad, murdered out of wickedness, and seek redemption from those who’ll listen. Poe’s unique … Read more
Lysosomal storage diseases are rare, inherited disorders caused by the deficiency of one or more enzymes within the lysosomes of cells. Hunter Syndrome also known as mucopolysaccharidosis disorder II (MPS II), is a genetic abnormality occurring in canines and humans. It is a rare Xlinked recessive metabolic storage disorder caused by the deficiency of the … Read more
The film, Valkyrie, directed by Bryan Singer, was released in 2008. It deals with events in Germany from 1943-44. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was introduced as the main conspirator in the Valkyrie plot to kill Adolf Hitler. The film’s exploration of von Stauffenberg’s character and his motives were limited and substantially inaccurate, mostly altered to … Read more
Feminist ideas have been around for a long time, but it was not until the early twentieth century that major social changes began to occur. During World War I, women slowly broke away from the social norms, as the country needed them to assume the roles of men in the society. The fact that women … Read more
For this assignment of analyzing a television show directed towards younger viewers, I chose a show that is still occasionally aired, but more significant to me, a show I grew up watching. My favorite part of taking psychology classes is being able to take the information taught and look back to see how certain concepts … Read more
Ursula K. Le Guin’s Those Who Walk Away from Omelas encourages students to face the dark side of modern civilization and utilitarianism. It tells of a nearly perfect city, where most everyone is happy. They lead cultured, complex, fulfilling lives. The reader is told to imagine it as they wish; let it have whatever amount … Read more
Training for police officers is essential to the police department and the community. It allows the officer a pre-glimpse of what the roles and duties of a career in law enforcement will be like. During police training, officers will be tested and then evaluated on his or her performance. Officers will be tested on his … Read more
It was another day in the city I love. Baltimore. Like any other resplendent city in all of the states. Baltimore has been my only home for years. However, today in Baltimore something felt different. “Ahhh… ,” | yawned and moaned as I tried to free myself from my bed sheets. I opened the shutters … Read more
Most individuals grow up taught what is considered right from wrong. These are ideals that are instilled in people from a young age by the world’s civilization, in hopes that when they in certain situations these individuals will make the correct decision. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the boys on the island are … Read more
Many people conform to society’s views or perfection and normalcy. People do this to fit in, go unnoticed or because they lack the courage to go against the social norms. When people do not stand for what they think is morally correct they are often left with an inner conflict of morals. Mark twain writes … Read more
Brian De Palma, is a Hollywood director, who is famous for creating and directing horror films. De Palma has directed some of the most controversial and best known horror films of all time, taking inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock. Brian De Palma directed the movie Carrie, inspired by the book by Stephen King, which is about … Read more
The age old question of how evil manifests itself in today’s society is still widely unanswered, and is still debated in many social and biological sciences. In modern times we seem to see evil a lot more, the news is filled with tragedies. We often view the source of evil as a murderer, con artist, … Read more
Cheating on an academic assignment can come in many forms. Stealing someone’s words or ideas and pretending they are one’s own, original composition is cheating. Falsifying numbers or data sets on a formal lab report is cheating. Copying a neighbors answers on an exam is cheating. Cheating and academic dishonesty are often the first things … Read more
In the eighteenth century, industrialization was booming in the West, and Britain was gaining power over the Mughal Empire. Once the British East India Company had taken over most of India, their influence India’s diverse cultures began to grow. As the British brought buildings and infrastructure to their new colony in the 1800s, they also … Read more
Our school is made up of many different types of students. The diverse culture of the school provides for some challenges in educating the various students. Our school has 65% F. A. R. M. S. rate, 5% of the school are ELL students and 52% of the school being special education students either 504 or … Read more
Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is a dramatic story about a poor man by the name of Raskolnikov and the conflicting journey he undergoes. The story is about his aims at ameliorating himself through theory and murder. However, it is not as cut and dry as the prior statement may make it seem. In fact, this … Read more
Is our education system preparing us for failure? Sal Kahn, founder and twelve-year CEO of Kahn Academy, which is a non- profit organization that provides free educational material on a variety of subject to over forty two million registered users online, argues in his TED Talk “Lets Teach for Mastery – Not Test Scores” that … Read more
Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a Victorian poet that is renowned for her poetry that focuses on the social conscience of people in western culture. One of Browning’s most controversial poems is called “A Curse for a Nation,” which is a didactic poem that aims to persuade its target audience to speak out against the slave … Read more
Luke M Coffey Lauren Humphreys Honors Geology 2 April 21, 2016 Alien Planet Kepler-452b Our Milky Way Galaxy is filled with exoplanets—statistically speaking at least one for each of the hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy. An astonishing finding is that the most common type of planet in our galaxy are those with … Read more
As a child growing up I never really questioned the race of my friends. Granted I never was around a different race then my own. And nothing really changed until I went into middle school. In middle school there was diversities and it never bothered me, I was around more people who were Spanish as … Read more
Constantly my chemistry teacher encourages us to shrink down to the size of an atom and see the world from a subatomic state. I encourage people to imagine themselves as an atom, as crazy as it seems, and direct their attention to the neoteric world around themselves. One may come to notice that atoms of … Read more
When an individual hears the word “abuse” they immediately think of the physical aspects. However, there are many more characteristics that define this word when it comes to domestic child abuse. Children of every gender, ethnicity, race, age group, and socioeconomic status are at risk of any type of child abuse (Child Sexual Abuse). Due … Read more
Martin Luther King Jr. , a world renowned civil rights activist once stated that The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice. An arc is a smooth curve, composed of numerous points that connect to make something bigger. There are no sudden breaks or holes in an arc. The moral arc … Read more
From my full name, Lesly Alejandra Marroquin, I know that a lot of my personal identities can be implied. Such as that I am female and probably Hispanic or Latino. Even if names are thought to be so revealing at the same time they leave a lot hidden. A person’s name and appearance do not … Read more
The term Orwellian originated from George Orwell’s novel notably Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Both novels had a common theme, the attempt to become a utopia society but result in a dystopia society. Utopia is the opposite of dystopia where utopia is the idea of the best possible society, whereas a dystopia society can be … Read more
Since the formation of Christianity, the ritual of baptism was embed into the core ceremonies an individual goes through. While they vary drastically from complete submergence to a few droplets on the face, the water cleanses their soul. With a pure soul, they may continue on their spiritual journey. While I am not a religious … Read more
Defining Religion Religion is not a straightforward concept. It is not the kind of subject that human beings choose to sit and discuss over a cup of tea in the afternoon nor is it the kind of subject that individuals easily come to an agreement on. Religion is not a universal truth that people simply … Read more
Abuse can appear unexpectedly in anyone’s life. One of many reasons people detect abuse or signs of abuse in time is because they don’t know what exactly abuse is. Animal abuse is cruelty to animals or intentional infliction by humans upon any non-human animal. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behavior, used by one … Read more
“A Comparison of Competitors’ Websites” The retail industry such as Men’s Wearhouse, Macy’s, Burlington, and Express operate websites and are part of a highly competitive industry. They contend with local, national, and global online retailers that bring comparable products and offer comparable services. Consumer opportunities in retail are shifting quickly with online retail stores, with … Read more
My Personal Good life is having a loving family because I am loved and have support, living because I get to experience/enjoy life, Having Jesus Christ in my life, traveling to new areas, sports is something I love watching and playing, learning new things, art, technology, sports and luxury cars, music, relaxing on a beach … Read more
Around the 1800’s, a child’s education was limited to what the parents knew and learned, the knowledge of life skills taught by the parents at home. This source of education was based on what the parents knew and had learned to succeed in the future of the times. As the years continued to pass, and … Read more
1. Introduction Ryan Nichols, in his paper, “Scientific Content, Testability, and the Vacuity of Intelligent Design Theory,” argues that Intelligent Design Theory (IDT) does not have content due its lack of support and failure to promote further scientific inquiry. I will argue in this paper that his conclusion is false, and that IDT does promote … Read more
Standardized testing has had a growing emphasis in this country. “A typical student takes 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade, a new Council of the Great City Schools study found. By contrast, most countries that outperform the United States on international exams test students three times during their school careers. ” … Read more
The last decade of the 18th century to the last decade of the 20th century was known as the period of Romanticism. It was a time when authors wrote of self-exploration and examining how people fit into the larger society. Authors used their writing as a way to connect characters quests and journeys to find … Read more
Augustus Caesar used many forms of trickery to get what he wanted. He pretended that he did not want any power so that the people would feel safe and secure when it came to giving him all of the power. His plan worked and once he had gained enough power, he created the first Roman … Read more
The invasion of sliver carp and bighead carp collectively known as Asian carp has been an ongoing problem since the mid-1990s. These Asian carp escaped from confinement when they were brought to the United States (Irons et al. 2007). They were brought here for aquaculture or also known as aquafarming (Ruebush 2012). They eventually reached … Read more
The saying goes, a picture can paint a thousand words, but can the same feat be applied to a short poem containing just one sentence? This seems so cause during 1932, William Carlos Williams wrote a minimalist masterpiece, “Red Wheelbarrow”. Upon first impressions there’s not much information to take in. The only distinctive phrases that … Read more
Communication in the pharmacy is important because it is a message that can be received verbal, nonverbal and there are barriers to overcome. In communication it can be a two way process because the sender creates a message and the receiver gives feedback. Sending a message can be given verbal or nonverbal. There may be … Read more
Major Theoretical Frameworks In Sociology By 1. Define the major points of each of the major theoretical frameworks in sociology. Choose a social issue (other than divorce) and apply the three sociological perspectives to the chosen issue. The three major theoretical frameworks are symbolic interactionism, functional analysis, and conflict theory. Symbolic interactionism is a microsociological … Read more
The medical field has changed drastically since the beginning of the American Revolution. Caring for casualties on the battlefield was a major problem in the recovery and care as this was the responsibility of the Quartermaster Sergeant and select Soldiers from the field, mainly Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs). Injured Soldiers could not call for the skilled … Read more
In today’s society, people are overwhelmed with responsibilities and desires. This means that while people are passionate about what they want, they also find themselves burdened by what others want for them, such as their parents. It becomes difficult to change the values which have been instilled into a person by the people around them, … Read more
In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour,” the role of women is depicted through Louise Mallard’s view during the 18th and 19th century. Kate Chopin was born in St. Louis Missouri on February 8, 1850. At the age of four her father died in a train accident which is similar to the … Read more
There have been more critical junctures recently, in terms of nuclear disasters, in which nuclear energy became stagnant in John Kingdon’s policy cycle. The cycle consists of policy formulation, legitimation, implementation, evaluation, and change. When the policy cycle stalls out because of natural disasters, it stagnates at the implementation phase. This is because the policy … Read more
There’s always an intense excitement to be found in examining a story of the oppressed against the oppressors. Euripides’s Medea, for example, serves as a warning to the patriarchy regarding the unjust treatment of women at the time. He uses Medea’s experiences and interactions to exemplify the theme of social injustices governing the perception and … Read more
Both genders during the Victorian and Edwardian Ages were molded into two spheres of expectations and opportunities defined solely by their sex, male and female. In the words of Austen “Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has … Read more
Five generations described in “The Ages of Man” are Golden age, Silver age, Bronze age, Age of Heroes and Iron age. The Golden age was when the deathless gods created the golden race of men, It was the time of peace and Harmony where all the human population lived with joy and unity. This was … Read more
Nothing From the beginning, the theme nothing has been prevalent. “Nothing will come of nothing,” (1. 1. 95) Lear says to his beloved daughter in the first act of the play. The quote sets the story by meaning that Cordelia will not receive anything until she professes her love for her father. As Cordelia is … Read more
Mahan’s intent is extremely conspicuous and he offers little qualification about his desire to increase the size and relevance the US Navy to achieve the interests of the state; however his theories are largely insufficient when examining a large amount of technological, geographic, and strategic factors. In his words, “Naval strategy has indeed for its … Read more
For today’s tutorial I decided to try something new and create an entire look using a single brand products. As per your feedback, such posts help you to learn all the tricks of creating a makeup look but also learn about the products from one specific line that I love the best. I’m super honored … Read more