Acculturation

Devon Harrison Professor Brooke Wells Social Psychology, Hunter College April 9, 2015 Rough Draft Topic: Associations Between Parenting Practices and Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors Among Lower Income African American and Latina Mothers Decades of research studies have shown a strong link between parenting practices and child internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems (Fletcher, Walls, Cook, Madison, & Bridges, 2008; Griffin, Botvin, Scheier, Diaz, & Miller, 2000;…

Many groups of people migrated to the United States. Some moved because of push factors like natural disasters and political problems, while others were put into slavery and taken to America involuntarily. Several of these groups that migrated to America throughout the course of history were the Africans, the Irish, and the Southern Italians. The Africans were one of the first people groups in America and migrated during the Formative Wave. The Irish migrated during the First Wave, and the…

Recently I watched the movie, The Namesake that showed various aspects of immigration across family generations. The movie illustrated the in impact of a culture assimilation and identity search of an Indian family. They are several other points, but the crucial ones that will be discussed in this paper is identity and culture. This paper will focus on the characters and interviewee identified as immigrant and challenges in the new culture. The movie, the Namesake is about an Indian family who…

Effects of Autism on Latina Maternal Participation in the Individualized Education Program Introduction: Review of the Literature In creating an appropriate education for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), parent involvement is a critical piece of the puzzle. According to the National Research Council (2001), the majority of empirically supported interventions reviewed by the Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism involved a parent component, and most research…

Julia’s cognitive abilities were assessed through the use of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales, 4th Edition (WAIS-IV). The areas of cognitive processing ability measured include crystallized intelligence, short-term memory, visual-spatial processing, reasoning ability, and processing speed. The subtests measure different cognitive processing abilities and when combined together they form four index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which…

Ryan’s cognitive abilities were assessed through the use of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-V). The areas of cognitive processing ability measured include crystallized intelligence, short-term memory, visual-spatial processing, reasoning ability, and processing speed. The subtests measure different cognitive processing abilities, combining to form five index scores: Verbal Comprehension, Visual-Spatial, Fluid Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed which all together…

This framework is based on what the research on trauma intervention with children and particularly on trauma-informed care (TIC). However, based on personal understanding of trauma intervention in child population, the original TIC approach introduced by SAMHSA is modified. I. Trauma and Children While positive stressful experience contribute to children’s health since these mild stress events provides children opportunities to deal with obstacles by managing stress, control emotions and…

Few schools of thought have had such an impact on the discipline of archaeology as processualism did in the mid twentieth century (Trigger 2006). Processualism, or the new archaeology, revolutionised the way archaeologists thought and worked with its effects lasting until today both directly and indirectly. Even in modern archaeological settings, processual approaches define the discipline with archaeologists generally describing themselves as processual or post-processual. Although this…

Research Question: How does sociology explain the effects of immigration and assimilation in Canada? Canada is known as one of most multicultural country in the world today. Aside from the Natives, everyone in Canada today is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants. But when looking at Canada’s immigration history, you can easily learn that many ethnic groups had to assimilate when they moved to Canada. Not only did immigrants experienced assimilation, they also experienced marginalization…

Tragedy is a terrible part of life that people have to deal with too often. Some instances of tragedy may seem to be beyond our understanding. Although we may perceive certain events as pure evil, it is important to understand the psychological and sociocultural influences that can lead a person to this kind of behavior. This paper will provide an analysis of a recent tragedy, the Boston Marathon bombing, and one of the people behind it. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also known as, Jahar, a…