Anonymity

When I was about 11 years old, my dad gathered the family to teach us about a new concept that would greatly impact the way we communicated with people. He introduced us to a color-stream of personalities. Through this, we could categorize everyone in the family according to the criteria provided by the color(s) that matched their strongest qualities. Red was assertive and strong-willed. Green was analytical and reserved. Blue was caring and people oriented. I was a combination of red and green.…

In Marcia Brown’s article “Maine’s First Graffiti Artist,” Mike Rich was inspired by the beauty, creativity, and anonymity of graffiti. He has dedicated his life to this art form to allow people to see the beauty behind graffiti by using it for “positive messaging.” When Mike was 11, he was creating traditional art, but started painting graffiti to get away from the simplistic traditional art. Mike’s first most recognized mural was done with a team of 7 other artists that came together to paint…

speaking to a male victim of rape who is hesitant in pressing charges. The monologue explores this issue in the context of well-known cases of female sexual assault and expresses frustration in the lack of media coverage, fear to come forward and anonymity surrounding male cases from a personal and institutional perspective. Paper Clip One in thirty-three men you may know will experience sexual assault.…

press until Cloud Atlas. A trailer for their new film allowed Laurence to make a name in the industry again, and this time it would be the proper name - Lana Wachowski. This public coming out as transgendered sacrificed the siblings' treasured "anonymity" in hopes of inspiring transgendered youth. Though Wachowski's family supported her through every step of her transition, Wachowski felt quite alone when she was a young "Larry", not understanding her gender identity and feeling like a "freak"…

task was to unpack the vial out of the pouch and then smell it. After the completion of the task, the participants had to answer a questionnaire about their perception of the odors. The filled out questionnaires were put into a box to assure the anonymity of the participants. Results The means of the answered questionnaire about the liking and the strength of the perceived odor were measured. A within-subject t-test was computed to evaluate the relationship between background color and odor…

What happens when good people are put in an evil place? What about when innocent individuals are systematically punished and humiliated? Is human identity rooted in one 's situation? A 1971 endeavor, now known as Zimbardo 's Prison Experiment, attempted to explore these questions and others. Deep beneath the Psycology Center of Stanford University, a tiny prison was created. Eighteen boys were meticulusly selected from a large group of volenteers. It is important to note that before the…

consciously or subconsciously responded to the questions in a manner which portrayed the imagery and self-talk to have a facilitative influence, even if this was untrue. To prevent social desirability from occurring, the participants were ensured of anonymity and given instructions on how to use imagery and self-talk effectively, for example, the participants were told to image whilst having their eyes closed, standing in the position they will throw from during the trials. This was to ensure…

Students in today’s society commonly use technology for both “educational and non-educational purposes.” (Daniel, 2015) Technology has a significant impact in not only the present society, but also the educational systems in an advancing society. The influence of technology in the classroom greatly impacts student’s education as they are surrounded by so much technology in their daily lives. In the present society, students must be able to keep pace in a world full of advancing technology and…

Physical Attraction (Introduction) Human beings are very complex individuals that not even we ourselves fully understand us. Human beings are constantly being studied and researched, to try and get a better grasp and understanding of us. We try to define and interpret what our actions, behaviors, traits, and thoughts all mean or represent. Sometimes individuals have behaviors or thoughts that they may not even be consciously aware about that, may have some type of underlying meaning. In this…

rivacy and Security in Tandem In preparing this paper, I struggled with how to approach the topic of privacy and security, both as singular issues and as to how one relates to the other. There are many strong arguments that privacy is being traded off for the sake of security. However, rather than looking at it as being “traded off”, we must instead look at the necessity of such measures in this changing world of technology. As a country and society, we must change with the times. Supporting the…