Categorization

He would tell me that some people mite be going thru hard moments and by being nice to someone can make their day and change their behavior to a positive one. Another concept that I experienced during this test was social categorization. Once I saw who my group was, I unconsciously started to make connection based on the characteristics that they had. I started to assume that the person who seemed like she didn't care about anything and look like she had just woken up was lazy…

The aim of this experiment was to analyze a sample of finished beer for possible microbiological contaminants such as lactic acid bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and wild yeasts/molds. This was accomplished by using a series of spread/pour plate dilutions with various media types that contained selective ingredients. By cross-referencing the different medias and comparing observations, the generalized groups of contaminants were able to be confidently conjectured. Growth was witnessed on DRBC,…

Satire is one of the most powerful tools a writer has in his arsenal. Humor can level an uneven playing field, disarm an opposing argument, expose a jarring fallacy in the logic of an opponent. “A Letter to the Warner Brothers, by Groucho Marx, and “American Autumn”, by Mark Steyn, both demonstrate the wide ranging and potent effect highly developed satire can lend a text in achieving its purpose and reaching its audience. However, when you go beyond the surface value, there is an incredible…

R v Loveridge 2013 NSWSC Thomas Kelly was murdered in Kings Cross in a one punch attack. Brief background information On 7th of July 2012 while Thomas Kelly was having a night out with his girlfriend, Loveridge found him and punched Thomas head without warning. That punch hit near the nose area, which forced Thomas to fall backward onto the pavement. Loveridge and Thomas were unknown to each other, and the attack was random and unplanned. After Kelly had been taken to the St. Vincent’s…

LeBon (1896/1908) claimed that the individual’s behaviour was modified from a civil and rational manner to animalistic behaviour (LeBon, 2001 and Gough & McFadden, 2001). Other psychologists (e.g. Festinger, Pepitone & Newcomb, 1952) developed LeBon’s notions on crowd behaviour to establish the ‘deindividuation’ theory. Zimbardo (1970) expanded the concept by arguing that while being in crowds, people feel anonymous and therefore lack a feeling of responsibility. Subsequently, the individual…

clinic based population representing a high risk group and the general population to represent a low risk population of adolescents, but separate cut-off values had not been decided. As, in her study, the British cut-off points were used in the categorization. A recent study by Perera et al, 2013 carried out among nationally representative sample of school going adolescents aged 12-16years determined the cut-off values for the self reported version of SDQ. According to the study the comparison…

growing-reaping symbol, representing the opposing sides of the tense relationship between white and black people. By comparing African-Americans to laborers and white Americans to profiters, Cullen expresses the unequal power dynamics driven by racial categorization. Then, by calling upon his fellow black Americans by saying, “We shall not always plant while others reap,” Cullen expresses his frustration and exhaustion with the inequitable relationship between privileged white people and…

Despite the differences in plot structure between both Seven Brothers and Ghosts, we are portrayed with a few striking similarities between the social classes of the characters in both pieces of literature. In particular, the characters show a similar ‘restlessness’ amongst the social structure in which they stand. Furthermore, these characters seek to be in a class other than their own as the lower class tend to admire the upper class, while the upper class tend to admire the classes below them…

Tiffin makes a comparative study of the use of colonial motifs in The Cat and Shakespeare and The Double Hook. In her comments on Rao’s book, she says that both the title and the concerns of the novel points at a political purpose is jumbled up with a philosophical theme. Further in the course of her article, she asks whether the book can be called a postcolonial text. Because it displays that “the community, its beliefs and rituals are in no sense disrupted by the history of British colonialism…

Substance use among school students is a growing concern among all stakeholders (Gilvarry, & McArdle, 2007), as it is associated with unsatisfactory school performance, delinquent behaviors, and high tax dollar expenditure on social services, medical health, and justice system (Monge et. al, 1999). Smoking, drinking, and drug use are some of the prominent causes of morbidity and mortality among schoolchildren in the United States (Ref…). The onset of such habits occurs during early adolescence…