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The everyday social norm that my friends and I were trying to violate simply had to do with the way that people act in a general retail store. Putting a little twist into just taking things from peoples carts, we instead would be walking by a person with a cart and purposely trip over their cart and dramatically fall to the ground. Also we would run into isles of pretty much anything that couldn’t break open. Generally just making a scene, something that you wouldn’t see on an every day basis.…

"The Origin of Species" and the "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" have a special relationship. Charles Darwin’s book opens up each chapter of Calpurnia Tate. For example Chapter 23 “The Fentress Fair”. “How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! How short his time! And consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature. That means that man needs to enjoy life for what it is. Even with all the mistakes man needs to learn to accept that. Because man is not…

The term identity is the fact of being who or what a person or thing is. Famous author, Nathaniel Hawthorne once said,“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true” (367). This quote, from a well-known novel, The Scarlet Letter, brought to my attention the many identities people often create for the convenience of the people around them. This way, we as people can feel accepted or…

According to social psychology, a stereotype is a preshaped thought about a specific group or person, formed from previous encounters or perceptions. These thoughts involve assuming a person acts or looks a certain way depending on various factors, such as hair color and activities the person is involved in. According to psychologytoday.com, on “Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes,” John Bargh, Ph.D., of New York University, suggests that stereotypes are created “from what social…

Venus of Willendorf from Willendorf Austria is an early example of portraiture. At first glance this may not seem like the conventional portrait because it isn’t a realistic depiction of a person. It may be of a specific person but it may also be an idealized rendering of the female body. Venus of Willendorf is a sculpture made of limestone; the fact that it’s a sculpture shows that the curves and roundness of the person depicted was important to the artist because a three dimensional piece…

could go on twitter right now and say something completely rude to someone and it could make that person get really sad or mad. According to Rothwell, “Flaming is a cyber-term for an abusive, attacking written message between Internet users...” (Rothwell 247). Flaming is a big part of our society now, many kids and or teens find it super easy to attack someone online than rather to say it to the persons face. I find this completely ridiculous because if you…

to be there for that person for any support they need. To figure out what happened with the person that you are trying to effectively cheer up, you need to ask what’s going on but don’t go straight into it, easy up to the subject because maybe it’s hard on the person to tell other people what’s going on in their life. Go through each step slow and steady without being direct, after you give them a pep talk, a guide in what’s okay or not okay. After you tell the one person what they need to…

who is super focused on what makes up a person (personality-wise), rather than appearance. However, I know that the ‘attractiveness stereotype’ is valid. I know it’s perpetuated in the media (like the cliché bullies in movies always being attractive, but people still liking them regardless, just because they are good looking), but there also is a basis in real life, as well. Especially when it comes to people trying to find a partner- as long as the person they’re after, or already with, is…

Imitation is like perception. People automatically without having to think too much about it. At first, it seems easy to imitate any movement, but until people try to do it and realize how difficult can be to imitate the action. When we imitate someone’s moves, we watch the person’s movements closely. However, we do not copy these movements. People use the movements to find something in the mind of the person that they are watching, which is the goal of the movement. Then people imitate them by…

Heraclitus taught me about the value of understanding and how important it can be. I also have changed my perspective on change and have come to value many things through understanding the nature of change. His idea of opposites being one is a very unorthodox philosophy, but makes a lot of sense. And lastly his thoughts on what happens to the soul after death are refreshingly different. To begin with, his distinction between knowledge and understanding resonates with me. A man can have great…