Imprinting

For generations, "don't judge a book by its cover" has been a common phrase in teaching children not to use appearance as a factor of identifying other people. The phrase is extremely necessary. How humans perceive each other at first depends entirely on appearance; it is impossible to ignore when making a first impression. Because of this, elements of people like their attractiveness, gender, and race create factors of one's identity, separating them from other humans who fit different…

“Because to influence a person is to give him one’s own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions…” (19). Through these influential words, Lord Henry seems to be foreshadowing the ways in which he plans on imprinting Dorian’s…

One of the most important human relationship that individual creates with other human is the relatively long-term emotionally bond in which an individual looks for security and comfort from the presence of another, i.e. the attachment. ‘A baby cannot exist alone, but is essentially part of a relationship’ (Winnicot, 1964). According to psychoanalytic and behaviourist perspective feeding was seen as a central context in which the caregiver and babies develop attachment. Idea not shared among the…

Hurricane Katrina cost people their homes, jobs, lives of loved ones, and a sense of financial stability, all of which transformed into stressors, exacerbating any lack of stress coping mechanisms an individual possessed before the catastrophe and imprinting new stressors on their epigenome. The hurricane also reduced the educational and health facilities available in the city, decreasing the resources available to cope with the exacerbated stressors. Flooding, contamination, and no substantial…

In order to research my transition throughly I will be studying 3 different theorists and their theories. This will help to improve my knowledge of the subject area and will allow me to draw my own conclusions about my transition. The first theorist I will be studying will be Bandura and his self efficacy theory. Self efficacy is being able to recover quickly from setbacks and disappointments. Children who have a strong sense of self efficacy will show a lot of commitment to their interests and…

When the topic of childbearing is presented, women are the ones who have the biggest decision to make. “‘ Surely, if there is any personal question which an individual has a right to decide, the woman should have a voice in the matter of childbearing. She has to endure the pains, penalties and responsibilities, both before and afterward, and she can best judge of her fitness and her powers of endurance’”(Yalom 301). Men believe that women are inferior to them, therefore the decision of having…

Geert Hofstedes is well known for his research on cross cultural groups and organizations. He developed cultural dimensions theory where he describes national cultures along different dimensions. Each person has their own individual personality, history, and interests. But all people share common human nature which is very social. We use language with collaboration and group competition. There are unwritten rules of how things work from human group to another human group. This is called…

To the elites of any society that has existed in history, the anger and ire of the masses has always been a terrifying concept to ponder. From the Helot class of Sparta, peasant revolts in China, labor unions in England, and slave revolts in America, it has always been the prerogative for those in power to make sure any thoughts of challenge to the status quo was quickly put to rest. This view of those in power has remained unchanged, but the mechanisms used to achieve control and stability have…

Transcription is a process which information from DNA is converted into its RNA equivalent which also refers to the synthesis of RNA copy of information encoded on DNA. The same principles of transcriptional regulation apply to both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Transcription involves in access of transcription apparatus to DNA, recognition of promoter sequences, initiation of RNA synthesis, elongation of RNA, and termination. Transcriptional in eukaryotes is more complex compared to prokaryotes…

I started high-school at a small charter high-school where they only accepted select students and were expected to perform at nearly college levels in class. For me, this was a difficult time in deciding where I belonged in terms of school groups. Our class of nearly 100 students was split between those who were considered hard workers by the teachers and those who did not. When I did not complete my homework assignments or tests, I felt that in the eyes of my professors that I was deemed as a…