Institute for Social Research

In a social experiment conducted by Solomon Asch of 1951, Asch studied the impact of how social pressure from the majority can affect a person to conform (McLeod). The experiment consisted of one participant in a group of actors and all were asked to match the test line to a line most similar. In revealing their answers, the participant was asked to answer last out of the group while the actors all purposely answered incorrectly. With over 12 trials of the experiment, nearly 75% of the…

The event I attended for the diversity assignment was called, “Social Innovation in a Digital Context” (SIDC). The event was held October 16 at the PASSHE Center City campus, located at 701 Market St in Philadelphia. This event was a PowerPoint presentation with a question and answer format at the end. The SIDC event’s main focus was sharing the importance of the relationship between digital technology and how it has the ability to influence socio-political change. The SIDC’s goal is…

As the years have passed mankind has used research to explore every facet of the world we reside. Public health is no exception, and many discoveries have been made through systematic investigation, in order to establish facts about how to keep individuals healthy. Via research, we have discovered that there are a variety of outlying factors that contribute to the overall health of people, which range from income to geographic location. In order to fully understand these behavioral patterns and…

The renowned John D. Rockefeller was the first of the great American Philanthropists. Born July 8, 1839, in the state of New York, he had always delighted in business and riches. His methodical nature combined with his genius powers of organization gave him the ability to become one of the world’s wealthiest person in all of history. His fortune was not in gold but in oil, that dark mass of runny grease which, before Rockefeller’s era, no one knew what to do with. Rockefeller entered the…

policies, and intend to pursue a career which would provide avenues for creation of knowledge in this field and its dissemination. This interest in academic research in healthcare system is shaped by both curiosity and exposure. I started my undergraduate research exposure in the field of bioscience. However, the opportunity to study several social science courses such as issues in biotech, microeconomics, management, and psychology and during my second BS at Rutgers University as a…

After little success and luck, I also conducted my research by using books I found in the library or in the Google Books website where the school did not have full available access that discussed childcare. I also used textbooks from my past classes and delved in deeper by looking at the sources the textbooks…

program planning and implementation, identifying cases to pursue and developing solutions to benefit overburdened communities (Para, 1&2). References: Institute of Medicine (US), Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine. Global Environmental Health in the 21st Century: From Governmental Regulation to Corporate Social Responsibility: Workshop Summary. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2007. 3, Global Implication of Environmental Standards. Available…

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encompasses an array of research articles and articles in regards to child poverty within Aotearoa. The work of Bryan Perry (2004, 2014), Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) (2014, 2015), Anna Johnson (2004), New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Reo (NZEI) (2012), Johnathon Boston (2013), Expert Advisory Group on Solutions…

the 1960 's. This Deviance from societal norms, a micro-level theory, (cite deviance paper). may be seen as a Retreatest response to deprived conditions wherein addicts and crime are concerned. Social stratification projects an association to drug abuse and crime prevalence. Those at the top of the social structure with plenty of resources accuse those of lower means, especially those who are drug addicted as lazy, dishonest, and even “scum”. (Find and cite). Crime is often prevalent in these…