Institute for Social Research

for each individual. Two authors, Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill wrote “Should Everyone Go to College?” published in 2013 by the Brookings Institute. They argue the facts about how going to college could be a positive decision for an individual. Sawhill and Owen begin to build their argument with logos appeal using facts, figures, and credible research. Sawhill and Owen effectively persuade students that college is a highly considerable decision by providing detailed graphs and figures…

hcsc.gc.ca/dhpmps/marihuana/index-eng.php National Institute of health. (2014). DrugFacts: Marijuana. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana National Institute of health. (2012). Marihuana: How Does Marijuana use Affect School, Work, and Social Life. Retrieved December 2, 2014, from http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/how-does marijuana-use-affect-school-work-social-life News1130. (2011). Marijuana Arrests on the…

Many German intellects began to argue that some individuals had a greater right to life than others, mainly people who were notably more valuable to society than other individuals . This inequality was mainly due to race, but some did argue that there was some that was inferior in a race as well . For instance, Karl Vogt, zoologist and politician, argued that a mentally handicapped child was closer in value to an ape than to his own parents . Consequently, Spencer wanted to gain knowledge…

substantially increasing body health. The study conducted by Michale Jackobsson in 1988 argues that retro-walking, or “moonwalking”, not just develops mental and physical resistance, but also helps practitioners to become popular inside certain social groups. At the same time, there is also evidence introducing some deviant points of view. One objection that has been raised regarding retro walking…

adolescents (Pachter and Coll, 2009). Furthermore, a social science research paper reviewed 121 global studies that also assessed the association between racism and child health (Priest et al., 2013). The paper found 461 health-related outcomes in children as a result of racism, 46% of which were negatively associated with reported racism and 51% of which were related to negative mental health, including loneliness, distress, negative self-esteem and social and emotional difficulties. Preschool…

government and the public are crucial to the success of environmental conservation. As such, he established two integrative and interdisciplinary environmental institutions. In 1974, he founded the Worldwatch Institution, a sustainable development research organization focusing on keeping policymakers, and the public informed about the symbiotic relationship between the world economy and its environmental support systems. Worldwatch focuses on three main priority programs; “Building a Low-Carbon…

authors of this article are creditable. Sandy Baum is a professor and teaches higher education finance and policies. She has her doctorate and has been published fifteen times. The second author, Jennifer Ma has her doctorate in economics and is a research economist and policy researcher. This source is creditable because the organization itself wants college students to succeed and the authors are extremely qualified in their fields of study as well as their job…

teacher at the Moscow Institute of Experimental Psychology for about nine years. It was while at this Institute that he started to really make a name for himself in researching children cognitive development, how they developed and to be able to understand how they learn, hence his theories were developed. Vygotsky died at a young age of 37 after a short illness, it was not until…

Vannevar Bush stated that scientific research is absolutely essential to national security, that war requires the most advanced scientific techniques. Bush pushed for colleges, universities, and research institutes to conserve the knowledge from the past and to teach that knowledge to students of the future. These institutes should be strengthened by use of public funds in order to better aid in the development of new scientific knowledge. He realized that the potential of underprivileged men…

Assignment Nine Experiencing multiple traumatic events throughout important developmental stages, long-lasting stress, and extreme anxiety impacts the growth of intellectual structures (Borja and Ostrosky 927). Here is the question. Can a traumatic event that occurred in childhood or adolescence impact the development of a mental illness in the future? The answer to this is yes it can, especially if the traumatic event happened during the young years of a person’s life. The stress of witnessing…