Institute for Social Research

In the article Mini-Multitaskers it discusses many different things and brings up a lot of interesting points. The article starts off detailing how most youth believe that multitasking boosts your productivity, when in reality there is no boost and it actually takes longer to get things done while multitasking. The article then goes on to say It’s not only at home that kids are multitasking, they are also doing it in the classrooms shown by reports by teachers seeing an increasing rate of cell…

which ultimately decided that "separate but equal" accommodations for African Americans and whites weren't discriminatory. The US Supreme Court ruled that under the Constitution (14th and 15th Amendments) African Americans had political rights, but social rights were not required. According to the court, as long as facilities were equal for both races they could be separate. This ruling helped to enforce the Jim Crow laws and acceptable in the US. There were African Americans such as W.E.…

Östergren & Cantor-Graae, 2013). Furthermore, women who migrate to another country, such as the United States (US) to escape intolerable treatment, face further obstacles. For example, language barriers, social norms and adaptation to western civilization indifferent from her own customs may lead to social isolation (Fernbrant et al,. 2013) “Moreover, migration from countries characterized by predominantly patriarchal value systems to countries with high levels of gender equality and…

A.R.E, an organization that teaches kids to resist drugs and violence, used to believe that the use of marijuana would lead to subsequent abuse of more dangerous substances. Which this thought has a correlation, but there is a study done by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, concluding that there was no convincing evidence of marijuana having any pharmacological properties that would encourage the subsequent use of other drugs. Another myth is that drugs make crime…

argumentative research paper, is stem cell research. I am going to research and write about the importance and controversy surrounding stem cell research. I will discuss who are the support and activist groups, and a timeline of the United States laws. For my argumentative essay, I will explain some of the reasons why stem cell research is proclaimed to be unethical and why it can be a crucial procedure for abolishing and controlling diseases. I will provide details into which groups support…

Anchor institutes are enterprises which are firmly rooted in their communities and typically non-profit organizations such as universities and hospitals (Taylor & Luter, 2013). They have a deep seeded interest in their community, to ensure the safety and health of its members, and perseverance of success of their community. As shown by Taylor and Luter, anchor institutes contain four aspects: “spatial immobility, corporate status, size and the anchor mission: social purpose, democracy and…

homicide. Chartier, Karen G., Patrice A. C. Vaeth, and Raul Caetano. "Focus On: Ethnicity And The Social And Health Harms From Drinking." alcohol research This article identifies U.S. ethnic-group differences in alcohol- attributed social and health-related harms. Three minority ethnicities…

often times an extraordinary situation is found within families, and one is Autism. Through research of observation and surveys, there is evidence of how children with High Functioning Autism affect the family through stresses in relationships to both parents and other siblings, and how that child influences the family’s activities and decisions. In a study done Patricia A. Rao of the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Deborah C. Beidel of the University of Central Florida, evidence is shown on…

Biographer Scott says, “class is one way societies sort themselves out… classes are groups of people with similar economic and social political position; people who, for that reason, may share political attitudes, lifestyles, consumption patterns, cultural interests and opportunities to get ahead” (Scott). This draws confusion to the issue because America is losing class, yet social class is important to America. Americans care about where they stand economically and socially in society. It’s a…

There is no denying that technology has become a major part in all of our lives, and in a world driven by technology, it appears that almost every aspect of our daily lives now rely on some form of technological means. Whether it be to research a project, watch a new episode of “Suits” or text with your friends, technology has your back. However, not many people realise the dangers associated with this Golden Age of technology. To see how reliant humanity has become on technology, one only…