Molding

consequences. Norms consist of values. These values can regulate a person’s behavior. Depending on our values, we can distinguish right from wrong. Most of us avoid breaking norms because it goes against our values. Values play a very important role in molding our character. "Values underlie our preferences, guide our choices, and indicate what we hold worthwhile in life" (Hensling, 2015). Our values can include important people or objects in our lives, goals we want to accomplish, personal…

world. When one does something unsportsmanlike he shows no respect for the game being played, his teammates, and the opposing player’s coaches and fans. Many coaches share the philosophy of making their players into good citizens. They focus on molding their players into respectable people and preparing their athletes for the life each one of them has ahead of them. Sportsmanship is taking the discipline, character…

believe that if one instills fear of reprisal, that officers will not act out and stay in lines of the law and their training. While both of these theories are probable to work, they are missing a key ingredient, the part of the police association in molding dispositions and affecting choice making (Armacost,…

“Ugh, politics.” is a normal response to get from many people when the topic is brought up in conversation. Everywhere we look, it seems like the vast majority of people not only avoid putting much thought into politics, but also try to avoid talking about it altogether, as if it were some sort of taboo. At the same time however, if you can get the ball rolling in one of these conversations, it won’t be long before you find out that people have both deeply held beliefs that seem to be very…

The [Manipulative] Beauty Standards Today, society often gives off messages of what it means to be beautiful through the media and other social outlets. These messages can often lead to a misrepresentation of one true identity. The contradictory ideals of beauty standards in today’s society are detrimental to an individual’s self esteem because of the messages it send to young people on how to dress and behave. This is because people are receiving messages of what it means to feel like a woman…

In terms of the renaissance period it is important to recognize the influences that lead to the creation of the renaissance movement and the artists who significantly defined the period. No two artists come to my mind quicker than Leonardo Davinci and Michelangelo. Though, both talented men and were central to the renaissance period, they approached their work in very different ways. Their methods and technique yielded for creating works of art that are still relevant today. The renaissance…

In this week’s reading we read Chapter 6 titled Spatial Perspectives: Making Sense of Space and Chapter 8 titled Social Psychology: The Urban Experience. Inside both chapters, author John Macionis and Vincent Parrillo make an incredible showing of how environment effects the people and urban. Additionally they give a smart and understanding thought of urban geography and space. Spatial Perspective is the title of chaoter 7. Individuals established urban areas at specific topographical locales…

Toys-R-Us is one of the largest and most well-known toys stores around the world, having more than 1,800 stores worldwide (“Our History”). Which means kids all over the world can get hyped up about wondering around this toy store, begging to spend their parents’ money. The primary competitors would be other toy stores or hobby shops. Build-a-Bear workshop, Disney Toy Stores, HobbyTown USA, and pretty much any other places that specializes in toys and play things for kids. Toys-R-Us secondary…

Artificial cranial deformation—or the practice of intentionally altering the shape of a person’s skull—has been practiced by Neanderthals about 40,000 years ago until very recently, maybe even still today. People on every continent except Antarctica have done it, making heads more cylindrical, cone-shaped, and ridge, bumpier or flat depending on the area. (Romero, et al 2010: 2-5) This paper argues that Mayans practiced cranial deformation to show an association with a particular social group.…

One important characteristic as a learner that I have is that I love to talk to people, specifically people that are different than me, that can tell me a different story than what I have heard before. Although my demographic research does not necessarily show how I feel about the lack of diversity, it does show that there was a massive lack of diversity in my high school. Even though there was a lack of diversity, I still found myself interviewing four Korean students. These were possibly the…