Personality disorder

Social Media vs. Social You: Do you have hands to hold, or keys to click? Over the past decade, our dependence on social media has actually decreased our social skills. Social media is glorified for all the neat features that it might offer, but people often do not see the negative affects it has. We often use social media to highlight the important parts of our lives or make it seem we live an idyllic life. While we are so drawn to social media we are missing out on key parts of our lives.…

The high societal importance placed on social adeptness, the gateway to any sought after position, is often quite a large obstacle for those who never to those who never fully developed a gift for mingling with others. Unless an individual actively seeks help, regularly receive false prescriptions, such as social anxiety, ADHD, or simple unwillingness to participate in group activities. These erroneous labels can engender pessimistic attitudes and life outlooks in young adults and children. Not…

Spanking can lead to many developmental issues that may potentially hinder the child’s future life. It is an ineffective form of punishment that has been proven by many researchers and experiments to cause mainly unacceptable behaviours. Spanking is an act of slapping a child on the buttocks as a form of punishment (Google, 2016). As defined in google (2016), abuse is a cruel and violent treatment for a human. The definition of spanking and abuse are similar because both can cause harm to a…

Are Millennials the Most Desensitized Generation to Violence in Media? Violence is an ever-present theme throughout all of time. From a young age, children are exposed to violence through a plethora of both expected and unexpected sources. Nearly every movie, television show, book, etc. features at least once scene with some sort of violent event. Even religious scriptures such as the Bible, the Torah, and the Qur’an depict accounts and stories of graphic violence. At what point does becoming…

If you see a clone of yourself, would you recognize it? Most likely not, because our idea of what we look like is so different from what we actually look like. The only way we have seen our appearance is through the mirror and from what others say about us. We believe that we should look like the people who meet the beauty expectations of society. Our society and our own interpretation is not a very realistic mindset as to what we should look like. The assumptions of what our appearance should…

In the documentary "Death by Fire" Todd Willingham was arrested, tried and convicted of the murders of his three daughters then sentenced to death. Reports from the neighbors in the documentary said Willingham was "A very mean man". When studying Willingham’s childhood history, he was raised by a father who was very strict and would tell him he could not do anything right. This resulted in life of criminal activity including employing people to do burglaries for him. This later led him to the…

When it comes to millennials, the older generations seem to think that they are extremely narcissistic compared to them when they were the same age. Of course, that is not the case. While most adults seem to take the same stance on millennials, Brook Lea Foster does not. Brook Lea Foster understands that millennials and previous generations are not much different in terms of being narcissistic. Narcissism is not any more present then it was in the baby boomer age or other generations. Around…

Methodology. The following reports the development of data collected for a specific student observed over a months’ period time. This case study displays problem behaviors that are challenging in the classroom and affecting academic progress during his kindergarten year. This writer will document background information, family setting, and behaviors in the classroom setting as well as a plan for behavioral intervention. The student selected for this study is a Hispanic 5-year-old boy born in…

A while ago, all throughout the world some humans were held in captivity to do the drudgery. They slaved away for the upper class while they were relentlessly maltreated and deemed as immaterial. Fortunately, that was terminated when people demanded freedom. Sadly, this is currently the repugnant lifestyle for numerous animals. They are sacrificed in the name of research, science, and entertainment and they are forced to entertain the humans from whom they face violence and brutality for little…

In October 2014, the movie Whiplash was released. Aside from being an emotional thriller, Whiplash brought to light the idea of praise versus punishment. Terrence Fletcher, an abusive yet talented jazz conductor played by J.K. Simmons spars with his prodigal student, Andrew Neimann, played by Miles Teller. Throughout the movie, while Fletcher is throwing chairs and making students cry, the underlying question lingers in viewers’ minds: is punishment or praise a more effective tool for success?…