The experiment discussed in this article set out to determine if conditions of high anxiety, increased sexual attraction. They hypothesized that males who come across an attractive female while experiencing a strong emotion such as fear will find the female more attractive than by males not experiencing a strong emotion, which is also the alternative hypothesis. The independent variable is a strong emotion such as fear. This was operationalized by participants being on an unsteady bridge that…
Guadalupe Loza Professor Comstock English -80 28 ctober, 2014 Obedience: Behind of an Unethical True The action of believing on what is right according to reality and its own self; make obedience part of each individual responsibility regardless other people behavior. Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist that conducted in the 1960s one of the most famous studies referring on how people obey or disobey to certain authoritarian instructions. The experiment basically consisted on…
deviant? Being such a broad topic, is there really a single theory out there that can explain why deviance occurs. From arguments that it happens because of the culture of the lower class to issues surrounding the ego, or perhaps its environmental factors that explain deviance. I will argue that because deviance is a diverse phenomenon and therefore cannot be explained by any one theory. Beginning with Walter B Miller’s (Miller, 1958) theory, which is based on very niche criteria, lower class…
Scientific Processes in Anthropology Anthropology is a science defined as "the study of humankind in all times and places" (Haviland, et al. 2014:3), and just as any other science those that study anthropology employ the scientific process in their research. The scientific process is a method for explaining, testing, and proving ideas produced by an individual. This process begins with the formation of an idea or question, focusing the train of thought to a particular topic. This idea is then…
drew dynamically on theories from adjacent disciplines. Whereas Sassen taps into nodes on a circuit board of global transactions, Whyte’s impetus was more social; to make connections between single…
Often when historical events are recanted in modern times, fiction is inspired by truth. Without perceiving these historical upsets with a caring eye, the history represented may be confused for reality. Although there are portions that are relevant to ancient history, it does not make it historically accurate. The cinematic production of Ridley Scott’s, Gladiator, conflicts the history of Ancient Rome with misconceptions of character, personage, and events, that would be grasped as truth with a…
talk about the importance of science within the curriculum and how it is delivered in primary classrooms. Furthermore, I will be analysing the importance of teachers’ subject knowledge in Science and the way children learn by examining a range of theory and research findings. By using the lesson plans provided, it will also help to look at effective teaching strategies and the possible…
What is a theory? - A theory is a foundational belief of how the world works. As theories allow individuals to gain knowledge and have understandings, therefore the term ‘theory’ is powerful. Within this essay, there would be a discussion on a scenario of a child living in Aotearoa New Zealand using Urie Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model as a guideline. By using Bronfenbrenner’s theory, this will help form an image of the child’s life and how it has an impact on the individual's learning and…
Aristotle’s Categories: An Analysis The Categories is a framework of Aristotle’s outlook in philosophy. It is the prologue to Aristotle’s works and sets the tone towards his philosophy. The Categories centres on the nature of a being—what it means to be a being. The idea that Aristotle is trying to present in chapter two is dividing the forms of speech in order to make the basic distinctions of them. In chapter two of the text, Aristotle identifies the four types of being. They are as followed:…
developed many theories on stress. This paper is going to focus on three of those theories: person-environment fit theory, the ethological theory, and the crisis theory. Writers own definition on stress is introduced, and the different factors that have affected writer during the stressful time in her life. Furthermore, three stressors are discussed that may affect a nursing profession and the stress management techniques that could reduce those stressors. Person-environment fit theory focuses…