Priming

Essentially, violent video games refer to video games that depict intentional attempts by a nonhuman cartoon or animated character to inflict harm on other. Children often find both violent and non-violent video games to be the most unique form entertainment, and it is for this reason that one hardly misses a home without a PlayStation or any other video game console. In fact, Palo Alto Medical Foundation asserts that about 97% of teenagers in the United States play video games, as well as the…

One study tested the effect of priming a group of Asian American women with their identity as either Asian or female, with a control group that was not reminded to identify as either. The results showed the reality of stereotype threat, with those identifying as Asian, a demographic stereotypically…

The success of Roman Empire was a paradox within itself. Despite its unmatched conquest and proud advocating of Pax Romana and extended citizenship, the empire incorporated a cruel system of enslavement and suppression of its conquered people. While bragging of its unprecedented republican system, Augustus, the most-well known Roman princeps, conspicuously attempted to establish his succession by awarding senatorial positions to his sons. And perhaps most importantly, as M.I. Finley notes, the…

Islamophobia presents a major problem in the world today and needs to be addressed by researchers, politicians, and social activism. Following all levels of the ecological model can provide appropriate groundwork for a well rounded analysis for combating the effects of racism and anti-Muslim sentiment. Ranging from macrosystem, exosystem, mesosystem, microsystem, to the individual levels, the ecological approach systematic tackles the varying perspectives and contexts affecting discrimination.…

Jake’s report, he has deficits in both declarative and non-declarative memory. Declarative memory includes semantic memory, which is the storage of facts and word meanings. Non-declarative memory includes implicit memory, which entails procedural and priming memory. Jake reported that he has adequate comprehension of material as he is reading, but later is unable to recall that information. This is consistent with deficits in semantic memory. Jake also reported that he experiences difficulty…

measured by the Mafia Presence Index (MPI). Additional experimental manipulation made it possible to investigate whether the presence of the Mafia changes the economic benefit of keeping a wallet when money was included in the wallet. By introducing a priming treatment to remind recipients about the power of the Italian Mafia, the author examined whether an extended threat of punishment changes honest behaviour, especially across cities with different levels of Mafia involvement. The fear of…

Every day, millions of Americans hop in their cars and hit the road. Every day those same millions of American drivers choose to drive distracted. These distractions range from eating a snack, drinking a soda, and even applying make-up. It is common knowledge that the consumption of alcohol is one of the biggest “no-no’s” in todays world. Despite that, it is worth noting that as our technology advances, so does the danger we present as drivers when using our cell phones. Due to my experience as…

Germination is the process in which a plant stems from a seed, and it is fundamental in the development of plants. There are factors that go into how a seed will germinate, one of the most important being temperature. It is said that temperature is an environmental factor that affects germination. Temperature can affect the percent and rate of germination in at least three different ways. The first being that since seeds deteriorate, unless germinated, and the rate of deterioration depends…

A way to separate these two ideas was to define them separately and in terms of Daniel Batson’s Eight Concepts of Empathy and how these two ideas have evolved from our developmental stages. Susan A. Miller Ed.D., Ellen Booth Church, and Carla Poole write on the topic of how children develop. Susan A. Miller and Ellen Booth Church specifically discuss concepts of how self-awareness and imagination become developed in a child’s mind, and what a parent should do to nurture their child’s learning…

The recent devastation of South Australia as a result of heavy rainfall and flooding was highlighted on Channel 9 News. The high-stress that is generated by such events can help to identify an individual’s ability to be resilient in the face of adversity. Resilience in psychology refers to the capacity of an individual to endure adverse stress while maintaining a functioning physical and psychological state (Wu et al., 2013). Resilient individuals are able to adapt to stressful triggers and cope…