Reciprocity

Derek A Kreager, Kelly Rulison, and James Moody set up an experiment to look at the structural and behavioral characteristics in teenage peer groups to see how these two features affect delinquency. Their goal was to find the correlation between levels of delinquency to the cohesiveness, stability, popularity and centrality of adolescent peer groups. They based their research on four prior researched competing theories and hypotheses. One theory argued that groups with higher delinquency and…

Introduction: Power comes from the ability to control other’s happiness and make others dependent on them but no person is totally dependent on another. Emerson’s Power Dependency Theory explains how power and dependency are reciprocal and how the power and dependence are kept in check through balancing operations. Power and dependence are important concepts to understand because they are something that plays out in one’s everyday relationships and one does not even recognize it. One place that…

The three components shared by most of the weapons of automatic influence described in the book are: the mechanical process in activating weapons, the exploitability of this power by those who know how to trigger them and the way the weapons of automatic influence lend their force to others (Cialdini 2007). Animal behaviorist M.W. Fox discusses how mothering turkeys are all triggered by one thing: the “cheep- One of the most recognizable weapons of influence in our everyday lives is the rule of…

Pregnancy is a time in a woman 's life when her health is pertinent to the well being of herself and her baby. The most desirable outcomes for the wellbeing of mother and baby are when effective prenatal care is provided. Guiding the mother during the prenatal process through education and responsibility leads to a healthier mother and infant. All pregnant females can assume there is more involved during this time then results from lab values and advanced technology. This is a time of change…

resources do Black families use to build their capacity to stay engaged in their children’s education? Two theories were formed to examine the conceptual framework for this study: (a) the theory of multiple influences and (b) the theory of cultural reciprocity. A survey was used to explore the engagement of Black families with their children’s education. The survey contained questions from two scales of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Parent and School Survey (PASS). Survey…

Antony, in his eulogy, presented himself as filled with grief and loss; however, a form of subliminal persuasion and manipulation is used to sway the Roman people in his favor. The loyal friend of Caesar appeared to be supportive of the conspirators, but his devotion to the true king never wavered. While he praised the conspirators for being “such honorable men”, Antony admitted how he grieved for his friend. He utilized paralipsis in his cajolery, stating that “I speak not to disprove what…

There has been much discussion and debate over whether Russia has truly and sufficiently transitioned into a democratic state. My notion of democracy is a system that includes free-markets, free-elections and has significant amounts of political and economic competition. Looking at Russia it is clear that none of these factors are full present. Although Russia has transition significantly form a communist regime, they still remain by definition a ‘state-managed’ democracy. As for the other…

In James Welch’s Winter in the Blood we follow an unnamed protagonist and his return to a reservation in Montana that had been taken over by white colonizers putting a strain on his own self-identity. The experiences that the protagonist is faced with throughout the novel take a toll on the relationships around him, especially with women. Early in the novel we find out that our protagonist has a feeling of displacement, which is an emotion coming from within him. This essay will examine the…

“give-and-take”, consists on the cooperation of one individual (altruistic) in the first play, but in the next iteration of the game, he will do the same thing that his peer did in the previous iteration. Clearly, the “given-and-take” game implies reciprocity. In conclusion, we can talk about reciprocal altruism when a person cooperates with the hope that the other one will do the same. Parental investment: Trivers theory about mother investment predicts that sexes which invest more in…

Self-interest refers to actions that elicit the most personal benefit. Adam Smith, explains that the best economic benefit for all can usually be accomplished when individuals act in their own self-interest. In a market economy, individuals own most of the resources available, labor, land and capital, and use voluntary decisions, made in self-interest, to control the marketplace. In this type of system, the government plays a small role and the economy is shaped by two forces, self-interest and…