Social psychologists

Consider the following, your children are applying to college, but are denied a scholarship and you as a parent must pay in full in order for them to get an education. As frustrating as that is, also think about how the Governor of New York state wants you a tax payer, a parent to also pay for the education for inmates in prison. You have no say in the matter, your tax dollars are taken from you and are given to prisons for those who commit crimes to get a free college education on your dime.…

The origin of France’s national motto, “Liberté, égalité, fraternité,” stems back to the oratory of the French revolution. This motto presents an image of complete social equality between classes. In reality, the distinction between the haves and the have-nots was as rigid during the second half of the nineteenth century as it had been during the Ancien Régime. However for the recently established bourgeoisie, there was much more room to manoeuvre. Charles Garnier’s Opéra was built during the…

Written word had a huge impact on the new German Empire in the 19th century. With illiteracy rates decreasing, written word continued to gain a large audience. According to Berghahn (2005) it seem like newspapers, books, journals, and pamphlets demonstrated that there was a “functioning public sphere” within Germany society that was not active previously. The authoritarian society that could censor media at will was no longer effective as before. However, the authorities still were eager to…

Theories regarding the source and acquisition of knowledge, the needs of human life, necessity of freedom, inequality, the general will and the collective good outlined the beginning of civil society. It was from here that an understanding of the political society was built. Good government, sovereignty, and legitimate authority are the definitions upon which the modern state is built. Fundamental to our contemporary understanding of the modern government is the work of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke…

of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970 chronicles the development and growth of the black protest movement through that changing political and social conditions that both created and denied political opportunities for black protest and contributed to the growth of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s onward. McAdam first traces the origins of the political and social conditions that denied blacks the political opportunities to organize and protest to “King Cotton” and Compromise of 1876 that ended…

Utilization of Social Media in the Nursing Profession Matthew Drapeau State College of Florida Utilization of Social Media in the Nursing Profession Matthew Drapeau State College of Florida In our technologically integrated society today, social media has become a fundamentally effective tool for communication between colleagues, friends, and family. Almost everyone uses some form of social media to foster personal exchange with their peers, including health care professionals. A common…

Globalization allows for goods and services to be exchanged in a globally interconnected economy. It has been around for centuries. However, in the last few decades its effects on the stratification of socioeconomic classes has become more and more apparent. The divide between classes has been a topic of interest for many sociologists such as Karl Marx, who defined two distinct classes: the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. However, most sociologists deem this stratification oversimplified. This…

been misunderstood over time. One of the best things about Marxism is that it stressed the importance of social equality and the issues that the system of capitalism created in society. Marx argued that capitalism was hindrance to freedom because only those who have money can really enjoy freedom. The Marxist theory in the simplest perspective is that “Marxism emphasizes the idea that social life is based upon "conflicts of interest". The most fundamental and important of these conflicts is…

ever changing digital world and the desire for instant gratification, the brand slogan of “Because We’re Worth It” needs to ensure the message is delivered efficiently and directly to target audiences. Taking advantage of the various digital and social media outlets is key for L’Oréal to ensure its sales and influence remains strong. With its already powerfully established network, the utilization of normal people over celebrities would be more effective as they are literally advertising the…

In “The Managed Hand”, occurrences of manicuring services framed complicated emotional and embodied interactions between different women. Two women sit across each other in a nail salon, but are differentiated by class and race. The manicurist is engaged in Kang’s analysis based on “body labor” which includes physical labor of managing the bodily appearance of the customer through touching, manicuring, and emotional labor of exhibiting feelings that encourage delightful feelings in the customers…