Essays Tagged: "social environments"

The Kidnapping of Aaron Greene.

are living in a hurried urban setting, the kidnapped isinvolved in a complex plot against the human social environments of greed and apathy. Theoutcome of the novel depends on the caring of a city for ...

(17 pages) 38 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Parents exert the most significant influence on children's views of gender roles

Children's social development is influenced by what they are exposed to in the home. Until children venture out ... ype of mental associations children make for the rest of their lives. At childhood, individuals are socialized into many of their core beliefs through their parents, namely, chidren typically assimila ... in in children's memories and to perhaps permanently affect their perspectives on gender issues.The socialization of gender differentiation begins from birth, when gender-appropriate colors and gender ...

(5 pages) 165 1 2.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

An essay that explains the effects of the cotton gin on the breakout of the civil war.

nventions have had a drastic affect on not only the scientific community but also the political and social environments of the time. During the late 1700's, one such invention significantly changed th ... asive to most northerners was the "free-labor" argument that slavery was backward, inefficient, and socially degrading and must not be allowed to expand. Southern spokesmen responded with elaborate ar ...

(4 pages) 49 1 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

An analysis of intervention processes on academic performance on individuals with Nonverbal learning disorders. University Research Assignment

erformance on individuals with Nonverbal learning disordersAn individual changes, physically, psychosocially, and cognitively from birth towards death. Sigelman (1999) describes development as a multi ... process. Sigelman explains that this process involves the individual adapting to their cultural and social environments. The investigation of the adaptation process is interrelated to the individual's ...

(14 pages) 317 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

TOURISM IN PACIFIC ASIA

agement in Avarua, Cook Islands. This report will investigate the cultural, economic, political and social environments in the Cook Islands, identify tourism developments and the important role cross- ... ess practices, sole agencies and business monopolies." (Hon Dr Robert Woonton, Prime Minister 2003).SOCIAL"The Cook Islands has one of the most comprehensive modern education systems in the pacific to ...

(14 pages) 61 0 4.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

What were the results of the five year plans

The results of the five year plans were in three areas economics, social and political.On an economic plane the five year plans resulted in the soviet economy emphasi ... o resulted in the building of new industrial cities, such as Magnitogorsk and Gorky. This is both a social and economic result. Social because it resulted in the accommodating the proletariat close to ... because it resulted in the accommodating the proletariat close to factories, which resulted in new social environments. The new industrial towns were an economic result because they added a much need ...

(2 pages) 32 0 2.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Defining Social Work

The field of social work has appealed to me in many different aspects. When I think of the social work, the words ... hink of the social work, the words that come to my mind are community, society, families, help, and social change. This minor assignment helped me achieve the knowledge of many different definitions o ... m the two articles that our group found, the Pincus and Minnahan article, and my own definition for social work. Social work in my own definition is the want to help society one person at a time, and ...

(2 pages) 90 0 4.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

''What Should Be Done About Media Representations of Violence?

ry causes for aggressive behaviour in children are to be found in their family environment, and the social and economic conditions in which they are raised. MEDIA AND VIOLENCE STUDY Media heroes An ... nswers to a standardized set of 60 questions inquiring upon media behavior, habits, preferences and social environments showed a fascination with aggressive media heroes, especially among boys: Arnold ...

(6 pages) 90 1 4.5 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Negotiation Implementation Project

eed to negotiate. Negotiation takes place at work, at home, between consumers and merchants, and in social environments. Negotiation is of critical importance in the professional environment, where ma ...

(3 pages) 58 0 1.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Compare and contrast two developmental theories of

assimilation and accommodation. Piaget theorised that as children interact with their physical and social environments, they organise information into groups of interrelated ideas called ?schemes?. W ... en have trouble with "Piagetian" tasks may be that Piaget overlooks effects of child's cultural and social environment.Finally it is paramount that Piaget?s theory of cognitive development has had a h ...

(9 pages) 245 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Childhood Enemies

challenging and complex transitions in life. A combination of rapid physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth represents a period of significant change. These changes bridge the transition from ch ... them all their lives? The primary goal of this paper is to reveal the influences of technology and social environments experienced during early to middle adolescence that contribute to shaping adult ...

(8 pages) 98 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

How does external perception affect occupational rhetoric?

loyees’ sensitivity to external perception influences how they portray themselves in different social environments. It has been found that in various occupations people will express their occupat ... cupations people will express their occupational affiliation and aspirations differently in diverse social settings. Furthermore, the study will investigate whether company status or other company var ...

(2 pages) 1740 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Educational Philosophy

eds and theories that describe learning principles and processes should be reflective of underlying social environments. Vaill (1996) emphasizes that "learning must be a way of being - an ongoing set ...

(7 pages) 114 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Personality Reflection

f a panic nature displaying unclear thinking. Another example is the way one continuously acts in a social environment such as work or social gatherings. The repeated character one displays in the two ... Although I may not be categorized as shy, I am reserved when meeting new people and meeting in new social environments. I am the type of person who likes to analyze new people before I open up to the ...

(3 pages) 156 0 3.5 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Philosophical Anthropology

Understanding the behaviour of humans as both creatures of their social environments and creators of their own values is a controversial dispute that is still debate ...

(1 pages) 11 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Proactivity vs Reactivity

contrary, are very affected by the others or other things. Such people are affected by physical and social environments. Reactive people are normally driven by feeling, by circumstances, by conditions ...

(3 pages) 22 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Corporate Culture Paper

that prevents a company form meeting competitive threats, or from adapting to changing economic or social environments, can lead to the company's stagnation and ultimate demise" (Senn-Delaney Leaders ... on defining the corporate culture within an organization and its approach to customer relations and social responsibilities.Corporate CultureCorporate culture can be pictured as an iceberg. The "tip o ...

(5 pages) 83 0 5.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Schema

is very different from one another (Adler, n.d.). Some people develop more than one schema based on social situations, personal situations, and environmental situations. An example of a person having ... e their schema tells them that this dog is scary and viscous (Armbruster, 1996).Schemas are used in social environments every minute of every day and everyone uses a schema, most of the time not even ...

(4 pages) 25 0 0.0 Jul/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Motivation Concepts Analysis Paper

ior. It includes the biological drives such as hunger, thirst, sex, and self-preservation, and also social forms of motivation such as need for achievement and need for affiliation (A Dictionary of Ps ... evement motivation theory is a theory that creates a relationship connecting individual attributes, social environments, and achievement. One who possesses a strong need to achieve has a propensity to ...

(5 pages) 68 1 5.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

PUNISHMENT

event later offenses (Macionis, 2006, p. 183). This punishment arose in the nineteenth century with social science. Sociologist believe that crime is learned from social environments therefore, sociol ...

(3 pages) 38 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology