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Chapter 11 of the textbook The age of sustainable development by Sachs & Ki-moon provides the readers with a refreshing and considerably nuanced perspective on the matter of urban life and infrastructure. The text builds itself gradually, starting from the roots of city formation, and going into the depths of...
Summary Continuity of hypothesis is the presumption that problem resolving is an advanced step-by-step process of experimentation. Strengthened reactions will result in an associative endurance that yields a slow but effective learning process. Unsuccessful responses are ceased since they will not bring any meaningful learning. The hypothesis of dreaming draws...
In essence, it is a good idea to be critical of oneself. People should also feel that they must trust their instincts and have the bravery to share their views with others. Emerson’s essay on self-reliance is crucial to comprehending one’s inner inclinations. His key point is that people should...
Interaction is a universal social phenomenon that takes various forms in different socio-cultural environments. With the increased migration in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and new ways of communicating and traveling, the study of transnational interaction’s peculiarity became especially relevant (Rynkiewich, 2012). Migration is not a problem by itself, but...
Diversity is becoming an increasingly important topic worldwide, encompassing various spheres of life, ranging from government and business to popular culture. Looking through the history lens can enhance our understanding of diversity since it helps individuals comprehend the importance of being inclusive and diverse. For instance, the historical path of...
Citizenship refers to one’s status as a citizen or, in other words, a member of a political community. Being a citizen of the United States means having a relationship with the state that provides its members with rights and protection and implies duties and responsibilities. Therefore, being an American citizen...
Criminal statistics worldwide indicate a concerning rate of repeated imprisonment, especially among those offenders who were released within a year before new arrest. There is an opinion that a number of physiological factors influence the propensity for illegal activity for ex-prisoners. Additionally, the social environment usually promotes consistent negative emotions...
In the recent past, the world has witnessed the rise of several feminist movements. These organizations mostly have the same goal – to address women’s issues and their effects on the social and economic order, which predominantly seems to be in favor of men. However, despite the changes that have...
The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature Summary In this review, the author encourages the reader to appreciate complex relations modes of Native American representation and being. The author describes three sections of the book that cover multiple aspects of Native American Literature. The author briefly mentions important works in...
Introduction Cult of domesticity was a widespread phenomenon in American society in the 1820-1860 years. Some specific cultural backgrounds have affected the position of women in the social hierarchy and their public role. Society, specifically men, has created the image of the perfect and ideal woman that the opposite sex...
Introduction The republic of Haiti occupies the western portion of the island of Hispaniola. It shares this end of the island with the Dominican Republic. A significant percentage of the country’s citizenry is made up of Latinos. The population of this group has been growing rapidly over the years. The...
Throughout its history, the United States witnessed large-scale waves of immigration, while the policy and attitude towards non-natives repeatedly changed. This paper examines the significant episodes in the history of American immigration from the establishment of the British colonies to the present. Additionally, immigration regimes and legislation will be analyzed...
Correctional institutions, such as jails and prisons, deprive incarcerated persons of their freedom and some of their rights as a legal penalty. However, it is necessary to understand that the basic constitutional rights of these people remain. For example, an individual’s security is a fundamental right, and fair and regular...
One of the most severe and challenging groups of issues that worsen people’s everyday experiences and make them fight for their rights and inclusion is the challenges of diversity. For example, Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a major international movement that addresses white privilege and all racially motivated incidents and...
Introduction Research has recently resulted in an emerging scientific agreement about best practices to be applied in interrogation. Different government agencies and countries have started training their personnel in scientific interrogation methods that can be applied practically, and improvements in morality are made on old approaches that try to avoid...
Introduction Social media and web resources are significant sources of information and considered places where any opinion can be shared with the community. It is a widespread issue that some platforms users utilize their accounts to promote ideas that can be regarded as offensive and unacceptable or even extremism. One...
The initial result of the test presents Type A personalities as ambitious, organized, caring, truthful, supportive, and proactive individuals. The results imply that Type A people are deeply fused with their work and could be described as ‘workaholics.’ The test comments on Type A’s tendency to overload themselves with work...
A review of the existing literature echoing the issues of mentorship in Senior Executive Services, the representation of women in politics, in particular African-American women, showed a lack of research. Among the sources of value for the study, several main directions stand out. Some studies combine these areas, but there...
The immigration system at the U.S.-Mexico border has been known for its complexity and reliance on restriction and inflexibility. With its catch and release policies, the “prevention through deterrence” program, and the border’s increasing militarization, the system at the southern border has started to function as a labyrinth (Chambers et...
In recent years, the autonomous career development of each individual has been attracting attention in the United States, but this was not the case before. American companies used to manage employee careers uniformly according to age and year of employment, assuming they all have similar needs. However, according to Super...
The ACM code of ethics is regarded as a collection of the principles, rules, laws, and even guidelines shaped to assist the computing professionals in making ethically responsible decisions while in professional practice. It also plays a key role in translating broad ethical ideas into more concrete statements regarding professional...
Maass, I. (2021). Marxism shows us how our problems are connected. Jacobin. Web. This article gives a brief overview of Hadas Thiers’ book Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics. The note teaches that the power of Marxism lies in providing answers to pressing questions and showing how these...
Moral duty is an obligation that an individual owes and should fulfill, although it is not legally required. A charitable endeavor is an example of a moral commitment. Charity actions are encouraged by a person’s good nature rather than by the law. A country’s or organization’s legislation reinforces law-based morality....
People are flawed creatures who are prone to be biased and rude, who could betray and lie remorselessly. One of the most complicated ethical problems that appear in any group of people working or studying together is gossip. From one point of view, harmless gossip might improve interpersonal relations between...
Social stereotypes develop as a result of labeling a group of people with similar characteristics. For example, people can be categorized based on age, race, or gender (Zhang et al., 2018). Gender stereotyping seems to be an element of the traditional gender ideology that describes average differences between males and...
What Are Unions? In the global environment of today, it is especially hard for people to work and earn a living. The economy is suffering from adapting to the recent events of the pandemic, and the prices for food and daily necessities and only becoming higher. Working people can often...
Information and Communication Technologies and the Internet currently play a vital role in distributing information. Due to the active development of these phenomena, the community identifies the emergence of such concepts as slacktivism and clicktivism. These technologies are characterized by information technology to mobilize large numbers of people to support...
A good prejudice reduction strategy is the fast friends technique that was developed for people from different social groups. This method helps reduce prejudice among people because it implies strangers asking one another questions that allow them to develop closeness. Moreover, the questions with the fast friends method encourage people...
Cultural competence is essential in counseling both as the means of establishing a rapport with the client and as the tool for adjusting the selected therapy approach to the client’s needs. A culturally competent counselor is aware of the significance that cultural specifics have in therapy, which is why incorporating...
The study under investigation focuses on several specific objectives. First, the authors wanted to examine the relationship between ethnic identity and quality of life (QOL) (Utsey et al. 367). Moreover, the second aim was to investigate the influence of ethnic group membership on stress levels associated with race and ethnic...
A Brief History The first Hispanic people came to the territory of the USA at the beginning of the 16th century (Schmid, 2013). First Cuban Americans came to the territory of the USA at the end of the 16th century (Osorio, 2013). Families moved from islands to the continent. Clearly,...
Henry Thoreau’s essay on civil disobedience illustrates his perspective on the prevalence of an individual’s conscience and personal moral standpoints over the majority’s law and opinion. The author’s acceptance of the principle “that government is best which governs least” could have implications for his involvement in protests if he was...
The rapid development of technology and its increased availability is bringing about significant changes in people’s lives, especially in their ways of entertainment and relaxation. If earlier children spent practically all their free time in the fresh air coming up with different games, catching fish, and communicating with each other,...
Introduction The term ethical dilemma refers to a conflict arising from two courses of an action that are moral in nature. It implies engagement between acceptable codes of conduct and principles associated with them. There are four different ethical dilemmas: short-term versus long-term, truth versus loyalty, individual versus community, and...
Introduction There has been an ongoing discussion regarding the legalization of assisted suicide or so-called euthanasia. The problem of its legalization intersects a range of disciplines, including medicine, law, religion, philosophy, and demands the participation of specialists from all these fields to make an impactful decision (Kimuyu, 2018). It is...
Introduction Sherry Turkle is a Rockerfeller Professor within the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is affiliated with the school of Social Studies of science and technology. She attained an AB in Social Studies and her world of knowledge was primarily based around communication and psychology. Her PhD in sociology and...
Many people with a physical disability might experience discrimination in everyday life or at work. According to Bonaccio et al. (2020), many social organizations in the USA are trying to defend the equality of people with disabilities. However, this group of people still shows a low level of employment. Finding...
Conflicts related to misunderstanding or lack of communication is a common problem in modern society. The so-called “The Would-be Borrower” conflict is one example of such a misunderstanding. A situation in which one person accepts the personal property of another as his property can lead to unpleasant consequences. This is...
Introduction Sociological theories are applicable for understanding people’s behavior in general and for an improvement of commercial services, for example, restaurant services. lhelalat, Habiballah, and Twaissi (2017) wrote an article titled ‘The impact of personal and functional aspects of restaurant employee service behavior on customer satisfaction,’ which presents the authors’...
Virtue ethics is one of the most influential trends in modern Western ethics today. The modern ethics of virtue attempts to overcome the crisis of modern European moral philosophy on new ethical and philosophical foundations. The feature of virtue ethics is that its authors seek to rethink morality, referring to...
The United States of America is considered to be a multinational country with substantial racial diversity. One part of the American society, concerning racial segmentation, is composed of White people. Although the community of citizens of the United States of America is possible to be analyzed by race, it can...
Improving Interpersonal Communication Skills As noted by Nachmias and Guerrero (2011), people can be really helpful and supportive, if they know others’ purposes. This experience is applicable to everyday life and improving interpersonal communication skills because it minimizes the risks of being misunderstood. Seeking answers to important questions, asking for...
Diversity and identity are usually placed together, and diversity is the existence of variances in thought, behavior, identity, origin, and lifestyle. The portrayal of identities over a range is regarded as diversity. On the other hand, defining our identity is commonly how we characterize ourselves in terms of age, sex,...
Advertising aims to catch potential customers’ attention, and promotional managers usually use different strategies to attract people of different ages, genders, and races. According to Grau and Zotos (2016), many companies use advertising that imposes appearance, body size, and gender stereotypes. Nowadays, such huge organizations as Nike, Adidas, and H&M...
The mediation process is one of the most important tools with which it is possible to resolve many conflicts without the need to resort to legal structures. One of the main features of this process is informality, which, however, does not interfere with the settlement of disputes due to a...
Recently, there have been extensive attempts made in the US to get rid of the inequality and discrimination in the different life spheres. Nevertheless, microaggressions persist, with thousands of people experiencing them on a daily basis in coffee shops, school, the workplace, and other places. The articles discussed in this...
Introduction Boys and girls are nurtured and socialized based on their gender since childhood to fit in distinctive cultures. Consequently, they communicate in a manner aligned to the norms and rules of their sexuality (Adler & Marquardt Elmhorst, 2018). The gendered-interaction pattern lasts throughout our lifetime, and its interpretation between...
Background of the Issue Prior to gaining a deeper understanding of how the United States of America copes with the issue of adolescent pregnancy, it should be crucial to take a look at 42 million teenagers. They are developing well and represent an important population cohort that generates lots of...
Introduction The voluntary ending of one’s life with the direct or direct doctor support of one’s life through the delivery of a deadly substance is termed physician-assisted suicide (Vandenberghe, 2018). Suicide with aid is not permitted in many nations, although suicide with assistance has been legalized in some countries. For...
Conflicts in society and organizations are inevitable as any environment that presents a common ground for an exchange of different opinions is inevitably subjected to disagreements. Although conflicts are frequently associated with negativity and emotional involvement, conflict as a term stands for the clash between individuals with differences in interests,...
It is possible to state that non-verbal communication is a significant part of all interactions, and it is especially vital to encode the messages appropriately to ensure that the receiver obtains exact information. Sometimes, non-verbal communication is not deprived of noises that make the meaning of a message unclear, deteriorating...
Sociologists often use the term reference group to mean any cohort of people who possess certain reference traits. For example, if any study examines the effects of alcohol on a person’s behavioral patterns, the people to whom the intervention is compared are used as a reference group: those who do...
Introduction Feminism as a social movement that arose to achieve equal rights for women with men has affected not only the social sphere but also other areas. In particular, many supporters of feminism expressed their ideas in creativity, and the world literature knows many examples of works in which the...
Abortion has been a controversial topic globally for many decades. The side of the argument an individual chooses to support depends on many factors, one of them being whether he or she considers the unborn fetus a human being or merely a collection of cells. Many of the people that...
Introduction Many parts of the world have experienced a rise in strong movements among transgender and homosexuals in fighting for their freedoms. However, there have been difficulties in how society can relate to these groups. The clear reason has been that there exists a poor notion about the groupings that...
Mediation is the interactive process where a third party or an indirectly involved person helps conflicting parties settle a dispute through negotiation techniques and effective specialized communication. All three parties are encouraged to actively participate in the mediation process to achieve the best in all the anticipated outcomes to the...
Ethics answers the question of how people must act to do the right, moral actions. Ethics cannot relieve the individual of responsibility for the decisions made. One cannot hide behind ethics but can rely on it. Ethics becomes effective to the extent that it is continued in the moral activity...
The concept of social capital has dramatically impacted many lives because it established the relations in the society so that it functions effectively. The majority of daily communication is realized via social networks, which simplifies life in general. I have never used social media platforms to build friendships solely because...
Freaks, Geeks and Cool Kids, a research book that sociologist Murray Milner Jr. wrote, describes and explains the status-based relationships between teenagers. The book’s main purpose is to elucidate all aspects of status relationships and describe tools that can be used for further investigations. According to the author, “the book...
Conflicts are an important consideration to take when working in a medical sphere, as their existence can impact the health delivery process in a variety of ways. By definition, a conflict is an event where two or more parties experience an incompatibility between their goals, ideas, beliefs, methods, or expectations...
For the past several decades, scholars in queer studies have made significant progress in understanding the interpersonal relationships of queer people with their gender. Many transgender and non-binary people tend to experience gender dysphoria. According to Zucker et al. (2016), gender dysphoria is a disorder that describes the person’s dissatisfaction...
Introduction Remote working is the new trend amongst large businesses operating at a global level. Remote working allows professionals to conveniently work outside the normal office environment. Employees can work from wherever they are and at their most convenient time of the day. In the United States, more companies and...
The process of a compelling and informative speech’s creation should include some essential elements which are indispensable for a well-organized presentation. A persuasive speech implies profound preparation and speaker’s highly developed practicing skills. Mastering these aspects is a key prerequisite for a successful speech. Careful preparation and achieving the necessary...
The Situation Over the years, sports have been one of the main reasons people come together. People from various backgrounds meet and compete regardless of their economic, political, or social differences. There have been cases of unethical behavior in sport by participants, officials, or management of the game, but the...
Conflict Resolution Approaches While summing up my conflict self-assessment score, I can note that I use avoiding and accommodating approaches less frequently than the others. This is because these methods are ineffective strategies for overcoming controversial situations in the workplace and bring few benefits to any of the conflicting parties....
There is a close link between history and an individual, which Charles Mills has suggested. He defined the sociological imagination as a particular state of mind of a researcher that allows us to understand people’s social structures and behavior (Corrigall-Brown, 2019). This is the ability to look at familiar things...
Problem Statement Advocates for early childhood education (ECE) should prepare tools to communicate a problem to decision-makers effectively, that is, parents and teachers. However, to achieve such an objective, one should know the components of persuasive communication while presenting potential supporters’ issues (Write & Jaffe, 2014). If the target population...
Kimber, T. R. (2012). The role of spiritual development in the cross-cultural reentry adjustment of missionaries. Journal of psychology and theology, 40(3), 211-219. Kimber points out that while there is much research on the adaptation of missionaries to a new culture, there is no research on return to the home...
The majority of the people in their 40s and 50s belong to the sandwich generation. These young adults struggle with raising their families and caring for their elderly parents (Noor & Isa, 2020). What happens is that these individuals experience much stress due to overwhelming responsibilities and the involved financial...
Social and cultural rules define the expectations and behaviors as dictated by shared beliefs of a special social group. Although sometimes these rules are not spoken, they present social standards that support appropriate behaviors and determine acceptable actions and interactions of people. This implies that they are influential in diverse...
General Purpose: To convince the listeners that immigrants contribute and enrich American society through culture, business, and other aspects. As such, the following speech aims to explore distinct ways in which immigrants change the landscape of American society and to influence the audience into recognizing these effects of immigration and...
It is a known fact that human beings have philosophies that defer from one person to another. These perceptions are grossly influenced by the environment and the person’s interaction with that particular setting. The following is a subjective analysis of the themes of ultimate reality, nature of the universe, the...
Abstract Most ethical dilemmas are conflicts between the whole and its part: organization and individual, society and organization. It is impossible to choose a single concept of ethical decision-making because it will change depending on the circumstances. As for me, over the course, I have learned to draw conclusions and...
Each person is a participant in the communication process daily. People use verbal and nonverbal communication, which are significantly different from each other. Verbal communication involves using words through one channel, and nonverbal – messages transmitted in a way other than words – gestures, clothes, the use of space, and...
It is widely accepted that minors’ health and well-being should be among the principles to guide humanity’s activities all around the world to maximize the chances of raising active and healthy generations of citizens. The UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child was accepted more than thirty years ago...
Introduction The act of showing respect to someone with politeness and courtesy is civility. Civility comes from the Greek word civilitas, which means the readiness of people to offer themselves for the benefit of the city (Hayashi & Toh, 2020). When it is uncomfortable and challenging to care for someone’s...
Introduction The website central to this review provides its viewers with reasons for either pre-ordering or waiting on the newest instalment in the FIFA franchise, FIFA 22. While the page creates an initial appearance of neutrality, its strategies and approaches are inclined towards making people pre-order the game, due to...
There are two different opinions about the legalization of marijuana. Many people believe that the legalization of this plant will have extremely negative consequences. Abuse of this drug can lead to an increase in crime, dangerous situations on the roads, and mortality growth. Also, there is an opposition opinion that...
In terms of a growing number of natural disasters, falling airplanes, and other negative events, the issue of resilience becomes more and more important. It was useful to learn about the progress of research on work-life and work-family interconnections in the context of resilience. Chapter 8 allowed understanding that this...
Philosophers of all eras were interested in the truth and the search for the ultimate answer. Faith often took a centerpiece in this goal, serving as either an indomitable basis for further discussions or as a framework of expanding philosophical views. For this paper, Plato’s allegory of a cave and...
Introduction The 21st century is characterized by the surge in globalization processes that bring different parts of the world closer together. These trends promote the worldwide talent exchange, meaning that people opt for better places of residence and countries benefit from skilled and motivated workers from abroad. From a theoretical...
Regardless of the mode of interactions, whether oral, written, or audio-visual, the six Cs of effective communication are essential to incorporate into one’s message. The qualities are intended not only to promote the credence and goodwill of the one transferring the message but also to help receive a positive response...
Systems theory is a concept applied in social work to describe how various forces tend to influence behaviors and outcomes. Professionals working in this field need to be aware of various psychodynamic models and apply them accordingly to achieve the intended goals. The object relations theory is a framework that...
Little Village (South Lawndale, Chicago) used to be inhabited by immigrants from Ireland and Eastern Europe in the 19th century. However, now the majority of population is constituted by Mexican people (Little Village, 2013). This is a suburban community. Little Village is situated in the west of Chicago. The climate...
Introduction The value of human life and its significance have always been disputable issues. Since the first stages of society’s evolution, people have tried to find the sense of living, its purpose, and central goals. At the same time, the attitude to every individual, his/her contribution to society, place in...
Women are important in the everyday life of society; the community nowadays heavily relies on women. In order to illustrate the significant role of women in modern society, this paper will explore the theme in the example of Canon City, Colorado. The research on the importance of women in Canon...
The advantage of the ‘born this way’ argument about sexual orientation is that there is no way around nature, and it is impossible to change a person’s brain chemistry or genetics. The disadvantage of the argument is that it is limited to issues of biology and does not allow for...
Root Causes of Haitian Migration A significant number of Haitian nationals have migrated to other countries during the last century following the country’s political and economic turmoil. Audebert (2020) states that approximately 20% of Haitians live abroad today. Plantation-based economics and the US occupation of Haiti are the main historical...
The twenty-first century poses a number of new societal challenges, which may contradict some of the resolutions the public has agreed on in the past. Thus, as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet receive euphoric praise for starting foundations and giving away billions of dollars, some people decide to take a...
Introduction The phenomenon of social awareness addressed the importance of acknowledging the fact that every human, being a part of society, bears the responsibility to meaningfully interact with others in order not to cause harm. Life coaches, whose primary task is to help clients to move on with their life...
Introduction It is important to note that immigration has always been one of the major topics of debate in the United States, where each side either proclaims it to be a centerpiece of the American economy and civic life or a source of job loss and degradation of national identity....
Introduction There are varieties of views concerning the definition of intelligence. One of the definitions that have been used to define intelligence is the ability of a person to learn unfamiliar things within a short duration of time. Other people have also defined intelligence to be the possession of a...
Any issues pertaining to sex tend to be highly sensitive. It does, after all, concern deeply intimate experiences, which may evoke substantial emotional reactions even from mentally stoic people. The sensitivity is even higher when the discussion concerns people of old age. Modern society has numerous stereotypes, which devalue older...
Public communication becomes possible when individuals enter the public sphere to deliver messages to other people or groups. In its turn, a public sphere is a social place where citizens gather and express their views on political, social, and economic matters (Crossley and Roberts, 2004). The concept of the public...
The Blasé Attitude In sociology, the number of people living together and a variety of necessities and possibilities serve as a fundamental explanation of urban mentality. In the 19th century, society was captured by the ideas of individualism and the desire to obtain freedoms in different sectors. People were obsessed...
Introduction Blake’s society was in the midst of revolutionary fever, and the hope of a better future prompted the poet to express views he hoped would guide the people to freedom. His poems show that apparent evil is the manifestation of energy working to oppose the established order. This new...
The “Change and Stability in Strategic Action Fields” in A Theory of Fields by Neil Fligstein and Doug McAdam discusses the current debates on social movements, political sociology, and organizations’ theories depending on strategic actions’ nature. The author emphasizes the need for continuous learning for stability in transition through social...
For the past century, American society has significantly advanced in the issues of racial and gender equality. The feminist and political movements have had a profound impact on how society perceives various social constructs. Nevertheless, there is still a large amount of prejudice concerning the gender gap and sexual orientations....
The content of chapter 5 of “A theory of fields” by Fligstein and McAdam gives an in-depth understanding of the usefulness of the strategic action field. Although the civil rights movements and the U.S. mortgage market’s transformation stories have different organizations, frames, ideas, actors, and politics, the lessons learned from...
The target population will be the Westchester Community from Miami Dale County, Florida. The population in Westchester mainly consists of new individuals who are moving into the area from other countries. As such there is an enormous immigrant population with about less than 20% consisting of the locals. The total...
Introduction Intelligent design and evolution all provide explanations on the origin of life in the universe. There exists considerable scientific evidence to justify the plausibility of the two theories, however, a great debate that has been there for a long time is to what constitutes science. Many public schools in...
I do not believe there is one political party in America that would be more supportive of financing national public health initiatives than the other would. This assertion is particularly true for the main parties in America (Democratic Party and the Republican Party) because both parties would choose to support...
Introduction People from different cultural backgrounds negotiate in cross-cultural negotiations. While the usual expectation is that cross-cultural negotiations occur between other countries, studies between distinct cultures within the same country can also occur, such as studies involving European-Americans and Native Americans (Groves, 2015). Multicultural communication and intercultural negotiations are both...
The relationship among people is a complicated concept that provides the chance to feel secure and value oneself in society. The relationships with friends and coworkers are a significant element in people’s lives because it defines how people might feel at work and assess their interaction with others. The interview...
Introduction Immigration is a matter that has sparked a debate regarding its impact, especially on western countries like the United States of America. Being at the top of the political discussion, researchers like Huntington in “The Hispanic Challenge” have voiced their concerns on immigration. One of the reasons for immigration...
Synopsis of the Social Problem Religious persecution has reached a global crisis and now affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Joint Public Issues Team (2021) defines the issue as “the systematic hostility of ill-treatment encountered by an individual or group because of their religious beliefs” (para. 2). This can...
Sociobiology entails the scientific study of social behavior’s biological bases among humans and even animals. It assumes that such behavior arises from evolution, and it focuses on examining and explaining social behavior from the given perspective (Schaefer, 2017). On the other hand, social construction is social, and feminism theory shows...
The video with the title “Main social paradigms: Crash Course sociology №2,” posted by Crash Course, examines the sets of concepts, which explains the functioning of society. The narrator compares the community to a well-oiled machine built on a common interest basis. The video states that it is necessary applying...
Introduction Written about the struggles the African Americans have undergone for decades, Living for the City recounts the origin of the socio-political movements that started in the 1960s. The book whose title borrows from the song by Steve Wonder expounds on the lyrics that form part of the reminiscences of...
The debate over the use of animals for medical research is still heated and seems to be everlasting. Some suggest that this practice is morally wrong, while others oppose them, arguing there is no better option. Testing on animals in the lab provides researchers with valuable knowledge regarding a particular...
In recent years, media and scientific attention have focused on attempting to discern the origins of homosexuality. Many view homosexuality as a social problem that has potential psychological and social implications depending on the public’s etiologic beliefs (Sheldon et al., 2017). For the people who believe homosexuality is inherent, their...
Introduction Understanding the phenomenon of emerging adulthood and the factors contributing to its development is essential for providing young people with the needed support in their journey toward maturity while also ensuring that possible mental health issues are resolved accordingly. However, emerging adulthood is not endemic to Western cultures, so...
Describe The Historical Event That You Selected. Why is This Event Significant? Immigration is a valuable part of each country’s history because it influences the culture, economy, and society by forming new traditions, providing a workforce, and building connections between people. The arrival of the Irish to the United States...
It should be said that I own the daycare and have faced many situations in which people have not demonstrated willingness to pay for the service. Parents express a plethora of excuses regarding the fact they do not want to provide payments. Hence, I would say that one thing from...
Feminist stance reflects varying perceptions of men and women, and the play “Trifles,” written by Susan Glaspell, is an excellent example of literary works focused on this topic. In the narrative, several men and women come to a house when investigating a murder (Glaspell 1). They attempt to recreate the...
The concept of morality has always been considered subjective, as there are no specific rules regarding truth or falsehood in ethical considerations. Graham (2004) argues that people perceive it as a personal opinion, although it is only a kind of relativism since ancient times. Thus, morality is the personification of...
In the United States, illegal immigration remains a critical issue affecting society and the workforce situation. Whether or not Arizona law officials should be authorized to detain individuals arbitrarily to check their immigration status is a matter of human rights. This paper argues that the decision is rather harmful despite...
Dual-role relationships are a very important topic in the social working area since they can affect both sides: the specialist and the client. Still, the social worker is more susceptible to the situations when such relationships occur; they can have ethical dilemmas. Where a dual or multiple relationship exists, social...
At all times, people have helped each other in different life situations. Currently, there are three main types of such assistance: service-learning, community service, and volunteering. Today, the value of involving people in various types of public works is important because it contributes to the development of the skill of...
America has been a multinational country from time immemorial, and representatives of different nations are trying to get there. This usually leads to positive developments, as it increases cultural diversity. In particular, Asian Americans have a significant impact on the country. Increasingly, Asians are being elected to political agencies. This...
The organization of social welfare for the family is an integral part of the social policy of the U.S. Child welfare services include a system of social guarantees, including allowances and other types of support in different life situations such as the upbringing, the disability of children, and the absence...
Introduction Qualitative research has come into play with the onset of patient-centered and evidence-based practices due to arising ethical issues. There is a common consensus that qualitative research is a mainstay method in evidence-based practices such as physical therapy and as such ethical issues are paramount in such type of...
The improvement and increase in technological structures influence society and the people in it. A good case study showing the changes brought in the society by technology is the continuity of westernization in the middle east and other states in the world. Despite the fall of the Western Roman Empire...
Today, the attitude towards immigrants is very biased; many countries give incomprehensible answers when the question of the rights of immigrants arises. The Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) music video’s lyrics highlight relations between the United States and the immigrants, “Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really...
The phenomenon of gender socialization is closely connected to the everyday lives of numerous populations throughout the world. Developing an understanding of gender norms and expected behaviors is crucial for the growth of maturing individuals, which might prompt both positive and negative outcomes. As the primary agents of gender socialization,...
Conflict situations at the workplace can negatively affect the team, as well as its member. Conflicts provoke stress, which is a common reason for absence from work, and it can lead to the dismissal of staff and an employee shortage. For these reasons, managers must promote favorable relations between workers....
Global citizenship aims to encourage young people to acquire the information, skills, and values they need to pass on to the world. According to Dower and Williams, “the idea of global citizenship is that human beings are citizens of the world” (2016, p. 1). Global citizenship education is not another...
Sustainability and sustainable development are effective tools in achieving a safer and healthier ecosystem in Florida and around the world. This paper seeks to define Sustainability and Sustainable Development by comparing the three components of a sustainable society, their synergy, and the difficulties of maintaining each with the influences of...
Introduction Human beings are social in nature and embrace relationships depending on their personal goals. Symbolic interactionism is a powerful theory that examines the nature of such connections between people in a specific community. They will apply the relevant symbols and language that can guide them to formulate meanings of...
Arnau Gras, J. (1995). Diseños longitudinales aplicados a las ciencias sociales y del comportamiento. Editorial Limusa. This book, written by a social sciences educator, focuses on the application of longitudinal design in social and behavioral sciences. The longitudinal design presents the possibility of assuming that the causal effects are unidirectional....
Many would not dispute that gender identity is described as a person’s perception of themselves as male, female, or neither. The representations of the differences in gender identity directly link to the issue of sex roles. In case of any disputes, as a consequence of external variables, gender identity is...
Colonialism and Its Patterns Then and Now The piece of media that has been selected for this analytical work is a video called “Young girl inspires calls for National Ribbon Skirt Day.” This video is about First Nations girls and women who have banded together to defend their ethnic identity...
The reading helped me realize that there are different types of deviant acts ranging from consensus crimes, about whose unacceptability there is an almost unanimous agreement, to socially diverse acts that may be perceived differently, depending on the observer. Throughout this course, it has become clear that deviance is not...
The life of a modern human is in many ways full of excess and diversity. Issues and needs that troubled the average person a few decades ago now do not seem relevant. The individual, then, endowed with a diversity of possibilities and choices, should probably be more morally fulfilled and...
In the article In Defence of Transracialism, the author Rebecca Tuvel explores different arguments against and for transracialism, standing clearly with the latter. Her main idea lies in the point that a strong and genuine sense of identification with a certain social group is similar in its essence to the...
Introduction Ever since the policy of multiculturalism had attained official status in Western countries, the conceptual incompatibility between universalist legislations, concerned with the protection of people’s human rights, and the ethnically visible citizens’ tendency to go about taking a practical advantage of their endowment with human rights in a cultural...
A huge part of social identification is the process of determining the social groups an individual belongs to. Respectively, those are the five groups I identify myself the most with. Age group – Millennials I was born in the end of the twentieth century, and that makes me a millennial....
In the modern world, the concept of participation in social movements has changed. Previously, to be recognized as a protest participant, it was necessary to participate in a parade on the street. Now all one has to do is repost the petition on Facebook or write a tweet. Accordingly, similar...
In society, people work together to fulfill a variety of tasks and responsibilities, attributed to them both by their own life and the others around them. To understand how society functions and how internal and external factors influence it, philosophers and sociologists have attempted to analyze social trends and tendencies...
In his research on the impact of people’s increasing tendency to multitask, Clifford Nass dwells on the issue of paying attention to each other in a conversation. The multitasking behavior is a common phenomenon in modern times. Specifically, multitasking is driven by the need to use mobile phones or computers...
Today, many people consume information online, which leads to a distortion of their understanding of certain events because social media tend to channel one-sided perspectives. In her speech “The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie contends that being familiar only with one aspect of complex phenomena entails negative...
In the first part of the nineteenth century and especially the twentieth century, a philanthropic impetus of wealthy American women led to considerable changes in the healthcare system. The germ theory and the understanding of potential hazards related to infection spread made certain groups of society take action to protect...
The sense of belonging is a critical part of an individual’s identity. Therefore, while longing for individualism, people still need to be a part of a broader community. The participation opportunity in question allows them to share knowledge and information, while also comparing their social status to that on of...
Introduction In recent years, with the development of technologies, the Internet environment has become an irreplaceable source of information and communication. Through various online platforms and social network sites, a substantial number of people all over the world communicate with their friends and relatives, follow the news, and share their...
Lincoln’s speech during the Civil War had a meaningful impact on listeners and helped people continue to fight for independence. It is significant, concise, with little specifics, but filled with deep meaning. Vocabulary, psychological techniques, as well as speaker pauses give the semantic load of this message. Through the Gettysburg...
Nowadays, in many countries, abortion legalization is “frozen” intentionally because of the conflict of interests. On the one hand, politicians want to increase their social rating by providing populist measures of birth rate increasing among developed countries’ citizens. On the other hand, there is a dilemma that states whether to...
The purpose of this blog is to explain how the intervention might be addressed during field education experience. Vulnerable and diverse elderly clients of an adult day care center may need short-term crisis interventions or long-term counseling services provided by the agency. In social work practice, interventions are developed to...
The number of partners depends on how many roles a nurse can realistically fulfill while working with a vulnerable community. For instance, if one is able to act as a case manager, an educator, a direct care provider, a planner, and an interpreter simultaneously, then enlisting other specialists is unnecessary...
A social movement is an independently organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a specific goal, usually a social or political one. Modern movements often use technology and the Internet to mobilize people around the world (Cosma, 2011). Adapting to communication trends is a common theme in...
Introduction People majority perceive communication as an everyday part of their life and have few issues practicing it. However, a certain percentage of children suffer from inherent or developed difficulties related to communication that interrupts their socialization process. It is accepted to define these disabilities as Complex Communication Needs (Dodd,...
