Housing As Social Control
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A 9 page discussion of the different social control theories utilized by the United States and Tibet / China with respect to housing. The United States and China have very different forms of social control, especially in regards to the settlement of land in another country, as China is settling Tibet. While it would seem that the United States and China/Tibet would have nothing in common in regards to their settlement policies, the fact remains that both countries use a similar social theory as the basis of social control in their neighborhoods. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Human Diversity in the Science of Psychology
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6 pages in length. Human diversity is a key issue in the science of Psychology. There are many ways in which knowledge of human diversity contributes to our understanding of behavior and mental processes. For instance, in the case of different cultures, we know that while what may be considered a normal activity in one culture might be considered an anti-social act in others. It is this knowledge that people in all aspects of life have different cultural and personal social behaviors that makes the study of Psychology one of a constantly changing and interesting field of study. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Humor in Society
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This 5 page paper looks at the concept of humor and assesses it from a variety of sociological and psychological perspectives. Several authors are noted including Sigmund Freud. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Impact of Recess on Classroom Behaviour
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A Critical Review; This 5 page paper reviews an article which studies the effect of recess or break times on grade four students concentration in class. The study indicates that concentration may be improved by the provision of recesses. The methodology and results are discussed and suggestions made as to how research may be improved. The bibliography cites 1 source.
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Improv in Music Therapy
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A 5 page research paper that examines music therapy, as a form of emotional, physical, and psychological treatment that utilizes music -rhythm, instrument, songs - as a form of "communication" and "social interaction." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Inequality at Work
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A 5 page paper which presents a situation and then discusses how this presents the conditions of inequality at work. The theories of Erving Goffman in "Asylums," and Robin Leinder in "Fast Food, Fast Talk" are discussed in the examination. No additional sources cited.
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Is Facial Communication Universal?
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A 10 page discussion of facial expression. Utilizes the research in the field to explore the question of whether or not certain facial expressions are universal in their meaning, e.g. that they have the same meaning regardless of the cultural context. Contrasts the view that facial expression are solely cultural manifestations and thus vary in meaning according to culture and the view that these expressions are biological in their basis and thus have the same meaning regardless of the cultural context. Concludes that while some expressions are universal in their meaning, facial expression is dependent not only on biology but also on culture and on minute-specific details of an encounter. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Is Social Scientific Research a Science?
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This 10 page report discusses whether or not social scientific research qualifies as ?real? science. Is there a single logic of explanation common to all empirical social scientific research? Is that logic a statistical one? Or is it more closely analogous to biological research that offers the ?mechanics? of cell structure and reproduction? In order to be considered as ?real? science, must a course of research study and its methodologies involve both quantitative and qualitative processes? The point to be made is that ?social research? is the science of society and the creatures that inhabit it. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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