Introduction Violence in media is no stranger to anyone. Everyone has experienced or watched violence before in real life or through a screen. However, Violence by young people is the most visible forms of violence where fights among youths contribute to more injuries and deaths.(World Health Organization, 2002) In 2000, an estimated 199 000 youth murders took place globally which is equal to 565 children and youths aged 10-29 dying on an average each day as a result of interpersonal...
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It is undeniable that racism/discrimination/prejudice has existed in our past years as a nation. In 2019, ethnic discrimination is not a rare phenomenon. It still remains an issue in our society, as race contributes an obstacle to full involvement in the workforce and the idea of equality of opportunity is being disregarded. Whether it’s caused by racial grounds, questioning of statistics, or unconscious stereotypes, these reasons “may explain why racial and ethnic minorities continue to experience unequal access to opportunity”...
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Obesity is a problematic issue in pets and had caused much research to be done. Scientists and veterinarians are figuring out if genetics can play a role and how owners can fix the complication. Obesity is defined as the build-up of excess body fat that is 20 percent above the ideal weight, is typically developed at an early age and is exacerbated by neutering. According to The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, over 100 million pets are obese. 59% of...
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Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the writer displays the protagonist as someone who thinks of himself inferior to others, yet he rationalizes the choices he makes in his life. On these two occasions you either can contemplate whether or not he is even mad or is he just putting it off as an act to prove a point. Hamlet undergoes several tragedies that lead him to act increasingly mad rather than feigned. His madness is revealed in his identity crisis...
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When one is drawn away from life’s realities, by censorship, doubts begin to be made on one’s true purpose in the world. Many examples of Censorship such as books, artifacts, past life etc. In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Douglas Bradbury, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award winner for contributions to American Literature demonstrates the protagonist, Guy Montag a thirty year old fireman experiencing an intellectual awakening, who burns books for a living in order to protect the comfort and...
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In 2015, the Asian American Student Association at Brandeis University posted several signs outside an academic hall for their classmates to view, hoping to spread awareness for Asian racism. Many of the signs brandished controversial Asian microaggressions, such as “Why can’t people learn English when they come to this country?,” and “Aren’t you supposed to be good at math?” While the display appeared to have a straightforward motive, for included in the project was a disclaimer that the students wished...
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Introduction The way contemporary societies are structured facilitates the prevalence of discrimination and multiple disadvantages. Adolescents are majorly affected by these practices. These acts make them experience stress. Stress accumulated is directly related to poor health and dwindling in academic performance (Vanhalst et al., 2012). Besides, the disadvantages and discrimination generate biological cascades that may be harmful psychosocial trajectories across development. According to this article, exposure to multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantages carries direct stress effects on adolescents (Assari,...
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Obesity can be defined as, “a chronic, relapsing, multifactorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences” (Welcome, 2019, p. 1). The topic of obesity is a long standing one in the United States of America, and it has countless questions to discuss such as the following: When people look or hear about obesity, they just assume that an obese person...
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(RED), an organization founded in 2006 by celebrity humanitarian Bono and activist Bobby Shriver has exploded all over the world with its partnerships with popular global brands, including Apple, Converse, Gap, Armani, and Starbucks. This brand, commonly known as (Product)RED, markets products in an attempt to raise funds and awareness for those living with HIV and AIDS in Africa. (RED) incentivizes customers to step up by providing individuals with the opportunity to make a positive impact, as a portion of...
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The hotel or lodging industry is filled with a wide variety of options and accommodations for its customers to choose from. Any budget and any traveler can be accommodated, from 5-star hotels to no star motels. With so many hotel options, customers and a steady revenue stream, I am wondering if the hotel industry is taking all of the necessary steps to combat human trafficking. Are these properties utilizing all of the resources to combat this serious issue happening right...
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Imagine selling CDs on the sidewalk in front of the corner store, to then be pressed by multiple police officers asking for you to empty everything from your pockets. To refuse, would mean to give up your life. Consequently, you are thrown to the ground by four New York City police officers then place you in a chokehold, as you utter the words “I can’t breathe' while gasping for air. This is what happened to Eric Garner. His refusal to...
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Psychological research is conducted to help broaden our knowledge and understanding of psychological processes, human behaviors and to possibly help build effective treatments for disorders and diagnostic criteria that accurately diagnose patients. In many different countries and cultures, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) has many different diagnostic criteria that define the disorder. Due to the lack of cross-cultural research around BPD cultural differences were not accounted for when considering how BPD symptoms may look in other places around the world. According...
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Is there a limit to what we as humans are capable of understanding? Is our capacity for complex thought limitless? Are our brains well-enough equipped to understand all the truths of the universe? Good morning, my name is Madeline Briddell and today I’ll be sharing with you my thoughts about the limits of human intelligence. We live in an age of tremendous scientific success. We’ve mapped out grand schemes of how the physical world works on scales that range from...
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From courage, to sin, and even identity, the main character in the novel The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, had to face many objectifying situations from her mistakes. Although real places and possible real events occured in the novel, the genre is considered historical fiction. The time period in which the novel was told in was the 17th century, and the author described to be in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This time period was also known as the colonial...
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Drop in opium prices cause poor poppy farmers in Mexico to migrate to the U.S., raising tensions between Mexico and the Trump administration. President Trump uses the stereotype of Mexicans being criminals, violent individuals and drug syndicates to further his anti-immigrant campaign. However, studies prove these stereotypes are false. There are better ways to solve issues surrounding illegal immigration and drug trafficking without unjustly criminalizing immigrants. A woman with her child on her back scratches poppy pods to extract opium...
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Infertility is defined most simply as the inability to conceive naturally after 12 months of regular sexual intercourse without contraceptives (Luk & Loke, 2015, p. 610). Having children and starting a family is a conventional staple in society and what infertility represents is an inability to do so. It affects approximately 1 of every 6 childbearing-age couples (Sherrod, 2004, p. 42). The consequences of infertility are manifold and can affect individuals psychologically, socially, and economically (Cousineau & Domar, 2007, p....
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An ethical dilemma is when the best course of action is unclear, and when there are adequate and compelling moral reasons supporting each position (Keatings, 2020). There have been ethical dilemmas in various areas of topics, the field, biomedical ethics is associated with healthcare ethics and dilemmas. The topic of abortion has and is currently known as an ethical dilemma. The medical definition for abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception; the fetus, fetal membranes, and placenta...
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Pomodoro Technique The Pomodoro Technique is a method that is designed to help with time management and procrastination. As modern life increases, more stress tends to build in every person’s life. As human beings, we tend to procrastinate from doing a task, because of many other distractions. The Pomodoro Technique keeps you focused on any task by eliminating all distractions for a certain time limit. (Young, 2019) This technique has been proven to help almost anyone that has trouble with...
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Frederick Douglass, an honorary abolitionist who attempted to put an end towards slavery and the author of his memoir The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, describes his emotions after escaping slavery and also his arrival in New York. In his written narrative, he not only addresses how slavery was reducing the mentality of slaves within slavery but even after being freed from it. He convinces to explain further on how it continues to affect former slaves' lives despite being freed from...
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee and was published in 1960. The main aim of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is to focus on the extraordinary elements that come up in the 1930s in the Southern United States. Other authors and scholars, through their works, also focused on the aspects of racial discrimination and injustices in the society. The book is narrated by a young girl, Scout, who opens us into the world of...
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The battle over legalizing marijuana has been debated for years in the United States. The controversy has grown in modern times, and action has been taken by both sides of the fight. This issue has been prominent in the news headlines recently with legalization spreading across many states. However, the problems stem from the vast difference of opinion between those who support the new laws and those who oppose them. In an article from the Missouri Medical Journal, doctor Samuel...
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Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb town in the U.S. State of Alabama. The fictional town is home to the Finches. Atticus Finch, a widower, lives with his daughter, Scout Finch, and son, Jem Atticus, during the Great Depression. Racism is a vital hallmark of life in Maycomb. As a prominent lawyer, Atticus understands the issue of race in Alabama. He reminds his children not to “kill a mocking bird” because they do not harm people...
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Since the universe has been created, there are certain patterns of life that the whole world is following. People born, they grow upon, face certain challenges of the life and devout their live towards the will of the God. So basically, all the events of life are written and organized by the God. However the conflict and problems of the life arises when we try to challenge the will of the God, when we try to write our own fate...
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Psychologist Deborah Tannen once said: “We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.” She also added that it is in our nature to do this, and from what she had said it can be concluded that this function in the human brain makes them more efficient since they will be able to see patterns. However, while this ability to separate different people into different groups based on distinguishing features of their...
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Over the past decades, the mobility of people, information, and capital have greatly spread diversity. While the process of globalization and advancement of transportation technology together have lowered the constraints of communication across long distances, they have not entirely facilitated migration movements along differing geographical routes. Globalization is the expansion of world-wide interconnectedness and global linkages, including the integration of world economies, production markets, nation-states, and knowledge. However, globalization does not grant the freedom of movement nor commodify all people....
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Families expressed the view that the most reparative act the authorities could undertake was to reveal the truth about the disappeared. They were concerned that compensation through reparation payments was designed to divert families from pursuing the “truth about their loved ones” . Therefore, in this specific case, the value of truth and acknowledgement for victims and their families cannot be emphasised enough. The first thing needed in addressing their needs was ensuring they were known, acknowledged and “part of...
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BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS These involves the use anti depressants medications and the use of light therapy, electro convulsive therapy, diet and also exercise in promoting positive health promotion. In relation to the depression interventions explained above I related all my interventions which are the social interventions, psychological interventions, biological and physiological inteventions to the TANNAHILL MODEL OF HEALTH PROMOTION which is classified into health education, health Prevention and health protection, In health education communication is carried out to enhance...
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Development and Attachment According to attachment theory, an attachment is a deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another person, across all space and time. If an infant does not attach to a primary caregiver within 5 years, then the child can face developmental problems. If a child is growing up in a home where they are being exposed to domestic violence, it is harder for them to form a secure attachment to a significant adult in...
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Although Achebe has made known his desire to counteract through his writing the negative image Africans have been given through works like Conrad’s Heart of darkness and Cary's Mister Johnson, in Things Fall Apart he nevertheless presents both “positive and negative aspects of traditional Igbo life” rather than simply “ idealizing and romanticizing the past” Substantiate . Chinua Achebe wrote his debut novel “Things Fall Apart' as a reply and critique of Heart of Darkness. In “Heart of Darkness' Africans...
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Symbols in literature works are used by writers to better convey the meanings in the stories. Also, it is evident that William Shakespeare, one of the most respected writers across the globe uses symbols uniquely in his work for the purpose of foreshadowing and to provide the reader with a better understanding of the overall theme. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, symbols are used to represent the overall theme of murder namely, the light and dark, blood, water,...
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