Critically evaluate associative learning accounts of the acquisition of phobias
Text commentary - 9 pages - Psychology
Critical evaluation of the cognitive approach to the acquisition of phobias, including an extensive list of references.
Academic English (IELTS) - Example and writing guide for an "agree/disagree" essay
Essay - 3 pages - Educational studies
Sample IELTS Academic Writing Task 2 In this document, I have included: A sample essay title for an IELTS academic writing exam A sample plan which I used to help structure my essay A sample essay Some tips for writing "agree/disagree" essays Title: Planting trees is very important for the...
Sociology: Rent Boys
Essay - 44 pages - Psychology
This is a final year dissertation for a Sociology degree. The topic is Rent Boys and the study is the social construction of male prostitution. It is a study investigating the causes that lead to male prostitution and a look into the industry and it explores the background of various young men...
The principle of influence
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Whether it's advertising, political speeches or even simple exchanges between people, we are constantly bombarded by an infinite number of persuasive messages. This persuasive power is used to convince us to think, do, or feel something. For more than 60 years, researchers have been studying...
Business Plan: how to improve life in Indian slums?
Business plan - 6 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Ninety years ago, there were only 251 million people in India. Today, there are 1.2 billion. Overpopulation threatens the environment of the country. Overpopulation and rural exodus have led to informal urban development, leading to the development of slums in and next to the cities. Therefore,...
Personal problem - Alcoholism in Hong Kong
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Alcoholism is one of the personal problems that affect many individuals in society, I am being one of them. It is a condition whereby an individual has a strong desire or physical need to consume alcohol even though they know that it has harmful effects on their health. For one to be addicted to...
Psychology of Serial Killers
Essay - 4 pages - Psychology
Serial Killers are commonly characterized as individuals who have killed at least three individuals over a period generally over one month (Singer & Hensley 2004 461) with a space in the middle of each kill, and whose purpose behind killing can be pegged to mental reasons. This paper will discuss...
An Overview of Mental Health Policy in Hong Kong
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Mental health services in Hong Kong are criticized so much and are viewed to be inefficient compared to other Asian countries like Singapore, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. People in Hong Kong suffer different types of mental disorders like anxiety disorders, personality disorders and depressive...
Applying Sociological Theories on my Personal Life: Sex and Gender
Essay - 4 pages - Educational studies
Social conflict theory is one of the major theoretical perspectives in society. This theory views the society as a system that is composed of different groups that are not equal, and therefore the differences generate conflict and change (Dillon, 89). Based on sex and gender, every society that...
The Courter - Salman Rushdie (1994) - Post-Colonial identity
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The consequences of British Colonial Empire can be felt in today's English society in various areas including politics, economics, culture, sociology, literature, linguistics… However, in this essay we will focus on the cultural impact of colonialism, and more precisely on the consequences...
Religion - United Kingdom VS United States
Course material - 6 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
England & Scotland have an established church: the Church of England (Anglican Church) and the Church of Scotland. The process started with King Henry VIII, who created the Church of England after his split with the Pope, a few years after Martin Luther had published the Ninety-Five Theses...
Foods that pregnant women should avoid
Summary - 2 pages - Nutrition, alimentation and dietetic
Pregnancy is a time of rapid development, so mothers to be should be very careful when choosing what to eat, because some foods may harm them or their unborn baby. This research paper is written after reading several articles on the subject.
Places and forms of power - The plight of Indian women
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
I'm going to deal with the notion of places and forms of power. We studied the plight of Indian women. In India, there is a lot of discrimination that derives from the caste system: it's a system of social hierarchy in which the Dalits, also called the ‘untouchables' are discriminated and...
Individual differences in second language learning
Essay - 2 pages - Educational studies
Understanding students' individual difference is a key factor in predetermining the success of the learning experience. Actually, EFL learners differ from one another in terms of race, colour, religion, identity, ethnicity, language, social class, cultural background, intelligence, learning...
Writing: Formal Speech Writing - Cameroon teaching
Course material - 8 pages - Educational studies
On the occasion of the 2018 Youth Day Celebration in your country, your village, Nkol-Si, is honoured with the presence of the President of the Republic and a special guest in the person of the French Ambassador to Cameroon. Given that you are the newly enthroned traditional ruler of that village...
Causes and effects of women's rights and how it affected our lives in the 21st century in United States
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Women's rights are a broad concept that encompasses political, civil, and social rights. These include equal access to opportunities such as voting as well as equal access to a decent standard of living and a secure future. Many incidents of gender inequality have been reported in the history...
Is it still relevant to be feminist today ?
Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
A feminist is a person who fights for women to have the same rights as men. The feminist movement isn't a young one, women have been fighting for gender equality for 300 years. Besides it was a very important movement and has allowed enormous progress for women's emancipation. However, we...
La Machine à trier - Analysis of how and why the 2005 French riots securitized schools
Essay - 11 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The 'story' started in Clichy-sous-Bois, eastern 'banlieue' (suburb) of Paris. On Thursday 27 October 2005, a group of youths who were going back home after a football match were approached by policemen. Not having their ID papers and fearing persecutions, three of them escaped...
Social movements' strategies to rally supporters to a cause
Essay - 10 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Regarding political participation, the conventional one including the system of elections is well-known but reductive in terms of democracy. However, there are other practices to influence the political system and decisions of governments. In that sense, the unconventional political participation...
Buddhism and the West: the growth of western interest in Buddhist ideas
Essay - 10 pages - Culture, religion & civilization
Buddhism is not only a religion. This spiritual tradition is also a philosophy, a system of ethics and practices as an orientation on the road of life based on the teachings of the Buddha. According to Pew Forum on religion and public life research in 2010, Buddhism is a world religion. Indeed,...
Queer movement: history, future, theory and activism
Essay - 9 pages - Sociology & social sciences
"Queer focuses on mismatches between sex, gender and desire. For most, queer has prominently been associated with simply those who identify as lesbian and gay. Unknown to many, queer is in association with more than just gay and lesbian, but also cross-dressing, hermaphroditism, gender ambiguity...
Legacy preference in America
Essay - 7 pages - Educational studies
Never has there been a subject that has aroused as much discussion as that of legacy preference. In America to get accepted to college, every applicant is confronted with the traditional admissions process. Legacy preference has always been a practice promoting alumni children and allowing them...
Debate: against child beauty pageants
Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Who among you has never dreamt to be a princess? Everybody knows that all little girls have already dreamt of being a princess just for one day. Nowadays, televisions programs broadcast a lot of reality shows promoting beautiful girls, with too much make up and well defined hairstyles. Yet, some...
The concepts of accelerated learning and mind-body enhancements
Case study - 34 pages - Psychology
How did Bulgarian Ivan Barzakov bring the roots of Superlearning to America? Answer: Ivan Barzakov wanted to escape the yoke of the Communist oppression in Bulgaria and go to America. This entailed swimming for seven miles in the open, cold, shark-infested waters of the Adriatic sea and onto the...
Pedagogy with middle school students
Essay - 3 pages - Educational studies
Adolescences undergo a remarkable and rapid developmental change. Understanding and responding to the unique development characteristic is critical at the middle school level. The teacher education system should prepare all teachers for middle school students to face the challenges that emerge at...
Learn French from zero to pro
Practical guide - 38 pages - Educational studies
Have you ever dreamt about a super desperate situation? Like, you can't run, you're trapped in a speeding car, or you just landed in a french speaking country, and your only french speaker friend is gone missing, you're on your own. All you remember is "oui oui, ca va", you're not...
Integrated schools in Northern Ireland today
Essay - 2 pages - Educational studies
Integrated School still exist today in Northern Ireland. Actually, their numbers continues to increase year after year. For instance, there were 62 in 2013 whereas there are 65 today: 45 integrated primary schools and 20 second level schools. The general system of education in Northern Ireland...
Professional misconducts of teachers and way out
Essay - 10 pages - Educational studies
Teaching is regarded as a noble career just as teachers are considered as role models to pupils and students. These days, a lot of professional misconducts could be noticed among teachers. Many teachers are now disillusioned, lazy, uncommitted, and unpatriotic. This paper is an examination of the...
Towards effective management of pupils/students feeding in a boarding school: issues and strategies
Essay - 8 pages - Educational studies
One of the sensitive areas in a boarding school administration is the feeding of pupils/students. Although many advantages accrue to boarding over day school, some parents/guardians are still skeptical of enrolling their children in a boarding school because of the issue of inadequate and...
Is mass surveillance organised by states benefic?
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Mass surveillance is the close observation of an entire population or a fraction of it. Nowadays, governments perform mass surveillance of their citizens in order to protect them from dangerous groups such as terrorists, criminals, or political subversives and to maintain social control....
