Consult more than 28153 documents with no limitation. Our subscription options

Human & social sciences

Filter by:

Filter by:
 
See all documents

3381 results

04 juil. 2016
doc

Adolescence and drug abuse

Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Adolescence is a very important time during the course of one's life. It is a time of change, a time of self-realization. While the body undergoes many changes, adolescence is also the time when kids grow up and mature into adulthood. Because adolescence is such a difficult period in life,...

04 juil. 2016
doc

How education reproduces inequalities and social difference

Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Inequalities in the society have historically been based on stratification and the creation of classes within the society. The struggle for achievement and the existence of the society based on the individual achievements has led to the differences between different classes in the society. Class...

28 avril 2016
doc

The rise of mental descent - A stressful era

Essay - 4 pages - Psychology

Happiness may be good for one's health, but seeking it may not be. There are many factors that people must consider before even considering whether they are happy or not. Typically, stress is a factor that is seem as a barrier to satisfaction. Since stress is part of everyone's life,...

28 avril 2016
doc

The status quo of discrimination - Willing workers in unwilling circumstances

Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The idea of equality has been the dream of the hopeful but the reality is only a glimpse of the ideal. Since the Holocaust in World War II, there has been an international recognition for equality as outlined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. However, the idea of equality has eluded...

22 mars 2016
doc

The use of social norms

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

There are various advantages that a hotel and the society can have from adopting environmental programs. These advantages include the saving of energy, reducing the amount of wasteful detergent that is released to the environment and increasing the hotel chain due to the economic benefits of...

22 mars 2016
doc

Use of multiple methods to examine risk in project appraisals

Essay - 5 pages - Educational studies

Project appraisal is the methodology of evaluating and addressing proposition before assets are conferred. It is a key device for successful activity in group re-establishment. It's a method by which organizations can pick the best projects to help them attain to what they need for their...

22 mars 2016
doc

The Beat Generation by Jack Clellon Holmes

Book review - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The article “This is the Beat Generation” by Jack Clellon Holmes talks about a young Californian girl who was arrested for using illegal drugs. Holmes creates a picture of a young and very adorable girl who could only be deemed and viewed as a criminal through what he refers to as...

21 mars 2016
doc

How people perform their different jobs with the objective of determining what it is that they do, the things that they use and suggesting what they must know

Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Generally, task analysis involves the study of how people perform their different jobs with the objective of determining what it is that they do, the things that they use and suggesting what they must know. According to Chen (2001), in Human-Computer Interactions (HCI), the process of task...

21 mars 2016
doc

Social construction based on the concept of sex and gender brings out the differences that are always seen between male and female

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Social construction based on the concept of sex and gender brings out the differences that are always seen between male and female or rather men and women that are conventions in the society and creating the roles played by each gender. Also the differences that are between the concept of gender...

15 mars 2016
doc

Notion of progress

Worksheets - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Hello, I am going to talk about the notion Idea of Progress. To Begin, the idea of progress can be define as an improvement, a development or a change. It can appear as a social progress which contributes to many changes in the quality of life.

15 mars 2016
doc

Locations and forms of power

Essay - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences

I'm going to talk about the notion called “Locations and forms of power”. First of all, I would like to define the notion: To my mind power means that a person, a group or a nation has influence or control over others. There are lots of forms of power in the world. Among all of these, I...

29 févr. 2016
doc

How can uneducated people manage their lives ?

Worksheets - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Today, some people are uneducated for many reasons. It is true that not having an education has drawbacks but there is some advantages too. So, how can uneducated people manage their lives? We can see first the drawbacks to be uneducated and afterwards we will see that there are solutions.

25 févr. 2016
doc

Middle aged children development issues

Essay - 5 pages - Psychology

Conventionally, for individuals to succeed in life they ought to have achieved academically, flexibility and willingness both in college and in career and a positive behavior. Consequently, school counseling for the middle-aged aims at promoting and enhancing the success of pupils in future by...

25 févr. 2016
doc

Community health needs assessment

Essay - 2 pages - Psychology

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) are a vital tool in identifying the most prioritized health needs of a community and aligning the required resources and partners to address this needs(Judith & Chere, 2013). A well-structured CHNAs will provide very valuable data to direct resources...

25 févr. 2016
doc

Observation of various life stages

Essay - 2 pages - Psychology

The field of growth and progressacrossthe humanlifethat include physical, cognitive, intellectual, social, perceptual, personality and emotional growth is developmental psychology.(In Fiske.2010).This is important in order to understand how humans learn, mature and adapt. Life has various stages...

25 févr. 2016
doc

Myths and heroes

Worksheets - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The notion I'm going to talk about is Myths and heroes. A myth can be defined as a popular belief embodying the ideals of a society. From a myth births a hero which is a superhuman known by his fabulous deeds. But nowadays, a modern hero can also be an anonymous person admired for his noble...

08 févr. 2016
doc

Idea of progress

Worksheets - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Progress is going forwards, increasing, improving. The notion of progress is a modern idea opposed to the stability which dominated in the past. Throughout History, most of the advances have been positive, they improved our lifestyle such as the invention of the washing machine or the dishwasher...

08 févr. 2016
doc

6 shades of French Bashing

Worksheets - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences

French are know to be pessimistic. The thing is that our dear american friend are laughing at us because of this. This first stereotype is not really a stereotype but still a characteristic of french people. This caricuture published in le courrier de l'Ouest shows how much we are ridiculous....

07 janv. 2016
doc

How could parents and teachers cooperate for the benefit of children ?

Worksheets - 1 pages - Educational studies

Today more than ever, the children need adults'help and advice. Whether it is at home or at school they can find people who will listen to them. The larger the number of people contributing to a child's well-being, the fewer problems he is likely to have. Parents and teachers must unite...

17 nov. 2015
doc

The reliability of eyewitness testimony

Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Eyewitness testimony refers to the statement given by a witness to an event, and is a major area of research in cognitive psychology but also has a major effect on criminological psychology, such as being asked to describe the appearance of a suspect, or a detailed account of what occurred...

17 nov. 2015
doc

The social history of Halloween

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The Purpose of this book was to educate readers on the history of Halloween and where the practice came from. Foreman talks about where the history of Halloween comes from and the mix of Celtic beliefs and European folk traditions. It also shows the transformation of Halloween.

18 sept. 2015
doc

Important theories in criminology - Why people commit crime

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Within criminology, it is quite significant to examine the reasons as to why individuals commit crime, in the continuing debate with regard to how to prevent as well as handle crime. There have been different theories emerging over the previous thirty years. Such theories are under exploration...

18 sept. 2015
doc

Prisoners should admit guilt to get paroled

Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Admittedly, correctional facilities in the United States are usually overcrowded. Most jails and prisons in the U.S. hold a larger number of incarcerated persons than their intended capacities. Despite the fact, courts still sentence persons to imprisonment. Invariably, the problem of overcrowded...

17 sept. 2015
doc

Harmonization of gender based violence messages for use in IEC materials

Essay - 12 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Gender-based violence is a global pandemic and human rights violation that hinders both individual and societal development. Furthermore, the prevailing socioeconomic and political inequalities between the sexes ensure that women and girls are most susceptible to violence. Global surveys...

17 sept. 2015
doc

Cognitive Development Perspectives of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky

Essay - 5 pages - Psychology

Teacher preparation with regard to teaching students is a very sensitive issue and there is need to consider the cognitive development perspectives of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. These two theorists provide different perspectives about young children's learning patterns, but they both have...

17 sept. 2015
doc

College education issues : My struggle with anti intellectual

Essay - 2 pages - Educational studies

Paul Stoller's writing “My Struggle with Anti-Intellectual” is an encouragement to students on their need to think critically. According to the writer, the Huffington post readers responded furiously towards the writing. Charles Murray who is a scholar within the American Enterprise...

17 sept. 2015
doc

Violent crime and its relationship to videos games and violent television shows

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

There has been an influx in the number of Television shows and violent video games that different people in today's generation are being exposed to. With the current trends and lack of supervision from the parents and guardians on the content that the children access it has become utterly...

16 sept. 2015
doc

The wellbeing of afghan refugees in Sweden

Dissertation - 65 pages - Psychology

It is traumatizing to become a refugee, not in the sense of insane, frantic or deranged, but in terms of feeling out of place, misplaced or a being cast off. The identity of refugee is narrowed to an Immigrant, delineated by the term category. The reality of a refugee is inverted the moment...

16 sept. 2015
doc

Comparison of Lisa Rofel's Liberation Cohort and the Cultural Revolution Cohort

Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences

The viewpoints of the women, regarding their place in society, in the different cohorts identified by Lisa Rofel differ significantly. The first two cohorts, the Liberation and Cultural Revolution, show the development of women from debased states to a place of advocacy. Essentially their views...

16 sept. 2015
doc

Imperialism and Orientalism - Christianity and Islam

Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences

Christianity and Islam have shared some commonalities since they have some beliefs that are similar and although the two may have shared some good relations and interaction the European Christians and the Middle Eastern Muslims have had their fair share of conflict and aggression in the past. In...