Alex Orr 3/30/03 Multimedia History 1950’s Conformity Following World War II America saw an extreme decade of both conformity and nonconformity. A strong post-war economy meant there was money to spend. Settling down‚ raising a family‚ and owning a home were the established goals of the American dream. Many tried to attain the ideal family depicted on TV shows such as Leave It to Beaver and Father Knows Best. Deviating from this popular culture was the "Beat Generation." The post-war economic
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Prosocial Behavior Jennifer McReynolds University of Phoenix PSYCH 555 Dr. Kimberly Kinsey September 19‚ 2011 Prosocial Behavior Altruism can be defined as an unselfish desire to help other individuals. The issue of whether or not true altruism exists has been studied by social psychologists for a number of years. A brief summary of both sides of this argument will be provided. Each side as described by Jason Nier will be evaluated. One individual’s perspective on the subject will be
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surgery was an obstacle in my academic performance‚ but the care received at the time and over the next few years during recovery made me understand the importance of skilled physicians and PAs. After shadowing Mrs. Stacey Kleinbeil and Ms. Jamie Kinsey‚I got a better insight to a role of a physician assistant.I closely observed their professional etiquette‚interpersonal skills‚importance of teamwork‚ integrative patient care and seeking consultation from physician.I imagined myself in their shoes
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further declares “Today we see the art of the past as nobody saw it before. We actually perceive it in a different way.” Bordo talks about the effect of time and gradual change on our understanding through a study that was carried out in the 1970’s by Kinsey Institute. They showed series of drawings and images of nude male and female models to a group of men and women‚ the result showed “Fifty-four percent of the men were erotically aroused versus 12 percent of the women-in other words‚ more than four
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Assignment 2 – Film and Ideology The definition of the word ideology can be represented in many ways. Today’s basic understanding of the word can be defined as “the body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual‚ group‚ class‚ or culture” (Farlex‚ 2009).Gus Van Sant’s exceptional biopic Milk (Gus Van Sant‚ 2008) depicts the story of Harvey Milk‚ the slain gay-rights activist who became the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history
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High Performance Teams Cheryl McCollister HCA 375 Continuous Monitoring & Accreditation Instructor Jennie Kinsey January 20‚ 2013 High- Performance Teams Sometimes when having a surgery in the hospital‚ things can go wrong. Normally‚ as a team a surgery nurse will make sure that the right body part is marked‚ but we are all human and human is to error. When an error is made and the wrong body part was operated on‚ then the high-performance teams take over and try to figure out what
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connection‚ as well as an emotional and romantic attraction. It is not the same as sexual behavior because it deals with feelings and emotions. This ranges on a scale from exclusive homosexuality to exclusive heterosexuality. The scale is called the “Kinsey Scale” from 0-6. Zero meaning heterosexuality and six meaning homosexuality. There has been a struggle for equality for many years. Through gender‚ race and now sexual orientation. Still to this day there are the struggles of gender and race
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Psychology on Homosexuality One of the deeply debated topics in psychology is homosexuality‚ some psychologists believe that it’s genetic and some believe that it is a learned sexual orientation. In my personal opinion‚ I think that homosexuals are born with that sexual orientation. I believe that a homosexual might not always have fully known they were gay but some part of them always did know. I strongly disagree with the psychologists who say that homosexuality is learned; you just don’t
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Social Biases Paper Faith Jones PSYCH/555 August 12‚ 2013 Dr. Kimberly Kinsey Social Biases Individuals who are not classified as a part of the ingroup are stereotyped‚ shown prejudice‚ and discriminated against. All of these concepts represent acts of bias. This paper will define the concepts of stereotyping‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination. It will also address the differences between subtle and blatant bias. Last‚ the paper hopes to address the impact that bias
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According to‚ "Is There A History of Sexuality?" sex has no history but sexuality does. Sex is natural in order to keep reproducing our species sexual activity has to be performed by a male and a female. Depending on your cultural and religious background it plays a role on individual sexual behavior. Michael Foucault thought of sexuality as‚ “set of effects produced in bodies‚ behaviors‚ and social relations by a certain deployment’ of “a complex political technology.”David M. Halperin author
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