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    Zoos Are Prisons

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    Rachel Olson English King 4 December 1‚ 1999 If you have ever stepped into a zoo‚ you have stepped into a prison in which the inmates are defenseless and innocent‚ the sentence is long‚ and the penalty is cruel and severe. Zoos are not made for educational purposes but for entertainment‚ they do not benefit animals but push them toward extinction. "Zoos range in size and quality from cage-less parks to small roadside menageries with concrete slabs and iron bars." (Zoos: Pitiful Prisons

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    Youth and Media Violence

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    References: Beresin‚ E. (1999). Media violence and youth. Academic Psychiatry; Summer 1999; 23‚ 2; Coursepack pg. 111-114 Olson‚ C. (2004). Media Violence Research and Youth Violence Data: Why Do They Conflict?. Academic Psychiatry; Summer 2004; 28‚ 2; Coursepack pg. 144-150

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    Detective Story

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    “Detective Olson! Thank goodness you’re here. My necklace is missing! You have to find the person who took it!” Detective Monica Olson had just reached the door when Anita Ray burst it open in terror. Monica followed Mrs. Ray into a beautifully decorated room where two professionally dressed men stood. On the table next to them was an empty jewelry box. Through a large‚ opened window behind the table‚ Olson could see someone out back cutting the grass and a small child playing with her dolls.

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    operant conditioning

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    Operant Conditioning B.F Skinner based his work on the work of Edward Thorndike who developed the law of effect theory (Olson & Hergenhahn‚ 2013). Through his work Skinner went on to identify fundamental principles of learning‚ based on experiments with pigeons and rats. From these experiments‚ Skinner developed an explanation as for how humans learn behaviors or change behaviors‚ and went on to infer that patterns of reinforcement shape behavior‚ which is operant conditioning. Comparing

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    Shifting Baselines

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    disappearance of birds and frogs in the countryside to the increased drive time from L. A. to San Diego. If your ideal weight used to be 60 kg and now it ’s 72‚ your baseline as well as your waistline has shifted” (Olson‚ 2002). Shifting Baselines is a term that was put forward in 1995 by Daniel Pauly (Olson 2002) which refers to a moment in our lives when we become unaware of the changes that are taking place around us and we lose track of the past reference points. This theory of shifting baselines syndrome

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    "The Use of Force" by William Carlos Williams features a Doctor by the name of Olson who makes a house call to a patient who quite possibly is deathly sick. His job is to do what it takes to figure out what is ailing this minor (per her parents request). The force he uses is absolutely above and beyond what must be done. Much of what he does is not ethical or moral. After reading the story I am convinced that Doctor Olson had other intentions while "treating" Mathilda. From the first moment he was

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    The End of Race

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    The End of Race What if the human races of the world all vanished into thin air? That’s what Steve Olson proposes in “The End of Race: Hawaii and the Mixing of Peoples”. According to the world everyone is made of a certain race. The two main races are White and Black (African American). But there are others as well‚ including American Indian (Alaska Native)‚ Asian‚ Hispanic (Latino)‚ Native Hawaiian (Other Pacific Islander)‚ or Other. Most people only identify as one corresponding to their birth

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    References: Background[edit source | editbeta] The woman in the painting is Christina Olson (3 May 1893–27 January 1968)

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    Art Analysis

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    in the painting is Anna Christina Olson. It is said she suffered from polio (a muscular deterioration) that paralyzed her from the waist down. Wyeth had a summer home close to Christina’s and was inspired to draw the painting after he saw her crawling through the field of her home. The painting’s wasted limbs and pink dress belong to Christina Olson. The youthful head and torso belong to Betsy Wyeth (Andrew Wyeth’s wife) who was then in her mid-20s. Although Olson was the inspiration and subject of

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    weaknesses. New York: Brunner/Mazel. Nichols‚ M.P. (with Schwartz‚ R.C.) (2006). Family therapy: Concepts and methods. New York: Pearson Education‚ Inc. Olson‚ D.H.‚ McCubbin‚ H.I‚ & Barnes‚ H. et al. (1982). Family inventories: Inventories used in a national survey of families across the family life cycle. St. Paul‚ MN: University of Minnesota. Olson‚ D. H.‚ Russell‚ C.S. & Sprenkle D.H. (1989). Circumplex model: Svstemic assessment and treatment of families. New York: Haworth Press. Schumm‚ W.R. (1986)

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