Weight stigma or bias generally refers to negative weight-related attitudes toward an overweight or obese individual. These attitudes are often manifested by negative stereotypes (e.g.‚ that obese persons are “lazy” or “lacking in willpower”)‚ social rejection and prejudice. Weight stigma includes verbal teasing (e.g.‚ name calling‚ derogatory remarks‚ being made fun of‚ etc.)‚ physical aggression (e.g.‚ hitting‚ kicking‚ pushing‚ shoving‚ etc.) and relational victimization (e.g.‚ social exclusion‚ being
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culture and identity. New Brunswick‚ NJ: Rutgers University Press. Asher‚ S.R.‚ & Coie‚ J.D. (1990). Peer rejection in childhood. New York: Cambridge University Press. Cillessen‚ A.H.N.‚ & Mayeux‚ L. (2004). From censure to reinforcement: Developmental changes in the association between aggression and social status. Child Development‚ 75‚ 147–163. Coie‚ J.D.‚ & Cillessen‚ A.H.N. (1993). Peer rejection: Origins and effects on children’s development. Current Directions in Psychological Science‚ 2‚ 89–92
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It is tempting to focus completely on an individual when studying that person’s development. After all‚ as the topic of study‚ he or she should contain a wealth of information about his or her former development. However‚ that is not necessarily the case. From birth to death‚ many external factors‚ most of them outside of the individual’s control‚ come together to shape a person’s personal‚ cognitive‚ and social growth. In studying these outside factors‚ a more complete knowledge of the person’s
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have a tantrum and they may fight with their peers or be violent. Also another cause/trigger of aggression could be if a child’s peer would not share a toy and this could trigger the child to behave violently and either lash out or throw objects in rejection of their peer. This could be challenging for a teacher to control‚ especially if that child has a condition which causes them to be particularly more frustrated than other children without conditions. Autism is a condition that often means
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Zimbardo (1973) Aim/ Hypothesis | To investigate the process of Deindividuation by simulating an authentic prison environment. | Method/ Experiment | A simulation of a prison was created in the basement of Stanford University‚ 24 male participants were recruited. One group were given the role as the guards and the other group were the prisoners. Both the guards and prisoners were deindividuated and became anonymous in their group. On arrival they were put into suits with an ID number on the
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a fecal transplant (also called a fecal microbiome transplant‚ or a poop transplant)? Fecal transplant is to obtain fecal‚ or poop‚ sample‚ mix it with saline‚ and place it in patients. This treatment is used to treat clostridium difficile infection which is caused invasion of an anaerobic‚ gram-negative‚ spore-forming bacteria. This invasion is due to the treatment of antibiotics. When a patient acquires antibiotics‚ all the good bacteria is suppressed‚ and the purpose of fecal transplant is to replace
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Brandon Balsirow Professor Long Hon. Good and Evil 11 December 2017 Word Count: 1541 Rejection of Torture Under Any Circumstance Torture should never be used in any form or case‚ not even in the ticking time bomb scenario. The use of torture should not be dependent of ideology‚ whether it be authoritarian‚ communist‚ liberal‚ and anywhere in between. This is truly a matter of morality. Torture strips us of our humanity and we must wonder how a civilized society could ever permit such a barbaric
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Annette Shifflett PSY-310 Dr. Erica St.Germain SNHU Callous-unemotional traits and future offending Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are a known aspect of psychopathic personalities in adults. What this study sought to prove was that CU traits were a predictor of future criminal offending. Although prior criminal history is the greatest predictor of future offending‚ this study showed that self-reported CU traits in elementary age males are “a unique and robust predictor of future offending
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members of the community were asked to take a survey. They also were rewarded with $2 for participating which could be a response bias. These participants were randomly assigned like in the other studies and were primed to either thoughts of social rejection or any negative experience. They were also divided into experiencing the flying simulation or the elimination of physical harm simulation and were later asked to describe their desire for social reconnection. Again‚ the thought of invulnerability
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