...The Nazi regime came to power in German in 1933. In the same year, in August, Stanley Milgram was born into a working class Jewish family in the Bronx in New York City. Throughout his childhood Stanley was acutely aware of his family’s worries concerning Nazi Germany. Milgram (1963) was interested in understanding how Nazi officers and soldiers could commit the atrocities they did in the Holocaust. Milgram became interested especially in obedience since it was being suggested after the Second World War that the German people must have some national character defect which made them especially susceptible to obeying orders. At the Nuremburg trials after the World war 11, Nazi justified that they were only following orders. It is important to...
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...American Society. Since the nineteen eighties childhood obesity rates have tripled and have started in earlier in age. In high school students obesity rates have risen by fifteen percent. In four states obesity rates for adults have exceeded thirty five percent. Obesity is being portrayed as being beautiful, which people should be comfortable in their own skin, but the health effects that obesity causes is far from beautiful. Nearly seventy eight million adults and almost thirteen million children are obese in the United States. In the 1950's the percentage of obese adults was only ten percent, and has now risen to thirty five percent. An adult is averaged to weigh twenty six more pounds more than...
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...cognitive-developmental theory and Erikson’s psychosocial theory. I will identify similarities and differences. Finally, I will discuss how these theories relate to my goals in research. Piaget’s Cognitive-Developmental Theory Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a Swiss theorist who conducted research studies on cognitive development. Although he observed his own children, his theory is one of the key theories of human development. Piaget published several books on childhood development, psychology, moral judgment, and intelligence (Berk, 2010). Few of his major works that I will use for this assignment are: The Moral Judgment of the Child (1948), The Early Growth of Logic in the Child (1964), Biology and Knowledge (1971). Piaget’s four stages address infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence (Mussen, 1983). Piaget believed that there is a significant connection between biological and cognitive development. Human beings physically, mentally, and emotionally adapt to their environment (Piaget, 1971). In early childhood, the child has a lack of logical thinking that will develop through everyday experiences (Inhelder & Piaget, 1964). As the child grows, her or his learning processes and interactions with others will shape his or her thinking and behaviors (Piaget, 1932). Piaget...
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...A Memoir by Bill Bryson: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is about his childhood life in the eastern reign of America 1950’s era. He channels his experiences through his eyes in Des Moines, Iowa about his imagination with superpowers, friendships with new people throughout the years and family trials. In the book he talks about events that changed history and all types of new inventions that come out during his adulthood, more in the fourteenth chapter of the book, but he shines the problems of America as thou it’s just a small nuisance in Iowa. During his childhood, Bryson soon discovered that his parents can’t be his biological family and that he’s not from earth but a distant planet called planet electro because of what he found in his house. It was a sweater with a golden thunderbolt and no one in the family knew about it and assumed he was sent to earth by king Volton. Now with this new discovery he spent all his time zapping morons and shooting his thunder vision at people, mostly women’s clothing, that he’s been perfecting for years with his very...
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...for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the Hollywood blacklist. 1920: Parker's caustic wit as a critic initially proved popular, but she was eventually terminated by Vanity Fair in 1920 after her criticisms began to offend powerful producers too often. 1925: When Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, Parker and Benchley were part of a "board of editors" established by Ross to allay concerns of his investors. 1934: In 1934, she married Alan Campbell, an actor with aspirations to become a screenwriter. 1936: At the behest of Otto Katz, a covert Soviet Comintern agent and operative of German Communist Party agent Willi Muenzenberg, Parker helped to found the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League in 1936 (which was suspected by the FBI of being a Communist Party front). 1941: She wrote additional dialogue for The Little Foxes in 1941 and received another Oscar nomination, with Frank Cavett, for 1947's Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman, starring Susan Hayward. 1950: Dorothy...
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...fast food industry is the fastest growing business in the United States, and with that, rising obesity levels are devastating the United States through the easy access of unhealthy food from the fast food industry. As the United States spend more money on fast food, the obesity and diabetes rate in the United States have spiked in recent years, as well as the amount of money that is spent on obesity and diabetes related illnesses. This year alone, 150 billion dollars was spent on obesity related illnesses and 174 billion dollars was spent on diabetes related illnesses which is nearly 150% higher than the numbers before the fast food industry took off. The fast food industry has negatively affected the health of Americans, tripling childhood obesity in the past 30 years, raising the obesity rate to 67%, and increasing the death toll from diabetes illnesses. In a study from the Health Directory, Americans ingest nearly 500 more calories daily than we in the 1960’s. In that same report, they state that “heart disease is the leading cause of death” and that cardiovascular disease “kills nearly 1 million people each year”. With 2,000 locations opening each year alone for McDonalds, it is not surprising that 50 millions Americans eat fast food daily. So with the constantly growing number of fast food restaurants, it is likely that the obesity rates will continue to rise, along with the heart disease and diabetes...
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...Early Childhood Environment The Nebraska Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Education (1994) describe an appropriate learning environment for the young child: "The primary learning environment provides time and opportunities for children to experience and respond creatively to their world. The learning environment is social in nature, providing a secure and stimulating climate for all children. It provides time and opportunities for children to take appropriate risks and to explore and investigate their world. Children have experiences which encourage them to interact with others, to develop interpersonal skills, and to work and learn cooperatively." (p. 3) Lombardi (1992) notes that the early childhood environment should be based on developmentally appropriate practice: "Programs for young children should not be seen as either play-oriented or academic. Rather, developmentally appropriate practice, whether in a preschool or a primary classroom, should respond to the natural curiosity of young children, reaffirm a sense of self, promote positive disppositions towards learning, and help build increasingly complex skills in the use of language, problem solving, and cooperation." Effective Grouping Practices An important organizational issue in early childhood education is the grouping of children. Traditionally, children have been grouped by grade-level designations according to age and ability. Many effective early childhood programs do not follow this...
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...‘’Applying material from Item A and your knowledge evaluate sociological explanations of the changes in the status of childhood.’’(20 marks) Sociologists believe that childhood is created and defined by society. They also believe that it is a social construct in developing society and how it plays its part. Previously in different periods there wasn’t a consistent difference between adults and children. However, now there is with clear differences and distinctions between the two. Childhood found its place in society after the pre-industrial society with families living in an extended environment. With extended families a lot of members it doesn’t create the difference between childhood and adulthood. As item A states ‘’there was little distinction between children and adults’’ in the past. Aries (1960) suggested that ‘the idea of childhood did not exist’. After Aries studied from previous art pieces and diaries from the time period he claimed that children that once children had not passed the dependency of infancy they were treated as ‘mini adults’. With labelling children as mini adults it implied that they held the same: rights, duties and skills as adults had. Aries argued the fact that children are not or should not be seen no different to adults from the way they act in society. He also proposed that childhood began to emerge from the 13th century and this was partly due to the rise in education and the individuality children then had compared to adults. Clothing...
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...today and Society in the 1950’s In the past sixty years are country has seen overwhelming change. Some change has been for the best, while much has been for the worse. We’ve seen amazing advancements in technology and made huge strides in the health field. Unfortunately we’ve also lost a lot of common sense and have a lack of morals and dignity. In the 1950’s family’s usually stayed together. Today a very big percentage of marriages end in divorce. In the fifties families ate dinner around the table together. Today people have such busy, hectic schedules that family meals are rare and often eaten in front of the TV. In the fifties jobs were easy to come by. Factories were everywhere and paid well enough to comfortably support a middle class family. Today good paying jobs are hard to find and most require a big, expensive degree and even then it’s not guarantee a job. In the 1950’s most mothers were able to and chose to stay home and raise their children. Today most mothers either do not want to or cannot afford to stay home, resulting in children spending most of their childhood in daycare while their mothers work. In the 1950’s children usually played outside, and it was safe enough for them to wander all over the neighborhood. Today kids spend most of their time watching TV and playing video games and can’t just roam around with their friends outside anymore. In the 1950s people often left their doors unlocked. Today that’s unthinkable. In the 1950s people felt more involved...
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... . C.S. Lewis had a very happy and carefree childhood. Thankfully, his only little problem was people persistantly called him C.S. Lewis but he really wanted to be called Jack. He lived in a huge house in the town of Belfast, which is in Ireland. Jack and his older brother Warren spent their time romping around in their beautiful garden outside the house. When they were not out, Jack was in the library happily reading. This might not have been as happy and carefree to most people, but Jack loved it. Even though Jack had a happy childhood, his happiness came to an end. Tragiclly, his mother sadly passed away after being very ill in 1908. As if that was not bad enough, Jack and Warren had to go away to boarding school in England only a month after their mother's death. Jack hated this school because all of the teachers were too strict. Luckily for Jack, the school closed in the year of 1910. Then it re-opened a year later. This time Jack who hated it a year before, loved it. He successfully learned to speak French,German,and Italian fluently. Even Jacks happy childhood came to an end He ended up being satisfied with his school. From 1943-1954 Jack wrote the wonderfully great children's book...
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...issue of paralyzed and spinal injuries in military veterans. There are currently over 100,000 veterans with these types of catastrophic injuries in America. Ron Kovic was a Marine Corp Sergeant who served two tours in the Vietnam War to return home paralyzed. His memoirs chronicle his experience both overseas and back home and show his transformation from a “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to a major antiwar activist. The Vietnam War substantially changed the culture of America. The 1950’s post World War II culture as described by Kovic was very stereotypically “Leave it to Beaver” he had a two parent home, mom stayed home dad worked. They were a good Catholic family and Ron just wanted to do well in baseball and make his parents proud. Ron grew up in a very patriotic environment. His childhood memories include fireworks on his birthday, playing war games with his friends, watching War movies starring John Wayne and Audie Murphy and feeling pride reciting the pledge of allegiance (Kovic 83). His childhood friends and fellow soldiers grew up with similar experiences and this romanticized version of War and war heroes was typical of the decades leading up to the Vietnam conflict. Cold War tensions categoristic of the time were evident in cultural references during the 1960’s with shows on TV about double crossing communist agents and fascination with the Space Race dominating Ron’s life. With just enough patriotism and a mix of fear of nuclear destruction young men around Kovic’s...
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...Mickey Mouse and Margaritas, are favorite words from my childhood one I have loved since childhood, and the other I enjoy as an adult. Body: I. My first word is Monkey. A. As a kid I had a fascination with monkeys 1. Wanted a spider monkey a. Got plenty of stuffed monkey instead. B. Monkeys are very social animals 1. However they are unpredictable 2. Destructive, expensive 3. Need a lot of attention C. Spider monkeys 2. Live in tropical rain forest 3. Have long lanky arms and gripping tails a. tails are up to 35 inches long 3. weigh 21 to 24 pounds II. My second work is Mickey Mouse A. Another childhood favorite of mine was, and still is, Mickey Mouse 1. Red shorts white gloves and big yellow shoes 2. Round mouse ears 3. Gets into mischief 4. Extremely imaginative B. First appearance in 1928 1. Steamboat Willie 2. Appeared in over 130 films 3. 9 of his cartoons were nominated for academy awards a. Lend a paw won in 1942 4. Became the first cartoon character to have a star on Hollywood Blvd. III. My last word is one I enjoy as an adult, Margarita. A. Good drink on a hot summer night 1. Applies to both sour and sweet taste buds. B. Margaritas can be made several ways 1. Most common tequila 2. Flavored liqueur 3. Lime or lemon juice C. Margaritas can be serve many ways 1. On the rocks 2. With a salted rim 3. Frozen 4. Straight up D. Have been around since 1950’s 1. Not sure who actually created the first margarita ...
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...Alexandra Gehrs James Watson James Watson was born on April 6th, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the only son of Jean and James D. Watson, who was a businessman from English descent. He had one sister named Elizabeth Jean Watson, whom he loved very much. Watson grew up on the southside of Chicago and attended the public schools in the area.Watson attended Horace Mann Grammar School for eight years, and South Shore High School for two years. During his childhood, Watson was fascinated with bird watching with his father, pointing out all of the different types of birds and their ways of living. In 1943, he received a scholarship to the University of Chicago, where he enrolled at fifteen years old. Four years later, he graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology. He then attended Indiana University to work on his PhD in Zoology. He graduated in 1950 from Indiana and started to transform his childhood love of bird watching into genetics. During his time at Indiana, Watson had begun to work with X-ray imaging. His thesis was a study based on the effect of intense X-rays on bacterial reproduction, which led him to study more in depth with X-ray imaging and observing photographic patterns created by them. In the fall of 1951, Watson met Maurice Wilkins at Cambridge University. He saw for the first time crystalline DNA’s X-ray diffraction...
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...A. What made the 50s a golden era for children and teenagers were because there was stale separation rate, a low number of women in the workforce, a high birth rate, increase family income, and the development of child-centered suburbs. Regardless, as the years continue ahead the splendid time of secured pre-adulthood and youngster of the 1950s created what Mintz calls the "youthqauke "of the 1960s. Divorces rates began to double and women started to reappear in the workforce, especially the individuals who were housewives in the 1950s. The worry about "prepared" childhood introduced a period of endeavors at more prominent institutional control, especially in school. The call for expanded testing and institutionalization of the school educational...
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...It includes the crudely drawn mockingbird motif seen on promotional posters, that is torn and ripped apart, foreshadowing the racial divisions within the town and the tearing apart of Scout’s innocence. This loss of innocence is also explored through the subplot surrounding Boo Radley. One of the primary themes in the film is loss of innocence. As the events of the film unfold, Scout loses her childhood ignorance and become aware of the divide between good and evil and empathy for others. Through the events of Tom Robinson’s trial and her empathy for Boo Radley, Scout comes to understand the advice Atticus gave her about not fully understanding a person ‘until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.’ A Variety movie review describes the Finch children’s coming of age as the move from ‘the realm of wild childhood fantasy to the horizon of maturity, responsibility, compassion and social...
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