...Normality What does it mean to be normal? Well if you ask Webster’s dictionary about the concept of normality you get: “the state or fact of being the way things usually are”. But is it really that simple? Can you just define what it means to be normal with only a few lines and dots on a piece of paper? Is it actually possible to define normality as things being as they usually are? If everything is as it usually is there would never be any change. Even if you look at normality seen from a mathematical perspective which is perhaps the most simple way of looking at normality things are almost never as they usually are. In mathematics you add all the numbers up and find an average. Most people are usually either above or below the average. But if we look back at our definition of normality it suddenly becomes normal to be either above or below average. However this may seem a bit confusing because in mathematics we accept that the average is what is normal but it turns out that it is not necessarily the usual. This means that it might be a lot harder to define normality than just using a few words. For example if we look at someone who is physically handicapped they might not be “normal” in the way they look but there are lots of other people in their situation and it is socially acceptable. We have made it a part of our daily lives and there are even parking spots specifically for handicapped people and they have all the same rights as the rest of us which leads me...
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...order to rebut the common narrative of the media. She begins by painting an idyllic scene: Children playing at a barbecue. “While the ribs were on the grill, we would play Motown hits on the record player another cousin brought over for the occasion”(ll. 7-8). This image immediately creates empathy and identification with the reader, and dismantles the image that the common person has of Detroit as a dilapidated city. By anchoring the reader with an emotional standpoint right from the beginning, Carolyn establishes a bond of trust between her and the audience, thereby engaging them in the essay. This bond of trust is needed for her argumentation to work, because she draws mainly on her own experiences to convince the audience. As she takes the reader on a journey through her upbringing, she commits further to explaining the events leading up to the bankruptcy through a lens of normality. She also addresses one of...
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...IS IT BETTER TO BE MAD OR BAD.1 This essay will discuss normal and abnormal behaviour and how the definition of psychologists differentiates although defining normal and abnormal behaviour can be problematic because there is no single definition. It will also look at the current treatment of mental health and how to tackle these issues in the future. There are many ways that normal and abnormal behaviour can be defined for instant one concept is based on statistical for example something which is unusual to the society. Statistically: In this definition of abnormality behaviors which are seen as statistically rare are considered to be abnormal. In terms of statistics, abnormal behaviour involves any behaviour that is significantly different from the norm. for instance some one who is very clever is considered normal in terms of cleverness average on the other hand if some one is less or below the average he or she is considered abnormal. Therefore in the statistical impression, strange behavior improper behaviour could be classified as abnormal. Deviation from Social Norms defines the change or deviation of an individual, from society's traditional acts for example in some cultural backgrounds when couple are getting married women is responsible for every thing while others give the responsibility to the man and they thing other except from their tradition cultural believes is abnormal and they think if some does something different that he or she is deviated from cultural...
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...Shining” and successful novels such as “Carrie”. Stephen King has continuously illustrated that when it comes to horror there isn’t only one way to present a horrific story. In Stephen King’s essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he presents several rational explanations about why we love horror movies, even though it puts a peculiar fear in viewers. King utilizes persuasive techniques such as pathos and logos, as well as comparisons to real life events to draw connections between horror and other areas of entertainment which in the end illustrates why movie enthusiasts crave horror. Stephen King, born in Portland, Maine, has had to deal with change throughout his lifetime. As a young child his father, Donald King, departed the family leaving young King, brother David, and his mother Nellie Ruth behind. Soon after the departure they moved to Connecticut only to return to Maine. A traumatic event, only claimed to be true by King’s family, occurred involving a gruesome death of his friend. King doesn’t recall the train accident but it can be seen that witnessing something this gruesome can bring out a living horror in an individual. This event could be what drives...
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...the digital age is the interaction of commerce between two businesses electronically either through the internet, intranet, extranet or some other private network, which can also include VAN (value added network). The introduction and advancement of many web based technologies has given more companies the ability to have their influence felt in cyberspace. This includes communicating between other businesses and their customers and also made their transactions between the various parties much more efficient and simpler. It has gone as far as some business models incorporating business to business transactions in to their supply chain theories. This makes sense because the business to business transaction systems are quickly becoming a normality in the business market and not just a comparative advantage. In other words, it is quickly being a viability factor and not an advantage factor. In regards to the type of market that business to business commerce are used in, there are two types of markets. A vertical market transaction is one that involves other businesses that are involved in the same production...
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...intimate relations, for public gaze or scrutiny. The purpose of this essay for you to play the role of an ANTHROPOLOGIST studying STRANGE popular cultural treatments of: A) youth subculture; or, B) the nuclear family unit. Your outline and final essay must view either topic A or B from three different social science theoretical perspectives or theories (suggestions: structural functionalism, Marxism, deviance or labeling theory, feminism, men’s movement, queer theory, marketing theory, youth transition theory, leisure or sub-cultural theory, etc.). The movies will provide opportunities for you to practice casting a “serious eye” on the historical and social construction of “normal” class, race and gender roles, and their links to social institutions (family and school). You should look/imagine how the film provide “primary source” evidence of particular norms, values, ideologies, rituals or worldviews, at a point in time. The sitcoms tend to take a light-heated or silly approach to dark and serious social issues. You should look/imagine how sitcoms over 3 decades have emphasized elite prejudices, stereotypes, punished nonconformity, and promoted or reinforced heterosexism, classism, sexism, etc. AND also how sitcoms resisted them? Can sitcoms or films be forces for cultural change? Late Penalty: 1 mark per day. Not accepted after Feb 28th. Outline (PowerPoint or Prezi. Keep a CVC until your final essay is graded in April): Slides 1: Introduction (one paragraph, identify...
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...Rodriguez Summary-Composition I Sandy Rankin-11:50 class September 22, 2014 Summary of Stephen King’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies” In Stephen King’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies”, King attempts to convince the reader that humans are all somewhat mentally unstable by laying out specific situations where we enjoy being frightened, and witness others doing the same. Throughout the essay, King analyzes the reasons why we are so attracted to horrifying events, and states that we have to metaphorically “lift up a trap door in the civilized forebrain and throw a basket of raw meat to the hungry alligators swimming around in that subterranean river beneath” preventing the chance of those demons getting out. As the essay progresses, King explains how watching horror movies entertains the demons or feeds the “alligators” within us which causes us to believe that we aren’t awful, or at least as awful as the actual lynchers in the movies. Horror movies “provide psychic relief”, as King says, that allow our emotions to be expressed like the fear that we try to overcome by proving our normality as we are able to watch as many nauseating scenes as we desire. He says that there is a “potential lyncher” living within each and every one of us that has to be set free from time to time through more actions that seem normal like telling sick jokes. The universal popularity of horrific entertainment portrays how several people share the same curiosity, obsession, and interest in this phenomenon...
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...The initial lines of Porphyria’s Lover similarly imply the protagonist’s unusual frame of mind. The use of pathetic fallacy and personification, for instance, “the sullen wind” is not only effective in creating a cold and melancholy atmosphere, but may be representative of the narrator’s mind; consequently, there is a strong sense of foreboding. The abnormal psychology of the narrator is further exemplified through the description of how the wind “did its worst to vex the lake”. Likewise, the wind is “awake” and tears down “the elm-tops for spite”. Thus, the wind is perhaps an emblem of the narrator’s destructive capacity: it could be argued that the lake is representative of Porphyria, and the wind is representative of the narrator’s anger towards Porphyria. In this sense, the narrator’s anger is possibly a consequence of his inability to possess the femininity that Porphyria exudes. Similarly, in The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe’s imagery describing the decadence of the house is perhaps an attempt to symbolise the narrator’s degenerating mental state. Also, the “Haunted Palace” that is occupied by “evil things... (that) assailed the monarch’s high estate” is possibly an allusion to how his mind is being possessed by the malevolent forces that ostensibly surround the house. In The Wasp Factory, Frank’s father also displays an abnormal state of mind, which is demonstrated through his efforts to exert constant authority over his daughter. Mr Cauldhame has ultimately left...
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...witnessed struggling with this issue. WHAT WAS OBSERVED: I observed many different individuals struggling with a variety of problems either in the form of alcoholism, drug addiction, but the main issue that seems to be the problem is mental illness. Poverty is just a symptom that results from not being able to function in society. Yes, there were families; however, this seemed to be the minority. It’s very concerning to see the children that reside in the mission and makes you wonder how do you have any advantage moving forward in life if this is your foundation. The shelter or Mission is a large facility that houses several hundred each night including women and children. There are strict rules in place to provide some sense of normality to the individuals who stay there nightly, plus to provide a degree of safety. Some who cause issues are temporary suspended from residing in the shelter and some are permanently banned due to not following the rules that are in place. HOW DID THE EXPERIENCE AFFECT ME: I have different feelings in how the experience affected me, because of my career, I’ve served 13 years as a law enforcement officer and most of that has been within the downtown area. During my time on patrol I’ve had many interactions with our homeless population, many with substance abuse problems. In seeing how many of the...
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...This assignment is designed to shift your viewpoint just a bit and hopefully help make clear what it is like to be different from the mainstream of society, as well as how the perception of normality is based on how closely you resemble the majority of people. There are two concepts at work. One is institutionalized discrimination, in which groups or categories of people are placed at some level of disadvantage by the normal way that society operates. The other is the fact that we can learn to appreciate that differences do matter and that becoming aware of those differences will make interactions with others much easier. Spend a morning living in a world that is designed for someone else. Here's how: Hold a ping-pong ball or a similar object in your right hand (left if you are a lefty) and then slip a sock over it and tie or tape it in place. Keep your fingers folded around the ball inside the sock and try to go about your normal activities. The two main things you want to avoid are letting the ball get out of your closed hand and getting the sock wet. Most of us are right-handed, and this should give you some sense of how much of our daily activities revolve around that fact. When you must use your left hand rather than your right, things seem to be a bit awkward, don't they? If you want a real example, try to use a wall-mounted pencil sharpener, open a bottle of wine with a corkscrew, or turn the pages of a book. Are lefties at a disadvantage? Go price a set of left-handed...
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...when Cuba's foreign trade plummeted because of the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was the last year of normality, and total imports to Cuba fell by 75%. 2. The Sugar production in Cuba has fallen by 50% (3 years) in recent years because Cuba’s fertilizer imports fell. Cuba also went through fuel shortages which caused the workers to use one their hands instead of machines to harvest the crop. 3. The disappearance of the Soviet Union from Cuba and the inability to receive medical supplies has led to the decline in the much vaunted medical care system in Cuba. Since the Soviet Union supported them heavily, Cuba lacked medical equipment and medicine in their medical system. 4. After the summer of 1993 it has been legal for Cubans to have dollars. Having easier access to dollars from tourism, open exile money pocket books. Family in America sending back money to their people in Cuba. The Cuban government decided to legalize them because they were being sold on the black market. 5. The professionals who supported the Cuban revolution the most suffered economically because they supported the Cuban revolution they are unlikely to have contact with relatives in the exile community. 6. The average Cuban yearly salary was about 2400 pesos which equals about 24 dollars. 7. According to Jesse Jackson, the American policy towards Cuba has driven the US to its limits with Cuba. ESSAY: In some ways the US embargo and known as "the blockade" helped Cuba along with also helping themselves...
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...examples of your choice, consider how these genres mediate the ‘problem’ of the social. How significant is ideology, as well as genre theory, to your case-study? This essay will explore the ways in which the horror genre perpetuates repressive and oppressive social institutions, value systems and codes of behaviour surrounding the homosexual subject. It will be suggested that the generic conventions of horror films sustain repressive understandings of the normative order which position the homosexual subject as a threatening ‘other’. This essay will offer the opinion that it is through these representations that the horror genre produces the ideological figure of the ‘monstrous homosexual’. The discourses and ideologies explored will primarily be those relating to coding of the homosexual subject as predator and paedophile. This essay will engage with genre theory in order to demonstrate how narrative repetition in the horror genre mediates the homosexual subject as a disruption to the social order which must be eliminated in order to restore the heteronormative order. The methodology of genre theory will first be outlined, and the generic conventions of the horror film will be explored. The methodology of discourse analysis will also be employed in order to expose the ideologies at play in the case study. This essay will take Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm St II: Freddy’s Revenge as a case study in the examination of the oppressive and repressive social institutions, value systems...
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...University of Phoenix Material Biological Psychology Worksheet Answer the following questions in short-essay format. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. What is biological psychology? Biological Psychology is more known for behavioral and neurobiology neuroscience. This is a very interesting and exciting one. It is chiefly concerned with elucidating the neurobiological basis of psychological and behavioral phenomena. The interesting accomplished by being able to get images of the brain and trying to determine the location of the mental process, watching the activity of different components of our brain, allowing us to study the effect of behavior, and the effect of our brains outputs. The field has grown over the past decades due to the expansion of computer technology and the greater understanding of genetics and biology and the fMRI imaging machines. 2. What is the historical development of biological psychology? The historical development of biopsychology is traced as far back as the ancient Greek era. It became the Roman church who dictated much of the human behavior according to their religious beliefs. After the Dark Ages subsided a new way of thinking was born and this period is called the Renaissance era. With this era came new ways of studying things, ways to see things by observing them and this was how modern science was founded. 3. Name one to three important theorists associated with biological...
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...many environmental problems have been ignored when it mainly focused on a higher pace of economic growth for a long time. In this paper, we aim at finding the relationship between air pollutions and its potential contributor—industrial development. And we are also interested in finding out which department in industry contributes most to air pollution. With these questions, it is essential for us to bring our analysis into a practical and comprehensive content. In this paper, we choose air pollution indicators and industry output in provincial level, thus we would like to test it based on different regions. We use the fixed effect model to construct the data and use hypothesis testing to testify our model through three characteristics: normality, heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation. After the regression and test, we come to the conclusion that basically our model is an appropriate one although several data and time series problems limit its further accuracy. And what is more, the result is quite accordance with our assumption that industrial sectors do effect the environment to some extent and among all the sectors we discuss, mining is the most overarching element. In order to obtain a better and more convincing result, we still need more information about air quality in our further study and research. Keywords: air pollution; industrial sector Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Identification of the research problem “It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and...
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...Once Upon a Shop The essay “Once Upon a Shop” is written by the British writer Jeanette Winterson, and was first published in The Observer on June 13 2010. The text is about Jeanette Winterson’s vegetable shop, Verde, located in Spitalfields in the East End of London. In this essay Winterson tells the story of how she got to open the shop, Verde, what thoughts and ambition lay behind her decision not to sell out to a cooperative brand, but instead open her own small shop. In an ever-changing world, where time seems to fly by, and more people seem to be attracted to money and power, Winterson persuades the reader to rethink their set of values and to prioritise what, at the end of the day, will really have meant something. These are some of the issues that appear in Jeanette Winterson’s essay. The world is fuelled by power and money. Government control the taxes; control who gets to pay less and who gets to pay more. In a world where you have to decide between quality or quantity, ecological or cheap, fast expedition or personal expedition, it is hard for small businesses to stay a-float. “I started the shop because I believe working from the bottom up is a good idea. Verde can’t tackle Tesco round the corner, nor can it change the fixed supply chains and discounting that make it so hard for small shops to compete with big business.” Winterson believes in the value of good workmanship, but claims that the government is fault for the prevailing belief, that time is money, and...
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