...ideology of racism, as a child it didn't really exist to him, "Though...[Wright] had long known that there were people called "white" people, it had never meant anything to [him]...they were merely people like other people..." (23). This shows that as a child Wright, like many others were anonymous to the ideology of racism, and because of this ignorance, many things to Wright didn't make sense because his judgment was coming from that of an individual who was ignorant to the insidious effects of racism. An example of Wrights judgment differing from that of an individual who was well aware of racism and its biases is when Wright is informed that a "black" boy was severely beaten by a "white" man. almost instantly Wright assumes that the man is the boy's father and sees nothing wrong, but after his mother tells him that the man and boy has no relations Wright is left baffled and has more questions about the "white" people (23-24). In that situation Wright looked for the most logically explanation, but racism is not logical at all it cause people to do things irrationally and on impulse, Wright's child mind is struggling to make sense of this because it is unlike what he has normally had to deal with. Another struggles that Wright had to deal with is when he was going to speak in front of his school for graduation and his principal expects him to recite the speech that the principal wrote saying, "You're going to speak to both white and colored people that night" (174). Wright doesn't...
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...where does personal responsibility begin for choices made by individuals? Is the educational system failing boys, or are boys failing themselves? This statement and subject is a very touchy one, whether you are a parent or a teacher. As a parent you see your child as any parent would, a good child who can do no wrong. I believe both the system is failing our boys as well as themselves. I will start off by saying learning starts at home most children are not getting that at home support. To me it is mainly the boys. As a teacher I can see firsthand in my classroom that our boys are being failed. It is very clear who is being taught at home as well as in the classroom. My boys are unable to write their names but can tell me what clothes and shoes they have on. Like I stated in a previous paper it takes one teacher who cares to get around these children today. In article I read Mr. Ferlazzo made some great points. He said “one of the key elements of helping students develop more intrinsic motivation is developing relationships”. Mr. Ferlazzo also stated, when you bring something a child likes to learn about in the classroom you will get good response. I notice in my classroom my boys like “the ninja turtles”. In order to teach them numbers and letters I printed out ninja turtle cut-out and placed each number and letter to the paper. Studies have shown that young boys need positive male role models Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10616/Is-school-biased-boys...
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...Color Psychology Paper Research Question: How does color affect one’s mood? Review of Literature: Colors may just seem simple and unimportant, but they affect our daily lives more than we may know. If someone is feeling angry, it could just be because they’re angry, or it could be perhaps that they are surrounded by or looking at the color red. That’s right! People’s moods can change just because they are looking at different colors! There are many theories on how just a simple color can change one’s whole mood. According to Johnson (2007), color does affect mood by producing certain chemicals and stimulating different feelings such as hunger. For example, blue can make one feel calm because it releases calming chemicals, and red can make one hungry because it is an appetite stimulant. Yellow can make one feel irritated, and it is a fact that people lose their temper most in yellow rooms. However, pink is tranquilizing and can make one feel weak. In conclusion, Johnson says that depending on the color, one’s body can do things (like producing chemicals) that cause a certain emotional reaction (mad, sad, etc.). Another idea, by Smith (2007), is that the effect color produces is based on what one’s body does in response. For example, yellow is mentally stimulating, and activates memory, whereas red increases confidence. Also, brown can make a person feel orderly and stable, while a dark blue can make one feel sad. Therefore, Smith says that different colors do in fact change...
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...or communist society? Would you want to live there? Why or why not? Response Posts: Create a 100-word response to at least 2 of your fellow classmates by replying to their Initial Post regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. Please consider the following questions when responding: • Do any of the student's statements make you reconsider your position? If so, which ones made you change your mind? • If not, what additional points can you make to directly refute your peer's statements? • What did you learn from your classmate's posting? • What clarification do you need regarding the posting? Huma Shuntina Heard Unit 5 DB I had an experience early in life when it comes to a socialist society. As a young kid around eight or nine me, my sisters and friend girls watch our brother and guy friends go to the Boys Club of Memphis every day. We were a part of girls scout and they were a part of boycott but they had the Boys club to go to after school and weekends. We would stand outside and wonder want went on in there and wanted to be a part of it so bad. We were told that because we were girls we weren’t allowed. At that time neither of us understood why. Soon after that our part and the communities all over the United States signed papers and protested. Then it becomes the Boys and Girls Club of America in my city. Other city changed to and now their Boys and Girls Club...
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...in 1964. Rosaleen, both perverse and determined in nature, goes into town, accompanied by fourteen year old Lily Owens. As the two are curtly greeted by a posse of local authoritative racists, Rosaleen proudly declares “I’m going to register my name so I can vote” (31). Her action, while legal on documented paper is regarded as felonious to most white men of the region. The men mock Rosaleen until she “lifted her snuff jug, which was filled with black spit, and calmly poured it across the tops of the men’s shoes, moving her hand in little...
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...ENGL-154 Paper #2 Aarthi Ramesh ‘David’s Un-Happy Ending’ Loneliness is a central theme governing the interactions of the characters pertaining to the novel, Giovanni’s Room. David’s words are a source of wisdom for why loneliness so frequently follows the actualization of love. He says, “With this fearful intimation there opened in me a hatred for Giovanni which was as powerful as my love and which was nourished by the same roots” (p 84). Baldwin perhaps is trying to hint at the thin line separating what we perceive as love from that which we perceive as hate. Similarly, we can identify these components within the pages of Baldwin’s novel. In David, we find a most emphatically unpleasant and disagreeable protagonist; he is often seen as unsympathetic, and almost cruel. Yet, depictions such as, “I felt sorrow and shame and panic and great bitterness” paint a picture of an individual to whom, we must all admit to being able to relate. This stylistic quality, noted by its use of subtlety and skill of realistic depiction of certain elements of personality that are irrefutably universal, and consequently human, betrays a prose that is characteristically, and uniquely, Baldwin. Such being the case, we find in David, a protagonist who is simultaneously intriguing and reprehensible; the consequence of which is an engaging narrative of self-discovery. This curious dichotomy of emotions that David’s character evokes within...
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...Kamal Namou Comp. Lit. 121 Response Paper The short story of A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane has meaning even before the story begins, its creative title brings to mind a dark brown dog who represents a man just being freed from the chains of slavery. The author, Shane Crane, uses his own experiences of owning a dog as a young boy and how the dog reacted to that. This makes symbolism the main literary element used throughout this story. Being written in 1890 the story is a response to the reconstruction era in the Untied States shortly after the time period of slavery was abolished known as Jim Crow. This was a time here in the United States after the civil war when slaves had been emancipated, and equality was supposedly underway. Unfortunately as we all know that was not the case, many blacks were still subjected to slavery in different ways across the country. In the story the dark brown dog takes on the role of a former slave, the symbolism then begins with a rope tied around the poor dog. It shows how yes the slave may now be “free”, but what can he do with that freedom when he has nowhere to live so the dog is forced to walk the long lonely path hoping someone will come and save him. When the dog is explained to be stumbling and awkwardly moving it resembles that of a being not knowing what to make of its newfound freedom without guidance. Then a little boy is introduced showing the new generation of southerners in the United States. When the two meet they...
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...He builds upon this idea by describing an experiment between two young boys, Dan and Mark, who were faced with the dilemma of being rewarded with an uneven amount of erasers for doing the same amount of work. He thoroughly articulates the popular responses that were received; as stated, “Children overwhelmingly reported that the experimenter should throw away the fifth eraser… It might seem as though these responses reflect a burning desire for equality, but more likely they reflect a wish for fairness.” It is evident from this simple situation that fairness is the ideal that most naturally try to achieve. Had Dan and Mark done unequal amounts of work, more erasers would have been given to the boy who completed the most to make the situation fair rather than equal. It has nothing to do with having each boy treated in the same manner, but rather ensuring that they are properly kept on the same playing field. Such an event is quite similar to the Black Lives Matter Movement, which is centered around ending the violence and systematic constantly inflicted upon black communities. If the supporters of this movement attempted to make its main focus on equality for blacks among other...
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...this paper. Puberty lasts approximately 5 years from beginning to end. This changes can influence how a child views life and the surrounding environment. In May 2015, a Colorado boy was involved in the attempted murder of his mother. This paper discusses the possible parenting style, attachment and environmental influences that might have perpetuated this situation. Insecure attachment and parenting styles correlate with an increase risk factor of violent behavior in adolescents. There are longitudinal studies linking attachment security and parenting with a child’s aggressive behavior. Also influencing such behavior is the media, who have been desensitizing children for the last two decades. When the 12-year-old offender was question, he could provide significant information as to why he attempted to kill his mother, which suggests the child might not have been aware of his externalizing tendencies. Secure attachment and its correlation with violent behavior May 01, 2015, Deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff’s office responded to a stabbing involving an 11-year-old and his mother. According to the information obtain the 11-year-old fell 20-30 feet from the window within the home. It is unknown whether the child jumped, fell or was thrown from the window. At the time, the child and his mother were the only two people in the home and it was unclear what motives the child had for such a horrendous act. On February, 2016, the now 12-year-old Monument boy pleaded...
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...North Carolina Wilmington Abstract Within the past five years, cyberbullying has had a tremendous effect on our youth. Our world has become more technology based and our teens and young adults are taking advantage of this unlimited resource. The use of the Internet has quickly transitioned from an ordinary search engine into a way to attack innocent victims by sending harmful messages and rumors, as well as, explicit pictures that ruins an individual’s reputation. Cyberbullies must realize that what they are spreading is unacceptable and that young teens and adults are ending their lives because of cyberbullying. In order for our society to get a handle on cyberbullying, they must learn to recognize it. This paper will provide an overall view of what cyberbullying is, what are some examples of cyberbullying, and how school administrators’ should respond to cyberbullying issues that occur within their schools. Cyberbullying For many school communities across the country, cyberbullying has become a topic that has risen tremendously over the past five years. It seems like every time we turn on the television a student has taken their life or someone else’s life due to bullying. The increase of social communication through the internet has become a popular area for all students and this popularity has given bullies the opportunity to torture, harass, embarrass, and threaten their victims. The fact of the matter is, “technology...
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...The Boston Massacre, also known as the “Incident on King Street,” occurred on March 5, 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts. Before the Boston Massacre occurred, colonists were irate due to the Townshend Acts which was created by the British that put tax on tea, glass, lead, paints, paper goods, and many other common items. These items would be made in Britain and the exported to the colonies; therefore, Britain decided to put a tariff on these items, which included a fee for exporting and trade. The colonists were irate because they were British citizens. The Boston Massacre began with a small argument between British Private Hugh White and a few colonists outside the Custom House in Boston on King Street. The argument escalated, more colonists gathered and began to harass Private Hugh White by throwing sticks and snowballs at him. Colonists continued to increase in numbers until there were over 50 colonists at the scene and soldiers were sent to the Custom House to maintain the argument....
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...Summary The main objective of the paper was to highlight bullied youths and their behaviour and how they retaliate in a manner that no one would have expected. Their behaviour would come as a surprise to many because the end result would be murdering their perpetrators and also killing innocent people in their line of revenge. It also explained the different avenues why young people who are victims to bullying take matters into their own hands because many people such as school authorities and friends turn a blind eye to how they are treated. The writer also spoke about the initial stages of bullying to the extension where it becomes a bigger problem for the child who is a victim of such abuse. A few theories were highlighted in the paper which tries to explain or clarified some reasons why some children would resort to bullying others. The Strain Theory spoke about the victim who is the bullied would retaliate because of the strain condition that he or she is under. The Pecking Theory is where they relate the behaviour of animals on how dominance is displayed by over another in the animal kingdom. The Scapegoat Theory explains the act of minority groups and the so called depression that exerts from their behaviour It also brought to the forefront besides the theories mention that some of the children who are victim of such behaviour of bullying would not talk about it because of the consequences that they feared of being further victimized, if the bully...
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...re used Perspectives Paper Psychology as we know is the study of the mind and human behavior. Since earlier years, there has been research performed to find out how individuals think, feel, and act. There are many different perspectives that psychologists use as a means of studying human behavior and how individuals think and feel. One of those perspectives is known as the Behavioral Perspective. The main focus of this perspective is behaviors that are learned. The difference between behaviorism and other perspectives is that its emphasis is placed on behaviors that can be observed, not on internal states (Cherry, 2014). There are many major thinkers that made contributions to the Behavioral Perspective, and their theories have been valuable, and serve as a basis for the schools of thought in modern psychology. In this paper, I will be comparing and contrasting the Behavioral Perspectives of John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner, with the perspectives of another major thinker known as Edward C. Tolman. The main focus of John B. Watson and of B. F. Skinner was behaviorism while Edward C. Tolman’s focus was Cognitive Behaviorism (Cherry, 2014). John B. Watson’s Perspectives John B. Watson was a major thinker and also a psychologist who was later known as the father of behaviorism. During part of the 20th Century, he dominated with his perspective of behavior. Watson’s theory of psychology was that it was based on behaviors...
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...Running Head: Facial Expression of Emotions FACIAL EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS Pysc 380 – Physiological Psychology Abstract Emotions are shown in many different ways. One way in which are emotions are show in is our facial expressions. Facial expressions are responses that are innate, unlearned, automatic behavior. What causes these innate responses and what do they mean? There have been many articles and studies done on trying to understand all possible aspects of human and animal facial expressions. The emotional aspects of these facial expressions are vastly different. The goal of this paper is to better understand, both psychologically and physiologically, the nature of communication of emotions through facial expressions. Facial Expression of Emotions The warmth of a smile or a face contorted in anger, facial expressions tell the world our emotional state. Facial expressions relay information faster than words can be spoken. Ralph Adolphs wrote an article entitled “Perception and Emotion, How we recognize Facial Expressions.” In this article the author states on how some emotional responses through facial expressions are so fast that it is not possible for someone to be aware of the stimulus (Adolphs, 2006.) There have been many studies of how facial expressions can create activity almost immediately in a person’s brain. These studies are of importance because it helps the theory that cognitive judgment...
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...Republic of the Philippines POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES Don Fabian St., Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City Campus _________________________________________ “How Color Psychology affects Consumer Behavior” Term Paper in General Psychology _________________________________________ Submitted to Prof. Artemus Cruz _________________________________________ Submitted by Michelle P. Garcia BSBA MM 3-1 _________________________________________ March 26, 2013 I. Introduction Colors play an important role in our lives. It gives meaning to everything we see. As Human our color vision influences everything from our art and poetry to the colors we paint our homes and the clothing we choose to buy. Colors distinguish a thing from the other. Colors determine our emotions. Pablo Picasso once quoted, “Colors like features follow the changes of the emotions”. Do you feel happy in a yellow room? Does the color blue make you feel calm and relaxed? Artist and interior designers have already proven how color can dramatically affect moods, feelings and emotions. Color is a powerful tool when it comes to communication and can be used to signal action, influence mood and cause physiological reactions. How color affects the effectiveness of the business? Marketing is a science of satisfying human wants and needs. When this filed acquires the principles of color psychology, it would...
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