Social Science

Never mind people watching, what about people listening? I love people listening, almost as much as people watching, if not more. Here is what you can do. Sit on a bus, near to the back, especially of a bus that…
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(Large mounds of earth have existed for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of years that are found in parts of the Midwestern and Eastern United States. These mounds were built by various civilizations over a period of years, dating from the…
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THE VERY BEGINNING 10,000 years ago, Paleoindians wandered into the land which would become known as Wisconsin. They came hunting in search of the woolly mammoth, mastodon, and bison. The vegetation on the land was increasing into an abundant crop…
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Discourse on defining human nature: the case of the Tasaday (The following is an edited version of an essay written for a class focusing on the subject of evolution and human behavior, taught by Dr. Roger Sullivan at the California…
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The concept of deviance is value laden by definition: it means, by its dictionary definition, behaviours that go against cultural norms. These include officially enforced norms (and thus crime is by definition a deviant behaviour, at least in societies whose…
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WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT PSYCHOLOGICAL CHANGE? EVEN JETER HAD TO BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING Ever since I have been conscious I have always been intrigued by the nature of significant psychological change. Thus it is no coincidence that I majored in…
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Religious cults like the Branch Davidians or the followers of Jim Jones are no different than any other cult except they believe that their group is uniquely favored by God or the Divine and all others are deceived. The word…
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Since the discovery of Polynesian Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the southeastern Pacific Ocean by the Dutch sailor Jacob Roggeveen, on Easter Sunday 1722, explorers and researchers have puzzled over the missing bodies of 887 mysterious and massive heads—monolithic stone…
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When women started going to work, it was assumed that men would start to pick up the slack in the domestic duties where she would fall short. This is unfortunately not the case in many homes. The reason for this…
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Milgram’s study on obedience is possibly the most famous psychological experiments to date. Stanley Milgram was highly curious about Nazi Germany particularly the Holocaust. As he was Jewish, Milgram felt a sense of identification with those who had suffered. Milgram…
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