Social Science

Social control, as a function of crime, is driven by the use of law and law enforcement to prevent or enable social change. The laws, which either prohibit, reward, or require certain activities, are the basis for social control in…
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The Uniform code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is the system for administering justice for the military. The UCMJ evolved from the Articles Of War, which was in effect from 1770 to 1950. There were separate systems for the Army and…
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The shaken fist, combined with the guttural growl goes back to the dawn of mankind as the universal expressive symbol of rage that is externalized and directed at a specific target. The little yellow/orange folder with the curved lines and…
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When the party is over, the house deserted, and you are alone with yourself, how do you feel? Are you glad to be you and are not afraid of what discoveries you have uncovered about you when amidst a group…
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In 1971 Phil Zimbardo decided to conduct an experiment to observe the effects of prison from both the guard and the inmate’s points of view. Volunteers were gathered and the young men who were chosen were then divided into two…
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Imagine –Someone, somewhere triggers an emotion inside of you. It may be something they said or did, but you feel it welling up inside, churning itself in the pit of your stomach, churning into a ball of fire that rises,…
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Expressive symbolism, at the most basic level, is the use of physical gestures, sounds, artistic symbols, and actions to express personal emotions or reactions to external and internal stimuli. The giggle represents expression that something is funny, or that the…
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All of us have had dreams at some time in our lives in which we were naked. What it means to dream about being naked depends on the context of the nudity in the dream and on the feelings of…
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The Milgram experiment, held at Yale University in 1961, is a famous psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram. It appeared to demonstrate that average people would willingly obey orders from people in positions of authority (such as, in that case,…
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Sometimes it’s actually not so bad to be an introvert. People generally think of themselves falling into one of two categories: introverted and extroverted. If you are introverted, and in the minority, sometimes it is hard not to feel like…
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