Social Science

From the gilded halls of Ivy League institutions to the sets of nightly news programs, the information manipulators have programmed us to believe that racism is exclusively perpetrated by whites against blacks. Ivy League institutions promote the race card through…
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Rene Descartes (1596 – 1660) is widely acknowledged as the first modern philosopher. He was one of the leading figures in the European Enlightenment. Descartes’ philosphy depended heavily on both reasoning and science, and one of his most widely known concepts…
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Has psychology found a place in human existence? To some degree psychology has always found a place among human beings. Psychology in its purist form is a study of human nature. Why people do and function the way that they…
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Jim is part of a very diverse cultural group, his racial make up includes a number of different races. In this group are Caucasians, Spaniards, Native Americans and Blacks. Although the original ancestors of any given racial make up, in…
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The early days of psychology in the 19th century focused on the nature of the mind apart from metaphysical explanations. Two views developed early that attempted to expand the understanding of how the brain works. Structuralism focused on the “structure”…
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Alcohol has a negative effect on society in a number of ways.  The first of which is the unintended deaths caused by alcohol.  This is primarily due to drunk driving where one third of all accidents are caused by drunk…
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The management of criminal activity in most countries focuses on three areas: prevention, punishment and rehabilitation. In the UK, there are many charities and organisations that concentrate on the rehabilitation of offenders after they have received their punishment, yet the…
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Functionalism and structuralism are closely related in that structure, physical—seen, felt, touch—are often created for functions, or needs. Function relates to usage of ideas, things, and gives meaning to structure. Someone need not ask, as an example, the purpose of…
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The world we live in always has a changing society because people think they should fit in certain society standers. It does not make any difference where you live most people will still try to be with a group of…
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The Enlightenment discarded metaphysical explanations for human behavior. Concepts such as “soul” and “sin” fell out of fashion. Instead, attention turned to seeking rational and naturalistic explanations for mental processes and behavior. Structuralism and Functionalism were the initial theoretical attempts…
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