Social Science

Facebook Interview Facebook has become the latest fad worldwide, connecting people all over the globe. What began as a phenomenon for students has spread to adults and children of all ages, making Facebook a vast cyber-culture in itself. Facebook has…
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There are many different factors that influence reactions to stress. Are you the type of person who panics in a stressful situation, or do you handle it calmly? Are you calling 911 when all the person needs is a band-aid? Can…
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The first part of our perception involves the things that grab our attention or that keep our attention. There are intensities to events in life that get our attention right away, for example. When something effects our senses of sight,…
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Decision making is affected by a wide variety of factors.  Every person or group as a whole has different characteristics that dictate how one makes their decisions.  Consider the following ideas. How one’s parents makes decisions Oftentimes people learn how…
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Cultural anthropologists are faced with a problem: how do they arrive at scientific conclusions that help us understand human societies, when the researchers themselves are influenced by their own cultural biases and preconceived notions concerning the society that they are…
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Summon a mental picture of a Type A personality: aggressive, rude, abrupt and impatient. The picture may conjure a boss, a relative or perhaps even a spouse. And yet, that seemingly toxic personality has some enviable qualities that can translate…
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More than a century of dedicated archaeological study has yielded some tantalising clues about Hasmonean-era Jerusalem (ca. 140-37 B.C.E.) but until now there have been no Hasmonean structures uncovered in the ancient city. In recent months, however, a team of…
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Originally proposed by Dr. James Q. Wilson and George Kelling, broken windows theory suggests that a society or subset of society that appears to be lawless will itself breed lawlessness. Broken windows theory is most closely associated with conservative sociology,…
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Ethical Issues in Research  John B. Watson, one of the pioneers of behaviorism, earned a place in history and in every introduction to psychology textbook for his “Little Albert” experiment. Watson and his associate conditioned a fear of white objects…
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Social workers uphold the values of the profession by acting on behalf of their client’s best interest. While social workers are multitasking and making quick decisions, ethical principles are at the forefront in their practice. Social workers have an ethical…
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