Aggression Article Reviews Samples For Students

Kimmel has managed to illustrate a critical point on society and masculinity. The idea that a “man” should always have a strong and countenance devoid of weak emotions like crying is valid to many societies today. Unconsciously, the society has become accustomed to the predictability of manhood that no one seems to focus on the emerging male stereotypes. As a male child grows, the family bestows on him certain levels of faith of manhood that synonymously coincides with the predictions of Kimmel. In my life as I grew up, for instance, my parents kept chiding any attempt of constant crying. Of course, they ...

There have been discussions from various sets of people on the possibilities on whether media violence causes aggression or not. This has been a topic that has been covered by researchers, psychologists, media pundits and other scholars on trying to determine the extent that media violence has on the aggression of people. Some people agree with the fact that media violence has a direct influence on the amount of aggression that people possess. They believe that media violence is the cause of aggressive and violent behavior. This has been supported by some of the facts that they possess from various researches ...

Module

In the article one of the chiefs of the Indian Abenakis addresses the Captain Phineas Stevens and through him the Governor of Boston and the English people as a whole denouncing their plans for colonial expansion in their lands. While he asserts that his people want to live in peace, he notes that they are free and condemns the English as aggressive. The speaker condemns a recent survey of the Abenaki lands by English inhabitants of the city of Boston and urges for the punishment of the surveyors by the Governor and the immediate halt for any plans for further actions ...

Research suggests that men prefer women who are hard to get for other men, but easy to attain for that particular man who is doing the pursuing. This is a critical piece of information for women in the dating world. Based on the results of such studies, there are three basic pieces of advice to help a woman increase her likelihood of successfully obtaining a man. The first piece of advice is to show interest to the man which you want to date. Be attentive when you are together and make him the center of your attention. Don’t play hard to ...

Article Analysis and Reaction

Analysis
1. Frustration
Frustration can cause aggression in athletes when they are unable to make a goal, are fouled by an opponent, or other situations that interrupt the game. Some athletes may not show this aggression in the game because they are professional and respect the coach. However, these athletes may instead channel aggression into their personal lives.
2. Violent behavior and Aggression
Violent or harmful behavior is not always seen as negative in a sport. Some people may refer to it as “passion” instead of aggression. Injuries gained by an opponent may be viewed as a result ...

Chapter 11

Extra Credit Pages 1 – 5
Page 1 Study Guide. Crossword Puzzle.
Across
3. Avoiding
4. relational
7. accommodation
8. compromise
10. aggressive
12. conflict
14. complementary
15. symmetrical

Down

1. lose-lose
3. assertion
5. honesty
6. ritual
7. avoidance
9. parallel
11. intimate
13. indirect

True/False

1. False (In fact gender and culture do have an important impact on the types and styles of conflict. Pages 21, 22, 23)
2. False (In fact conflict will occur if there are enough resources but other ...

Article Critiques

Article Critiques

The researchers of this study sought to examine the relationship between heavy drinking and the consequences on undergraduate females and their living environment. The four types of environments considered were: residential learning communities RLC) and non-residential learning communities and same sex and coed environments. The negative consequences young women experienced were described as hangovers, embarrassment, blackouts, missing class and sexual harassment (Boyd et al 2008).
This study is part of a long term longitudinal study. A random sample of 2,502 first year students was selected, representing both RLC and non RLC environments and single sex or ...

The main belief behind the theory of self-defense as given by Judith Jarvis Thomson rests on the phenomena that a person must become liable to be attacked if somebody else is threatened by him/her considering that he/she is violating the rights of the defender who must not be attacked. Moreover, Judith also assumes that everyone as a human has a fundamental right that must be respected of not being attacked by the other person, but if this right is being violated then the other person loses this right of protection for himself. This means that if a person is being threatened of right ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) was associated with various behaviors, including violence, impaired emotional regulation, and aggression, which are associated with criminal behavior. It is estimated that TBI affects 8.5 percent of the population, but the highest prevalence of TBI, which can be up to 60 percent, is recorded among prisoners (Williams, 2012). Because TBI is associated with elevating risk factors for offending behaviors, and because it mainly occurs during early stages of life, it is important to investigate clinical implications of treating TBI to reduce criminal behaviors that may be associated with previous brain injuries.

Literature Review

TBI is a form of ...

-The question of Human Capital
The article by Nanette Byrnes considers an important question relating to everyone’s financial lives (Byrnes, 2010, p. 1). The question is, can people be stock like or bond like in their characteristics. The article points out these characteristics as the age of the person, job type that a person has, whether this job can be affected by volatility in the stock markets etc. Hence the issue being inspected is ‘Diversification’ in investment. While considering where to invest; wealth management gurus stress the need to diversify. Traditionally, this exercise includes allocating resources to different ...

Article Review

According to research, racism is not a thing of the past, but is rampant even now, in today’s society. It is a widespread problem that seemingly stems from the belief that black or African-American males are more aggressive than their white counterparts. The article “Is everyone a little bit racist,” by Michael Kristoff, delves into the intricacies of racial biases by citing a few examples and outlining a few studies that were conducted into the issue. It shows empirical evidence by way of researches and tests that were done, by a wide cross-section that determined that racism is still alive and well.
The ...

Assignment 2

In the past decade, there has been an increase in distress, emotional turmoil, and marital issues among couples across the globe. Most couples require family planning, care, and management services to cope with stress and disputes. There has been significant amount of research on interventions to manage disputes and marital distress among couples. However, majority of the couples remain untreated and continue to suffer from marital distress. The motivational health model was perceived to be an exceptional and effective strategy in assessing married couples and their well-being. In this paper, a team of researchers statistically assessed the impact of ...

Article Summary

Abstract
Humor is considered as the effective means of enhancing the wellbeing of the individuals by means of developing the positive inclinations in the individuals and become socially active. Humor is categorized in two categories, adaptive and maladaptive humor, hence, their effects are considered to alter the wellbeing of the individuals. The humor exercises are found to be effective in enhancing the mental health of the individuals. The current study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of humor, gratitude and savoring exercises on the wellbeing of the individuals. The participants of the study in a control group incorporated the ...

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The article investigates human capital and its correlation with investing and financial planning. Successful asset allocation highlights a stock/bond question that human capital is associated with bonds and stocks, and that a holistic view of assets is needed when planning. In this regard, a stable job relates to characteristics of a bond, but a volatile and unpredictable area of work stresses those of a stock. Our life stage indicates different trends in terms of both human and financial capital. The young have a lot of human capital, but not much financial capital. ...

Hard-Boiled detective fictions have been in existence since the mid-1920 pioneered by Carroll John Daly (Hammett 1). However, according to Horsley Lee and Jordison Sam, in two of their articles, they hold in high regard the role of Hammett Dashiell as a revolutionary in the literary style of writing of crime fictions using the book ‘Maltese Falcon.’ Aggressive repetitions, gun rhythms and cold morality in the story are some of the styles used. Consequentially Hammet Dashiell acts a pioneer to literary styles in crime fiction as other great writers including but not limited to, Raymond Chandler, Sue Grafton, Chester ...

Importance and Impacts of Mentoring

Abstract
In the present paper, the impact of mentoring on students and employees has been investigated. It has been hypothesized that mentoring positively impacts their overall well-being if provided considering the specific conditions of mentees. Development Mentoring is an approach to school-based mentoring in which high school students work with junior elementary school mentees. Rhodes (2002) stated that around 50 percent peer-mentoring meetings end within initial three months. However, there is a lack of research conducted on premature meetings termination and mentors' absenteeism. Karcher study, though, makes a significant contribution to the literature does not answer the reasons for ...

Part A:

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2. The website www.democrats.org is about one of the two national parties of the United States, the Democrats. The website is ...

Research Problem/Question: The researchers had based their research on the argument that violent especially shooting video games have become most important leisure activity among youth. With the increasing praise for such games in media and public, these games have stimulated aggressive behavior and feelings of inattention towards friends and family as the users have perceived these animated characters as social beings and they are not actively involved in social activities. Apart from enjoyment and stimulation of aggressive behavior, youths feel no wrong in killing; rather they enjoy playing these games. However, very little research has been done to assess ...

Why do Drug Dealers still live with their Moms?

This chapter explains about the culture of drug which explores a fascinating perspective concerning about drugs in an extremely poor south Chicago neighborhood. It has also observed the daily activities and cause or effect actions with those long-drawn-out individual behaviors. The main concern of this chapter is to prove the mistaken misconception for those who are drug dealers and produce lots of money. It also describes about the incredible issues and troubles that have occurred with youths who have turned to the streets as they don’t have an option or parent to contribute in drug dealing. According to Levitt ...

ARTICLE REVIEW AND SUMMARY

Article Review And Summary
The research paper entitled What Students Think When Teachers Get Upset: Fundamental Attribution Error and Student-Generated Reasons for Teacher Anger, was written by Mary B. McPherson and Stacy L. Young. This paper discusses what students thought or felt when their teachers would get angry. The researchers discussed two different types of anger, one was passive-aggressive and the other was assertive. The paper also identifies different reasons for the anger. There were reasons including student misbehavior or lack of participation, and there were other more internal reasons that involved the personal life or feelings of ...

The story ‘agreeable’ by Jonathan Frazen is a good example of how literature has used modern day life to communicate. The story uses modern day setting to communicate to the people. The story takes a modern approach including in characterization, themes, and even the setting. The story ‘A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings’ was written in ancient times in 1955. The story uses different methods of characterization, themes, and setting. Unlike ‘Agreeable’, which was written in America, this story was written in Mexico in Spanish and later translated into English. These two short stories differ in terms of style characterization ...

The research in the journal was carried out owing to the belief and claims by people that violent computer games and other violent videos lead to violent effects on individuals. The claims were that these games and videos make people to become angry easily, aggressive behaviors and aggressive thoughts. Such people have greater chances of committing violent crimes. However, this information had not been proved since there was no reasonable research that had been carried out to prove this. This is why the research was conducted to evaluate this belief. The thesis of the article is to find out ...