Animals Biographies Samples For Students

Dian Fossey was an American woman whose love for animals drove her in interest in zoology. Her study of Mountain Gorillas changed how we understand the connection between humans and other primates. Her conservation efforts brought attention to the plight of this endangered species that she so diligently studied. Due to her extensive research and hand on approach she became one of the most renowned women scientists of the twentieth century.

The Early Life of Dian Fossey

Dian was born in 1932 in San Francisco, California (Mowat, 1987). She had a relatively normal childhood, although her parents separated early in her life. As a young adult she ...

Introduction

Mental events as asserted in behaviorism are considered to be unscientific and embrace the use of practical experiment in the collection of data other than the use of mental processes. Behaviorism, as argued by the different scholars of psychology, is an approach that is employed in the study of both animal and human behavior and holds that the conduct can be measured. However, it is paramount to appreciate the fact that the behaviorist denies the use of human mind and hold that behavior is an essential tool that can be utilized in the psychological studies. However, it is important ...

Today, we are used to seeing a female doctor, but not so long ago it was a purely male profession. Elizabeth Blackwell was the one to change this trend and became the first American woman to become a registered doctor. Elizabeth was born on February 3, 1821, near Bristol in England.
She had a happy childhood; especially she recalled the positive influence of his father. In education, religion and social issues he was quite liberal, for example, he did not punish children's misdeeds by flogging, but instead he put them down in the black book, and if there were many violations, the ...

We Must Tell Our Own Story

Introduction

There exists in the world of sociology some controversy between two theories of thought. The debate is usually over a question like this “Which has more control over an individual’s life agency or structure?”
One side argues that people are confined behind the boundaries of social structures. How a person behaves within the structure is controlled by the boundaries or his perception of the boundaries. How a person acts depends on how the social structure (or hierarchy of social structures) “allows” him to act. There is free will only as it fits into the power structure of social systems. ...

Introduction

Charles Robert Darwin was a naturalist born on 12th February 1809 at a place called Shrewsbury in England. However, he died on 19th April 1882 in London. In his lifetime, one of his greatest achievements is about the evolutionary theory of living organisms (Bowler). He was able to achieve this success through the voyage he embarked in 1831. He traveled for five years all over the world with the HMS Beagle. Through his traveling, he was able to study different specimen and thus his evolution theory was developed. This fact caused him to write the book titled as On ...

My name is Rochelle and I was born and raised in Houston, Texas as an only child. This does not mean that I was ever spoilt and I helped with the chores at home whenever possible. I was always a good student and I have always been caring about the environment and about the benefit of other people, which is what got me interested in healthcare. I got married on the 22nd of November, 2015. We still do not have any children because starting from January, I will pursue a degree in Healthcare Administration at University of Phoenix.
I ...

Chapter 1-Childhood

I am very thankful for the individual I am today due to my parent's upbringing. It is only after one is out of his childhood that his appreciations of the childhood memories come into play. As a child, I had parents whose mode of parenting styles differed immensely and yet they were all able to cope with my explosive nature. My mother was very authoritative in that she did not allow me to do what I wanted without permission. On the other hand, my father was passive and permissive. In some instances, he did not even seem to care what ...