Essays on Sexual Behavior

Background of the Study

The problem of HIV and AIDS has become a global one in the short time since the identification of the virus. Although there is no vaccine to protect against the virus, knowledge and education are two powerful shields against infection—and it has become clear in recent years that impoverished women in the developing world are particularly heavily impacted by HIV transmission and development of AIDS (UNAIDS, 2016). The goal of finding a way to slow or completely halt the spread of HIV and the development of AIDS has been an epidemiological conundrum for many years. Promoting health and ...

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention The proposed public health leadership theory was developed to identify public health interventions that can address risky sexual behavior in teenagers, which is associated with teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in teenagers. The risk factors contributing to risky sexual behaviors in the teenage population and the interventions public health leaders can use to address those factors are presented in Figure 1. Figure 1. Public health leadership theory on interventions for addressing risk factors associated with risky sexual behaviors in teenagers. Teen sex behaviors can be influenced by their socioeconomic ...

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Premarital sex among those living together in a cohabitation has long been a moral concern that many parents and religious people have minded themselves with. Even though the stigma of premarital sex and cohabitation before married has very much faded and waned over the years, the mental health and family planning concerns that come with the subject have amplified in nature give the increase out of wedlock birth rate and the complications of trying to persist with a serious and cohabitating relationship in spite of a marriage not being part of the proverbial equation. The general subject described above ...

Throughout the history, there were created many films that involved the elements of sex and sexuality. One of such films is Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 movie, Boogie Nights which describes the pornography business in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. In this industry viewers have a chance to meet a lot of characters which are passing through different problems. The protagonist of the story is a handsome seventeen year-old nightclub dishwasher, Eddie Adams, who was introduced to the pornography industry. One night pornographer Jack Horner noticed Eddie and turned him into a porn star Dirk Diggler. ...

Introduction

Sexual behavior has a direct impact on the family life experience as sexual activity is an essential part of a healthy relationship. But, sexual activity can also cause disruption and confrontation in family life when one or both partners are indulging in sexual activity outside their relationship. Many couples and families are broken due to the sexual behaviors of partners. The worst case is when partners hide their sexual activity from each other or have secret relationships. Such scenarios have a negative influence on the family life and changes the family dynamic in many cases, as people cannot ignore ...

A sexual offender is a person who has committed a sex crime, which is punishable by law. Sex crimes, on the other hand, are determined by a particular area’s laws and jurisdiction and they determine whether a person’s actions fall under sexual offense or otherwise. In many countries, sex crimes are in fact major crimes which are kept side by side with other crimes like physical assault or breaking traffic rules. While some crimes committed by sex offenders are strictly sexual in nature, others might be those that are a violation of those who are chosen by ...

Sexual Behavior in People.

In some cultures sexual orientation is prohibited by the laws and religion until marriage. In other cultures it is expected that sexual behaviors between partners be of different genders and not the same. Depending on how one is raised going against the teachings and political aspects could be misconstrued as a sin or illegal act. In the same sense both religion and law can define how the individual should approach a partner with a sexual attitude. It can also define how to avoid certain behaviors based on beliefs or a belief system. The following paragraphs will delve into this ...

In Parts one and Two of Volume One of Michael Foucault’s Philosophy on Sexuality, he analyses and distances himself from what he calls “Repression Hypothesis,” using our desire to analyze and investigate the “science” of our sexual behavior, our need to confess what we deem sexual immorality, and the productive nature of the relationship of sex to power and knowledge, as the key elements of his argument. A definition of “Repression Hypothesis” is necessary for us to understand further why Foucault rejects it. According to American philosopher and University of California, Berkeley professor of Philosophy, Hurbert Dryfus, and ...

Prediction of PCL-R Scores

Psychopathy is defined as a mental disorder that is normally characterised by an individual always carrying out his activities in a manner that is selfish and manipulative and they always lack remorse. In addition to this, they are always in most instances emotionally detached from the public in that, they are always anti-social and further have the callous-unemotional traits. It was further realised, that in cases that the an individual shows these traits, then he or she ends up not caring that much about the people around him or her.Over the years researchers have had in place various theses ...

Early Child Sexual Abuse and its Connection to Homosexual Behaviors

When one hears about the term ‘homosexuality’, people often have various sentiments when it comes to how it occurs and how to treat those from this gender class. Some people tend to ignore homosexuals as they believe they are deviating from the social classes. Others would blatantly show their hatred towards these homosexuals because of what they stand for in society. With rules now in place protecting the rights and liberties of homosexuals and their continuous growth in numbers, experts have tried to determine factors as to why homosexual tendencies tend to develop in men. Some argued that homosexuality ...

Child sexual abuse is something that can be very terrifying for a child and could potentially destroy the child’s ability to function normally throughout the rest of their lives due to the aversive emotional implications. It could lead to maladaptive behavior as the child matures and becomes an adult. Nevertheless, there are specific cues to look at in cases where a teacher, parent, guardian, or anyone concerned is in suspicion of such abuse-taking place. As the school counselor, there are a number of things to consider in the case of Brendon and Kyle; this is because making the ...

Abstract

In the novel ‘Black Hole,’ teenagers who engage in sexual behavior contract a decision that leads to genetic mutations which are hard to conceal. The disease is a replica of the Aids Pandemic and the struggles which teenagers have to endure during their adolescent years. The importance of the study is to identify how teenagers in the book the black Hole relate to the youth in the current society. Teenagers experience hormonal imbalances which cause them to lose control and are mostly controlled by their sex drives. Sexual attractions are common during this developmental stage of life, and most ...

Attraction can be attributed to many different factors that are intertwined and it determines how we tend to choose our potential mates. We are all likely to look at different factors when judging an individual’s level of attractiveness and one of these factors is someone’s voice. The pitch of voice is closely related to one’s hormonal levels and therefore people use it as an indication of dominance, fertility, as well as attractiveness. Both men and women tend to judge someone as either attractive or not just by hearing the sound of their voice even without seeing ...

Two Arguments on Homophobia

Introduction The discrimination of individuals who identify as homosexual or are thought to be gay is a common occurrence across the globe. Cities, boroughs and states have passed legislation that outlaws homosexuality. Negative attitudes towards homosexual people usually lead to hostility that come in verbal and physical attacks which sometimes result in death. Homophobia or the fear of individuals who are gay has been associated with religious and cultural beliefs, general ignorance about sexuality and the need to make homosexuality a tool for political gain. Using the case of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, this paper explores the causes of ...

Divorce cannot but influence children on the part of their psychological and thus physical state. It has harmful effects on young children, as well as on adolescents. These effects the person feels the whole life. However, there are short-time and long-time effects of parental divorce. This paper is a literature review, which observes some articles concerning the divorce effects on children.

Becoming Stronger at Broken Places

The article Becoming Stronger at Broken Places: A Model for Group Work with Young Adults from Divorced Families written by Sally M. Hage and Mia Nosanow particularly deals with long-term effects that divorce have on children. These effects ...

Rape is defined as a crime involving one person having sexual intercourse with another person without prior consent, which has most recently applied to male victims, but usually involves physical force or deception to get the victim to submit or become subdued. There are seven theories which describe and define deviant behavior including social control, functionalism, anomie, social disorganization, strain theory, critical theory, and stigma theory. It seems most likely the social control theory can better explain why rapists participate in their form of deviant behavior. This paper will analyze various articles discussing theories related to rapist behavior. The ...

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“Social determinants of health”

Where a person resides, gets the education, and works these conditions mutually impact the health of that person in determining health risks and outcomes. Such conditions are considered as social determinants of health (SDOH) (Social Determinants of Health | CDC, 2016). It is evident that a high education and rich background provide more awareness and opportunities of better nutrition and lifestyle, thus, these are considered as a predictor of better health. Force Field and Well-Being Paradigms of Health model by Blum emphasized on three main components mental, physical ...

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Abstract Sex education has been a controversial issue in the country. With some groups proposing while others opposing the education citing that, it creates issues when it comes to students of a young age when it comes to how they make decisions regarding sex. This study hypothesized that exposure of preadolescent students to sex education would in turn cause them to have an increased desire and eventually engage more in sexual behavior by the time they are in mid or late adolescence. A comprehensive quantitative analysis was carried out on 200 students in total. 100 of which belonged to ...

Introduction

Members of the LGBT or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community in 2016 probably are accepted more in society than even a decade ago. A research report published by the Pew Research Center in 2013 showed that over 55% Americans viewed LGBT members favorably which was a rise by almost 20% when compared to 2003. Lesbians were viewed slightly more favorably than gay men – 58% people had a favorable opinion about lesbians while only 55% had a favorable opinion about gay men. In contrast 92% of LGBT community felt that they had been accepted by society. In sharper contrast, ...

Introduction

Sexual behavior and homosexuality are the sensitive issues among other issues in the world of religion. Every society has moral rules that regulate sexual behavior. However, the rules differ from society to society. At times, to its intents and purposes, the rules necessarily and sufficiently need some specific study and comparing for rational precision. At this event, the comparison of the sexual behavior of different societies with the religious beliefs displays some distinctive connection between the social structures and morals. Power argues that the monastic rules served to ensure the proper public performance of monks because it is the ...

Human sexual behaviors encompass actions that bring sexual stimulation between two or more individuals (Garcia 42). Sexual behaviors may as well affect the uninvolved individuals. The issue of human sexual behavior is complex because various factors are involved before and after sexual activity. Individuals of different sexes also depict their sexual behaviors and activities differently. After taking the course, my stance, as a sexual being, has changed and evolved for the better. I understand that reproductive and sexual wellbeing are essential if I am to achieve a safe, responsible, and fulfilling sexual life. Sexual wellbeing can only be realized ...

Family environment is the foundation of child’s healthy development. The role of the parents in the family is very important; rather family is formed with parents only. The major role of parents in the family is to raise the child with responsibility. When the person is small, family is his/her only world. But the situation does not remain the same in his/her adolescent phase. This phase is very different and the scope of the person’s life starts expanding gradually. The friends, peers are equally important in this age. Still the teenagers cannot completely be separated from his/her ...

Freud's Account of Human Sexuality and Human Desire

Basically, psychoanalysis and Freud's theories are associated with his theory of sexuality, considering that he regarded all aspects of human life (i.e. beginning with a simple mental disorder up to religious doctrines), as the sexual problems. This comic effect arises also because the question of what Freud used to call sexuality remains outside the attention. If one examines the issue of human sexuality in the works of Freud in detail, the work of sensual sphere and sphere of desires becomes evident. The phenomenon of Freud, the author of the doctrine of psychoanalysis, is that he was the first to ...

Behaviors of Adolescent Sex Offenders

Adolescent sex offenders can be classified based on categories of offenders, type of their victims and the manner of their offenses. Valid empirical typologies should show distinct profiles of juvenile sex offenders, and the characteristic of their offenses that reflect the underlying psychological problems or disorders. This is very crucial because this information can be used to evaluate the unique needs of each group relevant to clinical intervention and assessment of recidivism. Recent research has primarily subdivided the juvenile sexual offenders based on the age of their victims, history of delinquency, their personality.

Subtypes Based on Victims Age

Research shows that male adolescent sexual ...

Sexual Influences Amongst Teenagers

Today’s world is drastically different from what it was twenty years ago. Teenagers are shifting into a more sexually driven lifestyle yet there are numerous factors that are contributing to these behaviors for both boys and girls. There is a huge range of dynamics that all come into play, many of which children have little to no control over themselves. “Living in a two parent home, and higher socioeconomic status, residing in a rural area” (Dillard, 2002) are all contributing factors to teenagers being pushed away from sexual standpoints. Any individual child, boy or girl, is going to ...

The media has a huge role to play in promoting sexual behavior amongst the younger generations. There are more young pregnancies today than ever before, and that is because of increase in sexual activity in this specific age group. Unlike mature adults, teenagers are unable to make wise decisions such as the use of contraceptives while engaging in such acts. It is essential to create awareness regarding birth controls amongst teenagers to ensure that there are no teenage pregnancies, and chances of STD’s are also minimized. Many schools have taken up the responsibility to provide sex education to ...

Homosexuality is a sexual attraction or sexual behavior among members of the same gender. It can be a bisexual habit (attraction and sexual behavior towards both men and women) or purely towards the same sex. The paper will shed light on the sociological, physiological and biological explanation of homosexuality in human beings. According to biological concept of behavior, our characters are a consequence of our genetic makeup and our physiology. This biological approach to behavior has been studied in fraternal and identical twins. Identical twins have 100% of their genes identical while fraternal twins have 50% of their genes ...

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Introduction Sex has been considered to be a taboo topic in the human society. For many years, many people buried their heads in the sand and chose not to have public discussions about the topic (Aggleton and Iyer, 2014). This is because it was considered to be a private affair, only between those individuals involved in it. However, times have changed and the realization of increasing sexual activity amongst the youth facilitated the need for action. In this case, sex education was introduced in public schools in a bid to provide necessary information required in the conduct of sexual ...

Philosophy of Sex

It is easy to simply define sex as ‘any contact between two or more individuals in which penetration occurs’; this covers the broad definitions of intercourse as have been commonly understood by societies over the course of history. This definition ostensibly covers oral, vagina, and anal sexual intercourse in a strict physical sense, but manages to ignore some of the greater nuances of the sexual experience. Therefore, this paper will seek to examine and defend a conceptual definition of sex as ‘all acts conveying a physical connection (requiring penetration) between two or more individuals.’ This analysis will be established by stipulating the ...

HIV/AIDS has been a menace in the last two decades. Multiple lives have been lost and children left as orphans due to these diseases. One of the major causes for increased transmission of sexually transmitted diseases is unsafe sex. Young couples, especially those that are not committed in their relationships, ought to make sure that they use condoms to prevent transmission of STI’s. One of the alternatives for doing so is through the distribution of condoms to public schools, especially colleges and universities. Young people with access to condoms are more likely to use protection while having sex than ...

Psychology Motivation

1. Explain the role of hormones across multiple motivation systems. Include in your answer (but do not limit to): sex differences, action patterns and implications for human applications.

Testosterone is considered to be a steroid hormone that is derived from cholesterol and released in men. Men hormones are called androgens responsible for the formation of masculine qualities. In addition to supporting basic physical development, testosterone is associated with psychology motivation. For instance, this hormone is in charge of leading behavior intended to get high status (Mazur, 1998). Testosterone is interrelated with social position and dominant conduct in different species. ...

Sexually transmitted diseases pose a health challenge among the adolescents in Newark, New Jersey. Recent statistics indicate that there have occurred 3,022 cases of Chlamydia along with 1,228 cases of gonorrhea during 2012 in the region. Going by this statistics, STD`s appear to present a health challenge within the region which requires addressing as per the goals stated under healthy people 2020 (Office of Population Affairs, 2010). The scope of the health education covers a specific age group within the region. The health education focuses on teenagers and raising awareness regarding the diseases. The education needs revolve around the ...

Chapter 5 concerns the physiological mechanisms of regulation. The behavior of an individual is largely determined by his physical state of being. Researchers have found that one’s mood, and consequently the choices one makes, may be affected by his or her state of physical being. Proper diet results in a healthy individual who can make rational decisions. When one is lacking in physical maintenance he or she may be uncharacteristically angry and unfriendly. Such behavior is a consequence of the deprivation of basic needs. Psychological disorders such obesity are largely determined by one’s eating patterns. Furthermore, such disorders may ...

This study discusses risky sexual behaviors among adults. Further, the study tries to establish other factors, both personal and non-personal, and their link to risky sexual behavior. The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes that occur over time within individual variations in irregularity of condom use and sexual encounters under the influence of alcohol. This has been necessitated because of the numerous and lasting consequences of risky sexual behaviors such as unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Previous research on this topic has involved the use of cross-sectional studies, which has limited the examination of changes ...

When a child asks his parents that where did he arrive from, the usual reply is god, carriage, heaven, and the clouds. Such vague answers often mislead children which further complicate their perceptions about sexuality. The topic of human sexuality has always resulted in a variety of mixed reactions depending upon the culture, age and society to which it is addressed to. This makes it a sensitive subject which requires to be dealt carefully because of the positive as well as negative effects which are associated with sexuality. In this regard, the tool of delivering information regarding human sexuality involving anatomy of ...

Music has always played a very significant role in people’s culture and development. Since ancient times it was the way of sending hidden messages and reaching the desirable audience, sometimes even to make people do something. For instance, one can easily observe that his/her mood changes greatly when listening to certain song or track. Moreover, it is not a secret anymore that certain type of music is used in commercials in order to make listeners buy certain products or services. Basically, music is one more way of mass media that manipulates people greatly without them even realizing it.

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At the present point in time, access to various media allows exposure to sexual behavior of all types. Whether sexual behavior is considered “normal” or “abnormal” requires definitions to be set in place for each term. In addition, the components of sexual activity considered abnormal may have some categories that invite legal prosecution and others that are thought to be deviant without being illegal. Finally, the influence of sexual variances on society can be important. Is normal sexuality the absence of abnormal variances? Who determines whether a sexual behavior is abnormal? What are consequences of practicing abnormal sexual activities? ...

Tearoom trade: a study of homosexual encounters in public places book, was written by Laud Humphreys as a Ph.D. dissertation with the title "Tearoom trade." The study aimed at analyzing homosexual's behaviors practiced in public toilets. Humphreys affirmed that the men who took part in homosexuality acts emanated from various social backgrounds. The homosexuals differed in their personal motives and belonged to the categories of either being "straight," "bisexual," or "gay." The study tried to identify the common stereotypes associated with men homosexuality in public places. In the study, he realized that most homosexuals lived normal lives, they had families with ...

There are a number of influences that shape the socialization of a child. It is reasonable that the actions individuals take and the consequences of those actions are grounded on rational, logical decisions adopted and evaluated by choice. Notably, forces eliminated from the immediate scenario of decision making, impacts on life. The process of socialization is never without the hidden pull of social influences that deprive individuals of self-control (Greca, 1998). Socialization agents include mass media, school, peers, public opinion, religion, spirituality and volunteer groups (Hellar, 2010). There is a significant variation of the impacts brought forth by socialization forces among individuals. ...

Sometimes you might wonder if we honestly live in a civilized society. It seems that uncivil behavior is increasing significantly. Parents can be an igniter for such incivility because they are the greatest influence for children. Therefore, parents have a huge responsibility in dealing with this uncivil behavior at home. Understanding what leads to uncivil behavior is a key role of the parents. This is so because some children want to be right, better or stronger while others want to be heard which lead to a win-lose outcome. Parents must realize that conflict is a significant and necessary part of healthy human interaction. This ...

Sexual deviance comprises of a wide range of abnormal sexual expressions from cross dressing, fetishism, sexual masochism, incest, pedophilia, and rape. On the contrary, sexual deviant behavior can be defined in different contexts. According to sociology, sexual deviance varies from culture to the other depending different cultural beliefs and norms. Sexual deviant behaviors are attributed with discomfort, bizarreness, and inefficiency. Some sexual deviant habits include paraphilia, exhibitionism, fetishism, and masochist among others. Paraphilia individuals have behavior, an urge, or a sexual fantasy that is distressing and repetitive while exhibitionism entails sexual pleasure through exposure of the genitals (Goode, 2010). Fetishism, on ...

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This paper explores hate crimes against people with a homosexual orientation. It gives examples of such crimes in the United States of America. This paper also considers ways out from this problem and possible decisions. There are also viewed key reasons of homosexuality and government’s attitude towards gays and lesbians. This paper suggests to strength psychological help, for example to create psychological centers, for those who want to change their non-traditional sexual orientation. It is also recommended to punish people committing hate crimes, because it is a deviation as well. This paper examines studies of Helena L. ...

There are numerous schools of thought as to the role of religion in the Northern Ireland conflict. Institutionally, religion has different levels in the indirect contribution of the Roman Catholic Church and the direct one of the Orange societies. Other levels include the covenant tradition of fundamentalist Protestantism, the level of relational beliefs, level of cultures produced, and the interface between relational religious and national-political beliefs. The way religion connects to politics and conflicts is different for the each of the two dominant blocs of interest. The role of the Catholic Church takes into account. Majority of the past ...

- Introduction It was Sigmund Freud who first suggested that human psychosexual development is heavily influenced by one’s relationship with one’s father or mother (Katz-Wise 2). However, in reality, the development of sexuality is quite different and significantly more complex. Gender identity has become different from sexual identity, and one’s sexual orientation is different still (Katz-Wise 2). Before detailing the prevailing arguments regarding sexual identity and all the issues that go along with it, it is first important to understand the nature of the discussion. Sexual identity, for the purposes of discussion here, will ...

Is my sexuality my choice? This is the question that all studies focusing on sexual orientation are grappling with (Wardell, 1972). Pomeroy. Sexual orientation is an enduring sequence of being attracted emotionally, sexually, or romantically to men, women, or both sexes. It also relates to one's sense of identity founded on attraction, behavior, or membership of people with the same attraction (Arreola, Neilands, & Diaz, 2009). Sexual orientation is divided into three categories that include heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality. Groups of people including scientists and academicians as have tried to explain the causes of sexual orientation and its genesis. ...

Introduction

The Laramie Project is bounded upon the presentation of how and why hate crime is committed by individuals supposedly having particular negative disposition with regards controversial issues and culture that binds the society. The movie presents the case of Matthew Shepard being beaten to death because of being ‘gay’. However, beyond this theme, there is more to the story that is shared in the movie. It mostly depicts the overall conjunction that distinguishes how social culture could dictate the ways by which humans would perceive the severity of a particular issue and how these matters would actually affect them as ...

Genetic Research

Features genetics homosexuals have been studied little. Scientists are searching for the gene or genes of homosexuality since the 1980s. As in many other studies, trying to distinguish the symptoms of congenital acquired an important material has been obtained from the analysis and relatives, especially identical twins. It has been shown frequent presence of homosexual men several older brothers, and of manifestations of homosexuality in both identical twins, even in cases where they were brought up separately. According to the research, if identical twins homosexual men, the chances are that he will be inclined to homosexuality, is 52%; ...

Children and youth today live in an environment that is filled to saturation with media. Apart from the commercials, television serials and content on the net, they are exposed to a lot of movies too. There has also been an increase in access to these media, where movies can be downloaded and watched in pocket sized devices. Given the increase in viewership and access to movies it is no wonder that movies have a great impact on the youth and adolescents. Movie stars not only have a celebrity status that can be rivalled by only a few, they also become role models with ...

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The topic on homosexuality remains amongst the most debated across the globe. Whilst the act is prohibited in some states in a legal and morality perspective, it is legally acceptable in other states. The topic gains popularity and increased concern from regulations of human conduct that include religion, law, sociological needs, biological and scientific explanations, psychological needs, and other theoretical frameworks. This paper discusses the various provisions on homosexuality using human behavior disciplines. In explaining homosexuality and developing concepts that form theories of homosexuality a contradiction on what homosexuality is constantly arises. There lacks an agreement among scientists, communities, religious ...

Rape culture is the collection of behaviors and perceptions that are associated with the act of rape (Shalhoub-Kevorkian, 1999). Circumstances that lead to and follow rape (i.e., pre-meditated, drug-induced, witnesses, false allegations), the nature of the relationship between the victim and the aggressor, and the public perception (i.e., religious views, women’s rights). Within this context it seems as though a day cannot go by without an individual in power making a highly offensive if not stupid remark about rape culture. There are web stories that take the headline, “the 9 most horribly insensitive Republican rape comments,” (Ranker, 2014) and “ ...

Essay on Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae

The role of sexuality in our society and in one’s life has been the role of much debate, especially since there are many contrasting views and schools of thoughts on the subject. On the one hand, there exists a tradition that is the product of a largely male driven, hierarchal and patriarchal thought while, on the other hand, one can see feminism as a counter force to the traditional thought process. This essay will examine and discuss a few viewpoints that Paglia puts forth in her essay. We examine one of Paglia’s first viewpoints: “Sex is the natural in man. ...

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Risky behavior contributes to the maladaptive behavior of psychopathic individuals. However, the results gotten from a group of psychopathic individuals in an experiment using the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy (LSRP) and the Angler’s Risk Task (ART) to evaluate their decision making has been equivocal. Different factors of psychopathy may be suitable to explain the findings. We examined the relationship between primary, secondary psychopathy and the performance based on the methods used. Impulsivity was also added to find out its effect as a moderator. In a combined model of the interactions and effects of primary, secondary psychopathy and impulsivity, only secondary psychopathy ...

Mass Media Influence Social BehaviorMass media are a collective term used to refer to various channels of communication that transmit information to a large number of people at the same time (HMH, 2014). The number of people receiving the message, however, remains unclear and is assumed to be a mass of people. In other words, mass media can be looked in terms of one-to-many form of passing information. Therefore, mass media brings about the concept of mass communication in which one person, for example, the author, film director or a television program communicates to a large number of people. Mass media are characterized by ...

Research Outline

- Introduction: Electronic media have become an inseparable part of the youngsters’ life. Today teenagers spend a huge amount of time using these electronic devices in their daily life. Use of electronic devices by teenagers impacts their health in a substantial manner. Thesis Statement: The objective of this research paper is to evaluate the use of electronic media and its impacts on youngsters. - Literature Review: David-Ferdon & Hertz (2007), Dr. Dein (2013), Strasburger, V.C., Jordan, A.B., and Donnerstein, E. (2010), and Ray & Jat (2010) in their study analyzed the impact of electronic media on the health of ...

Teenage pregnancy is one of the most debated and tenacious social issues that exist in the American society for a long time. Teenage pregnancy has triggered over educational system, role of parents and American society since many decades. Teenage pregnancy is very painful for teenagers and it affects every aspect of their life. Teenage pregnancy is hard to digest in the society and people who are related to this issue suffer in many ways. Teenager mothers, fathers, their parents and their relatives suffer a lot in the society. This paper intends to analyze various factors that contribute towards the rise of ...

Introduction

Racial and ethnic variations are common in most of the American families. Race and ethnicity is one of the major social factors that could affect the growth and trajectory of adolescent life to adulthood. According to most psychologists, parenting practices and social well-being differs from various ethnic groups or race (Heard, 2007, p. 320). The variations could always affect the development of an adolescent, and it should always be well-thought-out. Adolescent period is a very crucial time since it will eventually affect the development of adult life. Different studies and articles have discussed the effects of race and ethnicity to ...

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The modern practices and belief systems are traceable to ancient societies. These modern societies are a product of the evolution of the ancient civilizations through a period spanning many centuries. The modern society has not replicated the ancient civilization; it has modified the ancient practices to fit the current needs and geographical conditions. The modern social systems in art, fashion, religion, language, science, economy and political administration have their foundation in the ancient ideologies. One of the ancient civilizations that have a profound effect to the modern society is the ancient Mesopotamia. Through its successive insightful and visionary leaders, it emerged as ...

Extinction is the phenomenon when a behavior, that was previously observed, disappears from a person when it is not reinforced (Miltenberger, 2012). When extinction is performed constantly over a long period of time, the undesired behavior gradually disappears, in the longer run. However, in the short term, the subject of extinction is likely demonstrates extinction burst. This burst more frequently occurs when the extinction has just started. The burst is commonly a phenomenal increase in the observed undesired behavior. This increase is temporary and does not last for a long time. Extinction is observed in both conditions: operant and classic. In operant conditioning, ...

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Background for your chosen topic At present a debate exists in United States over preferring Comprehensive Sex Education or Abstinence only education strategies and which one is more beneficial for youth in school. Abstinence is considered a fundamental part of comprehensive sex education, thought they are characterized as polar opposite of each other. In 2002, the teen pregnancy rate in United States was significantly higher in comparison to other western nations. Example: the rate of US pregnancies was 7.5% or 75 in every 1,000 which is substantially higher than other Western European nations which reported the number 14-23 ...

Sexual Addictions Anonymous and Sexaholics Anonymous:

Description, Purpose, Locations, Publications and News Sexual addiction has been a controversial term which has led some to try to better define the term. -This problem is far more than simply engaging in a great deal of sex. -It involves emotions like shame, guilt, anxiety and depression and represents a pattern of sexual behavior driven by increasingly strong urges that can negatively affect the individual, their family and friends. People with this problem become pre-occupied with their preferred sexual behavior whether it’s constantly searching the internet for porn, engaging in sexual encounters with prostitutes or going from one sexual partner to ...