Essays on Socialization

Culture is defined as the characteristics of a specific category of people. It is defined by every single aspect of the people from language, arts, religion, music, social habits and cuisine. It is the shared and interactive patterns of behavior of the human societies. It differentiates members of a particular group from another. Studying organization’s culture is way much different from studying French or British culture in that it is so diversified. In an organization, there are so many people from different cultures yet they all have to learn and integrate the organization’s culture to act as one group ...

An American multinational company has recently employed Robert Lowe as a manager. Lowe gets a transfer to work in the multinationals’ branch in Paris. Lowe is enthusiastic towards the new place of work, and is eager to meet workers. He displays a friendly attitude towards developing a good working environment. Lowe decides to throw a big party and invites all the employees in the firm. His intention is to meet all the people in the office informally. Lowe is full of excitement since all the employees accept the invitation to the party. Lowe thinks that all the people are equally excited. Lowe offers a buffet ...

SEGREGATION AT WORKPLACES IS NOT RIGHT: GET THE FACTS RIGHT

Thinking about it now, I realize just how important it is to work. Every element of human existence point to work. The Bible, the Koran, and other religious doctrines relate humanity to work. However, one controversial element of all these provisions dwells upon the need to have particular work groups clowned in segregation. In the contemporary society, divisions often exist at workplaces where the women and the men are given specific tasks often stressing their energy outputs and presumed superiority indexes. The women in many workplaces today have certain barriers that hinder them from working in a broad-spectrum schedule like ...

We are living in an evolved world of communication. The evolution of technology gave people power to communicate without seeing the recipient nor the sender face to face. Moreover, socializing in the internet gave many people friends though they don’t know them. In this case, the private life of each individuals are being publicize online. Many negative feedbacks are being thrown to online social networks because of misuse of their users. The end result will be cyber wars because of the thoughts being thrown one to another. However, if we will use the features of these social networks ...

Introduction

Are only children really spoiled and lack social skills? It is commonly believed that families with more than two children provide the necessary social environment for their children. Having a sibling or sibling is also perceived to affect a child’s development in a positive way. Based on the findings of recent national surveys in the US, only a mere three percent believes that having one child is ideal for a family (Mancillas, 2006). However, the economic crisis that most countries throughout the world experience in the recent times have contributed to developing new trends. Also, societal factors have also contributed towards having more ...

1. Agents of Socialization

An individual’s socialization process is generally affected by a plethora of issues. However, the profoundness of the impact of each of such varied factors always depends on the individual’s circumstance, personal experiences of the individual, and the stage of life of that particular individual. The various such agents of socialization are family, church, school, hospitals, media, workplace, social forums, among others.

Socialization with the members of the various social agents, as listed above, helps individuals to learn successful functioning in their social world. Social agents facilitate the much needed social learning which basically happens with the help of ...

Question one

- An exciting life - Happiness - Pleasure

Instrumental values

- Broad-minded - Cheerful - Loving

After exclusive analysis on various companies, I settled for Microsoft Incorporation as the company I would wish to work for in the future. The company has a unique culture that supports employees in various ways. The company believes in its employees, and there is an extensive concern for the wellbeing of the employees. The joy of an employee is paramount to the leadership of the company. They believe that a happy employee will extend quality services to customers. Subordinates are respectful to ...

The United States (US) Census Bureau defines a family as a group of two people or more living together and related by marriage, birth, or adoption. Sociologists describe the family as an institution with unique characteristics in relation to the human culture. Researchers, in contrast, define the family depending on the aspect relevant to their findings. The modern world, however, has instigated the formation of other family structures besides the nuclear family. An example of such a structure is the blended family, attributed to the high divorce rate especially in the US. Studies indicate that political, economic, and social situations affect the ...

Introduction

Managers in organizations of all types and sizes faces opportunities as well as challenges, for instance, the national culture, in managing global environment, and therefore it is important for them to have a good understanding of the global environment. A manager in a foreign country is faced with many new challenges that make it very hard for the manager to effectively manage the organization in such a global environment. It is therefore, important to have cultural knowledge of a particular country that the manager intends to engage in business with because every country believes in different cultures that can affect the business (Gulia, ...

There has been extensive advocate for mainstreaming students with disabilities. Mainstreaming refers to putting children with disabilities into normal classes. Such schools usually require additional support. Mainstreaming is a system that allows students with disabilities to access education alongside normal students. However, the mainstreaming subject has been extremely wide since some of the disabled students have been denied chances for the education. In most cases, these students are forced to attend special needs schools. Also, some of them are home schooled (Santrock, 2008). Following the diversity of this topic, mainstreaming has been an exhaustively critical issue with adverse advantages and ...

Part A discussion

The concept of acculturation describes the process of psychological and cultural change, which results as different cultures come together. Acculturation effects can be observed at multiple levels in the cultures that are interacting. Therefore, this may lead to a phenomenon called acculturative stress. Acculturative stress is essentially the psychological impact as a result of adaptation to a different new culture.

After reviewing articles from Glimpse website, one of the articles that interested me is an article titled “Acculturative Stress: The Experience of the Hispanic Immigrant” by two authors, David W. Smart and Julie F. Smart. The authors of this article demonstrate ...

The book “Quiet” talks about the inherent characteristics of introverted persons and how these can be used to create positive and productive changes in our society. Sadly, our prevailing culture and society are biased towards nurturing the extroverts, and have seem to take for granted the needs of introverts to think freely and be on their own. Being introverted herself, the author tried to relate how the American history and culture have somehow “limited” the advancement of introverted persons. In the past and even now, only the outspoken and the aggressive were the ones who were ...

Part I:

Interpersonal sensitivity is much more stereotypically present in women than in men; in essence, they are able to remember people's appearances much more than men do. This particular cognitive ability deals primarily with how accurate or appropriate our perceptions of others are; with respect to this difference between men and woman, discerning people's appearances is where this ability is most centered in this discussion. In modern culture, women are culturally conditioned to care more about appearance, as they are expected to keep up their own appearances in order to attract men. Furthermore, social expectations of female competitiveness ...

In the 21st century, the world has tremendously become advanced in various sectors. Perhaps, the most improving and ever growing sector is the information and communication technology. ICT has affected entire human activities such as economic, political and social. Some of the information and communication technology that has affected political socialization include text messaging, twitter, facebook, as well as internet. In fact, Information and communication technology in the contemporary society has affected political socialization immensely especially in developed democracies. Political socialization refers to a process by which orientation of citizens are transmitted, and conditioned by shifts in social, economic and ...

Political Opinion and Factors Affecting Voting Process

Abstract People share common interests, their opinion express their attitudes on a particular subject, when people share the same point of view; they have what we call consensus or simply, public opinion. In politics, things sound a bit different. The most common way to understand public opinion in democratic countries is elections. Elections can give a good indicator of who will staff the government; they give public the chance to express their political tendencies. However, elections cannot be the only basis for measuring public opinion, as they reflect only the opinion of those who participated in voting process. Other methods like ...

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. ...

Socialization and Culture

Individual identity is shaped by two main factors, socialization, and culture. Explain how these two factors operate to produce identity.

Introduction

Individual identity is defined as distinctive qualities of an individual through which he is recognized. It can also be referred to as distinctive characteristics that are shared by any social group or category. Identity makes one individual distinguished from others as each individual is given a distinct personality that becomes his identification in a society (Gomm, 2004). The concept of personal and individual identity and its dependence upon two main factors of socialization and culture instigates with the assumptions that there ...

“How I Met Your Mother” is an American sitcom that has proven to be a breath of fresh air amongst television viewers. The airs on CBS but reruns of the show are available on online streaming sites such as Netflix and Amazon. Currently in its 9th season, How I Met Your Mother has been met with critical acclaim and has managed to draw millions of viewers every week it is on air. The how airs on Monday in the United states at 8.pm E.T on the CBS network. The show main characters are a group of friends named Ted, who is ...

Introduction

Both socialization and enculturation can be distinguished. Mead suggests that, for socialization, there are some requirements and exactions that are bestowed on the people by their societies. Fabrega also says that socialization is the symbolic system of people, (1977). On the other hand, enculturation refers to the process whereby people learn a culture into its finest details; all the uniqueness of the culture and its particulars (Merten, 1999). This paper will go further into detail to give the processes of socialization and enculturation, their differences. In addition to that, we shall see why they are both needed for a person to ...

Gender socialization defines the attitudes and behaviors that the society expects of the two genders: male and female. It has four major agents, which are namely: family, peer groups, education, and mass media. The media is the most pronounced of the four agents due to its aggressive nature and is a key contributor to gender socialization. The media creates, maintains, and reflects the gender-based roles that characterize our social environment. The advertisements in the mass media particularly play a major pat in gender role socialization. There is much use of gender displays in various forms of advertisements. The femininity and masculinity ...

Numerous studies have been conducted that try to explain factors that determine and shape the society to be how it is, and the impact that such interpretations have to people. Various scholars have come up with models and theories that explain different sociological developments and happenings in society, and forces behind such developments. As a result, it requires proper analysis for one to comprehend the different issues that happen in the society daily not only in the past, but to the present times, as well. However, my goal in this paper is to present a sociological analysis in real life situation ...

Disparities are related to religion, ability, culture and other variables. Disparities related to gender are the most spectacular. When a boy is born, celebrations are intense. For a baby girl, celebrations are conducted as a formality. This introduces gender-based practices. For instance, black clothes are bought for boys and pink clothes for the girls. Gender is communally constructed through our daily practices. The parents play a great role in determining the primary socialization of a child. They teach their children about the concept male and female. This influences the perception of children towards gender roles. The differential socialization is made clear in toys ...

Introduction

The mass media has always been an influential force in shaping social perspectives and culture. Disney corporation is particular has played a fundamental role in the development of socialization among young children particularly for little girls. For more than 70 years the multimedia giant has been a leading authority on the subject of influencing popular culture. The tremendous power that mass media is considered as a strong influential factor in child development, which will be the focal point of this discussion. It is apparent that mass media particularly Disney Company is among the strong influential factors in the development of socialization among children and ...

Part 1

George Ritzer defines socialization as the process that allows an individual to learn and accepts the ways of a group or society as a whole (Ritzer 154). This is the theme for this part of the paper. Individuals would always find themselves in the midst of this process as they go about their daily activities. Socialization becomes inevitable in a dynamic environment where people lives by the cliché no man is an island. For this particular theme, I find myself exploring the realm of socialization in a neutral environment—a party. I refer to this as a neutral environment because while people knows each other ...

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 ...

Institutution:

HEARTLESS EVIL Ted Bundy was one of the country’s most notorious serial killers. Just before his execution in 1989, he confessed to killing at least 30 young women, though it is uncertain how many other women he may have killed—possibly as many as one hundred, profilers have said. Biographer Ann Rule, who wrote, “The Stranger Beside Me,” described him as "a sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human's pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death, and even after." (Rule p. xiv) One of the main reasons that ...

Introduction

Since nothing in this world is self-made, even the Globe came into existence after the Big Bang Theory. Thus, it is not purely coincidental that the fastest bowler in the world Brett Lee became what he was! It is neither all natural that the worst psychotic people in the world listed on Wikipedia became who they were. A clap cannot be achieved without both the hands acting simultaneously.

Body

The society plays its major chunk in the beginning of a human being’s moulding. And from then onwards, we ourselves shape us as per our wills and perceptions of good and ...

Men and women tend to behave in different and distinct ways in the process of socialization. There are specific actions that men as well as women either consciously or unconsciously do that depict the gendered roles assigned by the society. The following is a summary of an observation on the gendered roles in both men and women in a cafeteria. The observation lasted for one hour. I observed a total of twenty-two men and eighteen women. Fifteen men and sixteen women came accompanied (one man was accompanied by two women). The rest came unaccompanied. Whereas it is expected that people walk ...

The universe has never run out of wonderful mysteries, and perhaps one of the greatest mysteries that we will never grow weary of exploring is the mystery of life. In Biology, we learn of the many ways through which life manifests itself in our planet. In Taxonomy, we learn that there are, under different classes and kingdoms, thousands and thousands of names that we use to refer to living things, be it animal, bacteria, protist, or any other life form. This background and context only makes more interesting another one of those mysteries of the universe that we have ...

Social control is very important in developing good morals among the members of the society through conformity to the societal social norms and customs. It refers to the social and political processes used in the society to govern individual and group behaviour with the aim of ensuring compliance to rules provided by the social group, state or society. The meaning has been subject to change overtime as it first meant the ability of the society to regulate itself but today the meaning has changed to individual’s conformity to society norms and customs. Social control is within the socialization ...

Curse:

Police Socialization Socialization within an organization refers to the process where novice individuals learn the necessary skills to become competent members of the organization. In the context of police recruits, socialization means that they learn various forms of cultural knowledge that include presumptions, values, and behavioral norms associated with the organization. As such, gaining knowledge of the law, various codes, as well as the rules, become part of the socialization process. The recruits must adopt the assumptions and attitudes that are compatible with their work description and with the other officers within their organization. It is important to ...

PART 1:

- Describe Peter Norvig’s vision. Peter Norvig’s vision is about making learning a social task rather than an individual task. The socialization, however, is not among people alone, but with machines or robots. In this case, it will be the socialization with computers and computer programs. Norvig is thinking of a team that is composed of robots or computers and people. In this team the people make the final decision while the robots are consulted. Both obtain as much data as possible to learn. - How has learning changed? Learning has changed from coming up of ...

PART 1

Professional socialization Professional socialization refers to the process whereby an individual acquires skills, sense and knowledge of all aspects that characterize the profession. It involves learning everything that entails a particular profession (Claywell, 2009, p.6). This means that the internalization of the values, culture norms and ethical standards is necessary for one to be considered to have gone through full professional socialization. The values of different professions vary. In nursing, students learn through a procedural culture and in the end acquire the occupational identity of the profession. A student nurse does not acquire full professional socialization until after a long spell ...

Quirky by definition means that one is “different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.” One can argue that it is an endearing quality but can also argue that a specific quirk is undoubtedly annoying. In Sherlock, we can see how John finds Sherlock’s quirks annoying—most of the people in Sherlock would agree with John. While they find his quirks annoying, they still find Sherlock to be smart and a great detective. I would argue that while a quirk may seem annoying at first, it can grow on a person when the person the quirk belongs to is ...

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1. There is no doubt that human development significantly gets affected by its surroundings as per discussed in the ecological model of human development. There are different types of environment systems that influence human development specifically in the young children in terms of their behavior. Micro system deals with the adoption of the behavior due to the direct environment such as family, friends, classmates, neighbors and other people with whom young children come in contact. The mesosystem deals with the relationship between the microsystems in the life of an individual such as children’s family environment brings ...

Maintaining organizational culture is an involving activity. As seen in the case, the department is prone to corruption and subculture. This paper will explore ways in which this can be averted so that the department can become more conducive and maintain required ethical standards. First, I would set re-write the organizational culture. This would be the values, assumptions and beliefs which guide the organization (Neocleous 93). With this in place, the next step would start the socialization process. This would be through the following stages. Anticipatory, where new staff and existing would be given the standards they are ...

The dynamic nature of the world has brought various changes in society. It is worth noting that in the past sixty years, families have tremendous changes and continue to be more diverse. Socialization is one of the important lifelong processes that integrate individuals to acquire the mental, social, as well as physical skills that are necessary to survive in society. In fact, socialization develops self-awareness and self-identity among people. The agents of socialization play a crucial role in society since it affects individuals in a different perspective. There are various agents of socialization, but family is believed to be the most ...

Political ideology defines a set of beliefs that an individual has towards the political nature of a society. An individual possesses critical political values and feelings, which act as a filter through which he or she perceives everything and everyone in the political world (Jost, Jaime, and Christopher 309). In most cases, once an individual identifies with certain political beliefs they become part of one’s life. It is impossible for an individual to operate accordingly without the political values or beliefs. Political ideologies may vary in different ways depending on the political mission of the individual. The ideologies vary in complexity, ...

Literature as a socializing force

Literature texts have been used throughout the centuries as a socializing tool. This is because it generally describes customs of the time which includes social behavior expectations. While today we have Internet and movies, there were times where these did not exist. The form of entertainment was solely through literature. The way it was exhibited was in the form of plays that the general public could participate. This was the case of the Greek Civilization. Literature of that time describes how everyday life was, how women and men behave and how different groups of society behaved. Because of the ...

Introduction

Education systems in Canada and other nations of the world have made great impacts on children in different ways as well as helped in shaping the future leaders of the society. Socialization refers to the process through which people learn the ways of life or the culture of the group. This process refers to a lifelong occurrence that does not only stop at adolescence and has several agents in the society. Socialization, also referred to as enculturation refers to the process whereby individuals learn the social controls of their cultures alongside the norms and values about the wrong and right ...

I will write about the family, which is a social institution that its success in socializing its members can result to a social change in the context of human resource, economic empowerment, spiritual empowerment and success of the society. Poor parenting creates members of the society who are poorly socialized. In the family set up, there are parents, siblings and relatives. In most cases, the father is the head of the family who liaises with the mother in rearing the children. They have a great responsibility of transmitting values to their children to fit in the society. Family forms the basis ...

Impacts of Social Networking

Social networking world is a complex and dynamic. Once one starts socializing electronically, he/she become attached to his/her electronic gadgets. Human beings are social species by nature. The dynamic world of social networking is similar to the real socializing world, the world that can affect somebody’s life as well as mind. The Real world socializing may significantly influence human behavior either positively or negatively. Such effects on human character are also seen through socializing or social networking by similar magnitude. Such effects are as a result of feedbacks in the social networking. However, this paper will try to expound on ...

Module 3 and 4

Increase in government spending increases socialization Independent variable – government expenditure Response categories are $0-$1 billion+

Dependent variable – socialization

Responses categories: little, average, very much Functionalist theory- social stability is maintained by various factors that collectively work to maintain social interactions that contribute to social stability. The socialization process is coercive, forcing members of the society to accept values and norms that have been introduced to them (Wilczynski, 28). The theory assumes that the main role of government is to ensure social stability. A social contract makes people interact and the government plays an important role in enhancing positive ...

An agent of socialization is one which affects the individual and society as a whole. There are many agents of civilization seen today but a few are very important because of their profound impact on society. One of the most outstanding ones is the mass media. Mass media is very wide but narrowing down to television, we can attest to the fact that television has been a major form of popular culture that attracts millions of people across the globe. There are several programs that are aired on all television networks and many people choose programs depending on their likes and dislikes. ...

Many scholars have tried to study the growth and development of twins so that they can understand the nature and nurture question. Identical have the same genes, and many researchers have concluded that the different between them is the effect of the environment. When twins are separated at birth, their behavior is not similar, they dress in a different manner depending on the environment they have grown in, and they might talk in a different language and have different goals and dreams in life. The environment that twins grow in determines their differences. As much as they have similar genes, their ...

The classical standpoint is that Instructional techniques are derived from learning theories, and the bulk of learning theories are proposed in the last hundred years. These learning theories are painstakingly tested in controlled conditions as well as in natural settings. Accordingly, educationists have gained reasonable insights in developing effective instructions to the learners and substantial achievements are accomplished by applying these theories in the field of education. Yet, there are various instances of extraordinary learning that violates or at least contradicts the established principles of Instructional Design Systems. There are many accounts which report about school drop outs ...

Nowadays there are harsh debates about implementation of uniforms into schools and universities. Each side claims that its arguments are better and weightier, however one does not consider the interests of the students themselves. The main point of education is to provide the students a set of skills and knowledge that will enable them to build their successful career and life, and to socialize them. During the school and university years students interact with each other, exchange information, have fun and study, therefore the way they are dressed really matters. The essay will stress upon major issues students have with ...

Gender Socialization

Gender socialization is the process by which norms and values associated with the roles of man and women are learnt and taught. It refers to the study of understanding the attitudes and behaviors of a particular sex. This learning is carried by various genders institutions that teach girls to be like girls and boys to be like boys (Corrado, 2009). Not only family influences this formation of thinking in the mind but other gender institutions also play their vital role in it like mass media, schools, and workplace. This sort of behavior directly or indirectly affects the genders the gender ...

The political interests of individuals are indelibly molded by various political events which they experience during their lifetime (Skowronek and Glassman 372). Throughout life, I have been socialized through various ways into politics, influencing my political ideas and views. The 1996 elections emerge as a formative political event since it was my first experience with politics. There are also other agents of socialization which have had a great impact on my views. First, the people who are always around me, especially my parents have had a tremendous impact on my political socialization. Secondly, the social groups to which I subscribe, have also ...

Introduction

The preferred occupation title of most consumers is the personal counselor. The consumer would prefer personal counseling as this involves socializing with people. When the person socializes with the people, he or she enjoys life better than other occupations.. The personal counselor will get know other people’s problems. In knowing other people’s problems in life he or she will enjoy his or her life. This is because such a person lives with people most of the time. In such times, the personal counselor will get to know how to help people solve personal problems. The problems, which ...

The ability to read and write as a child is influenced by very many factors. The influence of the parents on the literacy acquisition of children is impregnable. I grew up in a middle income family. As the child of a teacher, my mother placed a lot of emphasis on education for me and my siblings. My mother modeled me when I was growing up to be able to read and write. It was during these sessions that I was taught culture and mannerisms. When I look back, my parents had an undue influence on my literacy acquisition skills (Hall, Joanne & Jackie 56). ...

Article: The problem of context in social and cultural anthropology

The article appears to be a review of research that was previously done since it only summarizes the basic concepts and facts about culture. It lacks the various sections of a research article and could therefore not be classified as a research article. In the article, I was able to learn a simplified but comprehensive definition of culture. It defines culture as the beliefs, objects, behaviors and other characteristics that are common to members of a particular society or group. It is through culture that an individual can inclusively and enthusiastically define themselves, conforms to society’s shared values and contribute to the ...

Culture encompasses all spheres of life. It constitutes the building blocks of what a society subscribes to in terms of norms, morals, values, customs, attitudes and beliefs. All these social and cultural factors shape our world views and forms our belief systems as individuals, which, in turn, motivate our behavior. Culture affects our perception of occupations as much as our biological make up does. Due to the cultural diversity that exists between the occupational beliefs of different individuals, it is necessary for employers to understand the concept of occupation equity. This refers to the variability that exist between the standards ...

Any study focusing on religion should begin with a definition of the concept. However, the term religion assumes different meaning depending on perspective of people. In his book, Religion in society: A sociology of religion, Johnstone Ronald takes a sociological perspective in defining religion. The author defines religion as “a system of beliefs and practices by which a group of people interprets and responds to what they feel as sacred and, usually supernatural as well” (Johnstone 13). Johnstone derives the meaning of religion from the Latin word ‘Religare’ meaning, ‘to bind together,’ pointing to the concept of fellowship or a group (7). The definition ...

Sociology defines socialization as a process that occurs when a person interacts with stimuli from other people in the environment. It proceeds to point out that socialization leads to the formation of personalities. Personalities are a result of the manner in which people in the environment interact with an individual. Self-identity is because of taking the perception of an individual from other people. All the three elements of a person involve dynamic processes that end when a person dies. All these descriptions make sense and are accurate in defining how individuals interact with each other in society since birth. However, the definition of self-identity ...

1. “ Wa”: what is “wa”? Briefly define the term and how it is (has been) used/practiced in Japan? Wa is group harmony in Japanese culture. This harmony implies both conformity within a social group and a peaceful group unity. This group mindset implies preference for continuing harmony in a community setting over any personal focus. This concept of Wa derives from Japanese sense of family values. Within the family, any member exhibiting behavior breaking the idea of the harmonious nature of Wa in the pursuit of furthering his or her own interests becomes the subject of strict reprimand from ...

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Psychopathy is a pathological form of mental activity and behavior, which manifests itself in groundless anger, despair, doubt, uncertainty, a tendency in any way draw attention to themselves, to whining. According to Robert D. Hare (Without Conscience, 1999), “The crucial issue is how to describe psychopaths. They are certainly self-centered and often act impulsively.” Psychopaths are often skilled liars, they can mislead people and manipulate to achieve their goals. They can cause pain and hurt. Often, however, psychopaths can be caught on some ridiculous and end up in hospital or prison. ...

Issue

The current paper proposes discussion on the issue of gangs and gang-related violence among Hispanic high school students in Brownsville, Texas. In my home state of Texas, this problem is taken very seriously. The issue under discussion is supported by Brown and Benedict’s (2009) recent study of fear of gangs among Hispanic youths. Their research focused on young adults who live in a Hispanic community dominated by a significant population of immigrants. Such immigrants are usually stereotyped as members of gangs, hence the fear of gangs. Based on prior research analyses, the problem under discussion can be related to gender, ...

After taking time to read the articles it was clear that children and the definition of children have radically changed over the course of time. The social role of children including how the general society perceive childhood depends on the prevalence of a dominant environmental norms. For instance, in 19th century children seem to have no definite conclusion of what a real childhood is all about because of how the society portrays childhood in poverty, exploitation and slavery (Clarke). On the other hand, such trend diminishes as the dawn of the century approaches and with the emergence of the industrial revolution, ...

The Influence of Socialization Factors on Gender Differences

The Influence of Socialization Factors on Gender Differences

Introduction

The nurturing or socialization factors influencing gender difference encompasses a variety of drivers. Today, psychological theorists of the 21st century continue debating nature versus nurture individual influence on gender differences. Review of literature in preparing this academic inquiring, produced interesting variables connected to the publishing date of the research. Assessing the literature focusing on the socialization factors influencing gender-based behaviour proved insightful with the changes in scientific research attitude particularly from the latter part of the 20th century well into the current decade of the 21st century. Warin (2000) offers how both, ...