1,456 words

Violence in video games and cultural differences among Hispanic children

Violence in video games and the role of culture. The video game industry is a multi-billion dollar industry representing about $9.9 billion dollars in retail sales in the U.S. alone in 2004 (Greitemeyer and Osswald, 2010).

~8 min read

View paper →

1,341 words

Communication barriers in a healthcare focus group interaction

She sat near the door, her legs and arms crossed, clutching her coat and looking at the floor. The group, a focus group on how to improve interpersonal relationships, was composed of health care workers that were primarily doctors and nurses. "So what is on your mind?" The group leader asked again.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,695 words

Mirror neuron dysfunction in autistic spectrum disorder

Autistic disorder is characterized by impairments in communication and social interaction. Autistic children also often display restricted behaviors and repetitive behaviors. These signs of autism usually appear before the age of three.

~9 min read

View paper →

2,096 words

Cognitive strategies college sophomores employ when confronting misperceptions

Substantive Question. Significance of substantive question. This section describes the significance of a suitable substantive research question, formulated for social analysis. Categorically, the social science research topic for this paper is human psychological development.

~11 min read

View paper →

1,983 words

Qualitative parameters for future energy price scenarios in 2025

What qualitative parameters might be considered in future energy price scenarios -- take the year 2025 and list, with a brief explanation, the parameters you consider should be included.

~10 min read

View paper →

1,489 words

Assessment methods for diagnosing borderline personality disorder

Personality disorders are long-standing and pervasive patterns of behavior that impede the individual's functioning and lead to significant distress in performing everyday activities with others (American Psychiatric Association, 1994).

~8 min read

View paper →

2,015 words

Gender differences in cyberbullying: victims and perpetrators

Bullying may be a practice that has been around since the beginnings of human history, but with the increasing access that people have to technology a new medium is now used by aggressors.

~11 min read

View paper →

1,200 words

Social networking sites and cyberbullying implications for secondary school counselors

Social Networking Sites (SNS) first rose to popularity with teens with the advent of MySpace, in 2003, and Facebook, in 2004. The two web sites became widely used to communicate though messaging and online chatting and to share personal updates, photos, and music.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,772 words

Mary Shelley's representation of childbirth in Frankenstein's creation scene

In tracing the historical etymology of the word "monster," the Oxford English Dictionary offers a primary definition of something to be stared at or marveled over (from the same root as "demonstrate") but notes the second-most common use of the word is biological: "an animal or plant deviating in…

~9 min read

View paper →

2,007 words

Temperament's correlation with physical health and longevity

This research project explores if an individual's temperament is correlated with longevity or physical health. Temperament, "…refers to those aspects of an individual's personality…" (Kagan, 2005). The traits of temperament are considered more innate, and less learned.

~11 min read

View paper →