900 words

Physical attractiveness in youth and evolutionary sexual selection theory

The fact that physical beauty is so obviously apparent that we might never really bother to think about why that is true, or what it is about youth, exactly, that corresponds to physical beauty.

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984 words

J. Edgar Hoover's repressed sexuality and abuse of FBI power

J. There are numerous sources that confirm the fact that J. Edgar Hoover, founder and the most notorious head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a closet homosexual.

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821 words

Examining altruism through personal acts of kindness and helping others

The little old lady was obviously having difficulty putting her trash out by the curb. She could not pick up the garbage can and simply pushed it along her driveway in a series of very slow, halting, steps.

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588 words

Emotional regulation and social development during the transition to college

Owing to the ever-changing subjective judgments and life pursuits of young people, the transition to adult hood "has become so delayed and prolonged that it has spawned a new transitional period, extending from the late teens to the mid-twenties, called emerging adulthood" (Zanden, Crandell &…

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Case Study Undergraduate 814 words

Margie Velma Barfield: First Woman Executed After 1976

Case study of Margie Velma Barfield, the first woman executed in the U.S. after capital punishment's 1976 resumption, and first executed by lethal injection.

Crimes

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Essay Undergraduate 883 words

Moral Foundations Theory and U.S. Political Gridlock

How moral foundations theory explains the divide between liberals and conservatives in America and where common ground exists.

Politics

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Reflection Paper Graduate 643 words

Personal and Professional Goals in Higher Education and Adult Learning

A graduate applicant reflects on adult GED instruction, multiple intelligences, and her goals for a Doctorate in Education through a Higher Education and Adult Learning program.

Education

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Essay Undergraduate 502 words

How Gender Differences in Brain Function Affect Learning

Explores how male and female brain patterns create distinct learning strengths, from rote memory in women to analytical filtering in men, with implications for teaching.

Education

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Essay Undergraduate 910 words

Carl Jung's Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

Explores Carl Jung's theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious, contrasting it with Freud's personal unconscious, with personal examples from religion.

Psychology

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Research Paper Undergraduate 715 words

Quantitative Research Design: Sampling for Reality TV Studies

Explores participant selection and sampling procedures for a quantitative study on reality-based programming consumption, covering probability methods and survey tools.

Communications

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