What I see as a perfectly normal thing to do could be absolutely appalling to someone who was raised in another culture. As an example, I work at a US retail store that gets visitors from around the world, many of which are from Brazil....
I always thought that because I am born and raised in a Vietnamese household, I already have a firm grasp on the concept of overcoming ethnocentric biases and be unprejudiced and/or more understanding when it comes to other religious and cultural practices. However, that is...
Ethnocentrism is a complex and multifaceted subject. It occurs when a person believes they are inherently superior to another person, when in reality they are both humans, which means no one is inherently better than anyone else. This belief fosters a hostile environment in our...
In today’s world we can see people of different gender, caste, religion, and race. People all around the world speak different language and follow different traditions and customs. These are some attributes that make us different from others. But these attributes should not distance one...
The exploration of emotions and inner thoughts is looked at as a subconscious cry for attention. Labeled as feminine or weak, those who wish to adventure into this image of openness stray away and find themselves alone. Exposing your vulnerabilities with the mindset that they...
Do we have free will? Free will is an illusion to deceive people in the society. In this essay, I will be discussing why free will is non-existent and is an illusion in our society. I will first be discussing how laws and rules have...
Abstract The focus of this research paper is on the death penalty (or capital punishment). In the following paragraphs the definition, history, psychological and sociological factors will be researched. Also the nature vs nurture debate in relation to death penalty will be discussed, as well...
Political violence has become present in our daily life. The popularity of political violence has been escalating for the past years. Almost everyone and anyone – politicians, students, farmers, mass media etc. are affected and are experiencing political violence. In this essay, I will be...
While there are many reasons why it should be banned, some major concerns are; it is very expensive, it is racist and unjust, inmates lose their will to live and can see death it as a way out of their punishment, and finally, there has...
Twenty billion dollars. This is the amount of money we once paid annually for prisons. That may sound like an absurd amount, but what’s even crazier is the fact that this amount has quadrupled since 1980. Since the cost of prison is a cause and...
As Meyer-Adams & Conner (2008) said, “Bullying is continued harassment though acts of domination towards another person, either through physical or emotional abuse.” Bullying events have been an everlasting problem with teenagers. With the many new developments, bullying can be done online and through social...
What long term mental health treatment methods are available to fellow students and teachers at schools struck by mass shootings? Should there be psychologists on hand in school districts that specialize in trauma, PTSD, and grief counseling? Many questions are asked in the wake of...
“Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.” This line, delivered in George Orwell’s sinister book, 1984, exemplifies a totalitarian government censoring information, thoughts, language and history to control its citizens. By doing so, the society unknowingly...
People are shaped by their culture to a great extent because the culture has influenced us to think and conduct in a specific way and we’ve learned to believe our own culture since the day we were born. It’s universally acknowledged that humans cannot avoid...
Recently, a lot of people tend to blame religion for everything that has gone wrong in the world. They blame religion for all the fightings and killings, they say, the fact we have decided to abandon the tradition of our ancestors and embraced religion has...
What is religion? Religions can be explained by possessing beliefs of the nature, purpose of the universe, and supernatural as stated by Webster’s dictionary. Being a supernatural can be, overpowered by a personal God or gods. Religion means a codified set of beliefs, that are...
Imagine your family murdered horribly by a serial killer, who eventually gets arrested, but the judge sentences him only 12 years. How would you feel? Will you feel satisfied with the punishment given to the murderer? or will you feel vengeful to the significantly weak...
Abstract The policy of affirmative action and individual responses to such policies is the focus of this research essay. It opens with a brief discussion on the gender-based differences in acceptance levels of affirmative action policies. The consequences of such actions on the targets have...
The death penalty has been a subject that has been highly debated and talked about amongst Singaporeans ranging from teenagers to elderly. In this essay, the researchers attempt to understand why Singaporeans support the death penalty, and what the numbers are. This research is a...