Social science Essays

Thus, given the productivity, the output can be improved either if the capital stock can be increased, or if given the capital stock, the productivity can be enhanced. It is precisely this improvement of productivity, i.e. the amount of output produced per worker, or per unit of capital that can be attained through the adoption of better technology.

Saudi Arabian Muslims practice a conservative form of Islam. Women wear a veil, pray five times a day, and so forth. Although Osama bin Laden was from my culture, he does not represent all Saudi Arabian Muslims. Not all Muslims are radical. I believe in the Qu’ran, which to me has a peaceful interpretation.

A person’s language clearly specifies his/her heritage, family environment, socio-economic status, customs, beliefs, education, and many more. The living conditions and cultural background influence one’s vision and articulation. We can learn many things from a person by closely observing his/her manner of using words.

It was observed that Donny requires a bone marrow operation for his survival and the family could get a sum of $ 200,000 from the insurance company for the same. But the Great Benefit Life Insurance, like all other claims, also turned down the claim made by the Black Family, and eventually, Donny dies.

Jonathan Swift’s essay ‘A Modest Proposal’ is replete with raw power that comes out effectively employed satire. Though it could be easier to dismiss his advice to the Irish to eat their own children as an extreme case of misanthropy, a careful reading will reveal how logical and convincing Swift’s arguments are.

Carl Sagan the scientist must be the first individual who challenged all traditional concepts of the origin of the universe. According to his conviction, the whole objects of the universe including the human body are made out of the remnants of a big star. He reaches this conclusion relying on the finding that every element in the universe holds the atoms and molecules of similar features.

“Is the west gonna be reduced to just photos and film to show young people how it used to be or are there going to be places where they can go and see the way it was used to be, like wilderness. The wisdom of wilderness has inspired many, such as Thoreau. Wilderness is a state of mind, far more important than the legal definition” 

In psychology, framing is focused on the conditions of a milieu. The idea that relies on framing depends on the interpretation of the frame such as raising an arm and waving the hand; in a physical frame, it may appear that the person is just raising a hand or stretching perhaps, while in a social frame it means waving goodbye.

The rising need for cheap labor added to other vested interests of the country contributes to such actions through certain countries like Hawaii are wary about the increasing number of immigrants.  However, people in America might question how immigrants can be kept out as all of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants in one way or the other.

Greg Mathis looks at how by adopting detrimental symbols they are perpetuating the sorry conditions that they live in. He talks about the roots of the popular trend where young men wear their pants way below their waist as a sign of being ‘cool.’ The trend in fact started in prisons where the inmates did not have belts to keep their pants in their right place.

Sometimes, apart from people and events, the people develop an overwhelming liking for a particular product, company, activity, or idea which they like to promote amongst others. The fan following is thus motivated primarily by a desire to promote the person, event, or product amongst a wider audience.

Human beings are very different from all other animals in brains and or psyche which are highly developed and complicated in the world. Human beings are constantly thinking and constructing specific own favorites or choices. The word “choose” is interpreted as finding a life partner in the following paper.

As the paper tells, there are some legitimate questions to be considered when a person plans to raise her/his child as a bilingual such as “Why should our children learn a foreign language?” “Is not our native language enough?” “Why do some people like to add more academic study to their children’s life lives?”

The basic idea of the device is that it plays back whatever the wearer has said on a time delay so that the person can hear what they’re really sounding like to other people.  According to the inventor, himself a strong stutterer, this simple act forces the speaker to focus more on what he’s saying and strive to keep up with his words which has the effect of reducing his stuttering. 

My definition of ethics can be, “what my conscience says right”…but it is just a plausible definition for others, because they may think…what is acceptable by society is ethics.  By understanding ethics, we can just differentiate between right and wrong, and good and bad.  By following ethics we can determine our moral value-bearing capacity without making our assessment unrealistic.

This article at Scienceblogs.com analyzes the positive aspects of playing video games and playing Call of Duty in particular. The author, a British award-winning science writer, cites the results of University of Rochester research. Playing games like Call of Duty 2 “improved a person's ability to spot the difference between subtly contrasting shades of grey”.  

The overwhelming majority of people stick to the point that Fortune and God control almost all matters in the world. They also think that people’s prudence and other qualities can’t influence them. People have no power against them. But at the same time, taking into consideration the power of the will we can agree that Fortune deals with half of our actions and leaves the other half to us.

What is the extent of women’s economic contributions in both countries and its general effect on their empowerment? What is the role of educational opportunities in advancing the rights of women in Egypt and America? How have aspects of motherhood and domesticity influenced women’s suffrage in both American and Egyptian contexts?

The obstacles have been discussed as well, including social and cultural stigmatization, perceived mistrust of healthcare professionals, and lack of specialists. Overall, the tactics or approaches addressed in this paper should be employed to address the barriers and provide the capacity for people to keep or maintain optimal mental health.   

The paper has used factors contained in the ethnolinguistic vitality model to provide an assessment of the ethnolinguistic situation of the major languages used in Rwanda. Overall, it can be argued that Kinyarwanda determines and influences the interactions between locals, although English is fast taking its place as the official language of the country due to regional and international dynamics.

The author puts forth arguments from the demand and supply sides of the labor market paradigm to demonstrate the barriers that former inmates face in their quest to reenter the job market, as well as how these barriers contribute to increased cases of criminal recidivism. The author also demonstrates how some policies serve to harden low-level inmates into more serious offenders.

Several of the welfare organizations operating within the community are subsidiaries of international organizations engaged in providing a multiplicity of services to people globally. Most of these organizations provide shelter, food, and clothing to the homeless members of the community and beyond. 

I am thinking of placing the box on the corner of an intersection surrounded by a low garden to attract people. I have a feeling that someone needs to stand up and take up a leadership role. My participation in this campaign in trying to come up with a resourceful initiative for society, I felt like a leader. To me, it’s more than charitable work.

The major aim of the article seems to discount the American dating culture of the marketplace learning viewpoint, which underlines the fact that having a multiplicity of dating partners and then getting to know one or more serious prospects over a prolonged period of time and on reasonably personal terms leads to marital success.

"Leadership skills for nurses working in the criminal justice system" investigates leadership skills and qualities of nursing professionals involved in the criminal justice system with the view to effecting change in service provision and engendering a culture of empowerment in the offender healthcare setting.

Rape and other forms of sexual assault remain an overpowering challenge not only in the United States but also globally (Bedera & Nordmeyer, 2015). Available statistics demonstrate that an estimated 15 to 38% of women in the United States experience a sexual assault or rape during their lifetime (Jozkowski, Peterson, Sanders, Dennis, & Reece, 2014), and that college women are more susceptible to rape and other forms of sexual assault than women in the general population due to the dynamics involved (Koo, Nguyen, Andrasik, & George, 2015).

Bruni argues that there were claims over the idea of realizing affirmative action in the institutions of higher education but turns out for the colleges to be the assembling of diverse student bodies. Based on the editor’s argument, he points out that the happenings are not fulfilling but are discouraging.

The article "Eichmann in Jerusalem - a Report of the Banality of Evil " was developed when Hannah left for Jerusalem to account to New Yorker on the hearing of Eichmann’s case. This man faced many allegations concerning the Jews, and this pertained to humanity. In addition, the war crimes were also part of the accusation that he faced (Hannah 89).

The theories help a social worker with new viewpoints to rediscover new ways to solve problems that are positive and optimistic. Specifically, when treating a client, it is easier to give a positive approach in such a way that can foster a faster response to the healing process. All in all, both theories offer a background for increasing the outcome of the patient’s capacity.

In my position as the security chief, I recently made an application suggesting that the judiciary should prefer incarcerating dangerous criminals to just fining or punishing them. As my reasoning expressed, locking up criminals is a deterrent to potential criminals and will correct the criminal’s behavior. I now share the dangers that might confront us should we fail to implement the suggestions.

While the immigrant population has been subjected to a series of studies in the past, more needs to be done in terms of their livelihood in general, that is, their sources of income, education, and language proficiency. The proposal aims at shedding light on the patterns and trends of the immigrants in Canada and documenting such patterns as well as their contribution to the economy of the country.

Available literature demonstrates that, although African Americans and other minorities have a greater incidence of oral health conditions such as tooth decay, oral cancer, dental caries, and loss of periodontal (gum) attachment, they are less likely to seek help from dental health clinics compared to Whites (Tilashalski, Gilbert, Baykin, & Litaker, 2007).

The coalition seeks to embrace long-term solutions to the problems of refugees and homelessness (Gottdiener et al., 2014). In the past, the coalition has provided food, shelter, vocational training, and specialized programs to the homeless. Individuals with AIDS got specialized treatments in the camps and equipped with necessary guidelines on how to prevent its spread to other people.

Findings have revealed that teachers have the capacity to help their children to learn for instance alphabetized letters during the reading of a storybook in an effort to have a greater understanding of the process and the act of reading. This paper seeks to undertake a comparative study with the intent of unraveling what shaping and scaffolding entail and the manner in which they differ.

The region lacks facilities and infrastructure that make low-funded research very cumbersome. Politically, the sporadic wars in the area have rendered most of the places insecure with politically unstable governments. However, analysts have come up with ways of circumventing the situation by adopting various approaches to research. 

Contrary to using social media platforms to interact with others in a traditional way, the pundits expressed their fears stating that individuals would spend their time staring at computers while they send messages to strangers. It seems like they were anticipating the future because that is the current situation among societies. 

In the realm of higher education, race and gender is a major topic of discussion.  This has prompted most colleges to elect student leaders to handle such issues by ensuring a calm campus. However, it becomes difficult if the same people tasted to ensure an ideal learning environment faces discrimination. 

In this line, courage can be defined as the willingness or fearlessness of one to face unpleasant circumstances such as pain or even death (Miller 254). As I grow, I have discovered that I do not fear even in circumstances in which many of my contemporaries usually express fear. My personal definition of courage, however, differs slightly from that of society.

Globalization implies integration between national and international economies with the help of the global network of transport, communication, and trade. With the rapid evolution of these enabling global network factors, the world seems to become more interconnected because of this faster rate of globalization that the role of every citizen needs to be defined as the community becomes dynamic.

Hans Rosling is an internationally acclaimed Professor of International Health at the Swedish Karolinska Institutet. In a 2006 TED talk, Rosling begins by documenting test results in which he found that high-achieving students and even their professors are not sufficiently knowledgeable about the world.

According to Fried, Petty, Faraone, Hyder, Day, and Biederman, (2016) the USA has taken a massive hit over the past few years. More than 1.2 million students do not graduate with their peers annually as thousands of others face grade repetition. As a result, this has taken an adverse toll on these individuals as they experience complicated and reduced living standards, health, and social mobility.

The discrimination based on appearance should not violate the statutes of human rights or should not apply in the cases of workers who are not unionized. Employers in for-profit making organizations have the right to create a conducive environment that will allow their businesses to make a profit (Laham, 2015).

Atmospheric patterns can vary from year to year, from one decade to another, from century to another century, or any longer time scale that is specified. Therefore, climatic change refers to the establishment of a new climatic state as a result of continuous change in weather conditions such as temperatures and precipitations.

 The author states that WTO is the ultimate outcome of a series of negotiation rounds that were held among member countries since 1947 under the banner of GATT. WTO’s universality encompasses almost every country in the world today and was created in January 1995 through the Marrakesh Treaty, thus replacing GATT.

In accordance with Edlin et al. (2000), violence can be developed for many reasons. Either as a means for getting revenge, for protecting one’s life or for prohibiting the occurrence of a particular event. It can be also developed with no particular reason, as a result of a person’s psychological disorder (Edlin et al. 2000).

In the past years, the numbers of people seeking plastic surgery have skyrocketed. This practice has evoked increasingly uncritical acceptance. Plastic surgery is subdivided into reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery aims at restoring function and form of a defect in the body; therefore it is a positive moral good that curbs or reduces the effects of the shortcoming.

The author states that it would be important, in this context, for him to ensure that his schedule is available to meet with them when and if they respond to his summons. By fixing a set response time, he would be forcing them to act in some way and would be placing the motivation to act back on their shoulders.

On the changing roles of women, Wyoming boasts of a “first” when it became the first US territory to grant political equality. This was followed by Illinois, which passed the first law on equal employment opportunities in 1837. Jeanette Rankin of Montana was the first woman ever to serve in the US Congress.

There is no doubt that the various addictions discussed have varying degrees of adverse effects on marriage, adding to the already existing problems caused by ongoing, interactive and mutually influencing family processes. The only way to alleviate the problem is for the addict to obtain treatment as quickly as possible  

For those unable to afford social power and status, health is no more than a cause to survive. Social inequalities are the fruits that we rear in the form of the declining health of the working class and has a long way to reside on poverty, joblessness, poor lifestyle, illiteracy, premature mortality rate, unsanitary conditions, and diseases.