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- 421: The Aztec Nation
- ... a priest, immediately after birth it was painted in black and a beaded necklace placed about its neck, and certain rites were conducted. The necklace was then removed and placed in a temple until the child came of age, when the child would then proceed in some type of ecclesiastical training. It was never doubted the child would become a priest; the Aztecs believed that the child's soul was caught in the beads, and that the soul would draw the child to the temple inexorably without regard to the will ...
- 422: The Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana is therefore classified more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as Schedule II drugs are also banned for general use, but can be prescribed by doctors. It is ... life imprisonment, plus fines and forfeiture of property. In addition to criminal justice efforts, the federal government, state government, and local communities spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually on prevention programs such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), in which local police officers visit schools to teach young people to refrain from trying marijuana and other drugs. However, public controversy has been growing over the two assumptions-high abuse potential and no legitimate medical use-that underlie marijuana s status as a Schedule I drug. In turn, disputes over the abuse and medical potential have shaped differences of opinion over public policy. Many ...
- 423: Freud
- ... unconscious psychic energy that continually toils to satisfy basic drives to survive, reproduce and aggress. The id operates on the pleasure principle - if unconstrained, it seeks instantaneous gratification. It is exemplified by a new born child who cries out for satisfaction the moment it feels hungry, tired, uncomfortable - oblivious to conditions, wishes, or expectations of his environment. As the child learns to cope with the real world, his ego develops. The ego operates on the reality principle, which seeks to superintend the id's impulses in realistic ways to accomplish pleasure in practical ways, avoiding ... It is the personality executive. The ego arbitrates between impulsive demands of the id, the restraining demands of the superego and the real-life demands of the external world. Around age 4 or 5, a child's ego recognizes the demands of the newly emerging superego. The superego is the voice of conscience that forces the ego to consider not only the real but also the ideal. Its focus is ...
- 424: Gender and Relationship of Children
- ... a study done by Poulishta (1987). Preschool aged boy- girl pairs were observed competing for an object. The children were given a chance to use a movie-viewer that could only be used by one child at a time. It seemed while pairs were alone in the playroom the boys dominated the movie- viewer. When an adult was present, however, this did not occur, The adult's presence seemed to inhibit ... The interaction between 20 intact families was observed. Parents were first asked to complete a toy desirability scale. It was found that parents believed that neutral toys are not specific to the gender of the child while feminine toys were preferred for girls and masculine toys preferred for boys. However, this was not the case when the same parents were actively engaged in play with their child. It was observed that in general, parents spent the least amount of time with feminine toys. These results were true regardless of the gender of the parent or the child. It was found that ...
- 425: Macbeth: Abuse Of Power And Appearance Versus Reality
- Macbeth: Abuse Of Power And Appearance Versus Reality How does Shakespeare portray such themes as the abuse of power and appearance versus reality in his play, Macbeth? Shakespeare utilizes literary devices such irony and symbolism to convey the central messages of the play. Several key events within the play influence characters to ... disregards Banquo’s warnings. Soon after, Macbeth and his wife devise the assassination of King Duncan inside their castle. After becoming king of Scotland, Macbeth becomes overwhelmed with paranoia and guilt; this causes him to abuse his power even further. After a series of murders, including the murder of Banquo and Macduff’s family, Macbeth is finally defeated. Malcolm and Macduff’s army from England subjugates Macbeth; soon after Macduff ...
- 426: Abortion Debate - Pro-Life Sta
- ... that human being uniquely different from any and other human being and yet, undeniably a member, as we all are, of the great human family. All the fetus needs to grow into a babe, a child, an old man, is time, nutrition and a suitable environment. It is determined at that very moment of conception whether the baby will be a boy or a girl; which of his parents he will ... are less disturbed by the slaughter of thousands of unborn children than by the personal problems of a pregnant women across the street. To rationalize this double standard, they pretend to themselves that the unborn child is a less valuable human life because it has no active social relationships and can therefore, be disposed of by others who have an arbitrary standard of their own for the value of a human ... that they have that right, the standard being arbitrary. To say that a 10 week fetus has less value that a baby, means also that one must consider a baby of less value than a child, a young adult of less value than an old man. Surely one cannot believe this and still be civilized and human. A society that does not protect its individual members is on the lowest ...
- 427: Analysis Of Poem Woman To Man
- ... essays and studied in schools for years. The poem requires an intelligent and educated audience to appreciate its poetic proficiency. Wright's purpose in writing this text was to articulate her feelings about her unborn child and its creation. On one level this was an announcement to her husband about the procreative act: " the third who lay in our embrace" and the mystery of the operations of life, " silent, swift and deep from sight ". She reveals, to her husband, her emotions about the child they have created, as it grows inside her. However, Wright has also taken a feminist stance by speaking about conception, pregnancy and childbirth in an era when women did not speak of such things publicly ... were enjoying their role as 'breadwinner' and the 'traditional' place for women was in the home with the children. While Wright, on one level, is tenderly revealing her emotions about her 'yet to be born' child she is also taking a feminist stance. She is being up front and confrontational by speaking so openly about the act of sexual intercourse, conception, pregnancy and birth. This was something that was 'not ...
- 428: Adolescence
- ... of Piaget's four stages of Cognitive Development, it involves characteristics of advanced reasoning, creativity, grasping of external concepts and thinking more extensively. Criticisms of this theory, are it's lack of flexibility in a child's ability to attain Formal-Operations stage, and that children can attain these characteristics earlier or later than Piaget's pre-determined age bracket. It is the expressing of these new found abilities in adolescence ... important stages of Cognitive Development: the Sensorimotor stage, the Pre-Operational stage, the stage of Concrete Operations and finally the Formal Operations stage. Throughout these four stages, specific critical cognitive abilities are achieved, for the child to develop into the world and understand everything that goes with it. It is during Piaget's final stage of development, Formal-Operations, covering adolescence, that children are able to think differently and hypothesise abstract ... al, 1994 p 410). There are specific characteristics associated with the period of adolescence and the Formal-Operations stage, they include: Advanced Reasoning As already mentioned, the Formal-Operations stage of Cognitive Development, allows the child to reason with others logically, creatively and in abstract formats. This ability gives the child the chance to improve knowledge and understanding of problems and situations by asking more direct rather than general questions ( ...
- 429: Sex in Black, White and Mulatto
- ... unique to the black female experience. Mothers would tell these stories to their daughters to help grow a sense of group pride."5 Some slave husbands would also lash out against masters who tried to abuse their wives and daughters. As Josiah Henson describes, her father was one of these: "Furious at the sight [of the attempted rape of his wife], he sprung upon [his overseer] like a tiger. In a ... George because there was no law "which embraced either the attempted or actual commission of a rape by a slave on a female slave."8 "While there were slave women raped by black men, this abuse is overshadowed by white male exploitation of black women, and it is often overlooked because it hardly ever turned up in court since there was no legal injunction against it."9 Some female slaves gave ... of his owners, Mr. Covey, partook in slave-breeding. Covey could only afford to buy one slave, Caroline.17 She was about 20-years old at the time of her purchase. She already had one child, so her fertility was proven.18 Covey then hired Samuel Harrison for one year to have sex with Caroline every night. The result-by the end of the year Caroline had given birth to ...
- 430: Gangs
- ... or socialize regularly; a group of adolescent hoodlums or criminals; gang up on; to attack as a group.” 3. Violence: as defined in Websters is “Physical force or activity used to cause harm, damage or abuse” 4. Youth: as defined in Websters is “The appearance or state of appearing young; the time of life when one is not considered a adult; a young person” III. Our current juvenile justice system is ... old. A counselor in a juvenile detention facility in California said: "(If) you find a gang member who comes from a complete nuclear family, a kid who has never been exposed to any kind of abuse, I'd like to meet him.... a real 'gangbanger' who comes from a happy, balanced home, who's got a good opinion of himself. I don't think that kid exists." Sydney Harris, a nationally ... self-destructive disposition toward the world. Life without meaning, hope, and love breeds a cold-hearted, mean-spirited outlook that destroys both the individual and others." The youth gang satisfies a void. It provides the child a sense of identity, belonging, power, and protection. The gang satisfies the child's desire to feel secure. Living in a high-risk environment without paternal protection, the young gangster satisfies his insecurities by ...
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