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- 2921: Television Born Killers
- ... Ross 1963) which demonstrates how easily a child can be influenced by viewing aggression. He and his colleagues observed preschoolers in a contrived situation that included aggressive behaviour. His study consisted of four groups. One control group contained children who had not witnessed any events involving a Bobo doll, a toy clown. The other three groups had witnessed the Bobo doll being verbally and/or physically abused by different figures such ... use aggressive behaviour. The children were then put in a playroom with the Bobo doll. Out of the four groups that were involved, three exemplified aggressive behaviour toward the Bobo doll. The exception was the control group that had not witnessed any violence. This experiment supports the theory that after observing violent behaviour, children are more likely to imitate the aggressive acts of the characters involved. However, several methodological problems existed ...
- 2922: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... Atticus instilled the same attitude he carried himself into the minds of his children that all people were people regardless of their skin color. He was not the violent type and refused to carry a gun. The children's uncle taught them how to shoot a gun and he told them that he would rather they shoot at tin cans instead of shooting at birds, especially mockingbirds. When they asked why, his reply was "it was a sin to kill a mockingbird ...
- 2923: A Fourteenth Century Castle
- ... constructed from fireproof material. The best of these materials was fine leather binding. These were animal hides that stretched over wooden roofs. CHAPTER 2 DEFENCE AND SEIGE In wartime the castle became a fortress in control of a wide area. When hostile armies surrounded the castle, soldiers raised the draw bridge and prepared for a furious fight. A siege had begun. The attacking soldiers spent long hours trying to break into ... food was a major task. When the lord was at home there were more than two hundred people to feed. Much of the food came from the manor. The manor was the land under the control of the castle and its lord. The lord of the manor owned most of the land , but he allowed the local people to farm some of it. In exchange they had to cultivate the lords ...
- 2924: With Malice Toward None
- ... a bold move meant to upset the Southern war effort, the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation had no immediate affect because it applied only to the Confederate states over which the federal government had no control. The proclamation did not apply to the slave states under Union control because there was no legal justification for Lincoln to apply it in those places. It had to be classified as a "military measure," such as depriving the South of the services of her slaves. Lincoln ...
- 2925: Does Violence In Movies Contribute To Violent Teens
- ... unusual to see kids interested in guns at a very young age. Most parents that I know will buy their kids anything they want to keep them quiet. I know that I got a BB gun at a young age, and so did many of my friends. Kids today think that guns are cool because they see actors and actresses using them in movies to get what they want or to ... someone, because I know the consequences if I ever did kill someone. People argue that we need to start making it hard for teens to watch violent movies, and make it harder to buy a gun, but I do not think that will change anything in our society. The harder we make it for someone to get something, the harder they will try to get it without anyone knowing about it ...
- 2926: Religion Through The Ages Has
- ... the Pythian Games were held at Delphi, in honor of Apollo. Although the Greeks were advanced in the governmental procedures such as their creation of the republic, Kings such as Darius yielded extreme power and control. The Kushites who first known around the sixth century B. C.(538 B.C.) were the darker skinned people who rivaled, to a small extent, the great Egyptian dynasties. The Kushites had a central belief ... filled with people being burned at the stake with the charge of heresy. Queen Mary's marriage to Philip II of Spain did not contribute in her endeavor of bringing England back to Rome's control. Mary's tragic reign ultimately ends in her death in 1558. She alone is responsible for the destruction and tragedy she brings to her people as Stuart E. Prall in his book entitled Church and ...
- 2927: Corporate Development During the Industrial Revolution
- ... founded by Andrew Carnegie. The Standard Oil Company and U.S. Steel Company were made successful in different ways due to the actions of their different owners. The companies differed in their labor relations, market control, and structural organization. In the steel industry, Carnegie developed a system known as vertical integration. This means that he cut out the middle man. Carnegie bought his own iron and coal mines because using independent ... innovation in movement of American industry was horizontal. This meant he followed one product through all its stages. For example, rockrfeller controlled the oil when it was drilled, through the refining stage, and he maintained control over the refining process turning it into gasoline. Although these two powerful men used two different methods of management their businesses were still very successful (Conlin, 425-426). Tycoons like Andrew Carnegie, "the steel king ...
- 2928: Native Culture Prior to Contact with Europeans
- ... on a basic diet of pemmican. Overall, the Indians could teach the Europeans how to survive and conquer this new land. What now, could the Europeans teach the Indians, besides the iron and the powerful gun? Europeans, who gave death to a society called Indians, brought diseases. Whole Indian tribes, not used to these illnesses were ravaged by epidemics. Nevertheless, with trade of furs from the Indians, with the white man's gun, the Indians became dependant on the Europeans. Tribal organization and customs of the Indians decayed as settlement moved onward. The only thing preserved was the Indian's way of fur-trapping, and living off the ...
- 2929: The Advantages and Disadvantages Of A Market Economy.
- ... find them in richer communities (i.e. England, USA). The concept of a market economy is to allow people to get through life by themselves. Government usually does little to change the economy, and, the control is given to the people with the money, or, rather, the people with the businesses. The main people in such an economy are usually the consumers, the producers, the owners of private property, and, the government. These are the people with the power. The whole system revolves around private gain rather than the interests of everyone in a community. Since the rich are in control of the economy, their decisions result in the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. This is a perfect example of what I mentioned before, which is the way that you can not categorise ...
- 2930: Outline: Negative Debate on Effects of Hate Mongering
- ... to assemble. It is obvious that this, one of the most important passages in the Bill of Rights, was placed there to prevent laws such as this, for the second we allow our government any control over our right of expression we have given them the presedence to pass other such laws. It was said by Walter Lippman, a respected political columnist, that "No official yet born on this earth is ... its obvious lack of enforcability. How do they propose that we find who are the members of "hate groups"? Do we go on witch hunts for Klansmen? Come on if law enforcemnt officers can't control actuall crime that undeniably causes physical damage, how do you expect them to deal with crimes that do no physical damage, and that people can simply choose to avoid. I mean people can't just ...
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