Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development: Experiments with Kids
Sep 15, 2009 · Jean Piaget, a psychologist who published his most influential works from the late 1920s through the 1950s, is most known for his theory of stages of cognitive development. He suggested a four-stage model that children go through as they develop more complex reasoning skills. Children start out in the sensorimotor stage, which lasts until they ...
Sex Discrimination in Sports and Society: Why Transgender …
Sep 7, 2023 · My own collaborative research results from the 2018-19 National Sports and Society Survey (NSASS), that asked 4,000 U.S. adults about the extent to which they (dis)agreed with allowing transgender athletes to compete with their choice of male or female athletes found majority support for transgender athletes’ rights to choose. Taken together, these findings show increasing opposition to ...
White Trash: The Social Origins of a Stigmatype
Jun 21, 2013 · The stigma of white trash remains an active part of our fevered cultural imagination, even as some try to reclaim the phrase as a badge of rebellious honor. But few who use the term today—either proudly or as a shaming slur—seem to know about its deep historical entanglements with the politics of sex, race, and class.
NACIREMA: UPDATING A CLASSIC TO SEE YOUR OWN CULTURE …
May 31, 2014 · Nacirema, that “exotic”, far-off place where people do “strange” things is one of the best ways to help students look at American culture as an observer rather than as the standard by which all other cultures should be compared. The paper, written by University of Chicago trained anthropologist Horace Miner was originally published in 1956.
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act and the History of Anti-lynching ...
Aug 30, 2022 · Wells shared the truth about lynching in her publications Southern Horrors and A Red Record.In A Red Record, Wells tabulates statics and provides detailed descriptions of lynchings that occurred across the United States.Wells makes the case that since Emancipation, there had been a series of three excuses made by whites to explain lynching.
Race and Gender in “The Princess and the Frog” - The Society Pages
Aug 27, 2009 · Race and Gender in “The Princess and the Frog”. Gwen Sharp, PhD on August 27, 2009. As you may know, Disney has a movie coming out later this year called “The Princess and the Frog,” a retelling of the story of the princess who kisses a frog that then helpfully turns into a handsome prince for her to marry. The noteworthy aspect of this ...
A Sociological Look at Marijuana and Its Users
Apr 20, 2018 · In light of this, we rolled up some research on marijuana use. In the mid 20th century, social scientists studied how social forces shape marijuana use and the norms surrounding it. Howard Becker’s famous research illustrates that learning to smoke and enjoying marijuana isn’t a simple, intuitive process. Instead, users must take cues from ...
Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda
Feb 27, 2012 · Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda. Wendy Christensen on February 27, 2012. Edward Bernays (1891-1995) is largely considered the founder of public relations (or “engineering consent,” as he called it) but is not known very well outside of the marketing and advertising fields. A nephew of Sigmund Freud, Bernays was the first to ...
Secrets of the Internet Adult Film Database
Mar 10, 2013 · He cracked the Internet Adult Film Database (IAFD) and used a sample of 10,000 porn stars to tell a story about porn. Here are some of his findings. Demographics. The average female porn star, he discovered, was 5’5″ and weighed 117 pounds. She doesn’t have a double-D bra size; she’s a 34B.
Is Breaking the Law Bad? Practical vs. Moral Approaches to the Law
Apr 8, 2016 · Practical vs. Moral Approaches to the Law. Lisa Wade, PhD on April 8, 2016. Flashback Friday. Americans tend to conflate the law and morality. We believe, that is, that we make things illegal because they’re immoral. While we might admit that there are exceptions, we tend to think that our laws generally reflect what is right and wrong, not a ...