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Norms Public Library Norm Audit
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Although the boy's loudness resulted in a sanction from his father there were none forthcoming from customers around them. This suggests that a certain level of tolerance and flexibility is granted to children when regarding social norms -- they are less familiar with them. Also, the boy was under the impression that it was feasible for him to get onto the roof of the library, while the father recognized that this was inappropriate. Additionally, it appears to be a social norm between fathers and sons that the wishes of the young son can be dismissed with little or no explanation, particularly when the norm to remain quiet is tantamount.
It is a social norm to have concern for the time of those behind you when in the checkout line of a library. The man seemed to overlook this or to be unconcerned; this resulted in a minor sanction from the…...

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Bibliography

Farley, John E. Sociology: Third Edition. New York: Prentice Hall, 1994.

Gale Group, Inc. "Contemporary Women's Issues." Journal of American College Health, Jan. 2005.

Pimentel, Gloria. "Sociological Definitions." Chance Academic Center, 2002.

Yarwood, Dean L. "Humor Stories and the Identification of Social Norms." Administration and Society. Beverly Hills:

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Norms of Behavior Behavioral Theorists Have Long
Pages: 5 Words: 1485

Norms of Behavior
Behavioral theorists have long recognized the influence of norms upon behavior, and for decades at least, practitioners have tried to use the media, group opinion leaders, and small-group or other interactive activities in sexuality and HIV education classes to change norms and to thereby change behavior. In addition, for a variety of reasons, people have tried to increase connectedness between youth and their families, schools and faith communities. Thus, simply recognizing that norms and connectedness influence behavior is not new. However, what is striking is the extent to which social norms, connectedness and their interaction partially explain so many research findings involving both risk and protective factors and the impact of programs. While no single theory can explain, all findings on adolescent sexual behavior are remarkably powerful.

Young teens are more likely to have sexual intercourse if they believe their friends have already done so, according to a specialist…...

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Norms Psychological Observations and Norms Comparison in
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Psychological Observations and Norms: Comparison in terms of Multicultural and Traditional esearch Methodology

In the field of psychology, research methods vary significantly based on the sources of information that are focused on, how that information is samples, and the types of instruments that are used in data collection. Generally, methods vary in terms of whether they collect qualitative, quantitative data, or both. This research methodology further contains both multicultural and traditional research models. In using this methodology, one has the opportunity to research certain variables in order to pinpoint similarities, differences, strategies for dealing with patients, participants, and test-subjects, and discrepancies in the research itself. In comparing and contrasting observation and norms in terms of each type of research, for instance, it can be seen that both have a tendency to produce fundamental problems for researchers during the implementation of these variables cross-culturally.

Psychological esearch Methods

In order to fully understand the…...

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References

Ash, R., Dreher, G., and Hancock, P. (2006). The role of the traditional research method in underestimating the validity of the employment interview. Personnel Psychology, 41(2), pp.315-325. Retrieved from: ProQuest Database.

Cline, A. (2010). Existentialism and psychological research. Retrieved from:

on 29, August 2011.http://atheism/od/typesofexistentialism/a/psychology.html,

Fine, M. And Kidder, L. (1997). Qualitative inquiry in psychology: a radical tradition.

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Norms and Values Surrounding Marriage and Family
Pages: 2 Words: 702

norms and values surrounding marriage and family. In the fifties, life in the United States was good. Posterity was evident throughout most levels of society and there was little reason to question or even consider the importance of marriage and family. The dawning of the sixties, however, beginning with the Cuban missile crisis, the upheaval over Civil Rights, and the assassination of President Kennedy brought discontent and soul searching that resulted in an examination of society's institutions. Two of the institutions that came under fire and scrutiny were marriage and family. The change of the sixties and early seventies, produced situations that fall outside the parameters of established norms and individuals began to look outside these norms for support and meaning.
The sixties and seventies brought with them a changing scene within the confines of marriage and family. omen began working outside the home in increased numbers and, as a…...

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Works Cited

Coontz, Stephanie. "The world historical transformation of marriage." Journal of Marriage and Family (2004): 974-979.

Zinn, Maxine Baca. "Family, Feminism, and Race in America." Gender & Society (1990): 68-82.

Societal norms marriage family

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Breaching Norms Experiment
Pages: 6 Words: 1910

Norms Experiment
e live our lives according to rules. Most of us are not even aware of this fact for the rules of our society - the norms and mores and cultural traditions - have surrounded us since our birth so that we have come to see them as inevitable and even inviolable. They are almost as necessary to our well-being as the air around us, but they are at the same time as invisible as the air. Of course, like all general statements, this one can be amended and refined: Most of us living in the United States are aware of the fact that there are laws prohibiting certain kinds of behavior. Laws are formal and almost always written forms of norms - which are both subjective models of behavior or belief that should be followed by members of a particular group as well as objective summaries of average (for…...

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Works Cited

Berger, P. & T. Luckman. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1967.

Cooley, C. On Self and Social Organization. Chicago: U. Of Chicago, 1998.

Stones, R. (1998). Key Sociological Thinkers. New York: New York UP, 1998.

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International Norms Such as the R2P Right
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International Norms Such as the R2P (Right to Protect) Conflict with the Cultural Claims of Individual States in Matters of Human Rights?
The objective of this study is to answer as to whether international norms such as the R2P conflict with the cultural claims of individual states in matters of human rights.

It is reported that there has been a failure of the world in protecting victims of "mass atrocities" and that the emerging norm is "to spell out what the states, and the international community, should and must do to prevent that from happening again." (Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, nd) The United Nations along with other international institutions were established for the primary purpose of preventing or adjudicating conflicts that occur between states. (Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, nd, paraphrased)

Failure to Act

In the 1990s when the violence occur inside the borders of Somalia, Rwanda, and…...

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Bibliography

Bellamy, AF and Wheeler, NJ (nd) Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics. Retrieved from:  http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/1925/Wheele?sequence=1 

Evans, G and Sahnoun, M. The Responsibility to Protect. Foreign Affairs. Vol 81. No. 6. Nov-Dec 2002.

Guraziu, R. (2008) Is humanitarian military intervention in the affairs of another state ever justified? Middlesex University School of Health and Social Sciences. Retrieved from:  http://www.atlantic-community.org/app/webroot/files/articlepdf/Is%20humanitarian%20military%20intervention%20ever%20justified.pdf 

Parekh, B. (1997)Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention?, International Political Science Review, 18(1): 49-70.

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Sociology -- How Social Norms
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Furthermore, there are genuine potential dangers and consequences from creating digital profiles and conducting personal business/interactions on the internet. The personal information can be misused and abused by others such as marketing companies, potential employers, current employers and cyber-bullies such as Lori Drew. Analyzing social media shows that it can and has been used to enhance, harm or even destroy people's lives.
orks Cited

Boyden, B.E. (2012, April 2). Can a prospective employer request Facebook login information? Retrieved on March 18, 2013 from law.marquette.edu eb site: http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2012/04/02/can-a-prospective-employer-request-facebook-login-information/

Eder, S. (2013, January 16). Hoax is revealed as Irish star says he was duped. Retrieved on March 18, 2013 from www.nytimes.com eb site: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/sports/ncaafootball/story-of-manti-teos-girlfriend-is-said-to-be-a-hoax.html?_r=0

Gummerus, J., Liljander, V., eman, E., & Pihlstrom, M. (2012). Customer engagement in a Facebook brand community. Management Research Review, 35(9), 857-877.

Hamilton, J.R. (2012). The electronic lonely crowd - Patterns and effects of electronic media usage among contemporary adolescents. International Journal…...

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Works Cited

Boyden, B.E. (2012, April 2). Can a prospective employer request Facebook login information? Retrieved on March 18, 2013 from law.marquette.edu Web site:  http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2012/04/02/can-a-prospective-employer-request-facebook-login-information/ 

Eder, S. (2013, January 16). Hoax is revealed as Irish star says he was duped. Retrieved on March 18, 2013 from www.nytimes.com Web site:  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/sports/ncaafootball/story-of-manti-teos-girlfriend-is-said-to-be-a-hoax.html?_r=0 

Gummerus, J., Liljander, V., Weman, E., & Pihlstrom, M. (2012). Customer engagement in a Facebook brand community. Management Research Review, 35(9), 857-877.

Hamilton, J.R. (2012). The electronic lonely crowd - Patterns and effects of electronic media usage among contemporary adolescents. International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 5(3), 165-174.

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Business Ethics Organizational Norms Hold
Pages: 4 Words: 1416


3. Professional codes are put in place by industry organizations in order to guide the behavior of their members. The codes provide definitions and guidance with respect to right or wrong behavior. In some cases, these codes also include provisions for the discipline of members that do not adhere to the conditions of the code. The codes also serve another purpose is that they communicate to the public the ethics and morals to which the members of the organization are expected to adhere.

Professional codes have the benefit of guiding behavior, which in concert with the communication raises the standard of morals, ethics and behavior among the group members. The criminological theory of social disorganization, for example, postulates that criminal behavior can derive from a lack of social norms (Cullen & Agnew, 2002). The professional codes then provide the structure required to prevent this.

The industry also gains competitive advantage from the…...

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Works Cited:

Valentine, Sean & Barnett, Tim. (2003). Ethics code awareness, perceived ethical values and organizational commitment. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management. Retrieved June 25, 2009 from  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20630458_ITM 

Martin, Kelly & Cullen, John. (2007). Continuities and extensions of ethical climate theory: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Business Ethics. Retrieved June 25, 2009 from  http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0198-378059/Continuities-and-extensions-of-ethical.html 

Cullen, F.T. & Agnew, R. (2002). Criminological Theory: Past to Present. Adapted for and retrieved on June 25, 2009 from  http://www.uwec.edu/patchinj/crmj301/theorysummaries.pdf 

Warburton, Nigel. (1999). Philosophy. Retrieved June 25, 2009 from  http://books.google.de/books?id=Y3E60dZxNa0C&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=negative+utilitarianism&source=bl&ots=ovZoXt9Bze&sig=IOedMbPrLElYDlsWpiRsI5DN_5g&hl=de&ei=JIVDSrSlLYWD_AbdkdmbAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10

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Cultural Norms Hll a Subsidiary of Lever
Pages: 7 Words: 2145

Cultural Norms
HLL, a subsidiary of Lever, is a cosmetics company that operates in India. The company markets a number of products in the Indian market, including a "fairness cream," which purports to lighten the skin of the user. The Indian market is widely segmented. There are a number of wealth strata, ethnicities, religions, languages, castes and for this product there are also a number of skin tones. Each of these different demographics is a different segment of the market. In particular, there is competition within the fairness cream business at a number of different price points, with some companies catering to the mass market on a cost leadership basis and other firms selling a high end product aimed strictly at the middle and upper classes.

The potential market size in India is tremendous. India is currently the fifth-largest economy in the world, and it has a real GDP growth rate of…...

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Works Cited:

CIA World Factbook. (2010). India. Retrieved November 28, 2010 from  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

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Social Norms Approach for Reducing
Pages: 1 Words: 370


Studies and surveys have succeeded in proving that most stories about students are actually lies. After the respective studies have been made public, specialists have observed that students have begun to abandon practices which involved harmful substances.

Social norms programs have proved to be successful in reducing harmful substances abuse among students. While most typical anti-alcohol programs involve propaganda intended to scare people, social norms programs succeed in achieving their goal through telling the truth.

Works cited:

1. Hanson, David J. "Social Norms Marketing:

Facts & Information." Retrieved June 4, 009, from the WWW Web site: http://www.potsdam.edu/hansondj/youthissues/1119834534.html

. (005). "How to Reduce High-Risk College Drinking: Use Proven Strategies, Fill Research Gaps." Retrieved June 4, 009, from College Drinking Prevention Web site: http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/NIAAACollegeMaterials/Panel0/KeyResearch_0.aspx

(005). "How to Reduce High-Risk College Drinking: Use Proven Strategies, Fill Research Gaps." Retrieved June 4, 009, from College Drinking Prevention Web site: http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/NIAAACollegeMaterials/Panel0/KeyResearch_0.aspx

Hanson, David J. "Social Norms Marketing: Facts & Information." Retrieved June…...

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2. (2005). "How to Reduce High-Risk College Drinking: Use Proven Strategies, Fill Research Gaps." Retrieved June 4, 2009, from College Drinking Prevention Web site:  http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/NIAAACollegeMaterials/Panel02/KeyResearch_02.aspx 

(2005). "How to Reduce High-Risk College Drinking: Use Proven Strategies, Fill Research Gaps." Retrieved June 4, 2009, from College Drinking Prevention Web site:

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Mohave vs Western Society Gender Norms Values Identities and Roles
Pages: 3 Words: 1441

Gender Norms, Values, Identities, and oles: Mohave vs. Western Society
There most likely is no American aged above ten who does not know 'Pat', the androgynous fictional character on Saturday Night Live, whose audience could not distinguish as either male or female. There is no doubt that people in today's society would not question a person's gender or sex unless it deviates from that which is considered 'the norm'. The norm, in our society, is that a person has to clearly fit into either of two sex groups; male or female, which are binary opposites of each other. Categorizations such as transsexuals are a relatively new (modern) constructs. Many non-western cultures, however, do not apply this kind of binary thinking; they recognize that more categories exist. To this end, most native cultures have more than two institutionalized gender/sex categories. This text explores one key anthropological example -- the Berdache, also referred…...

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References

Eskridge Jr., W.N. (1993). A History of Same-Sex Marriage. Faculty Scholarship Series, Paper 1504. Retrieved 10 June 2014 from  http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/1504 

Harvey, M. (2013). A Global Examination of Social Gender and Sexual Norms. Grand Valley State University. Retrieved 10 June 2014 from  http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1247&context=honorsprojects 

Inglehart, R. & Baker, W.E. (2000). Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values. American Sociological Review, 65(1), 19-51.

Martin, C. (2013). The Influence of Negative Educational Experiences on Health Behaviors among Gender Non-Conforming American India/Alaska Native People. Colorado State University Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014 from http://digitool.library.colostate.edu///exlibris/dtl/d3_1/apache_media/L2V4bGlicmlzL2R0bC9kM18xL2FwYWNoZV9tZWRpYS8yNDYzMjc=.pdf

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Implicit Norms Violating a Social
Pages: 1 Words: 394

Finally, he offered me the lunch menu if I did not like anything that was listed on the dinner menu. I assume the lunch menu had some burgers and sandwiches. Again, it was difficult to tell if my clothing was the reason, or if it was my age.
Of course, the two are difficult to separate -- within reason, a person can look much older if he or she is wearing professional or formal clothing, and even the wealthiest and most cultured individual can look sloppy after working out if he or she is dressed in sweat clothes. It was not only that I was consciously violating a norm but that the way I was doing so sharpened potential social prejudices against me. In the same way people might be more prejudiced against someone of a different racial or ethnic heritage if that person is wearing jeans and seen walking…...

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Limitations of Norms in Psychological Testing
Pages: 5 Words: 1858

Limitations of Norms in Psychological Testing
Tests that are norm-referenced provide a number of benefits over non-norm-referenced tests. Psychological tests enable the gathering of valuable information about individual functioning for many different areas. Most norm-referenced tests are relatively quick to administer, such that a psychologist can obtain a sampling of behavior with a small investment of time and resources. A primary advantage of psychological testing is that rich and detailed information is revealed through the testing that would otherwise be unavailable to the psychologist. However, norm-referenced tests are far from perfect and the quality, reliability, and validity of norm-referenced tests varies substantially in some very important ways.

A number of assumptions are important to the construction of norms. The characteristic being measured must accommodate the ordering of individuals from low to high along an asymmetrical continuum that should at least be ordinal (Angoff, 1984). In addition, the relation of the scores must…...

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References

Angoff, W.H. (1984). Scales, norms, and equivalent scores. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service. Retreived from  https://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/Angoff.Scales.Norms.Equiv.Scores.pdf 

Ferrett, H.L., Thomas, K.G., Tapert, S.F., Carey, P.D., Conradie, S., Cuzen, N.L., Stein, D. J, and Fein, G. (2014, June). The cross-cultural utility of foreign- and locally-derived normative data for three WHO-endorsed neuropsychological tests for South African adolescents. Metabolic Brain Disease, 29(2), 395-408. DOI: 10.1007/s11011.014.9495-6. Retrieved from  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24526566 

Frankeburg, W.K., Dodds, J.A., Shapiro, H. And Bresnick, B. (1992, January). The Denver II: A major revision and re-standardization of the Denver Developmental Screening Test. Pediatrics, 89(1), 91-97. Retrieved from  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1370185 

Kirk, C. And Vigeland, K.C. (2014, October). A psychometric review of norm-referenced tests used to assess phonological error patterns. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 45(4), 365-77. DOI: 10.1044/2014_LSHSS-13-0053. Retreived from  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25091265

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Social Norm Violation
Pages: 2 Words: 739

A busy coffee shop I visit has a self-bussing policy. Most people dutifully clean up after themselves and I do not think I have noticed any time where someone left their dirty dishes behind. For this exercise, i decided to violate the norm by leaving my dirty dishes on the table. Because I did not want to make a bad impression on the staff of a place I enjoy visiting, I told the barista that I was going to leave without bussing my table. The look on her face told me that I was breaking a social norm simply by telling her this, which added an interesting dimension to the exercise. She seemed puzzled that I would tell her something so directly, for something as frivolous as not putting away a mug and a plate.
However, I wanted to focus on the main norm violation to see if other people in the…...

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References

Bernhard, H., Fehr, E. & Fischbacher, U. (2006). Group affiliation and altruistic norm enforcement. The American Economic Review 96(2): 217-221.

Mu, Y., Kitayama, S., Han, S. & Gelfand, M.J. (2015). How culture gets embrained. PNAS 112(50): 15348–15353

Spitzer, M., Fischbacher, U., Hermberger, B., et al (2007). The neural signature of social norm compliance. Neuron 56(1): 185-196.

 

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Reaction Paper on Social Norms Approach to Alcohol Substance Use in Educational Institutes
Pages: 2 Words: 660

Social Norms Approach to Alcohol Sustance Use in Campuses
University and College students have een proved to constantly overestimate the drinking of their peers. As an outcome, social norms approaches are effectual in the correction of these misunderstood norms to minimize the consumption of alcohol together with alcohol-related issues. The social norms approach to alcohol and other sustance use on university and college campuses offers a model for the comprehension of human nature, which has significant consequences for health promotion and prevention. It reveals that the ehavior of students is affected y wrong views of how peers reason and act. Social norms interventions concentrate on peer pressures that have more influence on personal ehavior than religious, iological, cultural, and familial influences, among others. These peer pressures are founded more on what students perceive regarding their peers, elieve and carry out than on their actual thoughts and actions. This particular misperception…...

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bibliography.

Perkins, H. W. (1997). College student misperceptions of alcohol and other drug norms among peers: Exploring causes, consequences, and implications for prevention programs. Designing alcohol and other drug prevention programs in higher education: Bringing theory into practice, 177-206.

Q/A
Information on Buying a house - relocation purposes?
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The five distributive bargaining methods (recognize the situation, set a reservation price, use bracketing, use common social norms, and learn the role of framing) can be found here: http://www.prenhall.com/behindthebook/0131868667/pdf/CarrellCh03final.pdf To buy a house, you would use these to first realize that a house purchase is something that is generally open to negotiation. Very few people who sell their homes aren't willing to negotiate the price or other terms. Before you make an offer, determine a price you're willing to pay - and one you will not go above, even by a penny. Then, start with a price (offer) below that amount.....

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How can I start my essay on Deviance?
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Choosing how to start your essay on deviance depends on the type of essay you are writing and the type of coursework you are trying to complete.  Deviance is a broad topic that is covered in many of the soft sciences, including (but not limited to) sociology, psychology, and criminology.  It is also discussed in the humanities, particularly philosophy and history.  Therefore, we would probably begin the essay with two things: a definition of deviance and an explanation of how that definition fits into the context of the essay we are writing. 

Generally, deviance is a sociological concept....

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Can I get help writing an essay on any violence topic?
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The topic of violence is a broad one because violence is persuasive in our society, there are competing theories about the causes of violence, and violence begins to impact people at a very young age.  According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, there are eight types of violence children may be exposed to or experience: bullying, child maltreatment, community violence, domestic and intimate partner violence, school violence, sexual abuse and sexual violence, sex trafficking, and teen dating violence. These different types of violence not only impact children, but also adults in the community,....

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How does American Gothic literature demonstrate the country’s obsession with religion and sin?
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To write a good thesis about this, you have to first put together what you know about early America and its approach to religion.  Obviously, the American colonies were initially established, in part, as a way for people to freely practice certain religions.  That said, they were extremely restrictive, with punishments for people who did not adhere to societal norms.  Many undesirable behaviors were not just considered undesirable, but labeled as sin.  The most dramatic example of this could be found in the witch hysteria that overtook some of the colonies and the executions and general destruction that happened surrounding....

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