Social Science - 14 November 2006

2006-11-14 18:26:23 · 2 answers · asked by Explorer 1 in Economics

Can you stand that if your boyfriend/partner checks out other girls' butts on the streets while he was walking with you and ignored what you talked to him? He told you that it's normal for guys to do it..... what do you think?

2006-11-14 18:25:53 · 23 answers · asked by smurf 2 in Gender Studies

you have a person who knows nothing about a profession they want to do and be very sucessful at.
They dont even know why they want to do it, and are wondering if thier intrest is genuine.

but, they are aware that the ones successful in this profession have been "practicing " and have been involved in this profession for years, usually in thier early to midteens. In a sense they have been groomed for this profession

this person is twenty and has about 3 years to even stand a chance against people who have been at it since HS and are the same age.

how would you instruct this person?
what tips advice would you give them?
what would you do to turn this person into the person THEY want to be, if you could?

hint:
this person HAS to acquire very specific skills, more than one.
it would involve training and mentorship for best results.
They would also need support because competition is high and rough.
They have access to training , but dont know how to recieve it.


good luck, help me!

2006-11-14 18:25:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-14 18:24:42 · 10 answers · asked by TheBurgerKing 2 in Psychology

Last night at the dinner table I decided to vegetables only, coz I didn't really feel like meat, my mom shouted at me "Don't be stupid! that's an anorexic's dinner!!!" I told her that I had lunch that afternoon at work and I wasn't hungry enough to have meat as well, and that if she didn't believe me she could phone my boss, so she shouted again "You're just saying that, because you know I'm not going to phone him!", I said nicely and not even trying to be cheeky "Well I gave you the choice didn't I?", and just because I had said that she screamed at me telling me not to dare to be cheeky and talk back to her like that and she started laughing, saying that she would never speak like that to her parents, I just kept quiet because I didn't want to make a big issue of it. Later on after dinner she came to my bedroom telling me that she can't believe she didn't get an apology and that I'm a ***** because of my aunt and uncle I stayed with in the UK, it really upsets me when she says that

2006-11-14 18:21:46 · 19 answers · asked by Sheepless 1 in Psychology

Man must be the most aggressive and cruel of all living creatures. We may say a violent man is behaving "like a beast", but, in fact, no beast behaves as violently as man. When a territorial animal or bird intrudes on the territory of another creature of the same species, the latter will only perform some hostile gestures to warn off the intruder. Nevertheless, should a fight follow, neither creature will be badly hurt, for the loser will save himself by making a gesture of submission. Normally one animal will only kill another for food, and rarely does an animal kill a member of its own species.
2 If, however, an animal finds itself in abnormal conditions, it may show abnormal aggressiveness. A tiger that once came out of the jungle into a village and attacked a man was later found to have an injured paw that had evidently prevented it from hunting its usual prey. If it had not had this disability it would have undoubtedly stayed in the jungle and hunted for food in the customary way. Animals in zoos are kept in cages and often become more aggressive than they would be in the wild. If the caged lion, for example, were free to wander on the grassy plains of Africa, it would be continually active, ranging over long distances, hunting in family groups. In the zoo it is probably better fed and cared for, but it is evidently bored and frustrated for lack of company.
3 Some zoologists and psychologists compare modern man to a caged lion. Living conditions in crowded cities, they say, are similar to those of animals in a zoo and make the inhabitants unusually aggressive. If the human population had not increased so rapidly, people would have had more space and freedom. In prehistoric times a group of about 60 people had many kilometres of empty land to wander and search for food in. If conditions had remained thus, man might have been no more aggressive than his fellow creatures. As it is, it is possible for as many as 30,000 people to be working in a single office-building. It is not surprising if in these conditions people behave aggressively towards each other. In fact, it is almost impossible for them to behave otherwise. Man must have become more aggressive over the years as the world population has increased.
4 However, aggression in itself is not necessarily a bad thing. Some psychologists believe that aggression is a basic human instinct that must be satisfied. If constructive means are not available to satisfy this instinct, man will turn to destructive means. The impulse to assert himself has enabled him to survive in a dangerous world, but, ironically, he is now likely to destroy his own species unless alternative, non-violent ways of expressing aggression can be found. In fact, it is growing more and more difficult for people to assert themselves as individuals, as towns, nations and organizations become steadily bigger, with authority increasingly centralized and remote. A man who may once have been a self-employed craftsman, master of his own trade, might now have a boring job in a factory. A small firm that once worked as a team to produce high-quality goods is likely to be absorbed into a vast organization where their work is mechanical and there is no possibility for personal expression. Unable in these conditions to channel their aggression into creative work, people will probably express it through resentment and anger. At the international level an accumulation of hostile emotions finally finds expression in large-scale impersonal warfare. A man who would hesitate to hit another person in front of his eyes may kill thousands of people by dropping a bomb from a plane; to him they are too remote to be human beings, but are merely figures on a chart of his routine job.
5 Nevertheless, it might be possible at least to improve the situation. The encouragement of competition in all possible fields should tend to diminish the likelihood of war rather than increase it. In his book Human Aggression, Anthony Storr suggested that the United Nations should organize international competitions in sports and also for the best designed house or hospital, or the safest car. Even the enormous amount of money and energy devoted to the space race is, he says, to be welcomed, for this kind of competition can be regarded as similar to the ritual conflicts of animals. Only if hostility and aggression can be expressed in constructive activity and non-violent competition, will the human race be able to survive.

2006-11-14 18:11:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I am a junior at BSU currently majoring in Mass Comm/Journalism, and minoring in Sociology. I've been thinking about changing it to my major, and I wondered what career options are available for people with soc degrees (besides teaching).

2006-11-14 17:43:26 · 5 answers · asked by ♫ Abby ♫ 4 in Sociology

2006-11-14 17:25:42 · 5 answers · asked by kenson s 1 in Psychology

everyone with an i.q. of 120 or so, what do you do for a living and for fun?

2006-11-14 17:23:17 · 29 answers · asked by Sorcerer67 2 in Psychology

The problem is that I`ve been absent for a very loooong time now, and even though I realize how awful this is for me, I still can`t make myself go to school. I often have this moments, when I think that the next day I`m going to school for sure, but the next thing you know, is that on my way to school I just go in any direction, but the school one. Moreover, I`ve been even planning ahead of the day, or even a week, not to go to school!!! I know how bad this is for me, and I realize that this is just going to ruin everything I dream about. However, one thought of going to school makes me want to cry, yes, literally! Whenever I`m thinking of the school and of all "the society" in it, I just want to shoot myself! I don`t know what should I do, how I should deal with it. In addition to that, my parents totally don`t know about all this, so I feel like a crap, but can`t help myself! I just think that I really need a professional help!

2006-11-14 17:13:43 · 5 answers · asked by YMSOFU 1 in Psychology

2006-11-14 17:10:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Recently I've been masturbating quite a lot... it's all actually a great stress reliever from a heavy University schedule and exam revision.

The thing is.... afterwards I simply forget about it and get on with my life. But when I'm out talking with people .... they give me knowing glances and smile a little like they know what I've been doing in my private time. THEN I suddenly remember my dirty little "activities" and blush.

Maybe I'm just self conscious, but it seems ever since I started masturbating more, there are more incidents of people giving me such suggestive looks!

So....can you tell if someone else has a active sex/sexually active life?!

2006-11-14 16:59:39 · 6 answers · asked by ozmaqueen669 1 in Psychology

2006-11-14 16:59:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

well my girl says that she dream that i killed her cuz she says that i she was trying to do a backflip after we were done making love and then i help her by pushing her feet and then all of the sudden something went wrong and then she broke her neck ! we took her to the hospital and then at the autopsy said that she was raped cuz we were done making love so maybe thats why ! but yea then the cops said that she got raped and killed by me and then thats when she woke up !!

2006-11-14 16:57:30 · 4 answers · asked by raidershot2 1 in Psychology

It starts off with me getting in a lift in a steal structure. I can't explain the structure, but it is like a crane but with a couple of platforms in between the bottom and top of it, and it is quite high up.

I've always been scared of heights, and in this dream I got in the lift with my Mum and my Sister I think, and then it went all the way to the top of the structure though, and as I got out of the lift I saw how far down I was and mentioned that normally I don't go this far up, normally I only go half way. Then I noticed the only way back down was this thin ladder that went all the way down to the bottom, and I wasn't going to use that, no way.

So I said to myself "I'm going to have to jump off and kill myself because there's no way I'm going to go down that ladder and I'm starting to feel sick from being up that high.

So I step over to the side of the structure and I then saw that I seemed to be on a beach and some of the structure was over the water I think.
Then I woke up.

2006-11-14 16:52:06 · 7 answers · asked by Ceremony 2 in Psychology

how do you stop them, how do you convince them to stop. And worse, if you know they will go on to hurt abuse kill others, are you responsible for not stopping them?
And last so we have no confusion here, this person, is someone you love.
Say it is an authority, that you have a split second to decide, (but you have this moment all you want to prepare)
I mean this can be applied to a huge group of ethic problems from one religon who hates another, to people who destroy the environment, people who are selfish and uncaring and willing to act on it.....etc
This is totally hypothetical please remember that, it is a philosophical question I would like to see better worded.
But better, I would love to hear your answers.

2006-11-14 16:47:34 · 8 answers · asked by Sqwrll F 2 in Other - Social Science

Pls describe potential factors that may have contributed to the disorder.

2006-11-14 16:46:53 · 5 answers · asked by Moonlight 2 in Psychology

I'm a psych major so this stuff isn't my strong point. But I was reading an article today about whether or not the Democrats--now that they have a chance--would get serious about fixing Social Security. And the article said that one sure fix would be to: "eliminate the $90,000 income ceiling for individuals and for small corporations." I can't figure out what they mean by this. Can you tell me in layman's terms? Thanx!

2006-11-14 16:43:01 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

2006-11-14 16:39:31 · 9 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Psychology

Lets say you're staying at a hotel for a conference, you're sharing a room with two-three girls and you have your own bed.

Anyway since they change and run around in their underwear around you(theyre from age 18 to 40) you're fine with it but.....

When you change in the same room they're in(undressing and dressing) you get this weird bad uncomfortable sick feeling and you don't know what it is, but it goes away once you're dressed.

What is that feeling?

2006-11-14 16:38:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

In many countries women are free from having veil, but do you think this is really freedom for them or not?

2006-11-14 16:37:35 · 10 answers · asked by mehdivazirian 1 in Gender Studies

ok if someone is 13 and someone else is 16 and they kiss is theyre anything wrong with thtat like legally

2006-11-14 16:23:05 · 4 answers · asked by gdog 1 in Psychology

2006-11-14 16:22:06 · 8 answers · asked by ahmad fahmi a 1 in Psychology

So a few weeks ago, I danced with my secret crush that I've known for about a year at a party and hung out with him for about an hour that night. Now I was a little drunk and I know he was drunk but is it possible he only danced/hung out with me cause he was drunk? .. because I really didnt see him drink THAT much.

He was basically the one who was pushing me around here to there the whole night and by hanging out I mean he took me to a couch where I don't know what his intentions were but random guys kept interrupting us. And this guy's been drinking for at least 4 years; hes a hard drinker. And even know I had a lot to drink, I could still remember some of the stuff being said. As he was pushing me around with his hand, guys would come up and be like 'are you guys together?' .. and he'd be like 'not yet'.

But later that week, after a week's fantasizing and getting my hopes up, I find out he thought my best friend, who he was trying to hook up with his friend, was hot.

2006-11-14 16:17:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-14 16:14:55 · 5 answers · asked by Betty Sue 3 in Psychology

Even for a day?
An hour?
Come on, I know you're curious.
Don't you want to know what it's like?

2006-11-14 16:07:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-14 16:07:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-14 16:07:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

ok, it's calmed down quite a bit now. he used to just start crying all the time. and i do mean ALL the time. for no reason!! even to the point where he'd cry so hard he wouldn't breath IN and he'd pass out!!!! he hardly ever does that anymore, but now i have a problem with him EVERY night. when i give him a bath, he's just fine, and all smiles. but when my fiance, (NOT his real mom), gives him one, he does nothin but cry the whole time. she doesn't do nothin wrong with him, she's as gentle as a lamb!! but it's not just when she's bathing him, it's anytime she's doing anything with him. he acts like he doesn't wanna have nothing to do with her! she'll just want to play, or hug him and he'll start crying. then i'll do the same and he'll laugh! how can i bring these two closer together and make him bond with her? please help.

2006-11-14 16:06:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Would you sacrafice yourself, life or time, possessions or anything else, for the safety or wellbeing of someone you don't even know? I think I would. I've done it before in smaller ways then giving up my life, but if I had the choice I probably would. I try to live putting others before myself. I can't always but I try. I find peace of mind in it somehow.

2006-11-14 16:00:38 · 6 answers · asked by Bloody Wing 3 in Psychology