Social Science - 28 November 2007

what is forensic anthropology? how do u become a forensic anthropologist? what opportunities are open for forensic anthropologitsts?

2007-11-28 11:23:56 · 3 answers · asked by C.J 1 in Anthropology

and set limitations? This applies to work, home, family etc. If so, is this because we are the nurturers and wired to take care of people?

This was inspired by Tera, but I know I have struggled with this myself.

2007-11-28 11:20:03 · 9 answers · asked by Lioness 6 in Gender Studies

We award humans who are expert in a field and repetition. This is however contradictory to our human nature; we are curious by nature and naturally like to explore and do variety of things. Why do reward based on industrial standards as opposed to human standards?

2007-11-28 11:19:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-11-28 11:06:40 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

For some reason, any time my mom runs her hands through her hair, I suddenly get very angry, clench my teeth, feel the urge to punch her hand away, and feel the need to get away from her.
My mom and I are on wonderful terms, so I don't know why I would be angry with her.
It is like an switch is flicked it on as soon as her hands touch her hair and my mood instantly changes.
This doesn't happen to me when anybody else runs their hands through their hair.
Why does this happen to me?

2007-11-28 10:59:42 · 8 answers · asked by Em 1 in Psychology

What does that mean? I'm talking to a guy, who has a long beard, and he'll play with it, and twirl it around while he's speaking and listening.

2007-11-28 10:51:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-11-28 10:35:28 · 7 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4 in Anthropology

what are some good exercises i can do do help my speaking skills?

2007-11-28 10:34:54 · 7 answers · asked by mind gypsie 2 in Psychology

Need to conduct a survey for my Psych class. I have most of my results, but I need just a few more. Here are the questions and demographics:

Age:
Gender:
Religion:
Occupation:
Ethnicity:

1.) On average, how many hours per night do you sleep?
A--1-3 B--4-6 C--7-9 D--10+

2.) On average, how many days/nights per week do you remember your dreams?
A--0-1 B--2-3 C--4-5 D--6-7

3.) Do you remember your dreams more now or did you remember them more when you were younger?

4.) Are your dreams generally more positive or negative?

5.) Do you keep a dream journal or diary?

6.) Are you generally trying to accomplish something in your dreams or just having something happen to you?

7.) Have you ever woken up naked, woken up somewhere else, or woken up in an odd position?

8.) Do you believe in dream interpretation or that dreams are just a continuation of reality?

9.) Are your dreams more literal or symbolic?

10.) Have you ever dreamt about an event before it happened?

2007-11-28 10:33:39 · 16 answers · asked by thesoccerchick87 3 in Psychology

What was it?

2007-11-28 10:33:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-11-28 10:28:35 · 23 answers · asked by Lioness 6 in Gender Studies

Ahh this is stressing me out so much, i can concentrate and always end up procrastinating on things. Any good advise for me. Please this is serious and its ruining my grades.

2007-11-28 10:26:44 · 9 answers · asked by Nishi 4 in Psychology

What makes a person want act one way in one group...but then act a compleletly different way in another?

Several people that I know have done this, and being the guy to see the transition is like watching a graphic scene in a movie in slow motion on either side of the transition. some mask transitions end up in betrayal while others just simply shut one of the two groups out.

it's kind of dumb to have companions that you can't be real with right, then why do it?

although I was usually the one betrayed, I have also been the one to watch an outsider deserted by people that he thought were his friends.

it's nothing personal to me, but I do wonder the social and psychological aspects of a person needing to do so.

what drives a person to have two (or more) faces?

2007-11-28 10:15:49 · 1 answers · asked by Deviathan M 2 in Psychology

i have 3 children my youngest child has always been difficult he is nearly 13 now and has for a long while now been in the psychiatric loop problems with behavior initially thought to be adhd.I have just found out they think it is reactive attatchment disorder i have read literature on this and i dont understand i let my children go to live with their father after the breakdown of our marriage for a better life. it was a difficult decision to make i thought it was for the best our sons were always paramount during this transition and were surrounded by loving people. his formative years were the same as the others if anything i was over protective of him as i knew he was my last baby and i wanted to savour every moment could this diagnosis be right? he was nearly 6 when he went to live his dad i understand the major upheaval in his life can this condition exist if not all the intial categories are right?

2007-11-28 10:15:07 · 4 answers · asked by Micaela B 1 in Psychology

i'm letting alot of things getting to me right now. i'm completely lost, i feel horrible.
i'm going through alot of things all at once & how am i expect to concentrate on work & stuff & when my mom forces me to go to school everyday & expects me to get good grades.
my life's so f^cking messup up right now!!! my mind's packed with TONS of stress & alot of other things. nothing seems to help. everything's hopeless. i think i'm about to go through depression again, $hit!!! i already take pills every single day & i don't think it's working & i've been taking it for over a month!

i'm sick & tired of being senstive & getting f^cking hurt easily! sorry, i'm cussing. i just can't hold it in anymore! i'm very sensitive, i got it from my mom & i've been sensitive pretty much my whole life! i just want to cry & let things out but i can't. it feeds to my head instead. i feel like everyone's against me. what i'm going through is horrible! there's much more to say....*sigh*
please help!

2007-11-28 10:05:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

Reading recently that dna of neanderthal man is not same as modern man and therfore conclusion that he was a less advanced offshoot of a previous ancestor as brain size was larger how do we know he was less and not more advanced then ourselves

2007-11-28 10:02:10 · 16 answers · asked by Saints75 Wigan0 Best day ever 1 in Anthropology

I used to be married to this person. Anything that would come out of his mouth he would do: For example

1. He would tell me that I shouldn't drink when visiting my parents. He, in turn, would drink to get wasted every chance he had when he was out of town for 2 weeks. He's in the military reserve.

2. It was disrespectful for me to have dinner with any male, for any reason. He would have dinner and lunches alone with female coworkers.

3. It's disrespectful if while shopping, we pass a male colleague of mine and stop to say "Hello" without making formal introductions. Meanwhile, we meet a female coworker of his, not only does he not make introductions, he flirts.

4. He needed 4 hours at the end of the day to nap, snack and destress from the day, if I wanted an hour he would pout.

He's the 2nd of 4 children, 2 girls, 2 boys, mom, grandmother, sisters put him on a pedestal, especially since he's the only one to graduate high school.

2007-11-28 09:52:18 · 8 answers · asked by Yankee Micmac 5 in Psychology

a survivor, a victim, a tom-boy, a strong role model or a girly-girl? Or anything else? How do you define the category you chose? (This is not a homework question.)

2007-11-28 09:43:43 · 9 answers · asked by shermynewstart 7 in Psychology

2007-11-28 09:40:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I know I'm not that ugly. But let's face it: I'm screwed. I studied so hard and worked so hard to improve the way I dress. I read the bloody Economist and am very well versed in the arts, literature, film, etc. I speak four languages. But I'm useless and horridly plain. I'm stuck depending on the kindness of others to love me. Every time I look at my face in my mirror, I feel like I dying and I just want to break the mirror and forget I exist. I know biology have cursed me forever, and don't you say that one day "the right man," will find you. Sure, but I'm not allowed to be choosy at all. Why bother? Why I am alive if I'm so undesirable to men? I don't care if they're not classically attractive, only thin, and from a good family and well-educated--as I am.
I live by a river, and sometimes I just feel like pulling an Ophelia and well you know...

2007-11-28 09:35:57 · 16 answers · asked by Carolina P 2 in Psychology

2007-11-28 09:32:55 · 4 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4 in Psychology

A question my teacher asked in class has me thinking. Why is it that people don't like to talk about abortion and if they do, they get all worked up about it? Personally, I am against it, believe it is wrong, and that it is out-right murder. Now that you're worked up, is it really about so called "women's rights" (a political issue) or is it something deeper and more personal?

2007-11-28 09:25:15 · 19 answers · asked by Questions by Kristin 2 in Gender Studies

...or in other stressful situations? I have heard of the deep breathing techniques but are there any others that people have had success with?

2007-11-28 09:16:14 · 11 answers · asked by Not a number 1 in Psychology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb1XP6-NbjY

I thought his first comments about Don Imus' statements was funny, but I found his statement at the end to be more important -- about how women are getting away from the fundamentals. It's AMAZING that women have such high standards that men have to meet in order to be with her, yet men have such simple requests that women refuse to be able to do. Since when did women start seeing cooking as being "demeaning"? I see it as a noble talent and a commendable skill.

I had the opportunity to meet Damon Wayans last year, and he's definitely a great, articulate, upstanding man.

2007-11-28 09:10:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

What difference, if any, is there in the economy under the no government intervention of the Classical economists, and the fiscal policy intervention of the Keynesians?

2007-11-28 09:08:44 · 1 answers · asked by jeff w 1 in Economics

what are the effects of a national health care program to our country? What is the best for of socialized medicine and which countries have it?

2007-11-28 09:05:46 · 7 answers · asked by Cristina 1 in Economics

2007-11-28 09:01:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Economics

After looking at most of these questions and answers in the last hour... a lot of women support castration and dismemberment of men for certain crimes.

How can you talk about the horror of rape and then turn around and support cutting of a persons arm, leg or penis?

But if I say a woman filing false rape charges should get raped or have her tubes tied.. I get thumbs down. ITS THE SAME LOGIC. Two wrongs don't make a right... doesn't matter if your a man or woman.

Whats with this double standard of female criminals getting a slap on the wrists and male criminals getting ripped apart?

Please explain this to me...

2007-11-28 08:48:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

If it's broken down by economic level, that would be even better.

2007-11-28 08:47:11 · 2 answers · asked by Uncle Pennybags 7 in Economics

A question came up about casterating sex offenders. Since that is part of capital punishment and many people said "yes" to it then do you beleive in capital punishment? To what degree do you beleive in it? Lose a hand for steeling? Lose a penis for raping? Lose a life for killing? Do you think with those consequences less crimes will be commited?

2007-11-28 08:32:57 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies