Energy Sources Energy Sources Permalink: Energy is one of the most essential part of our life in different forms like electricity. Almost 78% of the world’s population have daily access to electricity (100People). More than one million terajoules of energy is used everyday in the world. It equals to the energy produced if 7.5 billion […]
Social and Cultural Evolution Social and Cultural Evolution Permalink: World history reveals social transformations and directional trends of sufficient generality such that typologies of social forms can be fruitfully constructed. These directional sequences of change constitute the bulk of what is known as social evolution. . . . However, social evolutionists show due respect […]
The Social Scientific Perspective The Social Scientific Perspective Permalink: GREAT SOCIOCULTURAL revolution is now sweeping our world. Centered in North America, Japan, and the urban, industrialized countries of Western Europe, it extends to the still largely rural, third World nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America and to the formerly communist-dominated (“second World”) regions of […]
Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment Permalink: What is child maltreatment? Any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. ◦ Acts of Commission (Child Abuse) Physical abuse […]
Risk and Protective Factors for Child Abuse and Neglect Risk and Protective Factors for Child Abuse and Neglect Permalink: This bulletin is an excerpt from Emerging Practices in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (2003), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, […]
The Dirty Dozen Twelve Failures of the Hurricane Katrina Response and How Psychology Can Help The Dirty Dozen Twelve Failures of the Hurricane Katrina Response and How Psychology Can Help Permalink: This comprehensive analysis addresses the United States’ alarming lack of preparedness to respond effectively to a massive disaster as evidenced by Hurricane Katrina. […]
Children of Mothers with Serious Substance Abuse Problems Children of Mothers with Serious Substance Abuse Problems Permalink: This study examines the life circumstances and experiences of 4084 children affected by maternal addiction to alcohol or other drugs. The paper will address the characteristics of their caregivers, the multiple risk factors faced by these children, their […]
Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Tourism Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Tourism Permalink: 1. Among the Toraja people of Sulawesi, Indonesia, not all was going well with tourism. In fact, resentment became so great over the way in which sacred funeral ceremonies were being adapted to meet tourists’ needs that in the late 1980s, a number of Toraja communities simply refused to accept […]
The Effect of Organizational Forces on Individual Morality: Judgment, Moral Approbation, and Behavior The Effect of Organizational Forces on Individual Morality: Judgment, Moral Approbation, and Behavior Permalink: Abstract: To date, our understanding of ethical decision making and behavior in organizations has been concentrated in the area of moral judgment, largely because of the hundreds […]
HIV prevalence HIV prevalence Permalink: HIV prevalence has increased faster in the southern USA than in other areas, and persons living with HIV (PLWHIV) in the south are often rural, impoverished, or otherwise under-resourced. Studies of urban PLWHIV and those receiving medical care suggest that use of social services can enhance quality of life […]
