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Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing | Healthland | TIME.com - 18 views

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  • who appears to have covered up for his former colleague, Sandusky
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      Zoe Abrigo on 03 Feb 12
       
      Our relations to the person performing the crime can alter our perspective of the crime. 
  • Joe Paterno was fired by the university on
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What Makes Us Moral - A to Z Health Guide 2007 - TIME - 1 views

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  • "I wouldn't mug an old lady. That could be my grandmother," one said.
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      Zoe Abrigo on 14 Jan 12
       
      This shows a palpable connection between teens that were once involved in similar acts of crime and an innocent elderly lady that could bear resemblance to their own grandmother. This shows that connections to certain victums can make them more important than other victums. 
  • "The old lady is someone they could empathize with. The Chinese delivery guy is alien, literally and figuratively, to them."
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      Zoe Abrigo on 14 Jan 12
       
      This displays how we tweak or alter our morals, depending on who the person/victum is.
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What Makes Us Moral - A to Z Health Guide 2007 - TIME - 4 views

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  • That's in part because the plight of a person you can see will always feel more real than the problems of someone whose suffering is merely described to you.
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      Zoe Abrigo on 14 Jan 12
       
      Our morals, or rather perspectives of what we think is right or wrong can change based on the location and event in which we commit ourselves to. 
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Teaching Kids How to Break Up Nicely - NYTimes.com - 9 views

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shared by Zoe Abrigo on 06 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • 16-year-old named Lazangie asked, shaking her head. She knows a thing or two about Facebook-related breakups: her last relationship ended, she said, because her ex-boyfriend couldn’t handle her male friends posting niceties on her wall.
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      Zoe Abrigo on 06 Oct 11
       
      This shows that Facebook can not only be a place where you can express your feelings about tour ex, but can be the source of the problem/break-up. 
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The Power of Birth Order - TIME - 21 views

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  • the firstborn, with the heir-apparent bearing, who makes the best grades, keeps the other kids in line and, when Mom and Dad grow old, winds up as caretaker and executor too.
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      Zoe Abrigo on 02 Sep 11
       
      This shows that being the oldest sibling isn't only having a higher IQ, but it also comes with responsibilities.
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The Power of Birth Order - TIME - 29 views

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  • It's awfully hard to resist the charms of someone who can make you laugh, and families abound with stories of last-borns who are the clowns of the brood, able to get their way simply by being funny or
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      Zoe Abrigo on 02 Sep 11
       
      This relates alot to my family because, even though my younger sister can be annoying at times, she still makes us laugh.
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Mark Moffett Ants | The 'Jane Goodall of ants' - Los Angeles Times - 45 views

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  • It's equivalent to how we store nuclear waste [in the deepest places in the ground].
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      Zoe Abrigo on 26 Aug 11
       
      If ants have such intricate ways of taking care of their environment such as burying their waste, could humans see ants as some what of an example of how our society should work? 
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