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Patrick Reid

The effect of music listening on work performance - Psychology of Music - 1 views

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  • Data were collected in the participants’ actual work environments over five weeks. Results indicated that state positive affect and quality-of-work were lowest with no music, while time-on-task was longest when music was removed. Narrative responses revealed the value of music listening for positive mood change and enhanced perception on design while working.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 24 Oct 10
       
      While this site is excellent, it is only the abstract (like a small resume) of a very interesting study. In order to use it, you'd have to subscribe to the journal (costs $$) and read it all. So, you can't use this site.
nickenepekides

Prison Pecking Order | ANDsociety.com - 0 views

www.andsociety.com/13459.html

prison

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  • nickenepekides on 21 Sep 15
     
    C: Published on February 9 2014 R: It is very relevant to my topic however it is fairly simple and doesn't go into great depth. A: Christopher Zoukis has written a book and has won awards as a writer. A: The spelling is accurate and correct, I don't see anything I know to be false and it reinforces some things I already know are true. P: The article is meant to educate people on prison life, some of the things said are more of an opinion while others are facts.
Vicky Provias

Global suicide rates among young people aged 15-19 - 0 views

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...PMC1414751

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  • Vicky Provias on 22 Sep 15
     
    Currency: 2006… a while ago Relevance: it gives graphs and describes the global statistics on teenage suicide, and the different methods Authority: DANUTA WASSERMAN, QI CHENG and GUO-XIN JIANG, they seem very credible because they have information on all three authors and describe their profession and their education Accuracy: no spelling mistakes, there are tons and tons of references to the statistics to prove where they got it from, and a huge amount of acknowledgements. I trust this website very much Purpose: to inform on the readers about the statistics of teenage suicide on the global scale
Daryl Bambic

Adults, Cell Phones and Texting - Pew Research Center - 3 views

pewresearch.org/...ults-cell-phones-text-messages

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    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 23 Sep 10
       
      Adult texting is on the rise but doesn't compare to teen use. It would be very interesting to find out why Blacks and Hispanics use their cell more than White teens.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 23 Sep 10
       
      This would be an interesting project and not too difficult to find more info.  The PEW research site is invaluable for information about internet and cell use.
  • African American and Hispanic cell phone users are more intense and frequent users of all of the phone's capabilities than whites. Minorities send more text messages and make more calls on average than their white counterparts.
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  • The average adult cell phone owner makes and receives around five voice calls a day. Women tend to make slightly fewer calls with their cell phones than men -- while 53% of women make and receive five calls or fewer per day, 43% of men say the same. Men are a bit more likely to make slightly more phone calls in a day; 26% of men send and receive six to 10 calls a day, while 20% of women exchange that many calls. Men and women are equally likely to be represented at the extreme high end of callers, with 8% of men and 6% of women making and taking more than 30 calls a day.
Alex Weinstein

Children: lying and honesty - 1 views

www.essortment.com/...childrenlyingh_rfeb.htm

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  • Alex Weinstein on 22 Oct 10
     
    I think this is very good for my research, because it gives certain reasons why children might be lying to their parents, and how it's affecting the entire family by doing so. I think that this is going to help a lot while me and Jillian continue to research our project. This link tells us how teens could be lying, and how to be able to catch them in the lies also. They give certain points on how to deal with a dishonest child aswell. 
  • Daryl Bambic on 24 Oct 10
     
    This is not a suitable site. Be prepared to defend your choice here. It's authority is questionable. Who are they?
Jonn Nudell

Does music help you concentrate on homework? | Answerbag - 2 views

www.answerbag.com/1936637

classical music studying doing homework instrumental

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  • Classical music has been widely touted as favorable to intelligence. According to Sylvan Learning centers, studies indicate that soft, classical musical aids in concentration, and, according to Scholastic, studies also indicate that classical music stimulates the section of the brain used in math.
  • Instrumental music playing lightly in the background can help prevent outside distractions, making it easier to focus on homework.
  • Loud music with words can often be more distracting than beneficial if you are trying to study.
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  • However, you may be able to tune out the lyrics of a song, get into the rhythm of the music and study more effectively while songs you like are playing.
  • While classical music has proven in studies to be good for the thought process, even it can be distracting for some people. Trial and error is the only way to know how distracting music will be for you.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 31 Oct 10
       
      Sites such as this one are not the most credible. Look for a .edu extension. See me for help here. Oct 31
dunya darwiche

Birth Order Psychology - 1 views

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Birth Order

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  • five major birth order positions: only, oldest, second, middle, and youngest child
  • . Each one of these had its own personality traits, ingrained psychological issues, and effects later in life.
  • only child
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  • difficulty sharing with peers, prefers adult company, and uses adult language
  • oldest child
  • authoritarian and feel power is their right but can become helpful if encouraged.
  • lpful if en
  • turn to the father for reassurance after the birth of the next child.
  • second child
  • overtake the older child, which leads to rivalry.
  • more competitive
  • rebel or try to outdo everyone
  • the middle child may be even-tempered, assuming a “take it or leave it” attitude
  • trouble finding a place and thus become a fighter of injustice
  • youngest is frequently spoiled and may never be dethroned of their place as the baby of the family
  • ig plans fueled by the desire to outdo the others
  • Adler did document exceptions
  • birth order is sometimes not a major influence on personality development and that the child's opinion of himself and his situation determines his choice of attitude
  • mélange of two distinct sciences: sociology and psychology
  • Like all sciences, social psychology searches for concrete proof before belief
  • “the biologizing of human beings is not only bad humanism, but also bad science.”
  • study at Ohio State University conducted in the winter of 2001 showed that birth order affects career interests. In the Journal of Career Assessment, researchers noted that only children and first born children tended to have more cognitive and analytical interests, while those later-born were more artistic and outdoors oriented.
  • twenty-five types of marriages according to birth order
  • most common marital relationship is between an only child and a second child, and it has a fairly high rate of success, while first born-first born relationships seem to rarely happen. Firstborns are less likely to connect romantically.
  • seems to have no scientific proof
  • influence of being the first born of a specific gender, the influence of changing family dynamics, and the potential for methodical pitfalls in birth order research interest not only studies on birth order, but the research of many other social trends.
jonah-e

Chapter 08 - Deviance and Crime - 0 views

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  • xactly who has the power and authority to define the behavior as being normal or deviant.
  • education
  • religions,
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  • governments,
  • media
  • family
  • Durkheim argued that deviance, especially extreme forms are functional in that they challenge and offend the established norms in the larger collective conscience.
  • deviance reaffirms norms when the deviants are punished;
  • promotes solidarit
  • clear contrasting point of comparison
  • stimulates social change.
  • Extreme deviance does make us consider “normal” behavior on the personal and larger social level.
  • But, what if this distribution was not an indicat8ion of test scores, but rather the frequency of times potential roommates stole food from the private stashes of previous roommates? You’d clearly want a score closer to 0 than 80.
  • National studies indicate that less than 5 percent of the United States population considers itself to be exclusively homosexual.
  • s homosexuality deviant or normal?”
  • “Does that make it more or less common and therefore more or less deviant?” I ask.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 04 Dec 13
       
      Think about the relationship of these two ideas: common (so mean) and normal (so deviant).
  • actor violates group norms but complies with the law, it is deviance.
  • how can something be deviant and normal at the same time?”
  • We rarely have total agreement on what’s normal
  • ethnocentrism tends to burn cross-cultural bridges
  • across time; across cultures, and from group to group.
  • shifting values.
  • Deviance varies between cultures because values vary between cultures.
  • ontributed to higher or lower levels of trust over time.
  • The point of this story is that in most social groups a beat down would be considered deviant. In a gang it’s very much normal. Yet, in this situation, not beating him down was deviant within his gang, yet a wise choice.
  • Absolutist Perspective claims that deviance resides in the very nature of an act and is wrong at all times and in all places.
  • Normative Perspective claims that deviance is only a violation of a specific group's or society's rules at a specific point in time
  • Reactive Perspective claims that behavior does not become deviant unless it is disapproved of by those in authority (laws
  • Stigma
  • deviance is a violation of a norm
  • Conformity
  • “random act of senseless kindness”
  • legal and normal
  • complies with group norms yet breaks the law, it’s called crime.
  • normal crime.
  • As mentioned, deviants and criminals make us reassess our values and make new rules and laws
  • crime is often found in every society
  • iolates norms and breaks the law, then it’s Deviant and Criminal behavior
  • Power Elite are the political, corporate, and military leaders of a society are uniquely positioned to commit Elite Crimes, or crimes of insider nature that typically are difficult to punish and have broad social consequences upon the masses.
  • issues of power and powerlessness. It’s about who has the power and how they attempt to force their values and rules upon those who don’t have it.
  • remember that Anomie is a state of social normlessness which occurs when our lives or society has vague norms)
  • disproportionately high level of non-whites who ended up among the 2006 1,570,861 incarcerated members of society
  • Labeling Theory claims
  • majority of US prisoners have been in prison before (perhaps 60-80%
  • Phrenology is an outdated scientific approach of studying the shape and characteristics of the skull.
  • White-Collar Crimes are crimes committed by persons of respectable and high social status committed in the course of their occupations.
  • Street Crimes are crimes
  • Organized Crime
  • Hate Crimes
  • Norm is a set of expected behaviors for a given role and social status.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 04 Dec 13
       
      Do you agree with this definition?  Can you see what the consequences of this might be?
    • jonah-e
      jonah-e on 04 Dec 13
       
      yes. and the consequences might be that since you always excpect the excpected you will never excpect the unexcpected. 
  • Look at the diagram below.
  • Is a mean of 80 good or desirable?
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 04 Dec 13
       
      Think of 80, or the mean, as the norm.  When you think of it this way, is it desirable?
  • That depends on what these scores represent.
  • Values also vary between groups
  • An absolutists would probably fall among the 1 in 4 who feel that abortion is always wrong, because it is an unacceptable act. A normative individual would consider the circumstances (rape, incest, diagnoses, or health of mother) while a reactive would consider the legality of abortion.
  • In every society when deviance is considered it is most often controlled.
  • Control is easier if attachments, commitment, involvement, and beliefs are stronger.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 04 Dec 13
       
      The absence of this is called 'anomie' and signals the breakdown of a society. Sociologists would call this the loss of social cohesion.  
  • Attachments
  • Commitment
  • Involvement
  • Belief
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 04 Dec 13
       
      Think of these four factors that favor control of deviance in terms of your school.  How does each one of these manifest itself in school life?  Are they effective in reducing deviant behaviour?
  • Negative Sanctions are punishments or negative reactions toward deviance. Positive Sanctions are rewards for conforming behavior
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 04 Dec 13
       
      What type of sanctions, both positive and negative, do we see at WIC?
  • Table 5. Robert Merton’s Five Goal—Means Gap Coping Strategies*** 1.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 04 Dec 13
       
      Don't worry about this section.
igalperets

La Catedral: A Visit to Pablo Escobar's Self-Designed Prison - 0 views

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  • igalperets on 28 Sep 15
     
    La Catedral: A Visit to Pablo Escobar's Self-Designed Prison Take a tour of the compound which the infamous Cartel boss called home while "incarcerated" in the early '90s. The Honey Valley rests southeast of Medellin in the mountainous outskirts of the neighboring town, Envigado.
Eric Wilson

Teen & Adolescent Suicidal Thoughts Treatment Center - Village Behavioral Health - 2 views

www.villagebh.com/...suicidal-ideation

sociology brain

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  • Eric Wilson on 21 Sep 15
     
    Suicidal thoughts, or suicidal ideation, are thoughts about ending one's own life. These ideations can range from fleeting thoughts to well-constructed, detailed plans. While the majority of teens with suicidal thoughts do not follow through on them, there are a number of teens who do make suicide attempts.
Daryl Bambic

Chapter 1. An Introduction to Sociology | Introduction to Sociology - 1st Can... - 0 views

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  • Manifest functions are the consequences of a social process that are sought or anticipated, while latent functions are the unsought consequences of a social process.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Oct 15
       
      Apply these terms, manifest and latent, to immigration policy in Canada.
  • labelling in which individuals come to be characterized or labelled as deviants by authorities.
  • emphases on power relations and the understanding of society as historical—subject to change, struggle, contradiction, instability, social movement and radical transformation.
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  • focus of critical sociology is on developing types of knowledge and political action that enable emancipation from power relations (i.e., from the conditions of conflict in society).
  • issues concerning social justice and environmental sustainability.
  • emancipate people from conditions of servitude
Mason Brenhouse

Rap Music's Psychological Effects: Research into Mood, Behavior, Crime, Violence and Ge... - 2 views

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music rap effects sociology wiki project

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  • While a number of studies have associated lower grades with students who listen to rap or heavy metal music, one study found that white students actually improved their academic abilities after watching rap videos, as well as expressing more progressive attitudes—after watching politically focused rap videos, they were more inclined to support a liberal black political candidate. Unfortunately, there was no indication of similar research being conducted with black students.
    • Mason Brenhouse
      Mason Brenhouse on 30 Sep 10
       
      What truly caught my attention about this paragraph was that it was specifically related to the academic marks of those that are fond of rap music. It speaks of the effects on certain people after watching rap music videos. 
  • Mason Brenhouse on 30 Sep 10
     
    This article speaks about the psychological effects of rap music spanning from perception of crime and violence to attitudes toward women and even academic achievement. This will be very helpful in my project as it will add much needed information on the consequences of rap music. 
mira ahmad

The Apathetic New Generation - CBS News - 2 views

www.cbsnews.com/...main574778.shtml

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  • We can't let apathy and ignorance become the status quo
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 03 Oct 10
       
      What this quote signifies is that we can't let ignorance and apathy be a reason for people not to make a difference. We need to change what's going on and make people realize the importance of several fundamental issues going on in today's world.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 06 Oct 10
       
      Well said. The status quo - accepting things as they are and not making necessary changes- is like death because it's a state of non-growth.
  • The report found that younger people "do not understand the ideals of citizenship, they are disengaged from the political process, they lack the knowledge necessary for effective self-government, and their appreciation and support of American democracy is limited."
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 03 Oct 10
       
      Younger people don't know what's going on politically. When it comes time to vote, they won't be able to make their own decisions; they will most likely be lead to follow something that they don't truly understand.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 06 Oct 10
       
      Do you think that it's only knowledge that they lack? Do you think that young people think their efforts won't make a difference in a 'corrupt' system?
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 24 Oct 10
       
      No, I do not think that it's the only knowledge that they lack. I was just giving an example. There are elements of corruption, but our society is always looking for change. I think that if people are really passionate, that their efforts will be worth while.
  • The baby boomers, the World War II generation and our schools have failed to teach the ideals of citizenship to young people."
  • mira ahmad on 03 Oct 10
     
    This article is useful for my project because it states facts and shows statistics that really show how younger people are unaware and apathetic towards issues that revolve around their own government. It helps us make our hypothesis of teen awareness more thorough.
Catherine Delisle

Peer Pressure and Teens - 1 views

www.adoptionarticlesdirectory.com/...2866

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    • Catherine Delisle
      Catherine Delisle on 06 Oct 10
       
      This page could really help Dunya and I in our research because it really helps us see the other side of peer pressure. It explains that their is two different sides of presure: a negative and positive one. Also, it talks about factors that can influence our project.
  • Gender and age are factors
  • How successfully you handle peer pressure depends a great deal on how you feel about yourself and your place in the world. There are certain "risk factors" for peer pressure, personality traits that make you more prone to give in to peer pressure.
    • Catherine Delisle
      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This point is really important because it explains how peer pressure can influence different people. If you have a higher confidence, you won't be as influenced by peer pressure than if you have very low self confidence.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 24 Oct 10
       
      While I appreciate that you are learning about your topic reading this, I don't think this site helpful for the project because it's credibility is questionable. Be ready to defend it.
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  • Peer Pressure is two types; such as positive and negative peer pressure.
    • Catherine Delisle
      Catherine Delisle on 07 Oct 10
       
      This point is also really important because it helps my partner and I to see that there are two different types of pressures: some are negative and some are positive. They can influence someone in two drastically different ways.
  • It is important to remember that teenage friends can have a positive influence on your children, you should therefore help them find friends that have similar interests and views as those you are trying to develop in your children, including doing well in school, having respect for others and avoiding drug use, smoking and drinking, etc.
  • Younger teens are more easily influenced than older teens, with peer pressure peaking in about eighth or ninth grade
  • confidence level, personality and degree of maturity make a difference.
  • The need for acceptance, approval, and belonging is vital during the teen years.
olivia amiel

Teens ignoring real world issues - thestar.com - 2 views

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    • olivia amiel
      olivia amiel on 21 Oct 10
       
      This article is related to my project because it talks about how teenagers are not aware of their surroundings, instead they are more focused on facebook, MSN. It also shows an example of how teachers could help teens become more aware by doing simple things in school. As my topic is about apathy and teens being unaware, this article helps a lot.
  • The benefits of being socially aware are endless. Everything from becoming an informed voter to donating to a needy cause is influenced by one's consciousness of current affairs
    • olivia amiel
      olivia amiel on 21 Oct 10
       
      By being socially aware, teenagers can have so many more benefits compared to if they are not aware of their surroundings. Being aware can help us in the future and now by, as they say in the article, becoming an informed voter for example.
  • Joseph Miceli, a high school religion teacher, says that discussing current events within the standard school curriculum is "a very practical and effective way of making learning more interesting and real." Although many teachers do an excellent job of making current events relevant in the classroom, Miceli questions whether or not it is consistently used within all subject areas.
    • olivia amiel
      olivia amiel on 21 Oct 10
       
      Although teachers are very good at their job, Joseph Miceli wonders if teachers are teaching us enough about current events going on around us. If certain teachers would start to put more emphasis on this subject, teenagers would maybe begin to learn a bit more about their surroundings.
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  • Although today's youth are more media savvy than ever before, there seems to be a missing link within the information chain. From soldiers' deaths in the Middle East to fundraising events in their own community, today's teenagers are often uninformed about current events and world news.
    • olivia amiel
      olivia amiel on 21 Oct 10
       
      This statement here represents perfectly our topic. It is a fact, teenagers are often uninformed about current events and world news and it is'nt necessarily a good thing. They now have more "important" priorities in their life such as facebook, texting , being with their friends etc... that they don't take the time to see what is happening around the world. Basic knowledge, and some teenagers don't even know stuff about their own country.
  • "Students would rather spend hours on social-networking sites like Facebook and chatting on instant messengers like MSN than searching Google for important world issues," says Clarke.
    • olivia amiel
      olivia amiel on 21 Oct 10
       
      Technology plays a huge role in today's generation... and I believe that it could be the cause as to why teenagers are not as aware of their surroundings now. They are more occupied in the latest web invention instead of simply taking 10 minutes of their time to Google stuff about world issues.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 24 Oct 10
       
      While this is interesting, a newspaper report quoting one teenager is not the most credible source. It's ok if your other sites are excellent.
steven bloom

Video Games, And Academic Performance: Some Good News - 1 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090324131454.htm

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  • And while the researchers found a strong relationship between video games and lower grade point averages, playing video games did not appear to affect math skills and had a positive relationship with visual-spatial skills. These skills – in which a child learns visually, by thinking in pictures and images – are considered the “training wheels” for performance in science, technology, engineering and math.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 24 Oct 10
       
      A better site!
  • steven bloom on 06 Oct 10
     
    In this aritcle they did a study where they took 20 middle schools and monitored the children playing video games. They found that when students played video games there grade point average did increase. Although playing video games helped their visual spatial skills
Jonn Nudell

Can Listening to Music Help Us Work Better? - 1 views

www.articlesbase.com/...help-us-work-better-68598.html

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  • We know that music can alter your mood
  • . Films have been using musical scores for years to create the right mood for a scene. At times you hardly notice the music at all but you are very receptive to the mood being conveyed. So can we use music to put us in a "productive" mood?
  • Research seems to support such a claim. For example, a trial where 75 out of 256 workers at a large retail company were issued with personal stereos to wear at work for four weeks showed a 10% increase in productivity for the headphone wearers. Other similar research conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois found a 6.3% increase when compared with the no music control group.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 31 Oct 10
       
      same comment as the other two Oct 31
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  • f your goal is to increase your concentration then music which has a constant, easy beat and light melodies are recommended.
  • they help you pace your reading to aid focus and memorising. Baroque music is reported as an excellent example, especially the works of Vivaldi, Bach and Handel.
  • the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered that a person's ability to recognize visual images, including letters and numbers, is faster when either rock or classical music is playing in the background
  • If you are aiming to be more productive through being more relaxed, then you may be interested to learn that research has shown that music with an upbeat rhythm can reduce stress hormone levels by as much as 41%.
  • Apparently cows will produce more milk if Mozart is played.
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