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Belonging To A Group, 2007.
This paper explores the psychology of group formation.
1,779 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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The paper discusses how the group-belonging mentality can quickly override individualism in nearly any social form. The paper presents a review of the Robber's Cave experiment and how it applies to current social theory relating to the behavior of individuals and groups. The paper discusses the intergroup contact theory and shows how groups can cause shifts in individual behavior that have both positive and negative outcomes.
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"Many studies have demonstrated that when an individual becomes part of a group, if the demands of the group are uniformity of action and thought, then the individual tends to suborn itself to that group, even if the rules aren't written, established, or even understood. One landmark study of this kind of behavior shift, of the quick loss of identity and typical behavior patterns to that of the group, was the Robber's Cave Experiment. Performed in the mid 1950's, a group of homogenous 11-year olds were placed in opposing summer camps and observed while their otherwise typical and self-controlling behavior declined into a state of near animalism in terms of aggression and near violence."
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In-groups and Out-groups, 2005.
Examines the difference between in-groups and out-groups.
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper looks at the difference between in-groups and out-groups and gives real life examples of working in each type of group. It explores issues of stereotyping, belonging and bias.
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"If we see someone else as belonging to the same group we are in we tend to have a positive view towards them and give them preferential treatment ..."
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The Need to Belong, 2002.
A look at the psychological impact of the need to belong to a group.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper addresses the need that individuals feel to belong to various groups. Through extensive research and informed opinion by some of the best experts in the related field, the paper will begin by defining the term "group" followed by the salient features of all groups and the reasons why people form as well as join groups. Hence, the psychological impact of a strong sense of belongingness will be studied and observed.
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Truth and Belonging: The Necessity of a Psychological Home, 2002.
The essay compares "Oedipus Rex" and "The Ecstasy of Rita Joe", looking at the tragedy of being without a home.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the psychological stress placed upon the main characters in both Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" and George Ryga's "The Ecstacy of Rita Joe". The author examines the root of their stress: having no true place to call home, and no true sense of belonging.
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"Humans need a place where they are comfortable and where they know they belong. The absence of this sanctuary causes severe psychological stress. For Rita and
Oedipus, the tragedy of their lives is this absence. Unable to find their sanctuary, they lead lives beset with confusion. In an attempt to find their home, they searched endlessly for the truth. The real tragedy is that there was no home to find. They were isolated wanderers. Wherever they went, their feet hurt."
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Desire and Belonging in Caryl Phillips' "Crossing the River", 2000.
An analysis of the effects of the African diaspora, generally and in relation to the novel.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 1 source, $ 70.95
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This paper discusses the issues raised in Caryl Phillips' novel "Crossing the River", i.e. the common desires of love, acceptance and belonging which the black people of the African Diaspora still face, even though they are no longer slaves. The themes are looked at generally and in relation to the novel.
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"In the novel?s prologue, Phillips presents the reader with the problems of the African diaspora through the voice of a universal father to the book?s characters. In desperation this father sells his children, representing two hundred and fifty years of blacks torn from Africa. He explains to his children that now, ?there is no return?.You are beyond. Broken-off, like limbs from a tree. But not lost, for you carry within your bodies the seeds of new trees. Sinking your hopeful roots into difficult soil? (2). Phillips?s metaphor between black people torn from Africa and broken-off branches of trees is important because it serves to clearly explain the father?s beliefs about the role of his sold children. These children can never reattach themselves to their homeland; once a branch has been severed, it cannot be put back on."
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Defining Difference and Belonging- an Ethnography of Punk Rock, 2001.
This paper is a central Florida-based ethnography on the Punk Rock phenomenon.
7,650 words (approx. 30.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 167.95
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This paper explores the world of punk rock in central Florida. Various interviews conducted by the author are reconstructed in the paper to tease out different definitions of what the scene means to various people and age groups in this area. It also looks at a history of punk rock from its heyday in the 1970s, in Great Britain, and how its themes of belonging and acceptance still translates to some of today's youth in the 1990s.
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"Belonging, acceptance, and repor are a major part of punk to most individuals I interviewed; however, it was by far not the only response I received. A second view, given to me by S, a worker at Sound Idea, was that one of the most appealing aspects of punk was the energy within the scene. This section focuses on that overlying energy in punk. Punk music is loud, fast, and aggressive. Shows as Sound Idea were highly participatory- audience and band members alike ran, circle pitted, and danced across as large of a space as they could seem to niche out of the crowd. Many shows were high energy and physically taxing. However, this energy was focused, and what S was more generally referring to, I believe, is the hands on approach that seems to proliferate so many punk scenes."
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Desire and Belonging in Caryl Phillips's "Crossing the River", 2000.
A look at the effects of the African diaspora.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 1 source, $ 70.95
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This paper takes a look at the African-American experience starting from slavery and extending through American history to World War II. The paper also discusses the attempts by African-Americans to "belong" to American society, especially through religion.
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"In Crossing the River, Caryl Phillips?s construction of desire plays a key role to his depiction of the African diaspora. In his novel, common desires ? to find love, acceptance, and belonging - tie together the experiences of generations of black people torn from Africa without new places to consider home or new people to consider family. Phillips uses their desires to show that freedom from slavery has only been part of black men and women?s fight. Once free, these men and women are rejected by white societies and left with nowhere to turn. Thus, through his representations of this common desire, Phillips puts a focus on a less clear cut problem than slavery or freedom, one that has faced and is still facing black people: that of belonging. His novel serves to urge displaced people to recognize this desire to belong and to be accepted, and, instead of giving up, to always struggle through hardships to try to fulfill it. "
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Terrorist Groups, 2005.
This paper examines the Ku Klux Klan and the Irish Republican Army to gain an understanding of religious terrorism.
2,325 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines the differences and likenesses of the Ku Klux Klan and the Irish Republican Army in their respective beliefs and goals, training techniques, tactics to gain social compliance, target selections and psychological profiles of their leaders to provide an indication of the ways terrorist groups can best be subdued and conquered. The author points out that terrorist groups are comprised of individuals who had felt marginalized and, through their involvement in the organization, develop a new sense of belonging, which makes them, especially adolescents and young adults, susceptible to manipulation. The paper suggests that religious terrorism can be conquered (1) by first understanding of the grievances and goals of the terrorist group before any effective and efficient count-terrorism plans can be implemented and (2) by using a holistic, rather than military, approach.
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"Just as with the KKK, and in fact with all leaders of terrorist organizations, an examination of an IRA leader sheds light on the inner-workings of this group. Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein--the political arm of the IRA, hails from a Roman Catholic patriotic family whose members were activists. With such a background, it seems unsurprising that Adams would perpetuate his ancestors' desire for social and political change. Just like Simmons of the KKK, he possesses great charisma and has been able to mobilize large groups to unite for a common cause. What's more he has added substantial political clout to Sinn Fein. Adams has been described as an acutely intelligent individual who views violence as a medium of communication."
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Identity in Poetry, 2005.
Examines group identity in Langston Hughes' poems and individual identity in Andrea Thompson's poetry.
1,546 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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Both Langston Hughes and Andrea Thompson go through social plights due to their minority status and they release their feelings about it in free verse. People always need to belong to a group: Personal identity is not enough. Skin color is not just the biological, visual complexion but a reflection of social identification. This paper examines how Andrea Thompson is more critical of the majority's biases than Langston Hughes. Hughes is also critical of the majority's biases, but he has a more optimistic tone and he chooses to focus on his race's heritage. Hughes has an alternative group and cultural heritage to turn to when rejected by society, whereas Thompson's native Canadian heritage has been destroyed.
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"The poem, "Mother to Son," strengthens Hughes' optimistic feeling by defining the racial pride mentioned in "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "Epilogue [to The Weary Blues]." The mother, not the boy, in the poem symbolizes Hughes telling his fellow African Americans that the plight they have been experiencing will merely make them stronger. He explains that the numerous, steep stairs they climb to reach social equality are "... no crystal stair[s]," once they get to the top, they can reflect back on what they have accomplished and the "tacks," "splinters" that they have overcome (Hughes, "Mother" 3,4,20).""
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Cultural Identity, 2008.
A personal account of the struggle to connect two cultural identities.
1,587 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses cultural identity and how people who live in multi-cultural societies may identify themselves as a citizen of that country, but they feel that they belong to a different cultural group. The writer describes how, as an American Pakistani, she identifies with two cultures and tries to somehow make a connection between the two cultures that she grew up in.
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"As an American Pakistani, I try to somehow make a connection between the two cultures that I grew up in. Despite the fact that I am completely open to interacting with any culture, I must admit that I find a sense of stability in being close to people that come from the same cultural group as I am. The bonding factor between me and other Pakistanis students, besides similar experiences as we grew up, is religion. Although we are not fanatics as people tend to classify us, religion is an important factor in our lives and as a college student or as a member of any collective, I tend to get close to people that share my beliefs. After September 11, the need for relating to other people that were going through the same as experience as I did increased and I grew closer to people from the same cultural group as I. It is hard to receive understanding from people that can not understand you because they have different cultural backgrounds. Of course, the fact that I relate more to Pakistanis students does not mean that I alienate myself from society. We still live in a multicultural environment that we must adapt to."
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Kurdish History, 2001.
This paper looks at the history of the Kurdish people, providing ethnographic information on their origins and their present condition.
11,310 words (approx. 45.2 pages), 0 sources, APA, $ 222.95
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This paper explores the ways in which a heterogeneous group of people come over time, because of historical events as well as some shared characteristics, to see themselves as belonging to a group. The idea of self-determination is very much based on an idea that the group identity is more important than individual differences, and by examining the history of the Kurds we come to have a sense of how cultural differences can be forged into a single social and nationalistic identity.
Table of contents
Introduction
Geography
Origins of Kurds
Demographics
Language
Religion
Birth of Kurdish Nationalism
Political History to 1946
The Mahabad Republic
Recent History
Conclusion
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?Many Americans may have only a vague idea of where Kurdistan is, which might reflect only a vague geographical sense of a people far away from the United States. But it also must reflect the fact that Kurdistan as a region and the Kurds as a people are ambiguous in many ways. Although they are looked at from the outside as a single people and have considered themselves to be one people at least in some ways for centuries, they are a very diverse group, internally divided by religion, language and social structure.Such divisions have prevented the Kurds from having a sense of themselves as a unified people, an internal divisiveness that has been exacerbated by the fact the Kurds live under a number of different national governments, including those of Iran, Iraq and Turkey.?
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?Head of the King Wearing the Khepresh Crown?, 2002.
This paper looks at a piece of sculpture dating from the Egyptian reign of Amenhotep III created by an unknown sculptor.
1,058 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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The writer discusses the "Head of the King", a statue considered to have been created by a group of artists. This is determined by the style of the sculpture and the material used. The paper shows how statues from this period can be classified as belonging to a single artist or to a group. It is assumed, but not proven, that the works belonging to this ?second style? can be timed to belong to the end of Amenhotep III?s rule.
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"The work is a sculpture, depicting the head of the King. Its measurements are: Height, 34 inches; width 22.9 inches; depth, 25.3 inches. It is currently in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. The head is constructed out of granodiorite, which is a very hard medium. It is interesting that, in spite of the difficulty of working the granodiorite, the artisans that sculpted the head have worked it ?as though it were modeling clay? ( Kozloff, 164).
The work is presently in relatively good condition, for the parts that remain. The evidence shows that it was originally a life-sized statue of the King, with an original height of approximately 160 ? 170 centimeters. This would have been the height without any base or pedestal. Of course, there is no accurate way to determine for sure what the size of the base might have been. Other representative standing statues from this period are known to have been resting on bases of up to 100 to 150 centimeters."
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"Terra Nullius" in Australia, 2004.
An analysis of the concept of "terra nullius" (territory belonging to no state) in Australia.
1,358 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the legal battles fought over the concept of "terra nullius" in Australia. The paper explains this term to relate to territory that does not belong to any state - 'no mans land'. The paper explores the discriminatory rulings against the Aboriginal people of Australia and contends that a new constitution is needed. The paper claims that the present constitution was formulated to meet the needs of the invading English and should be replaced with an Australian constitution, which meets the needs of all races now living in this country.
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"Australia's coastline is nearly 22,800 miles long. Australia is completely surrounded by water, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The Coral Sea is near Tasmania. The lowest point in Australia is Lake Eyre and that is 39 feet below sea level. The highest point in Australia is Mount Kosciunsko and that is 7,310 feet above sea level. Australia is the oldest continent and the lowest continent with only 6 percent of it is above 2,000 feet. Most of the continent has no mountains. The largest lake is Lake Eyre at 3,700 square miles. This lake has barely any fresh water in it. If you fly over it in a low flying airplane you would see lots of Detail. The Ayers Rocks are a wonderful sight when the sun sets.1"
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United States Hegemony, 2005.
This paper discusses the basis of power belonging to the United States and explains the United States hegemony within the global system.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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In this paper, America holds hegemony through military, economic, cultural, and political positions. The threat to American power seems low due to the massive military aggression that America has taken against the Middle East in recent times. The writer discusses that the overwhelming sense of military might, along with political and economic justification on the part of the U.S. appears to be the ongoing trend on the international scene. The writer notes that this power lessens the strength of the E.U., Russia, and China as America culturally dominates the world through the power that it wields.
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"This study seeks to understand the basis of power that has become United States hegemony within the global system. The basis of economic, military, political and cultural power is accessed to comprehend U.S. domination within an international scope. In defining these pillars of strength, one can realize that the United States is not likely to face any serious challenges to its hegemony in the coming decade. The United States military presence is a major cornerstone of hegemony that is now being imposed throughout the world."
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Mercosur, 2005.
A look at the Latin American Trade organization Mercosur and the countries belonging to the organization.
1,049 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that Mercosur, the common market of Latin America, was established with the purpose of increasing the cooperation in economic efforts in the member countries. The paper then takes a look at the marketing and trade issues of each of these member countries.
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"Peru's economy is based on agriculture in coffee, cotton, sugarcane, rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, plantains, coca; poultry, beef, dairy products, wool; fish. Industries are agriculture, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, transport, services. Peru's natural resources are copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas. Peru's exports consist of fish and fish products, gold, copper, zinc, crude petroleum and byproducts, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton. Imports are machinery, transport equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals."
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