Humanities Essays

Maslow and Rogers come from a school of thought, which is referred to as Humanistic. Such an approach steers away from the idea that man is a robot, who is the total product of outside forces, as the Behaviorist would maintain; or that man simply results from the interaction of …

After reviewing the results of my Keirsey Temperament Sorter, I found that a great deal of the on-line information and analysis of the group known as Idealists fit the way I perceive myself quite accurately. However, in order to more accurately draw from the conclusions asserted in the material, I …

Bad Temper it is sometimes right & even necessary to be angry.one is said to be a coward and a mean selfish person,who is not angry when he sees a wrong done to an innocent man,or a little child beaten and starved by cruel parents or a dumb animal tortured …

“Consider God’s handiwork: who can straighten what he hath made crooked?” (Ecclesiastes 7:13). Such is the opening quote and the thesis of director Andrew Nichol’s film Gattaca (1997). Although the film is based on the lives of genetically engineered human beings and the effects that such have on the “invalids”, …

I agree with the statement that George had no right to kill Lenny and should be put on trial for murder. The reason I agree with this statement is because if Lenny was put on trial for murdering Curley’s wife, then the jury would realize that he is mentally handicapped …

Misogyny means a hatred of women. In every country misogyny happens. Women are insulted, discarded or torched by men. In today’s world whatever the men do is everything fine, and if women do the same thing then women were kicked out from the house. Misogyny takes place at each corner …

It is the year 2010. As you pick up your daily issue of The Age, you begin to read some of the articles on the front page. Interesting articles include, “Cure to Cancer Found Due to Cloned Stem-cells” and “Former President George Bush’s Cloned Heart Transplant a Success.” Everyone thinks, …

Briefly state the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. Which do you think is the most effective? Extrinsic: external, not inherent, not contained or included within, extraneous, Originating from outside. Extrinsic motivation (where we do things for rewards.) Intrinsic: adj. belonging to the real nature of a person or thing …

The central features of all paraphilias, according to the DSM-IV, are: Sexual urges or sexual fantasies with non-human objects and/or sexual behaviors with non-human objects Sexual behaviors involving humiliation or suffering of oneself or another person Adult sexual behavior that involves children or nonconsenting adults There are two types of …

A Cage of Butterflies introduces the controversial idea that there is potential for the misuse of scientific knowledge and practice by unscrupulous people. Brian Caswell has written this fictional book to make people aware of this problem in our society. The theme of the book can be seen from the …