Many people do not realize how important it is to take into consideration the situation of others; a life changing decision could take place within seconds. Apathy is defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as the lack of feeling or emotion, lack of interest or concern. In today’s society, if something does not pertain to an individual they will not pay it any attention. Many crimes and deaths have gone unreported or have been unsolved because of the apathy that people do not have for one another. “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police,” “Who Killed Benny Paret,” and “On Dumpster Diving” are all great examples of apathy.
This is due to several factors; hope for a better life, lack of proper knowledge, and an overbearing group mentality amongst the community. The combination of these elements leads to an abnormal and apathetic mentality in this fictional society. Perhaps
(BS-3) This disconnection can manifest as a distance from society. (BS-2) More significantly, materialism can create a divide between one’s conscious self and their deeper emotions. (BS-1) Most worryingly, the human need for social interaction can be covered under a blanket of commercialized goods, and altogether forgotten.
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Critique Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, has created an article called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother that intensively describes differences in the usage of parenting methods in Chinese and Westerners culture. The author has personally raised her children in a highly strict manner so her children succeed in life and academics. Chua often refers to the term “Chinese mother” that describes her parenting style apart from Western parents. The main purpose of this article is to show the two parenting techniques and how they affect the child 's success.
For example, most Asian students are raised in an environment to respect their parents and elders. Parents are often seen as the iron fist at home that forces children to study and focus all time on homework and improvement. This actually seems to be a great support system that leads to higher grades, test scores, and intelligence. Confucian ideas of filial piety are the source of this respect and fear of elders, parents, and ancestors. “Dishonor brought to the family by any one member reflects on all family members,” so students must be very careful to do everything in their power
The Concerted Cultivation of Superiority Whether they chose to spoil their children with love, objects, or opportunities, parents want to give their children the best childhood to prepare them for adulthood. Typically, the middle class and upper class use a parenting method Annette Lareau calls “concerted cultivation,” meaning that parents foster children’s talents and interests. Most parents that use this style of rearing follow similar routines such as maneuvering their schedules to alote multiple extracurricular activities, emphasizing the use of vocabulary and reasoning skills, and socializing their children to be comfortable around adults. While these practices seem to be successful in creating and maintaining class reproduction, they
Human beings are social beings, their social pathways are important to their survival. Humans are composed of abilities that enable them to think, create and use morals. Humans by nature are social. They yearn for human connection. As much as American culture might perpetuate individualism, humans cannot cognitively and healthily survive by themselves.
Death, it 's everywhere. It 's part of life, and it happens every day all around the world. Death is the black hole that threatens to consume us. In the book, The Machine Of Death is a fictional machine that tells people how they 're going to die. The question is should mankind allow this machine to come to life?
It is vital as people need to have a sense of belonging and acceptance from their social group such as family and friends to prevent form loneliness. Worse still, a new research suggests that loneliness and social isolation are as much a threat to our health. (Gupta, 2015). The next level of needs is self-esteem needs such as achievement, independence, status, prestige and managerial responsibility
Rather than reducing social and economic inequality, China’s rapid economic growth magnifies the gap of benefits received by people in different socio-economic groups. As we will see, social and economic inequality are two sides of the same coin and is not solely the product of economic development. In addition to pure market forces, state policies play a significant role in contributing to the high levels of inequality China experiences nowadays. Despite the government’s concern towards inequality, recent interventions are not sufficiently targeted at the main causes of this issue which result in the continuing climb of China’s inequality figure. Nevertheless, contrary to conventional wisdom, the threat of inequality to China’s social and
Those who are missing this level could fall victim to several dangerous behaviors. Next, the fourth level focuses on esteem and having other people’s respect. Finally, the last level is self-actualization (Taormina & Gao 156). Self-actualization refers to fulfilling ones goals and improving oneself to reach a point of happiness (Textbook 44). Thus, the main ideas of Maslow’s theory are commonly placed into a pyramid to represent the reaching of each
This study depicts pro-social behavior of the adolescents in psychological aspect. In 1990’s the adolescent’s positive development has gained greater attention in developmental literature. The concept of pro social involvement can help positive development among adolescents. The bystander effect plays as a moderating agent in displaying pro-social behavior. The bystander effect refers to the tendency for people to become less likely to assist a person in distress when there are a number of other people also present.
Maslow proposed five-level classification of human needs as physiological, safety, love, esteem and self-actualisation. He suggested that physiological needs are the basic needs and these needs should be satisfied first and then subsequent needs emerge. Self-actualisation is the highest order of needs and to fulfill this need a person should be biologically efficient, usually in better health, both mentally and physically. The degree of satisfaction is resulted by fulfillment of these hierarchy of needs. However, these needs can vary individual to individual regarding their personal characteristics, pathology, and health care settings.
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This theory lies on the premise that people can rarely achieve their full potential without having met their basic needs; if the target population lacks of basic needs, any intervention that does not address this particular issue will fail. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is based on the physiological and psychological needs. Once these needs are covered, we will be able to engage someone to change habits in order to achieve our goals. It is highly important to recognize the target population and their basic needs.
For example, the rich access different and better service from what the poor do, and this is responsible for quite a number of problems in societies. When the poor lack proper education, it results in a large number of them lacking employment and thus they indulge in crime, drug abuse, prostitution, even giving rise to incurable diseases. Poverty makes it hard for members of a society to access proper medical services which makes it tough to control spread of diseases, and ultimately death. According to the symbolic interactionism theory, humans are social animals and require interaction with one another. It studies social interactions between individuals and small groups and how humans interpret these interactions.
