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Southeast Asia and the Proliferation of Small Arms

countries within the area quickly moved to buy as much firepower as they could to match their neighbors. It was a keep up with the...

Research Methods Journal Articles Reviewed

time period. The variables, as such, were the teachers, themselves. The study pointed out the need and the purpose clearly as th...

Cigarette Addiction and Young People

More precisely, in looking at cigarette addiction in young people, what are its causes? The causes of addiction are rather physio...

Interpersonal Relationship Formation and Adolescent Development to Young Adulthood

change that is then made even more complex by changes related to sexual awakening and reproductive capabilities. It is also the po...

Alcohol Abuse Among College Students and Risk Factors

fraternity or sorority is already biologically or psychosocially geared toward alcohol abuse, then this simply strikes a match to ...

Peer Reviewed Articles on Play Therapy

direct the session at all, but simply asks questions that stimulate communication between the child and the facilitator. This mode...

Socialization of the Individual and Effects of Religion, Family, Peers, and School

gender roles will continue throughout the individuals life. The same theory applies to religion. The young child does not understa...

Aggression and Peer Rejection

acts of violence resulting "from ones reduced ability to regulate the expression of aggressive behavior in interpersonal situation...

The Teaching of Math in California

ways in which to qualify students for the GATE program. Students who are advanced in mathematics would be exposed to higher grade ...

Children Ages 7 to 11 and Positive Environmental Influences

(Kwon & Yawkey, 2000). Freudian theory would spark interest in terms of how the environment would affect emotional impulses as wel...

School Impact on Children Who Have Epilepsy

In six pages this research paper considers how children with epilepsy are perceived in the academic environment with different sei...

Peer Mediation Industry Assessment

mediations, or the entire student body works together to solve the disputes (Johnson et al, 1996). I. AUTHORS POINTS OF VIEW ...

Dropouts Among Gifted and At Risk Students

In six pages it is argued that students who are gifted, at risk are more likely to quit school than their peers who are not gifted...

Elementary School Students Motivational Approaches

In twelve pages this paper discusses student intrinsic and extrinsic motivational techniques and theory and the roles played by pe...

Multicultural Programs, Bilingual Programs, and Cooperative Learning

to have each student working at their own speed (Johnson and Johnson, 1989). While it is true that students do not learn at the s...

Peer Influence Journal Article Reviewed

In seven pages the article 'The Influence of Delinquent Peers What they think or what they do' that appeared in a 1994 issue of ...

Delinquency and Peer Pressure

In five pages the journal article featured in a November 4, 1994 issue of Criminology (Vol. 29) entitled, 'The Influence of Delin...

How They Compare 'Ungraded' or 'Multi-Age' Classrooms

This paper consists of 10 pages and chronicles the evolution of school organization from the nineteenth century and continuing wit...

Theories of Cultural Deviance

Juvenile delinquency is considered in twelve pages within the context of the Theory of Differential Association by Sutherland and ...

Literature Review on Teen Drug Abuse

In five pages this research paper examines various theories regarding teenage drug abuse in a consideration of peer pressure and o...

Alcohol on the College Campus

is apparent that raising the legal drinking age to 21 has not discouraged many young people from drinking alcohol. In a 1997 study...

Occupational Education Programs' Evaluation

In five pages this research paper evaluates the rates of success of various occupational programs. Four sources are cited in the ...

Analyzing the Painting Rembrandt Contemplating the Bust of Aristotle

In five pages this painting is analyzed in terms of three aspects of the subject's psychological mood, light, and shadow which is ...

Two Child Development Cases

In seven pages this research paper analyzes the lack of theory that would provide greater understanding in cases involving peer an...

Peer Groups

and thus feels isolated and unwanted, the popular youth revels in the notoriety of being one of the "in" crowd. Incidents t...

Philip Zimbardo's Peer Pressure Theories

in Berzonsky, 1995 ). A dimension found which influences the impact of public self-expressions on self conceptions is firmness of ...

Behavior Disorders and Peers Journal Article Reviewed

In three pages this paper reviews a journal article on a study regarding peers and behavioral problems. There is included a compl...

Short Stories and Rounded Character Building

The ways in which rounded characters are constructed within short stories are considered in a six page examination of Guy de Maupa...

Teachers' Perspectives on School Violence

In 7 pages this paper discusses U.S. schools and dealing with growing violence with zero tolerance policies and peer counseling am...

Peer Pressure

In eight pages this paper discusses the concept of peer pressure and whether or not is steeped more in myth than in actual fact. ...