Essays on Sociological Theory

Seligman, Steel, Park, and Peterson (2005) focused on positive psychological interventions that aim to increase happiness. A vital fact that has surfaced in the past few years is that happiness brings about many valuable effects in addition to feeling good (Seligman et al., 2005). Past…

An Insight into Top 4 Benefits of Keeping CBD Beneath Tongue & How to Decide the Appropriate Dosage Using CBD underneath tongue is an effective way of benefiting from positive effects of CBD. Our aim here will be to explore some of the main advantages…

How much freedom can a person in a society have? How much freedom is too much? When can society step in and intervene with a person’s freedom? John Stuart Mill attempts to answer these questions and more in his book, On Liberty. This essay will…

To come to the conclusion whether or not San Antonio is a good city, we must first look at what a good city truly means to us. We all have separate beliefs and values, but of course we must all have a few similar essential…

The term nationalism is used to describe two phenomena: The thoughts that the members of a nation have when they care about their national identity, The actions that the members of a nation have take when seeking to achieve (or sustain) self determination. Nationalism on…

Learning occurs through a process that results in a long-term change in knowledge or behaviour, resulting from experience and interaction with the immediate environment. This has been concluded through research and experimentation by various theorists trying to understand what it is that leads to this…

Cultural Appropriation is the adoption or use of elements of one culture from members of a different culture. There are many advantages and disadvantages of cultural appropriation and they vary depending on if you’re having your culture imitated or if you are the one imitating…

Ignorance Fueling the Flame That is Cultural Appropriation There happens to be a wide misunderstanding of what cultural appropriation actually is. Nadra Kareem Nittle from the race relations section of About.com defines cultural appropriation as, “…typically [involving] members of a dominant group exploiting the culture…

In Our Hands: An Essay on Appropriation Appropriation is a tricky subject to navigate because opinions on it’s morality, artistry and ethics are so widely varied. Many artists use appropriation in their work to appreciate a specific culture or to enhance and influence their creations….

A significant part of life is defining who one is and discovering one’s identity. Identity is often explored through the questioning of the biological or philosophical consciousness of society. Discovering the complexities of one’s identity is, therefore, also apart of this task. This semester in…