Helium.com | View Elizabeth M. Young's articles http://www.helium.com/users/528715.xml View Elizabeth M. Young's articles en-us Copyright Helium.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:15:14 GMT Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:15:14 GMT Reality television derives from real events and the real lives of real people. As a result, there is no shortage, whatsoever, of new territory to ... http://www.helium.com/items/1737399-does-reality-tv-really-reflect-reality Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:15:14 In terms of social groups, ersatz racial classifications or cultures, there are no indications that social categorization is a determinant of inte... http://www.helium.com/items/1737324-comparing-iq-between-different-social-groups-races-and-cultures-are-some-groups-more-intelligent-t Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:26:47 Laziness is far too often in the eye of the beholder. A person who has hyperactivebehavior would see a more relaxed person as lazy. A person ... http://www.helium.com/items/1734090-what-characteristics-qualify-a-person-as-being-lazy Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:20:21 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) notes that there are some differences between sociopaths and psychopaths, but... http://www.helium.com/items/1734051-difference-between-sociopath-and-psychopath Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:49:59 Sociologists have ingrained tendencies to make observations, attempting to eliminate bias and to control the personal filters that result in skewe... http://www.helium.com/items/1733977-how-would-a-sociologist-screen-american-idol-contestants Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:42:51 The Black and White logical fallacy has a simple form: the respondent may only choose between A or B, while knowing that other possibilities exist... http://www.helium.com/items/1733936-the-black-and-white-logical-fallacy-and-surveys Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:48:17 Technology is a resource that becomes quickly tested for use in unexpected areas as soon as it becomes fully capable. When internet technology bec... http://www.helium.com/items/1733895-five-technological-advances-in-social-science Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:03:41 It is apparently not possible to test intelligence in ways that truly identify innate abilities. There is no way for an individual who has not tak... http://www.helium.com/items/1733863-dealing-with-the-cultural-bias-in-intelligence-testing-culture-free-and-culture-fair-iq-tests Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:31:12 The term "utopia" originates with Sir Thomas More (1478-1535). He meant the term as a pun, meaning that any utopia would be a good place and no pl... http://www.helium.com/items/1733827-is-it-too-late-to-create-an-ecological-utopia Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:41:12 For a basic introduction to the plants of the coral reefs, the categories are simple: most of them are either algae or phytoplankton! Corals ... http://www.helium.com/items/1733794-a-description-of-coral-reef-plants Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:03:49 The atmosphere of the earth is made up of gases which reside in layers of gas that surround the planet. In order to understand the gases of t... http://www.helium.com/items/1733083-what-are-atmospheric-gases Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:15:22 A manager could spend a lifetime and a fortune in the study of leadership. There aremany indefinable qualities involved in developing leadership p... http://www.helium.com/items/1733054-simple-ways-to-improve-leadership-skills Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:39:13 When the cell division process is occurring, the chromatin in the nucleus of the cell transforms into chromosome by condensing and contracting.&nb... http://www.helium.com/items/1732997-an-overview-of-chromosomes Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:43:58 Biomes are places in the world that share similar characteristics of weather, geology, temperature, and other factors, and that sustain various ty... http://www.helium.com/items/1732893-a-guide-to-the-different-types-of-biomes Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:23:25 Of the life sustaining biomes, water holds the greatest place of importance. The marine biomes include the oceans, coral reefs and estuaries, with... http://www.helium.com/items/1732835-marine-ocean-biomes-described Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:19:26 Libraries are designed and funded to serve the needs of the public, whether in the form of books or in the form of internet research. Amazingly, l... http://www.helium.com/items/1731946-what-place-do-libraries-have-in-our-education-system-today-considering-the-rise-in-internet-based-r Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:20:56 In Social Science, the holy grail is in the logic that is used to formulate hypothesis and in the design of quasi experiments, where complete cont... http://www.helium.com/items/1731882-basic-logical-fallacies-and-experimental-social-science Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:54:36 Internet hoaxes and scams concerning animal adoptions, purchases and even illegal animal sales have soared with the increasing capabilities that a... http://www.helium.com/items/1731779-how-to-avoid-animal-related-hoaxes-and-scams-on-the-internet Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:54:27 Desert biomes exist when the annual rainfall is less than 50 centimeters annually and they cover about one fifth of the Earth's surface. Because w... http://www.helium.com/items/1731712-how-are-desert-biomes-classified Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:46:49 Many on line writers and bloggers are upset at the enormous numbers of ratings, reviews, views and hits that come to sites or to blogs that are ba... http://www.helium.com/items/1729120-how-search-optimizatin-affects-the-social-media Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:37:27 To understand the Benthic Biome, an understanding of the world's largest biome, the Ocean Biome and its various zones. In the Ocean biome, in orde... http://www.helium.com/items/1729072-what-is-a-benthic-zone-biome Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:46:11 The Earth contains several biomes, each with temperature ranges, presence and depth of water, freshness or brackishness of water,  annual rai... http://www.helium.com/items/1729027-climates-of-the-biomes-described Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:02:35 Human beings are capable of being one of the most destructive forces on Earth because of our ability to manipulate the environment in increasingly... http://www.helium.com/items/1727168-the-environmental-destructive-capacity-of-human-beings Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:27:31 To understand the difference between a rainforest and a jungle, we first look at the definitions of "forest" and "jungle". This is not as easy as ... http://www.helium.com/items/1727140-difference-between-a-rainforest-and-jungle Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:49:11 In non experimental social science, the subject cannot be studied under the holy grail of scientific experimentation: complete control over the co... http://www.helium.com/items/1727065-basic-logical-fallacies-and-non-experimental-social-science Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:31:12 Social media can be defined as  everything that we read and write in social networking sites, in forums, groups, and in comments to everythin... http://www.helium.com/items/1727008-social-media-why-you-should-be-careful-what-you-post Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:36:52 The definition of civil liberties has to include two components, the first being the extension of certain rights and freedoms to all citizens, reg... http://www.helium.com/items/1726437-what-are-civil-liberties Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:20:35 The art as well as the science of medical care has always involved the possibility of adapting care to fit the belief systems of the patient, grou... http://www.helium.com/items/1726345-how-belief-systems-impact-medical-care Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:41:15 By their very nature, the social sciences are the product of logic, rationality and reason in the study of the individual and/or  the group. ... http://www.helium.com/items/1726317-basic-logical-fallacies-and-social-science Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:05:25 "Men do not obey him [the charismatic ruler] by virtue of tradition or statute, but because they believe in him." -Max Weber in "Politics As A Voc... http://www.helium.com/items/1726264-the-sociology-of-charismatic-leadership Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:05:15 A degree in Sociology is not an instant sentence to spending a lifetime as a college professor or working for non profits. Whatever endeavor an in... http://www.helium.com/items/1726210-the-office-sociologist Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:01:54 Even though many graduates in Anthropology find themselves in other fields of work, it is a natural process to view the workplace as a collection ... http://www.helium.com/items/1726205-the-office-anthropologist Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:57:52 When it comes to the most incredible beauty of the places that I have lived in or visited, nature has provided the canvas and mankind has had to w... http://www.helium.com/items/1725373-the-most-beautiful-places-youve-traveled-to Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:04:20 Being completely responsible for a blog is a heavy burden to take on, given that a writer has to work for hours to develop quality content, t... http://www.helium.com/items/1725320-why-group-or-multi-user-blogs-are-so-popular Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:20:47 YouTube was destined to become one of the most prolific, extensive and accessible news portals in the history of electronic media. The Idea of hav... http://www.helium.com/items/1725291-looking-at-how-youtube-is-now-becoming-a-news-portal Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:46:33 Social media has opened the floodgates of discussion, opinion, and facts in ways that the traditional news and socialization processes could never... http://www.helium.com/items/1725250-the-real-cost-of-social-media-for-business Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:07:41 The meat and potatoes of any social networking site is in the exponential increase in the membership of people who view each others pages. As the ... http://www.helium.com/items/1725231-discussion-of-the-rising-popularity-of-paid-social-networking Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:34:30 There is more of a need for complicated and well designed passwords than ever. The ability of hackers to piece together bits of information about ... http://www.helium.com/items/1724423-how-to-make-a-good-online-password Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:19:01 Sacramento is at the center of the agricultural, cultural, and social life of the north central Sacramento Valley. Fall is a time of harvests, the... http://www.helium.com/items/1724387-things-to-do-in-sacramento-ca-during-the-fall Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:38:36 It is hard to be a California native and to have no experience with the best of Chinese Food.  The beauty of Sacramento is that the Chinese f... http://www.helium.com/items/1724352-the-best-chinese-restaurants-in-sacramento-ca Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:49:40 The American River Cycling trail at Sacramento, California offers a mostly flat, valley experience that is varied and beautiful. From the hills of... http://www.helium.com/items/1724316-the-best-sections-of-the-american-river-cycling-trail-near-sacramento-ca Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:56:38