“Social structural perspective is a sociological perspective that emphasizes how a person’s social location in society influences their behavior” (Fuller, John, 2011). In this case regarding the Pelican Bay Prison, the location (the prison) causes the prisoners to develop more criminological tendencies and behavior. Gangs, in general, cause an individual to become more deviant and violent. This video supports the idea of social structure theory due to the environment changing the individual, and them being content with the lifestyle. Members of gangs enter the prison to be a part of an even bigger organization, and to gain the skills they need to have an even larger contribution within the gang
1 Pro of Parole The parole system is a just system within the United States of America. It is a system where an offender can earn early release off of good behavior or time served. The system is blind as well is justice; from time to time offenders are released for overcrowding in prisons. I am for parole. I believe that offenders deserve a chance to rehabilitate themselves and parole provides that opportunity.
Writing information that touches the reader emotionally, it feels as if Abramsky is trying to make the reader feel bad for the prisoners. Other than just providing an article full of guilt and sympathy, he delivers outside sources and statistics. Overall, I believe that Abramsky uses pathos in an unfair way, and finally logos and ethos in a smart and effective way. First off, in Sasha Abramsky’s, “When They Get Out,” Abramsky uses pathos and appeals to the reader’s emotions by painting a visual of the life of inmates in isolation. He says, “The inmates are often tormented by headaches.
So we learn the virtue by copying someone who is a role model or mentor to confirm our virtue is right and finally practice and experience said virtue. Already we can see a weakness forming within Aristotle’s concept of virtue ethics, foe when learning our virtues from education, emulation and experience. How do we know we are being educated in the correct and socially accepted way? For example in a different time period or different country we may be taught that being rash for example is a good virtue to possess, where as in modern western societies today being rash is thought of as being a bad trait to have. Carrying on with this train of thought, we have the same problem with the aspect of emulation, or in other words copying.
They said it meant Able, so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength. "(Hawthorne 148) They did not recognize her for her faults but instead, her strength and courage. Chillingworth, however, became more and more twisted and evil, his deformed shoulders paralleling his distorted soul. He wore down more and more on Dimmesdale's health, bringing him closer to his death in his attempt for revenge. He even admitted his evilness to himself stating to Dimmesdale, "I have already told you what I am a fiend!"
Discuss two errors in attribution Attribution theory is concerned with how individuals interpret events and how this relates to their thinking and behaviour. The attribution theory relates to the concept that people try to make sense of their surroundings on the basis of what they think is the cause and what the effect of the situation. There are two attributions. When people attribute cause of other people’s behaviour to their internal characteristics, they make a dispositional attribution. The term disposition refers to somebody’s beliefs, attitudes, and personality.
(1982) basically says that by attributing our success to dispositional factors and our failures to factors beyond our control the SSB serves as a means of self-protection. Therefore when teams attribute their failures to factors they don’t have control of, they actually protect their
It implies we have to change, starting from internal personality to external personality. Analysis and Comments on seven habits Habit 1 Be Proactive If you don’t walk forward, who else can make you walk forward? Therefore, being proactive is the principle of personal vision. In my opinion, people are always looking for excuses to be lazy, and then waste their life in the excuses. One of the big differences between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people would achieve their goals and dreams proactively and better their life.
By self-fulfilling prophecy, plays a role in social labeling theory. "Self-rejecting attitudes result in both a weakened commitment to conventional values and the acquisition of motives to deviate from social norms. They tend to say that Teachers are stupid;' cops are dishonest;' parents just don't understand. These troubled youths become distanced from society and find themselves in deviant lifestyles. Basically, social labeling theory holds that juveniles begin believing they are people who do bad things and are transformed into believing they are bad people.
Others say that you got to win some to loose some. What do I say? I say that failure is apart of success, and success is apart of winning. I don’t think they are necessarily opposite, I think that they are all connected, somehow. Failure is what it takes to succeed, and succeeding is what winners believe they do.