Peer pressure is the most powerful social force impacting the student academic performance. Most students influenced by their peers include those at their adolescence ages. Schools overall performance is usually influenced by the kind of the children enrolled alongside other factors such as the quality of education they offer. However,...

Social class is something that I only grew to become aware of as I grew up, as my parents never really discussed it with me openly. Now that I am older, I know that my family is largely middle, if not upper middle class; my parents are both professionals, one...

Looking at society from a psychological perspective can provide tremendous insight into our place in the world. Certainly, I knew coming into this course that culture has an effect on society. Beliefs, traditions and even certain types of food all represented my understanding of how society functioned; however, through the...

Nowadays there are a lot of unstable and negative factors that contribute to the emergence of the long list of community social problems. This research paper will examine homelessness among the people with mental illness residing in Maricopa County, Arizona as one of the social problems that require efficient and...

I live in the Fair Oaks region of the greater Fairfax, Virginia area. Located in Fairfax County, Fairfax is located further away from Washington D.C., thus making it slightly cheaper to live in. Furthermore, the area is less densely populated than that of the district. This town is rather quaint,...