Posted by: lhisham on: October 29, 2009
Research Proposal “But, what are you going to do with Psychology? You can’t find a job with THAT!” The sheer presumptuousness of that phrase describes the essence of ‘Major Stereotypes’; something that is slowly spreading throughout the AUC community like an infectious disease. English majors are book freaks, Biology majors are studious and nerdy, Art [...]
Posted by: lhisham on: October 29, 2009
I looked further into the “Major Stereotypes” area and I definitely want to further explore this realm, be it within AUC, internationally or locally. This also has a personal ringing for me which makes me more passionate and eager towards finding out more about this topic. There are 3 basic questions that fall underneath this topic [...]
Posted by: lhisham on: October 29, 2009
Dr. Ebony was here today to present to us her research about giving and the many complex concepts associated with it. I very much liked Dr. Coltue’s talk; her topic was interesting, she was very engaging and she was highly informative. Dr. Coltue examined the uncertainties and vagueness in regard to factors that contribute towards [...]
Posted by: lhisham on: October 25, 2009
Article used: http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/when-were-equal-well-be-happy/?scp=2&sq=money%20+happiness&st=cse
Posted by: lhisham on: October 25, 2009
During my conference with Dr. Gironda on Tuesday,I received several helpful hints to help improve my paper towards the better. The first thing that she mentioned was to make sure that my interview questions were free of any bias or inclination towards a certain answer. An essential way to ensure this objectivity is to remove [...]
Posted by: lhisham on: October 14, 2009
I had one idea concerning research in AUC which i published in my other assignment post: The connotations and annotations of a Major: The kind of labels that go hand-in-hand with each major is something that, try as we might, is unavoidable. These mini-stereotypes create many different “Cliques” in the AUC community and causes considerable amount [...]
Posted by: lhisham on: October 7, 2009
Dr. Rich talked mainly about the kind of research he does as an Economist and how research has a substaintial influence on different “mindsets” and so on. Dr. Rich talked about the fieldwork method. This basically means the kind of hands-on reseasrch that involves observing and interviewing people to collect information whether it’s regarding their [...]
