A pediatrician who has treated teens for over two decades, Meeker sounds the alarm about how sexually transmitted diseases are killing the children of America. ... He states, " . . . most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action."" ... In one study of soap operas, there was only one representation of a married couple engaging in sex for every 24 portrayals of unmarried characters performing sexual acts. ...

• Word Count: 2162
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Levine's study, Black Culture and Black Consciousness, suggests there was a "widespread conversion of slaves to Christianity by the time of the Civil War".15 More recent opinions however state that the slaves, though influenced by Christianity, put up substantial resistance to the conversion process, and even when "converted" still held tight to the traditions and rituals of their native Africa. ... The very monotony of sound and motion produces an ecstatic state. ...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate