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I decided to use a picture of an LGBTQ+ adoption as my media for Chapter 7 to discuss the topic of minority influence. In today's world social change for the LGBTQ+ community is still continuing to grow but unfortunately due to bigotry and close-mindedness, it wasn't always that way. The idea of minority influence is that a smaller number of individuals are able to influence the opinions or behaviors of the group (Ch. 7.1 Minority Influence: Resisting Group Pressure.) In this matter, the LGBTQ+ community is still teaching the majority of people to see who their partner is, does not matter in any case nor does it have any influence on how many rights you have, at the end of the day love is love. That is why the LGBTQ+ community is still fighting to have basic rights here in the US and in other countries. Though the fight is still going strong, there are still some victories such as same-sex adoption and marriage!

link for photo: https://adoptanewbeginning.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/beckylisababyupclose.jpg

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The media I decided to go with for Chapter 8 is a survey to find out which love language best suits you in order to have a successful relationship. This quiz allows for "self-disclosure of one’s own needs and desires, which allows the partner to become aware of the needs of the other and attempt to meet them if possible" (8.2 Making Relationships Last.) Knowing your partners love language brings both the communication and vulnerability aspects into a relationship. In which each of you can discuss to make your partner feel seen because both of you would be attempting to support one another's needs and desires. Try the quiz for yourselves!

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Upon completion of the survey you'll see results right away, and you'll receive an email with a PDF attachment for your records.

According to Dr. Gary Chapman every person has a "love tank" that is filled up when others "speak their love language".

Most people have a primary love language that especially connects with them and makes them feel loved. Some people have a secondary love language.

What are yours?

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Upon completion of the survey you'll see results right away, and you'll receive an email with a PDF attachment for your records. According to Dr. Gary Chapman every person has a "love tank" that is filled up when others "speak their love language".

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I wanted to use a direct website for charities in San Diego we can use to help people here in our communities and if you want to help these charities they aren't so far away! This website also showcases the idea of social responsibility norm. This type of altruism represents the belief that people should attempt to help others in need of assistance with no future reward or payback of any kind (9.1 Social Norms for Helping.) I also wanted to add that if helping a charity might seem like too much of a workload, there are other things we're able to do as well even if it's small, such as helping an elderly person cross the street or holding the door open for another person without expecting a thank you. The whole point is that if we're able, then why not? It doesn't affect us in any way to be a good person.

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This article advocates for gun safety by using statistics as their evidence to really get people to understand how bad gun violence is and has been getting. In this case they specify on road rage shootings which are categorized as emotional or impulsive decisions. These types of decisions are stated as aggression that is acted on with a small amount of forethought or intent, that is primarily determined by impulsive emotions (10.1 Defining Aggression.) When road rage incidents happen that lead to the pull of a trigger the aggressor was not looking for any positive outcomes to the situation resulting in ultimately shooting at or killing another person. This article also stated that in 2022 every 16 hours a person was shot resulting in injury or death so next time a driver cuts you off, or is on their phone, think again whether you want to act aggressive with them because you never know if that other person is armed.

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The spike in gun violence during the height of the COVID pandemic in the United States is subsiding, with 2022 being the first year since the pandemic began that we saw fewer gun homicides than during the prior year. Yet one measure of gun violence continues to climb: road rage shooting deaths and injuries continue to pile up.

Experiencing aggressive driving on the road is not uncommon-roughly eight in 10 drivers surveyed by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reported having at least one incident in the month before the survey. However, the presence of a gun can turn such an encounter from an unpleasant few moments to a dangerous incident for drivers, their passengers, and pedestrians. What's more, the presence of a gun in a car may increase the likelihood of road rage. A survey conducted initially in Arizona and then nationally found that motorists in a vehicle with a gun were more likely to behave rudely or aggressively and to exhibit road rage-making obscene gestures, cutting off other cars, or engaging in other dangerous driving behavior. Another 2017 study found that motorists behaved more aggressively with a firearm in the vehicle, where just the presence of a gun was associated with dangerous driving.

Using Gun Violence Archive's database to analyze road rage incidents, Everytown Research & Policy found that the number of road rage injuries and deaths involving guns has increased every year since 2018. In that year, at least 70 road rage shooting deaths occurred in the United States; in 2022, the number doubled to 141. The same trend occurred with gun injuries: at least 176 people were injured in a road rage incident in 2018, with a staggering increase to 413 people in 2022. These incidents translate to a person being shot and either injured or killed in a road rage incident in 2022 every 16 hours, on average.

In 2022 someone was shot and injured or killed in a road rage incident on average every 16 hours.

No region of the country was immune to road rage. But some states fared better than others.

While nearly every state in the country saw at least one victim from a road rage shooting in 2022, a significant disparity exists between states. The five states with the highest rate of people shot in road rage incidents are New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. These states make up only 8 percent of the US population but saw 20 percent of road rage shooting victims.

This disparity occurs across geographic regions as well. The southern United States, which has weaker gun laws on average than the nation overall, sees the highest rates of victimization from road rage shootings, double those in the Northeast. The nine northeastern states have both the lowest rates of victimization from road rage shootings and overall far stronger gun laws than much of the nation.

The strength of carry permit laws impacts road rage

Looking in particular at one important gun policy-rules for carrying a concealed gun in public-the association between loosening those rules and road rage is clear. Concealed carry firearms permit requirements-which may involve passing a background check, completing safety training and live-fire instruction, and other criteria-fall along a spectrum of protection: in 2022, eight states required would-be gun carriers to provide a specific reason for needing a gun in public, 18 states required a carry permit but did not require this type of "good cause" justification, and 24 states did not require a permit at all. As is clear in the chart below, states that were permitless in 2022 have by far the highest rate of road rage shootings with injuries or deaths.

States that did not require a permit had nearly triple the rate of road rage shooting victimization than those states with the most protective standards. Moreover, states that were permitless in 2022 had 27 percent more deaths and injuries in road rage incidents involving a gun than states that required a permit but did not give law enforcement broad authority to deny an application.

In June 2022 the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that barred states from requiring any type of "good cause" justification for concealed carry permits, significantly limiting their ability to protect their residents. One consequence of this new ruling is that many of the states with the lowest rates of road rage (the light blue line) have been forced to weaken their laws. We fear that another consequence will be more road rage.

In terms of overall crime rates, states that have weakened their permitting systems have seen a 13 to 15 percent increase in crime. But what the analysis about road rage and gun-carrying regulations shows is that the states with weaker standards have also made it easier and more likely for people to take their guns out of their homes and into their cars. The results on our streets and highways have been tragic.

Conclusion

We do not definitively know what is driving this persistent increase in road rage shootings. The pandemic and its continuing effects have brought all kinds of new stressors into people's lives. In addition, the record increases in gun sales that started in 2020 could be a factor. This analysis suggests that gun safety policies-particularly those that require a permit to carry a concealed handgun in public-protect our communities from road rage shootings.

More research on road rage shootings is needed, but one thing is clear: these trends are not slowing down. That's why action from policymakers to prevent gun violence is now more urgent than ever.

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Road Rage Shootings Are Continuing to Surge

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The spike in gun violence during the height of the COVID pandemic in the United States is subsiding, with 2022 being the first year since the pandemic began that we saw fewer gun homicides than during the prior year. Yet one measure of gun violence continues to climb: road rage shooting deaths and injuries continue to pile up.

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My next form of media is a tiktok that that displays social inhibition. This cheer team must have practiced this routine over and over again and nailed that pyramid so many times! With that being said sometimes nerves get in the way and no matter how many times you do something perfectly right, sometimes when others are around, certain things such as this stunt doesn't go the way it's expected to. This brings me to the fact that social inhibition is the tendency to perform tasks poorly and/or slowly in the presence of others (11.2 Social Facilitation and Social Inhibition.) The fact that they had a crowd, judges, and their coach watching them could be key factors as to why that stunt didn't land.

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UAAP CHEERDANCE COMPETITION - UP STUNT EPIC STUNT FAIL. #UAAP #UP #cheerdance 

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UAAP CHEERDANCE COMPETITION - UP STUNT EPIC STUNT FAIL. #UAAP #UP #cheerdance
♬ original sound - Rowmer - Roamer Venrey

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Chapter 12 is all about stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination so I wanted to test my own theory. Unfortunately, I was correct. Specifically on stereotypes which are the positive or negative beliefs that people hold about the characteristics of a social group (Ch, 12 Prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination.) My theory was to see if the Mexican stereotype was going to come up right away or if the internet was even going to try to hide it even a little bit on Google images. This drawing was the third one to show up. It just goes to show that this stereotype of the Mexican culture is still very prevalent. Not all of us wear sombreros, ponchos, or have thick mustaches. Some of us are fair-skinned, dark-skinned, and have colored eyes, or red hair. And also, we are not an ignorant someone's Halloween costume!
link for photo: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=APwXEdfbT7yGka5I2MtMaPVdo6aNpZNqRA:1685072766602&q=mexican&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil3bGdiZL_AhVFD1kFHbVdAdIQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=1366&bih=625&dpr=1#imgrc=YKUFvZ24-3kC2M