Front Stage and Back Stage

In the movie, Mean Girls, the girls in the so-called "Plastics" group exhibit front stage and backstage as they backstab each other. In this video clip, Gretchen lies to Karen, pretending to be her true friend by saying that Regina called her a dirty name so that she can get back at Regina by turning Karen against her.

Mean Girls Backstabbing Conversation Video

Postconventional level of Kohlberg's moral theory

I think that Catholic priest exhibit the postconventional level of moral reasoning as they live completely celebrate lives. They don't give in to their pleasures, and they try not to follow norms for their decision-making. The priest I am thinking about personally is my priest back home in Oklahoma. Although he is no longer the pastor at my church, I can think of times where I have seen him exhibit post conventional moral reasoning. When he does many masses for several occasions like weddings, baptisms, and daily mass all in one week, I can see him looking tired. Yet he still chooses to go bless the sick whenever they call, no matter how tired he is, no matter what time of day they call.

Stimulus-Value-Role Theory of Mate Selection

Today, I noticed that two of my friends have finally made it to the Role stage of the Stimulus-Value-Role Theory of Mate Selection. After weeks of seeing them them taking tons of pictures together, constantly hanging out with each other,  studying together, and wearing matching shirts, it was a relief to finally see them as a Facebook official couple. Now they can openly date and act the role of a dating couple like kissing and hugging.

Monotheism

I am currently in a Freshman Seminar religion class that discusses the influence of the Bible on varying religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All these religions are monotheistic where they all believe in just one God. Although these religions have different names and different practices, it seems that they all share the same one God.

Rumors

Recently, there have been rumors of Selena Gomez and Justin Beiber on the Baylor campus. Rumor has it that the two were on a campus tour sometime earlier this week. They also went to one of the Baylor basketball games together. These claims lack confirmation or certainty since no official person has had proof of them being at Baylor. Therefore, these allegations are still considered rumors.

Totalitarianism

I remember last year for AP Literature and Composition, my assigned summer reading was 1984. This book depicted a dystopian society that was completely controlled by an authoritarian government otherwise known as a totalitarianism. This government controlled its people's lives by constantly monitoring them and altering their language.

Exogamy

Within my extended Asian family, there are a few exogamies. Two of my Vietnamese aunts on my mom's side of the family married caucasian men, and one of my Chinese aunts on my dad's side married a caucasian man. Because these 3 women married someone outside their social group, (basically outside their race,) they practice exogamy.