Arts Blog

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The intention of the artist is to transmit his point of view about abortion, rather than to create an a art piece that has an aesthetic value.
The quality of the work is high because the painting is really well worked and the difficulty of such work seems elevated.
I think this painting could have an audience depending on the aundience stand point towards abortion. Even so the audience could also focus only on the artistic value of the painting.

This painting is an imitation of the nature of a mother an her baby as one.
This painting can communicate a anti abortion message being a way to express a point of view
This painting can be used as an education tool to stand against abortion and to make a point agaisnt this theme.

Human Sciences

The Asch Conformity Experiment

In psychological terms, conformity refers to an individual's tendency to follow the unspoken rules or behaviors of the social group to which he or she belongs. Researchers have been interested in the degree to which people follow or rebel against social norms. During the 1950s, psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments designed to demonstrate the powers of conformity in groups.

In Asch's experiments, students were told that they were participating in a 'vision test.' Unbeknownst to the subject, the other participants in the experiment were all confederates, or assistants of the experimenter. At first, the confederates answered the questions correctly, but eventually began providing incorrect answers.

Nearly 75 percent of the participants in the conformity experiments went along with the rest of the group at least one time. After combining the trials, the results indicated that participants conformed to the incorrect group answer approximately one-third of the time. Participants were very accurate in their line judgments, choosing the correct answer 98 percent of the time however preferring the majority’s incorrect answer. These results suggest that conformity can be influence both by a need to fit in and a belief that other people are smarter or better informed. Given the level of conformity seen in Asch's experiments, conformity can be even stronger in real-life situations where stimuli are more ambiguous or more difficult to judge.

http://psychology.about.com/od/classicpsychologystudies/p/conformity.htm

Ethical Blog

Child labour

1. With official estimates of 12.6 million children in hazardous occupations, India has the highest number of labourers in the world under 14 years of age.
2. In the UK a child age 13 can have a part time work. WorkSmart from the TUC shows that the type of work is restricted to light agricultural or horticultural work or as allowed by-laws.
3. In Honduras approximatively 360,000 children between ages 5-17 are involved in economic activities.61.2% of these children occupy jobs without own profit, meaning they work yet the money is for others.

I personally think child labour is unethical because the childhood of a little boy or girl disappears due to the burden of having to work to survive. Poverty drives families to use even children as a income. Labour enables children from going to school furthermore limiting their future and opportunities. Child Labour is prohibited by the UNICEF laws however 1 of every 6 children has to work.

http://white.oit.org.pe/ipec/documentos/hon___sintesis.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour

http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_childlabour.html