In the US, as in many other western countries, the link between the media and organized feminism goes back to the establishment of what in the west has been called “first wave feminism” in the nineteenth century. At the famous 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY the organizer Elizabeth Cady Stanton sought to
The eyes perceive spatial information with full acuity when light falls on a small region at the back of the retina called the fovea. Because of the small area of the fovea, the area over which we are able to see clearly is only about 2° to 3° of visual angle. Visual angle indicates the
Various laws of movement learning and control have been proposed on the basis of research. In this entry, the focus is on three of the most firmly established of these laws: the law of practice, Fitts’s law, and Hick’s law. These laws are of interest to sport and exercise psychologists because they specify relatively simple
Conceptualizing Movements Within Different Taxonomies There are at least three ways to differentiate the various kinds of movements into different taxonomies. The first is to consider the number of different movement elements, components, or actions that need to be generated and executed. In this context, three different categories can be identified: discrete movements, serial movements
Movements usually referred to as ‘‘charismatic’’ developed within Protestant and Catholic Christianity from the mid twentieth century, and especially the 1960s. Protestant versions are sometimes called ‘‘neo-Pentecostalism’’ and the Catholic movement was initially styled ‘‘Catholic Pentecostal,’’ highlighting connections with the broader Pentecostal movement. Charismatic Christianity is usually considered to include: (1) renewal movements within established
Shelters have been greatly ignored by research as well as by the system itself. The low priority given shelters by the criminal justice system and by researchers is a result of (1) the small numbers of residents housed within these facilities, (2) the brevity of time during which domestic violence victims reside within the shelter
There has been considerable debate in recent years regarding globalization of health services and its implications for exporting and importing economies. This debate has been sparked by the growing scope for cross border delivery of health services due to advances in information and communication technology, growing mobility of healthcare providers and patients, and commercialization of
Riding the bicycle to work, walking up the stairs to the apartment, taking a book from the shelf, and playing the violin are all examples of motor activities, which are signified by the planning of future goal states, the coordination of different limbs and various whole-body postures, and the regulation of muscle forces during the
The eyes perceive spatial information with full acuity when light falls on a small region at the back of the retina called the fovea. Because of the small area of the fovea, the area over which we are able to see clearly is only about 2° to 3° of visual angle. Visual angle indicates the
Various laws of movement learning and control have been proposed on the basis of research. In this entry, the focus is on three of the most firmly established of these laws: the law of practice, Fitts’s law, and Hick’s law. These laws are of interest to sport and exercise psychologists because they specify relatively simple