Free write: Globalization

I'm first questioning how these items got there. Where there sweat shops making those products? Or was it passed down donated goods? The way things are being passed around the whole world is pretty amazing. If these were donated goods I'm hoping these items were not purchased and only given to them. Regardless what the item said, it was good they had shoes, shirts, and shade. I think Americanization is a little different than globalization because Americans tend to buy things they do not need, causing Americanization.

Macdonaldization is the growth of fast food restaurants around the whole world. Influencing global commercialism and obesity. In the presentation today, Starbucks and McDonald were used as examples of these trends.

Pessimistic and Optimistic hyperglobalizers are the views of globalization. the optimist would obviously see the positive things about globalization

Critiquing a data article

- In this study there were 99 participants
-The section begins with a detailed description of the purpose of this research. Who will be in this research, details about the participants, and the theory of the results.
-It's pretty well organized. I understood the transition and understood why it was organized that way.
-The theme was do psychology classes have an impact on students dealing with social issues such as racism and homphobia.
-The study was based off of 3 phychology courses and the data was supported by the results.
-The high number of partisipants was what really stood out.