In the article Superman to the Rescue: Simulating Physical Invulnerability Attenuates Exclusion-Related Interpersonal Biases (Ackerman, Bargh, & Huan, 2013) Julie Huan, Joshua Ackerman, and John Bargh set up a number of studies including a pre-test, study one, study two, and study three to demonstrate the relation between physical invulnerability simulation and positive or negative reactions to being excluded in social situations. They also consider how the reactions of exclusion can change when…
Introduction Unlike most basins, the headwaters of the Klamath River are in the flat desert of the Great Basin in eastern Oregon, and travel through the temperate rainforests of the Pacific Coast Mountain Range before finally draining into the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. The indigenous peoples who have lived along the Klamath River and its tributaries had livelihoods adapted to the basins varied climates and biophysical attributes. The Klamath Tribe still inhabits the region off the…
Nearing the end of the season, West Point’s crew team coach, Coach Preczewski (Coach P.) is dumfounded by the ability of his Junior Varsity team to consistently defeat his Varsity team. When creating the teams, Coach P. had tested individual ability by utilizing a rowing machine called the Ergometer, but these measures would fail him. It should be noted that there are psychological variables that differ between the crews. The Junior Varsity crew has a leader that fosters positive motivation…
Additionally, Draco demonstrates his cognitive skills, social skills, motor skills, and speaking skills when he played the fishing game with his friend. Playing the fishing game, it requires the cognitive skills which the child need to understand the concept of the game and the social skills which the child needs to take turns. Importantly, the game requires the cognitive skills because “To understand the meaning of each number word, the child must form a mental image of it” (Beaty, 2014, p.…
Thank you for choosing our school to select three artifacts for a time capsule that will be taken to Mars on the next space mission. Each student has selected their three items, and we are ecstatic! We have each chosen two things that mean a lot to us, and one thing that we think would benefit and/or inform further generations. I can't wait to explain the artifacts I chose and why I'm wanting to put them into the time capsule! One of the first items I would like to put into the time…
this budget exercise, I found that the category I will spend most of my money on is other car expenses as I am going to buy a car next month. My projected spending for that category is 3700 dollar from September to December which represents about 33 percent of my budget. I don’t’ have spending input from January to August because I have yet to have a car. Following other car expenses, my biggest expenses are miscellaneous where I will spend 1,563 dollars which represent 14 percent of my budget.…
How to Plan and Budget for a 2017 Digital Transformation Project Companies launch a digital transformation initiative for a variety of reasons. Some are looking to respond to changes in customer demands and preferences, others are trying to remain competitive and some companies see the opportunity to expand into new markets. Whatever your organization 's reason for undertaking a digital transformation project, you will need to plan and budget wisely if you want the project to be a success.…
(Rashidi-Bajgan, Rezaeian, Nehzati, & Ismail, 2010). Unfortunately, simulated results are rarely perfect representations of real circumstances, and can be prone to failure. Regardless, computer programs remain a powerful tool in budget projections and analyses; the challenge of balancing the budget may fall into the hands of computer scientists and programmers, as well as economists and…
Citizenship Opportunities In the U.S it is undeniable that there are many illegal families that have came for better work or a better way of life. The children in these families grow up in the U.S so why should they not be able to become citizens. What if the children of these people could in some way achieve citizenship by finishing college or joining the U.S military? While many feel that allowing immigrant children citizenship would cause more competition and separate families, these people…
The Klamath River Basin has been fraught environmental resource management issues that have been both highly politicized and publicized in the American West. The problems of water allocation in this region have been the result of conflicting interests between fishermen, tribes, wildlife, and farmers, which rely on scarce water resources for their livelihoods. Doremus and Tarlock(2008) refer to the Klamath Basin as a “problemshed” because its social and ecological problems pervade all of its…