1976

Mao stayed in unchallenged control of China until his death in 1976. Mao had passed away and the struggle had emerged for supreme political control. Deng did not right out say that Mao ways and beliefs were totally wrong. In fact the central committee proclaimed that Mao was seventy percent correct and 30 percent wrong, which is also the position of the Chinese government today. • In 1976 the Gang of Four was arrested, primarily because Mao was not present to protect them. • The Gang of…

When an animal is conditioned to make an operant response to a definitive stimulus is referred to as discrimination training (Gray & Bjorklund, 2014). Herrnstein, Loveland and Cable (1976) argued that comparing the definitive stimuli commonly used in operant conditioning (100 Hz tones, 465 mµ lights) to real natural setting defy concept of responding to a specific stimuli. For example, in natural settings a squirrel will not only respond to acorns similar to the one presented on an image in a…

The results suggest 1976 / 1977 as the break year for air temperature in CA, with 113 out of 369 stations having statistically significant shift of mean annual temperature in the 1970s, and 69 stations witnessed such a change during 1976 / 1977 (Figure 6-1). Distribution of stations with significant break of mean air temperature do not have specific spatial patterns. At the same…

It had truly never been seen before. For this, here are some statistics. This graph shows the difference in percentage of white men who voted for democrats and republicans (a positive number meaning a Republican advantage) from 1948-1976, the years before this election. Now the graph may seem to show a gap, but looking at who won in each of these years, a different story is seen. In each year shown on the graph, the winner of the election either won or split the white male vote. Every…

The Imperfections of Capital Punishment There are many people that would agree that capital punishment is one of the most debated topics in American courts. There are large amounts of supporters for both sides on this issue. People for capital punishment would argue that it serves as deterrence and also as retribution. People against it state that the death penalty is unethical and unhuman. The use of capital punishment can cause the death of innocent people, can be treated unfair and serves as…

Cultivation Theory Cultivation Theory is significant in mass communication. (Gerbner and Gross, 1976 ) “It states if a heavy viewer is exposed to more violence content eventually effected by the Mean World Syndrome, an idea that the world is worse than it actually is”. Morgan, Shanahan and Signorielli (2017) explains that “cultivation analysis describes a body of research that looks at relationships between exposure to mass media (most often television) and beliefs about the world (attitudes,…

This was a strong reminder of Poland’s loss of state sovereignty. It was not until a worker’s revolt in 1976 against price hikes resulted in hundreds of workers being arrested, that intellectuals joined the strikers. With this massive arrest of workers in 1976 came the birth of the Committee for the Defense of Polish Workers (KOR) (Goodwyn 140-141). This organization raised money to pay the legal costs incurred by the workers and…

Some people think that Canada is too “soft”, as they abolished the death penalty in 1976. By doing this, Canada has realized that there are better ways of dealing with offenders. If we as society have progressed is other matters, like legalizing gay marriage and euthanasia, why are we still stuck in our old ways for certain things? How…

Miridae, Psallopoinae, Psallops, new species, Eocene Baltic amber. Introduction The extinct Psallopinae are important for classifying and understanding the relationships among the closely related mirid groups Isometopinae, Psallopinae (sensu Schuh, 1976) and Cylapinae. These subfamilies are considered to be most the primitive sister groups among other mirids and their taxonomical composition, geographical…

In the fall of 1976 Wozniak finished the Apple II prototype. Jobs realized that it could become a major success; however they still lacked funds to produce it in large quantities. In 1977 Mike Markkula invested $92,000 in Apple. It wasn’t until The Apple II that Jobs PC hit it big. While the power of computing formerly had been available only to techies, it was suddenly delivered to classrooms, dens, and offices. Apple II was introduced in 1977 as the first fully assembled, programmable…