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    Pericles Speech Themes

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    Subject/Themes The article presents many themes through out its entirety. First, it is understood that this is a speech that is being made at a funeral in honor of the first Athenian soldiers to fall during the Peloponnesian war. Also, the greatness of Athens is referenced through out the entire passage. By instilling pride and ownership for Athens to the people listening there is a sense of recruitment for the country 's military. Getting the audience to turn from the despair of war at…

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    Industry Coercion Analysis

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    Classical liberalism cannot prevent industries from employing unethical business practices. The classical liberal view is that the state exists to protect property and the right not to be interfered with by one another. Classical liberalism in theory, should maximize efficiency and wealth due to the laws of supply and demand, but classical liberalism does not take into account the efficiency lost by industrial collusion…

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    In the Aristophanes’ play Lysistrata, is satire that not only links sex and politics in ancient Greece, but also shows the faults of the Athenian democracy and the relationship between men and women. In straight forward terms the play Lysistrata shows the struggle to come to a solution to ultimately end the disastrous Peloponnesian War. More Specifically the need to understand why the women were so essential to end the Peloponnesian War is vital in the play. Thus, the author constructs a vision…

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    find laws of learning to predict and control behaviour. The theory behind behaviourist is that learning produces a relatively permanent change in behaviour as a result of prior experiences. There are two ways in which your learn behaviour. One is classical conditioning which is learning by association. This is where the unconditional stimulus produces an unconditional response, this is a natural response which has not been taught. For example, a stomach virus (UCS) could create a response of…

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    Civility in America- Teaching Appropriate Behavior to Students Introduction Poor behavior of students not only affects their learning, but it affects the learning ability of other students in the classroom. Everyone should learn the appropriate way to behave in different social situations and environments. In order to understand what appropriate behavior is expected, we need to understand what behaviorism is. Behaviorism is a school of psychology that states that in order to understand human…

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    In my opinion, I find tittle 's control-balance theory to be a little bit off. In the book, it states, “Tittle argued that a person is least likely to offend when he or she has a balance of controlling and being controlled” (Tittle, 1995 ). The thing that I don 't understand is: How can the balance of controlling and being controlled determine whether or not a person will offend or not? I believe that a person could offend on other circumstances, such as how they grow up. By this, I mean if the…

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    Research: According to Newton 's Second law when force is increased acceleration increases assuming that mass stays constant. a=F/m Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to prove when force increases acceleration also increases. The independent variable is amount of force applied to the Lenny Board and the dependant variable is the acceleration of the Lenny Board. 3 controlled variables are mass, surface of testing, and the Lenny Board (the weight, the amount of grease on the bearings, ECT) itself…

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    A Comparison of Social Cognitive and Behaviorism. Throughout the history of the psychology of personality, there have been many debatable questions of what influences one’s behavior and where did the behavior came from. As a result of many experiments, the effect of reinforcement or punishment seems to greatly influence one’s behavior sequence. This creates the ideal of modeling and shaping, by rewarding some of their behaviors and having punished others by using reinforcement. The idea of…

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    Diagram 1.6: Diagram showing tension force in the string (from 0 cm increasing in 1 cm until a displacement of 15 cm has been attained) This diagram shows the manner in which the tension force applied to the string was calculated. Starting at 0 centimeters, forces were provided in the string such that the string would extend one additional centimeter from the previous measurement. Using the Capstone® software, the force applied to the string was calculated at the given horizontal…

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    For years the debate over whether or not Classical Athens under the rule of Pericles was a true democracy has been a subject for controversy. Some historians argue that Pericles was an elected ruler and that Athens was “ruled by her first citizen” instead of by the people while others argue that Athens was a true democracy based on the actions of the Athenian city-state and the way their government was set up . However, Athens under the rule of Pericles should be considered a democracy for…

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