Corruption Perceptions Index

by the teachers related to their students’ motivation and achievement?” “Are the students’ perceptions of the use of these strategies related to their motivation and achievement?” Step 4: Reduce the text to categories and code for words or patterns: Although the use of strategies in the underlying questions, the use of ‘perceptions’ gleaned far more important and the analysis was based on the perceptions of the person providing the information for further analysis. Step 5: Explore the…

Lakoff and Johnson (1980) categorize conceptual metaphors into 3 classifications: ontological metaphors, structural metaphors and orientational metaphors. 1. Orientational metaphors Orientational metaphors, also known as spatial metaphors, are a series of metaphorical concepts which are constructed with reference to spatial orientation, which comes from people’s emotional and physical experience. The concepts are related in the following ways: up or down, in or out, front or back, on or off,…

kept fixed, and the characters had to follow the camera to get in audience’s sight. That feeling of intentional uncertainty, the same brilliance and eccentricity are found in Walter Murch’s “In the Blink of an Eye”, the book that changed my entire perception of cinema in one fell swoop. At first, I was simply a passive viewer,…

Having studied the first part “what is real”, I reconsidered the seemingly real world that I originally took for granted. And it followed that several questions came over my mind. Firstly of all, what is the measurement of the degree to which something is real? Or in other words, how can we prove that something we perceive is real? Secondly, in the process of seeking truth, can reason really be separated from empirical experience? Or can human separate themselves from the empirical world?…

It was a place I have never been. It was divergent and diverse than what I was used too. Eye-opening would be the right adjective to describe this piece of land. I remember waking up to cooked sausages, biscuits, eggs, and most importantly a rare piece of food some would say has the same texture of grits but it was really rice. I know it sounds odd to have rice as a side in breakfast. But it was truly delish. My Grandma net would make her rice sweet and creamy just like grits. Me and my sister…

Body Image is the subjective “picture” that people have of their own body, regardless of how their body actually looks. It is a multifaceted construct, consisting of cognitive and affective components (i.e., how people think and feel about their body), perceptual components (i.e., how people perceive the size and shape of their body and body parts), and behavioural components (i.e., the actions that people perform for the purpose of checking on, tending to, altering, or concealing their body).…

Over the course of the book, Carr stays true to offer some answers to the main question he has set out to answer. Through these answers, we can identify Carr's primary arguments : History is a dynamic process, one where facts have little intrinsic meaning and are shaped by those who study them. Carr begins by saying that the answer to the titular question will always be answered in a biased manner. He believes that the answer will always be a reflection of prevailing societal conditions at…

concept of self because it not only describes an individual’s sense of distinction and separation from others, but also the awareness of the fidelity of the “self.” Put simply, McLeod (2008) states that the existential self, examines an individual’s perception of their own existence. Usually, the awareness of one’s own existence begins to set in between the first two to three months of a person’s life (McLeod, 2008). Time and space are some of the key elements that impact initial existential…

through its six constructs. The six components are perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cues to actions, and self-efficacy (Bishop et al., 2014). Perceived susceptibility consists of the person’s perception of him acquiring a health issue or being harmed by not adopting a healthy behaviour (Bishop et al., 2014). Perceived severity involves the individual’s evaluation of the seriousness or impact of the health issue on him. When coupled with…

Colors are everywhere in an individual’s perceptual experience as they are part of our everyday life and are always present. They are seen in objects, the environment, and on people as they enhance the depth of color and influence human behavior. An example of this can be seen when we are selecting food in the supermarket as the use of color influences our choices. If we see something labeled in green we correlate it to be more positive whereas if we see something labeled in red we correlate it…