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inevitable in life.The amount of which stress is brought upon people and the way they deal with it varies broadly from person to person. However, the good news is that believing in oneself will, indeed, tone down the intensity of their problems. Psychologists have concurred that stress is a matter of three direct variables: personal control, explanatory…

ill that day”, “The Maths teacher gave hard test this time”, “I didn’t have time to study”) instead of trying to say they would try to do better next time they do the exam. Depressed individuals tend to attribute negative views of events with internal, global and stable factors using the “I am stupid” and “I’m not good in Maths” explanations. These factors have a pessimistic attributional style- meaning that it cannot be easily changed so that future failures would be avoided and reduces…

Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective Aetiology of depression is multifactorial, with risk factors including low levels of parental warmth, high levels of family hostility, abuse and poverty (Gledhill & Hodes, 2010). Environment, cognitive and behavior are significant factors that cause the onset and duration of depression (Carvalho, Trent, & Hopko, 2011). Depression can affect all aspects of life, and may even lead to more serious problems including suicide. Although there is still a…

To understand some of the research developments there are some technical terms that should be described first. Self-regulated learning is another way to discuss student-centered learning mentioned previously which involves active participation of the learner. Attribution styles are determined by how a person interprets the cause of a situation. There are two types of questionnaires discussed in the research. The first being the ‘Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire’, which is a list…

Italian novelist, Dino Buzzati, in his story, “Seven Floors,” describes the struggles a man, Giovanni Corte, has with his slight illness in a sanatorium. According to the story, the seven floors of the sanatorium are separated based on the “gravity of their state;” the seventh floor is for the extremely mild cases while the first floor are for the casses the doctors can’t fix. Self-serving bias, described in module four, is defined as the tendency to perceive oneself favorably. The story begins…

The Hornswoggle Problem In this paper I will examine “The Hornswoggle Problem” in which Patricia Chruchland makes some strong claims on the argument about consciousness. I agree with Chruchland’s argument on about that Chalmers argument on consciousness isn’t a good argument. my conclusion is that Chalmers makes some valid points which helps make his argument an ok one but not strong enough for it to be a good one. I will show parts of what Chalmers is saying is a valid to his argument and what…

effect or laying emphasis on a given point discussed when there are no expectations of real answers. The rhetorical questions may have obvious answers, but the questioners ask these questions to lay emphasis on given points. From the monologue, Malvolio asks, ‘do you come near me now?’ This question is rhetorical because Malvolio does not expect an answer. Nevertheless, this question is intended to create an emphasis or a questionable atmosphere on the questioned. Rhetorical questions are…

According to Poe, a story achieves its unity by enforcing a single emotional effect on the reader. In the Tell Tale Heart, Poe achieves the single effect of terror on the reader by his use of all the story’s components. In the short story, an unknown narrator with credence that he is not suffering from insanity, in view of the fact of how carefully he plans a murder, deteriorates from the thought of the “vulture” eye of an innocent old man. The narrator’s pathological time stretch of observing…

Social constraints and prejudice placed on people by society had and still have substantial effects. This allows ignorant people to develop preconceived notions and judgments of individuals based on what society have deemed them to be. The struggle for equality can push people to break away from barriers; however, many tend to stick within the framework that society has constructed for them due to the constraints that they place on themselves. Both Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” and…

Sandra Cisneros, an author who is deeply inspired by her Mexican American heritage. This inspiration is clearly shown throughout each and every one of her writing pieces, such as “Salvador Late or Early”, as well as “Eleven”. Both short-stories focus on adolescents with a mature mindset and adult precision, and each story does a marvelous job portraying Cisneros constant writing style. “Salvador Late or Early” is focusing on a young boy, Salvador, with heavy burdens to carry on his shoulders,…