Higgins

2.1.1 Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation According to Deci and Ryan (1995) self-determination theory is divided into two general types of motivation, one is intrinsic motivation which refers to motivation to engage in an activity, because it is enjoyable and satisfying to do, the other type of motivation is extrinsic motivation which is based on external rewards to the activity itself. It refers to the performance of an activity in order to attain some separable outcome, or to achieve some…

1. Background to research problem The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the intergovernmental set of 17 aspirational goals with 169 targets to be attained by 2030 (United Nations. Sustainable Development Goals. (2015). This agenda builds on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were adopted in 2000 and guided development action for the last 15 years to 2015 (United Nations. Millennium Development Goals 2000). These goals are part of the ambitious and bold…

Research Question: Do the health risks from using cell phones over power the necessity for them in modern times. Introduction: Everyone has been told that mobile phones pose a great health risk to them, and that they are one of the main causes of cancer, but is this really true? Are mobile phones as bad a health risk as we are made to believe? Billions of people around the world are connected due to mobile phones, which means that billions of people face the supposed dangers that mobile phones…

Jackson seems to think that a literary text, or at least a fantasy, should be disturbingly subversive, and that in order to be so, a text needs to be explicitly related to the real, and thus less unreal. What Jackson fails to note is that the more ‘unreal’ texts can be effectively subversive in their own way, partly because they have the ability to sneak past our ‘verbal defences. Jackson tries to trace a historical development in fantastic literature from the marvellous towards the uncanny, but…

The 1800’s was a time period when Europe and other countries were adjusting to the transformations of the movements occurring globally. The Latin American Independence movement had impact on the European movements. The French Revolution was one of the European crusades that had a major effect on the people of Latin America. The time period from 1806-1825 is known as the independence era. Many colonies yearned for their freedom from their mother country. Research will demonstrate the importance…

Sports have been an integral part of leisure time for America since the early 1900s, when listening to sports, especially baseball, on the radio was a beloved pastime for many families. Lately, college sports, primarily men’s basketball and football, have become more popular. Now that college sports have grown to such a high popularity level, people are asking, “Should these kids get paid?” Though many believe these athletes should be paid, I do not. Collegiate athletes should not be paid…

uses his or her camera can be the difference between a good movie or a great one. Gregg Toland, the cinematographer, won an Oscar for his work on the film Wuthering Heights, as well as created a new technique called deep-focus photography. Scott Higgins and Sara Ross of the Cinema Journal emphasize Toland’s influence on the film by stating, “Gregg Toland’s deep-focus cinematography deftly creates the moody, ethereal atmosphere of haunted love in a film universally acclaimed as one of cinema’s…

Nations Environment Programme and the World Wide Fund for Nature emphasize that ecological danger caused by tourism has to be taken seriously and preventive actions have to be implemented immediately in order to find long-term sustainable solutions (Higgins-Desbiolles, 2009, p. 43-44). A further association, the United Nations World Trade Organization (UNWTO) estimates that by the year 2030 around 1.8 billion tourists will travel internationally. This growth will be a huge challenge for the…

Americas would pose a threat to the United States, specifically Russia and its claim to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest with the Ukase of 1821. The ukase forbid non-Russian ships from approaching Russian territory closer than one hundred Italian miles (Higgins 37). Although the Congress of Vienna and…

writing, novices are also developing their creative voice, a voice needed to balance the more familiar critical voice when initially generating ideas, and when reworking ideas and restructuring writing in the recursive process.” (Cameron, Nairn, Higgins 2009). This class provided me with an opportunity to construct my creative voice and opinion. This class also provided me with an opportunity to balance my creativeness with my critical view of my writings. Unfortunately, my schedule was too…