Photoelectric effect

In the movie “Cinderella”, there are many life lessons to be learned. Cinderella lived with her evil stepmother and her two evil stepsisters, who were very mean to her after her father had passed away. They treated her as a servant and made her do all the chores. Cinderella faces many difficulties in her life, but she always remains strong. Not only was Cinderella kind, but she was also brave and willing to take risks. Cinderella always believed in herself and she always dared to dream.…

eventually make adolescents lose interest in less stimulating activities. Face-to-face communication is another factor that is greatly affected when continuously media multitasking, eventually affecting adolescent development. Another factor that may effect this relationship is initial deficits in executive function, as lack in executive function leads to poorly planned impulsive behaviors. After acknowledging these factors, it is also possible that media multitasking will positively enhance…

The physiological and psychological capabilities in infants versus adults are extremely different and for various reasons. The psychological and physiological difference in speech perception of adults and infants will be the main discussion in this paper. Speech perception is when language is spoken heard and understood. The level of comprehension of language is based on intellectual capacity, age, and experiences. The basics of speech start with sounds and breaking them down into…

The bystander effect is a social psychological occurrence that refers to scenarios where individuals do not provide help during emergency cases to the victim in the presence of other people. Conventionally, there is an inverse relationship between the number of bystanders and the probability of help. Meaning that the likelihood of receiving help reduces with an increase in the number of bystanders. The sheer presence of bystanders serves to reduce the chances of intervention. This is because an…

One of the most controversial event that is known under the bystander effect is the murder of Kitty Genovese. On 13 March 1964, Kitty Genovese was stabbed and sexually assaulted in Kew Gardens, New York, in three separated attacks. It was reported that the incident was witnessed by 38 people, but none of them did anything to help her (Manning, Levine, & Collins, 2007). In recent years, it is found that there are many flaws in this news report when it first came out. Again according to Manning,…

intervened and her killer returned 10 minutes later and raped and stabbed her. In the aftermath of her murder, a neighbour admitted to the police that he “didn’t want to get involved.” Genovese’s murder is one of the most famous examples of the bystander effect due to the apathy displayed by the reported 38 bystanders. The facts surrounding the case have been vague, with some pointing out that there were less than half a dozen…

In Willems et al’s study of proprioception deficits among athletes with high rates of recurring lateral ankle sprains, they found that almost all of their subjects tended to under shoot the needed ankle during the test (Willems et al., 2002). In this study they had 4 groups of athletes to study. The control group were individuals who had no prior ankle injuries (Willems et al., 2002). The Instability group were individuals that had suffered from more than three inversion sprains and complained…

He discusses visual perception and how it is the key to filmmaking and special effects. A visual scene has many attributes contribute the how we view the simple picture. There is form, or shape, then color, dimension, or depth of how far things are in relation to each other, and lastly there is whether or not things are moving or stationary…

Cognitive Control Advantages in Elderly Bilinguals: Uncovering the Truth By: Sara Quinn-Hogan Cognitive control refers to the management of cognitive processes such as task flexibility, working memory, reasoning, planning, and problem solving. Some interesting findings have been reported suggesting that bilinguals have an advantage in cognitive control over monolinguals, and that this advantage persists into old age and might even slow cognitive decline. Since the population is aging and over…

The field of forensic science seems like a captivating world. It is known that forensic scientists assist law enforcement agencies by collecting and analyzing the evidence of a crime scene. Most of the time, this is all a person knows by watching television shows, such as “NCIS.” There are many misconceptions of a forensic scientist created by television shows. Sometimes these misconceptions make forensic science look glamorous. The issue is that this is how it happens on television and in…