Priming

Lord and Taylor, a luxury retail store located across the United States, held its Friends and Family sale this past weekend. Although I have visited this store multiple times in the past, during the large friends and family sale they completely transform the store and selling tactics. I chose this specific store due to the large amount of stimuli added to the location to promote transactions. With discounts ranging from twenty-five to thirty percent off regular prices, Lord and Taylor altered…

Festinger developed a cognitive dissonance theory that exclaimed people feel uncomfortable with inconsistency in their actions and morals and will work to either alter their actions or their opinions to reconcile this dissatisfaction. Avoiding scenarios that exacerbate these feelings is a tactic used to reduce dissonance. Many factors influence how much power this dissonance has over someone. I will be addressing cognitive dissonance and critical thinking issues related to racism and police…

In the current political climate, environmental issues have, to say the least, been put on the backburner. Politicians in America, the most powerful ones especially, have even gone so far as to deny the utter desolation of the environment while the American people have a front row seat to these environmental abominations. What is truly alarming about this is that there are a good portion of Americans who actually believe what these politicians are feeding them. Thankfully, people like Amy Coplen…

When analyzing the information collated from both primary and secondary research findings, the results clearly indicate that a direct relationship does in fact exist between the widespread presence of violence in the media and its concomitant negative influence on violence within society. This is a serious social issue that needs to be considered, as the aspect of violence is highly prevalent in the media according to primary research studies (see Fig. A). Some of the reasons why society finds…

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN INTELLIGENCE AND ITS COMPONENTS: Intelligence refers to mental abilities and varies from person to person. Some psychologists believe it involves only one aspect while others say there are various components of intelligence, so a person may be high in one but low in the other. Then the question arises about whether there are gender differences in intelligence. There is evidence to show that this may be true. This paper discusses the research findings related to this.…

or learned via social learning, as is the case of racial prejudice. These identities help individuals form in-groups for those most similar to them, and out-groups for those dissimilar (Haslam et al. 2014). These groups then can act as heuristics priming individuals to adopt beliefs of those who they view as similar to them regardless of content or context (Iyengar et al.…

Throughout the history of the United States’ judicial system, eyewitness testimonies — accounts of a crime or accident that involves a witness narrating their firsthand experience of the incident to a court — have been used as primary evidence for courts to indict a defendant since biological evidence may not always be available or easily analyzed (Myers 350). One of the major problems with these testimonies is that it requires perfect recollection of the events so that the courts can piece…

NYU Shushanna Guy Jan-25-2016 Writing Workshop 2 Questions: “Documents”-Charles D’ambrosio When Charles D’ambrosio, asked his father about events from the past why do you feel that the father became so defensive? Why had he written off what Charles said as fictional? 2. Danny’s final wish, in which he stated two times and was deliberately added a signature each time was for them to keep the way how he died a secret. However, In writing this personal anecdote Charles disobeys his…

Introduction Looking back at my essays from my first semester in Composition I, I can definitely see that I have improved tremendously. My learning from my Composition II was not so much about learning concepts, but it was more about improving what I already learned last semester, and adding onto it. Compared to last semester, my learning this semester came from paying attention to details, following the rules, and adapting to a new teaching style. While last semester, my learning came from new…

Introduction Infidelity is the act of adultery or marriage disloyalty. It could also be defined as a breach of trust. Trust is a critical factor in any relationship- from spouses to members on a sports team. So, the question becomes, why is putting your full trust in another person seen as the ultimate life goal? Studies show that even from a young age, most people aspire to be married. They want someone to grow old with, share dreams with,, and go through all of life’s hurdles with. If…