Risk perception

The idea of dying, and death itself is something that one normally has dread for, yet for some it is acceptable as life. In Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Because I could not stop for Death,” the speaker depicts her encounter with Death as being part of a rather pleasant experience. To help shift away the negative perspective generally attributed to death, Dickinson creates an intimate connection between the subject and the speaker through the implementation and manipulation of various literary…

means. He accepts that he is not solely a being who can think and doubt, but that he can also imagine and sense. While Descartes admits that everything may be a deception, he is still convinced that he can sense things and imagine. While sensory perception could be separate from reality, it is still a part of his thinking mind. Descartes begins to examine what he knows of what he is. He acknowledges that he cannot trust senses and that neither should he trust the imagination. The imagination can…

Descartes was a French philosopher who is considered today as the “Father of Modern Philosophy”. Descartes often fought with the idea of this thing called Skepticism, which is the philosophical position that knowledge is impossible. This did not sit well with Descartes so he decided to write a book called “The Meditations on First Philosophy” as a guide book to the truth. Descartes’ two main aims with this book were first, to address and defeat skepticism, and second, to attain perfect knowledge…

answer this question, however, I must first understand the context and circumstances that illicit name calling. There are two main ways I have used, and observed others use, name calling throughout my life: the expression of positive and negative perception of others. For example, if I perceive someone positively, I may call them "genius", "honey", or any other positive descriptor. Within this context, I believe that this reveals a cultural value of appreciation and expression. The negative…

In DeQueen, AR, we have an event called Hoo-Rah Days in the month of October. We have great festivals, car shows and many more adventurous activities. As an elderly couple came upon to my stand, Timothy and Belle were their names as they greeted me. I asked them, “Now what may I help you with?” Timothy with a curious face, asked, “Well ma’am, it’s nice to meet you. We want to know what we should do with our land? I would want to know how the future would affect my children, if I should sell it…

networks and between different social networks. This field also studies how language and culture are perceived by the interlocutors or the audience of the message. It is important for interpreters to remain aware of all parties involved and how their perception of language and culture influence an interpreted encounter. The Social Network Today in the age of mobile phones and constant connection to the…

. Resourcefulness: The Defining Force Sometimes life throws you curve balls and you meet the unexpected. How do you get back on track and deal with things as they are and not as you want them to be? The defining force in life is the ability to be resourceful with conscious focus and intention. Focusing is a matter of listening to your inner voice. You’ll exceed your aspirations and remove stumbling block to living an enriched life. One of my yoga students called me the other day to ask how I’m…

“Migraine” is a song that many fans of Twenty One Pilots love. It’s a song about how things are wrong in the world, and how we can go through these things together. But not only is it about how things are wrong in the world as a whole, it’s about the battles fought in our own minds and within ourselves. The premise of the entire song is about a metaphorical migraine, the migraine being the message that something is wrong in the world. A migraine in itself is your body sending a message that…

In 1935, John Ridley Stroop discovered the Stroop Effect. It is an experiment based on the amount of time it takes to identify the color of words that are printed on paper. The attempt to identify the color in which the words are printed takes an extended amount of time when the colored word contrasts from the color of the ink rather than when the colored word is identical to the ink color it is printed in. This is also known as “interference.” Humans are so talented at reading that they can…

The Umwelt, or the physical world: Justin believes that all living things are innately and intricately connected and believes that all physical beings and their energies are intertwined. Justin stated that, “I interact with all the matter in the world,” and goes onto explain that he believes that every individual effects every other individual in a beautiful way. Justin is aware of his instincts and is cognizant that he is protective but also defensive at times by projecting his anxieties onto…