Risk perception

Much of life is results the result of a person’s philosophies. In Fred Chappell’s “Brighten the Corner Where You Are,” he gives the readers an opportunity to take a look inside the life and philosophy of Joe Robert Kirkman and perhaps allow the reader a moment of self-reflection. As the day unfolds Jess, Joe Robert’s son as well as the story’s narrator, sheds light on his father’s philosophy and the irony of what he believes is not always what he practices; through pushing the boundaries of…

Belonging is a multi-faceted concept that can be achieved through a variety of opportunities and disappointments. While some individuals experience belonging, or lack of belonging to people, others experience this with groups of people. It is to a great extent that Khaled Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ explores these concepts. Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ examines that the need for an individual to belong with another person can affect interfamilial relationships, especially how…

“The Judge” by Twenty One Pilots is a catchy, light-hearted, and ukulele-driven song on the Blurryface album, which contains a hidden meaning within the lyrics. The album was first released on May 17, 2015 and falls in the alternative rock category of music. The band consists of two men, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, who are both from Ohio. The song was written and sung by Tyler Joseph, who is also the voices his insecurities throughout the song. “The Judge,” and all other songs on the album,…

The research done by Dunsmoor and Murphy focused on typicality and how it related to fear- that is, how the knowledge of fear is learned depending if it is first associated with a typical or atypical exemplar. To explain what an exemplar is, we must first explain what a category is in relation to this research. A category is a mental concept of an object, event, or person. These items are usually connected in some way and share properties with each other. (Murphy, 2017) A good example of this…

Perception is not Reality Is what you see always what is true? No. Optical illusions trick our eyes and brain. During a magic show, we see magic, but nothing “magical” is actually happening. What we perceive is also not always real. Sometimes what we feel about a situation is not actually what will happen. Seeing is not believing. Perception is not reality. We see patients in a vegetative state as unconscious. They do not speak or respond to sounds, hunger, or pain. They are basically brain…

Seeing Isn’t Believing Maps and literature are tied more closely than most people believe. A book guides a reader through a story, word by word, showing them the development of the authors work. Too often, maps are over looked for their seeming simplicity. People fail to see the research and story the cartographer has created, and in turn miss every step of the cartographer’s choice to exclude and include attributes and other such map features from the final projection. Every map tells a story,…

(Cardello, 2003). Food related technologies always can raise many controversial topic and its related risk which catches consumers ' eyes(Cardello, 2003). For instance, it is known that transgenic technologies (genetically modified organism, GMO) often generate a high perceived risk and being a highly controversial topic among the consumers. Also it is well known that the preservation technique food irradiation is considered as a safe and effective…

A. Introduction and Background The urgency of irreversible climate change effects requires mitigation and adaptation tools. The poor minorities of society are expected to be more severely impacted by the effects of climate change; generally, these minorities are less educated and geographically displaced in already problematic and polluted areas. These groups may have less capacity to be prepared and to respond to hazards created by extreme weather events and—even less, to be able to recover…

Lies which in turn are the evils of reality. “Ignorance is bliss” because to the observers reality is blissful and good. Yet as shown it is evil merely masking itself in form and shadows much like the allegory of the cave. The perception of the experiencer is molded by senses, manipulated by the masses, and controlled by their own human instinct to survive. It has become an endless cycle of evil shadows and forms which force the good in reality out and reinforce the lies and trickery…

claims that opposition in our lives can be seen as a positive element rather than a negative. She makes several points she finds in the Mormon culture that hinder progression. Three of which completely discount the benefit of learning from ideas and perceptions other people might have: Opposition as persecution, opposition as counsel for the defense and opposition as airing of personal opinion. The first point, opposition as persecution is described as a defense for opposition. Asserting that…