Skimming

The purpose of this study was to determine how self-objectification and mortality salience affected the reaction of women when presented objectifying images. Goldenberg, Cooper, Heflick, Routledge, and Arndt (2011) base their research mainly on the terror management theory which claims that people feel the need to validate their own identities when made aware of death (pp. 444). They hypothesize that women who highly objectify themselves, or highly value their appearances, are more favorable of…

Introduction When it comes to varies pricing strategies, a company must understand how competitive the marketplace can be and the demands of the customer. As the customer, you want to make sure you are getting the best deals out of your money while buying a quality product. As a seller, you want to make sure the company financial goals are set to achieve great revenue. A pricing strategy must be used to ensure the customer’s perceived value and the company’s revenue target are obtained. As a…

The progression of technology advances, leading us to the access of the internet, and the conflicting balance of benefit or harm, is the topic of discussion in an essay written by Nicholas Carr; “Is Google Making Us Stupid?" I embrace the technology era, the world where we lavish ourselves with the many benefits of advanced engineering, available at our fingertips, or even at our voice commands. We are forever evolving, introducing more technology, greater advances, compelling efficiency and…

doctor said that there is no such a tablet or magic exist which can make a person effective learner in one night. After that, the doctor told about the beliefs that make the person stupid. Mostly students try to get the knowledge more and faster like skimming everything from the given textbook but in the end result, they find nothing good. He has also quoted an example when a girl told him that she has read eight chapters in a night that is totally ridiculous. Similarly another place, he has…

The idea behind their study came from the notion that when readers analyze the pages they are skimming through they don’t always get the most out of what their reading. They suggest that this could be in how the visual processing system is working; however, in some individuals, this system is slightly malfunctioned and typically causes the attention…

Each individual has a specific learning style that fits their personality and how they think, learning helps us to gain new knowledge and acquire new skills that we may incorporate in our daily lives. As you work through this course you will understand that the way we learn is dependent on how we think and make decisions. Our different styles of learning fall into patterns. After taking this course and understanding my LCI learning patterns, I have found that we practice each pattern in a…

Saudi Arabia is my country and i was going for America to complete my education. It was my first air travel. I was to venture out from Jeddah to California. My heart was beating as I strolled through the entryways of the Jeddah air terminal. I was gripping to my bag as I walked up to the counter to get my ticket. I needed to hold up in line to get my ticket and after that get my pack checked. At that point I heard it "flight 0091 to California is presently loading up." After I gave this nominal…

Industries often find target audiences for their products, and the hosiery industry is no exception. The product itself is designed for women, yet the ads in the 1950’s were designed to make women desire a man’s attention. Models were often posed provocatively, showing that they could have that sexual appeal if they bought the nylons. Advertisements enforced women’s societal roles, showing that they needed a man to be successful. Eventually, this changed. In the early 80’s, the ads began to…

Ask a million people who their hero is and one should expect to get a million different answers. The word has come to encompass as many definitions as there are possible configurations to a deck of cards. Some think of a hero as someone with powers beyond ordinary people. Others think of them as people who embody exceptional character. Still, many more consider heroes as people who help the world reach ideals in government, medicine, chemistry, technology, and a thousand other fields. However,…

What Dillon shows us is that reading in smaller bursts are slowly hurting our ability to comprehend information and texts. Dillon shows us that there is a huge difference between reading online and reading a physical copy. He finds it funny that we have not noticed this sooner, we rely so much on digital information, but we have not paid attention to how much it has effected us (Sullivan par 6). One of the earliest articles I found that discusses the decline of reading is The Death of Reading…