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    The article written by Jared Diamond discusses the issues related to the domestication of plants and animals and provides specific features of domestication tendencies in different regions. Plant and animal domestication have always been very important for the development of households in many countries, however, it requires wise and conscious decision to make the process beneficial for both humans and animals or plants. First of all, the author states that hunter–gatherer behavior changed at…

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    As demonstrated in the second and third experiment, the tendency to BIRG is heightened when the students’ self-esteem was threatened, either through their own failures or by being associated with the failure of a group to which they are affiliated. In the former experiment, students were asked questions under…

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    The unrelenting quest for power is a driving force behind William Shakespeare’s The Tempest; it is an attempt to seek understanding regarding the natural tendency of humankind to seek authority over others. The play features various exertions of control of one character over another and questions the long term stability of a system of authority. Shakespeare’s work offers a critical analysis of the pattern that exists when an individual craves power and how quick some are to take advantage of a…

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    particular. Moreover,a trait describes a general tendency to experience a particular emotion. Whereas a state relates to an actual experience. It is important to realize the underlying components of emotion. Cognition to begin with, relates to the appraisal of an event. In other words, it related to the evaluative perceptions of an event. Second, expression often takes the form of, but is not limited to facial construction. Third, action tendencies are preparations or motivations for action.…

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    Person-Centered Theory When developing his theory, Carl Roger’s biggest idea is that “people have a fundamental tendency to develop in healthy directions” (Cloninger, 2013, p. 269). Rogers (1961) theorized an actualizing tendency which is evident in all humans – “the tendency to express and activate all the capacities of the organism, or the self” (p. 351). He described that these tendencies not only include biological needs, but “higher” human motivations as well – like complexity and social…

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    With everything taken into account, I concur that these reasons are appropriate to acknowledgment or dismissal to new developments or creations. Numerous individuals have a tendency to acknowledge another creation or development because of the reality of that individual having the capacity to acquire economic well being or renown through mainstream brands or quality name behind it, despite the fact that different objects of…

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    The Power Distance Theory

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    explains how members of a given society respond to an unequal distribution of power among individuals and organizations. Mulder, Veen, Hijzen and Jansen (1973) explain Power Distance Theory as the tendency that exists in people to close the gap between themselves and others with more power. That tendency increases as the power distance involve decreases. That, in turn, influences the actions of both those with the more powerful and the less powerful group members. Hofstede (1997) adds, that…

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    Carl Rogers

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    sure I fit all of his categories yet. Despite not yet having all of these characteristics, I find myself still striving to be a better person, have better self-acceptance, and live a better life. This may be what Rogers meant by the actualization tendency, but either way, I think it is important to keep this motivation. Carl Rogers left a huge impact on the psychology community with his work. Today, his person-centered therapy is still highly accessible and used by other psychologists and…

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    measure of dispersion when working with interval, ratio, and fully ordered ordinal data (Walker, 2009). Because the variance and standard deviation are derived from calculations using the mean, the mean is used in this research as a measure of central tendency. Over the course of this one-year study, the mean for the CBCL category of internalizing behaviors that measure withdrawn went from 63 to 53, externalizing problems went from a 63 to a 42, and the total score went from a 63 to 47 (Thoder &…

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    Diversity in Interpretation.” Her interpretation of the interpersonal relations between Sarah and Hagar being a mirror for human tendency are a notion that I feel is important for my congregation’s context. Society’s stratification of importance based on gender, race, economic status, educational levels, and the like greatly afflict this white, rural context. The conflicts found within…

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