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    Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare features multiple instances in which he seems to support the consideration of a self-destructive tendency inextricably being connected with love. When looking at the many situations in which the suicidal impulses are directly affiliated with their self-destructive tendency, it is shown that it is in fact linked with love, and not…

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    trusted. He could have easily been in prison with them before the world changed, but then adds that they should fend for themselves on the streets just like they had to do. To him, it does not matter how trustworthy they are. He has the individualistic tendency of thinking they fought for this, they earned it, and they do not have to share. Carol also talks about how they have worked so hard for what they have now and does not want to risk it being destroyed by trusting these new people. These…

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    Emile Durkheim is taken as one of the main fathers of Sociology as we know it nowadays. His main contribution was the definition of social facts and their function. He took social facts as something that controlled us in some way within society. Another important concept is Anomie. Anomie represents a situation where standards and rules in society are not clearly anchored. At past, the suicide was taken as a desperate act of an individual, it was only an individual matter. But Durkheim looked…

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    errors: o Halo effect – tendency to allow a positive (or desirable) quality, trait, or feature of an individual to enhance the appraisal ratings o Horn effect – tendency to allow a negative (or undesirable) quality, trait, or feature of an individual to taint the appraisal ratings o Rater Bias – tendency to allow individual differences (or personal characteristics) such as age, race, religion, disability, and gender to affect the appraisal ratings o Favoritism – tendency to overlook the flaws of…

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    decision making – decision making traps? Overconfidence bias denotes the tendency of decision makers to overestimate their abilities – the tendency to think that they are perfect, leaving no room for probabilities. Hindsight bias denotes the tendency to ignore signs or indications of potential problems. Looking back after the incidence, you realized that it is due to you ignoring the warning signs. Anchoring denotes the tendency to make decision based on one source of information. Depending…

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    transformed by the island's complete and utter anarchy. As a result, he begins to act upon his sadistic desires. The Island's lack of adult leadership, hunting mentality, and Jack's savage leadership create an environment where Roger's sadistic tendencies can thrive. Roger wastes no time before causing trouble in his new, adult-free environment. When he saw the littluns playing in the sand and building sandcastles, "Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the…

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    Nature Versus Nurture

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    The five-factor model includes “extroversion (the tendency to experience positive emotions and sociability), neuroticism (the tendency to experience negative affect), conscientiousness (the ability to plan, organize, and complete tasks), agreeableness (the tendency to trust others and show sympathy and altruism), and openness (the tendency to engage in novel activities and emotions)” (Lewis at. el., 2014, p.866). The results indicated that the…

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    Emotion In Psychology

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    intelligible understanding of emotion, similar concepts have to be differentiated. An emotion is directed at something that is based in reality, whereas a mood is more general in quality and not directed at anything specific. A trait describes a general tendency to experience a particular emotion, while a state relates…

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    Three Connection Styles

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    and restless connection. Safely joined grown-ups have positive perspectives of connections, think that its simple to draw near to others, and are not excessively worried with or worried about their sentimental connections. These grown-ups have a tendency to appreciate sexuality with regards to a conferred relationship and are more improbable than others…

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    The Marcusian Conceptions of Automation In his book One-Dimensional Man, Herbert Marcuse argues that automation is a centrifugal tendency that is characteristic of technology itself. For Marcuse, automation can be a benefit, but carries with it some dangerous liability. The negative aspect is that that automation has the potentiality of use by repressive forces in society viz. government, to maintain the existing conditions. In a positive sense however, automation has the ability to yield a…

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