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McCauley explains how Gary Vikan, the director of Walters Art Museum, and Charles Conner, the director of the university's Mind/Brain Institute, gather round people and let them settle on what inkblot they like better. Her purpose is to write about how the concept of beauty can be traced to science, and how one may find a particular inkblot more pleasant. In one of the studies, it is found that people prefer a smoother and rounder image, rather than a sharp and spiky image that is not evenly…

For this rotation I taught the Real Care Baby lesson. IN this lesson the students watched a visual video that gave them an overview of what the Real Care Baby is all about. Then they got pulled out in groups to complete the “one Minute” baby challenge. This challenge required the students to stop the baby from crying in one minute. This required following directions, collaboration, completion of the challenge, and critical thinking skills. After this the students had the chance to read more…

passages, where you can only see the cobwebs and shadows. There was never light and so sometimes, I used to light candles to look at what is outside. I had always wished to go outside in the real world, and go into the society. But, I did not know how other people lived there. And how would I survive in the real world? I don’t know how much time I have lived in this place, but I think it is now the time, I should go and experience the life outside the horrible place, where I had…

developing, we attach more and more importance to the development of technology. Cellphone is one of the most typical products in our society. We all like using cellphone, not only because it is convenient for us to communicate with others whenever and wherever, but also that we can find lots of fun into it, such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. We should admit that cellphone is interesting and convenient, and it really helps us a lot in our lives; however, it gives me a question: Can we…

materials and building a special refuge for me and my friends. Over the years I’ve built sheds, fences, decks, boats, guitars, catapults, barges and barns. The thrill of seeing something from my imagination coming to life and taking its place in the real world makes me feel powerful and alive. Through the things that I make, other people get a chance to experience what I’ve dreamt. As I’ve matured I’ve come to realize that the human relationships that result from my enterprise connect me to…

Instead of taking the effort to genuinely get to know someone or deepen a relationship with a friend, we turn to social media to “learn” about someone and to “catch up” with an old friend. While social media has had many positive effects on our world, it has also brought about many downsides. As Sherry Turkle quotes in her book Reclaiming Conversation, “Technology enchants. It makes us forget what we know about life.” And I would…

where opportunity helps express personal ability beyond the barrier of limitation and a possibility of applications that one day can save even the real…

leave me alone that would be great, thanks" I said just struggling to find the words considering my limited vocabulary. Just as I finished, we jerked forward. My heart was pounding, my stomach was in knots. I stepped off the boat on, got in a cab only to find one right behind mine.…

(Miller 28). This made communication between those working with Mandela much easier and faster. If a member was in trouble, they would alert the others who were a part of the plan and be able to help them. He turned towards violence and created "Umkhonto we sizwe" in 1961, which was a "campaign of sabotage against the government and economic installations were launched" (Miller 28). This campaign was founded in response to the Sharpeville Massacre incident. The Sharpeville Massacre was a…

use disorders, why these impairments that are why they continue into adulthood. We need to go back and understand that it is a disorder of self-regulation, and it’s a qualitative deficit, so that begs the question how far behind is this child? and so the rule that I have taught for years in our clinics, and it remains a very good rule of thumb, is the average ADHD child is 30% behind their age, some are even more, but on average across all ADHD children, it looks to be about 30%, so here’s what…