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There are four main areas of research on the effects of emotion on memory. Two outcomes have been identified: either improved memory or a negative impact on accuracy and retention. Mood or state-dependent forgetting occurs when material is remembered better if the individual’s mood at the time of encoding matches that at retrieval. According to […]

Over its period of existence, from 285AD to 1453, the Byzantines greatest asset was its strength in depth, and its culture. Even before Diocletian partitioned the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire in 285, the east was seen to be richer and stronger than the west. Egypt was the grain store for the […]

The Hoplite is likely the first thing that comes to mind when talking about warfare in the Ancient Greek world. The history of hoplite warfare in the Aegean is often overlooked in discussions of Ancient warfare, particularly in relation to Greece’s western neighbors, who would later dominate European history for several centuries. As a result, […]

Sociology’s current focus is on the debate surrounding globalisation. In this essay, the subject of globalization is explored in relation to various factors including technological advancements, the rise of ‘global media’, and western ‘cultural imperialism’. The focus is on two arguments related to the cause of globalization: the ‘single casual logic’ and the ‘complex multi-casual […]

The culture of the Roman Empire resulted in immense confidence, prosperity, and opulence, which it subsequently disseminated throughout its territories. The diversity of Roman portraiture stems from a fusion of naturalism and idealisation, known as ‘decorum’. Naturalism, influenced by Etruscan culture and Republican values, emphasizes dignified restraint and disciplined order. Such depictions were commonly used […]

Despite being a recently established scientific field, psychology has been a source of philosophical inquiry for quite some time. The objective of this composition is to delineate the evolution and unique characteristics of three noteworthy psychological schools that emerged during the 19th century. Psychology is comprised of three distinct schools of thought: Behaviorist, Humanist, and […]

Social psychologists have explored multiple perspectives to gain insight into the self. To comprehend how psychoanalytic and phenomenological discoveries relate to the self, it is important to investigate previous concepts of the self. In American social psychology during the twentieth century, two major schools of thought emerged: sociological social psychology (SSP) and psychological social psychology […]

Gender roles have been reinforced and installed into our daily lives from the time of birth: “we are born either male or female, and most of us learn to behave in ways consistent with a specific society’s expectations for a particular sex” (Ackley, 2003, p. 374). These expectations of specific gender roles can be seen […]

Throughout ‘Hero and Leander’, Marlowe presents an ambivalent attitude towards gender, where the boundaries normally found in male and female stereotypes are explored and often ridiculed. Traditional perspectives of gender become subverted and Marlowe seems to delight in overturning the expectations of the reader and creating confusion. From the outset, the poem introduces the reader […]

The river was like a blue undulated area extending before us for miles. Lush green mountains and forest can also be seen surrounding the river and acting as its safety barriers, the gentle breeze that blew give a soothing feeling in an otherwise hot day. Ominous feelings never crossed our minds in that atmosphere. Only […]

After the fall of the Soviet Union in nineteen eighty-nine the United States was faced with many new opportunities in foreign affairs. The stalemate of the Cold War had ended, allowing global development new opportunities to progress in the new era. Washington was faced with the problem of developing a new grand strategy for the […]

The two key assumptions that I am going to describe and discuss are key assumptions one, the information processing approach, and assumption two, the brain functions like a computer. Key assumptions one and two is about how we process information in our minds, and the various ways that we do it. Key assumption one assumption […]

David Morley’s article ‘The framework of family viewing in Great Britain’ attempts to interpret the way in which families consume media, in this case through television. The main principles of the text appear to outline the differences between Male and Female media consumption and indeed, why such a difference occurs. Morley puts this difference down […]

When looking at any sort of archaeology you have to take into account the validity of the find, for instance your on a dig in Plymouth the Excavation involves the Victorian era however you discover a coin of Roman origins picturing Nero as emperor. Do you take this evidence as a example that the Romans […]

Less economically developed countries (LEDCs) are countries whose economic growth and development are substantially below the standards of more economically developed countries (MEDCs), which are the world’s wealthiest countries with economies that have typically grown through industrialization. Due to differences in financial resources available, LEDCs are likely to approach issues such as river basin management […]

To understand success in Merovingian Gaul, it is crucial to analyze the concept within its context. We could view success solely as military victory and territorial control. While it is important to consider these factors, it would be narrow-minded to see them as the sole indicators of success. As we will see, the different circumstances […]

Experiencing “life on the edge”, bacteria have to respond to changes in the environment in order to survive. Facing limited resources and coupled with intense competition in almost every environment, bacteria have to accommodate any potential energy sources of nitrogen, carbon while resisting toxicity to their regulatory process and metabolism. By establishing an intra and […]

Throughout the Cold War, nuclear weapons, their possible use and consequences, were high on the ethical discussion agenda. However, in the post Cold-War era, new types of WMD have come into the forum: biological and chemical weapons. As early as 9 February 1989, President George Bush claimed that ‘Chemical weapons must be banned from the […]

Realistically, when considering history it can be held that many of the Northern states were colonial powers and the Southern states were exploited by the North, the South were meant to ‘catch up’ ensuing the end of colonialism but in some cases this just isn’t true. The answer to the problem then, international development assistance, […]

The Civil War of 1860 culminated a period of political chaos in Mount Lebanon that had begun with the exile of the great Shihab Amir Bashir II in 1840. Despite attempts of the central Ottoman government to control the growing tensions between feudal sheikhs, peasants, Maronites, and Druzes, no solution was effectively implemented. In 1840 […]

‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ is ultimately a love story involving three people. Pelagia finds herself torn between two men, Dr. Iannis and Captain Corelli. Although they have different experiences during the war, both characters undergo significant transformations as a result. One could argue that either of them could be considered the hero of the novel, with […]

‘Gendering is one of the key ways in which advertisers target specific audience sectors. With close reference to research in the field, critically evaluate the principles underpinning how audiences are addressed as either ‘male’ or ‘female’ and map out the ways in which advertisers create differential ‘wants’ and needs’. Introduction It is widely acknowledged that […]