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In psychology, there are five perspectives which help us to make up explanations for different behaviors or reactions of people. They are biological, behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic and phenomenological perspective. In the following essay, I am going to explain the five perspectives in five familiar behavioral patterns.In case 1, most college students will feel anxiety when […]

“Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two beautiful people in a Mercedes” is a poem written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poet born in New York City in 1919 and spent most of his life living in San Francisco, so some would call him a ‘city boy’. This poem shows the contrast between two […]

Through her literary works, Kate Chopin challenged societal norms and gender inequalities by portraying her characters’ struggles against them. Examining the impact of gender inequality and conflicting roles on women is the objective of this paper. The consequences can be significant, causing emotions such as sadness and hopelessness in those who are compelled to assume […]

During 1839 a highly toxic substance was discovered by the name of carbon tetrachloride. Created by the reaction of chlorine with chloroform, carbon tetrachloride is manufactured when chlorine and methane or chlorine and carbon disulfide react. The process including methane became the prominent way of production in the United States during the 1950’s, but the […]

“Alcoholism is a [progressive] disease that not only affects alcoholics themselves, but also greatly affects their families and friends. The problems created by an alcoholic in the family can leave husbands and wives frustrated and angry. It can leave children confused, hurt, and lost” (Trapani 19). Today in the United States, there are approximately twenty-eight […]

Green and Gilhoody (1992) provided a summary of research on expertise, which identified several characteristics that distinguish experts, including better memory, the use of different strategies, and extensive practice. These findings are important in education, where some experts advocate for the creation of experts. Research on expertise has also shed light on the cognitive processes […]

Although there may be shared characteristics, the divergence between PPT found in Tropical Monsoon Climates (e.g. India) and Cool Temperate Western Maritime Climates (such as the United Kingdom) can have substantial implications. “Monsoon” derives from Arabic and pertains to a “season”, where wind movements have a significant impact on this climate by causing considerable shifts […]

The autobiography “Catch Me If You Can” by Frank Abagnale presents a highly materialistic portrayal of life. Alongside valuing family, Abagnale places great importance on luxuries like expensive clothing, money, and having “lady company.” These values seem to have originated from his father but grew stronger as Abagnale aged, leading him to embark on his […]

My mother took no concern whatever and just told me that we were going to be leaving Zimbabwe, my home country, on twenty sixth of December. At first I thought it was just like before, when she got stressed and had a phase and said things but later went back on them. She had often said […]

Suetonius claims it was a defensive and un ambitious general policy, saying that Augustus never wantonly invaded any country, and “felt no temptation to increase the boundaries of the Empire or enhance his military glory”, Suet 21. However, in Suetonius there is also overwhelming evidence of the opposite. It is frequently found in Suetonious that […]

Fairytales occupy a very important part of both children’s literature and indeed their education. They can be fantastical and contain hidden morals which may be used by adults to warn children of dangers in society “the entire story is usually made to demonstrate a moral point” (Bottigheimer. 152). In today’s society fairytales are often associated […]

There are many distinctive features about men and women’s work in Britain. The ones I have identified are, gender roles, the division of labour, women working inside the home and men working outside the home, with paid and unpaid labour, all of which I will define in later paragraphs. There is an expectation that men […]

In “The management of grief”, a story by Bharati Mukherjee the function of the narrator Shaila Bhave’s journey from Canada to Ireland and through India is a phase of transition from the feeling of denial of the tragic death of her husband and two sons in a plane crash to the slow acceptance of reality […]

This essay is to be published by tourism offices throughout England, in the form of an information leaflet, for an audience composed mainly by “the average British employee”, who wants to go on holidays in the south of Europe. The purpose of this brochure is to help the possible tourists take an informed decision, concerning […]

James Joyce’s views on marriage and the relationship between men and woman are emphatically expressed throughout Dubliners, his collection of short stories, but are particularly foregrounded in my two chosen stories from the married and celibate sections of the mature-life group: ‘A Little Cloud’ and ‘A Painful Case’.These narratives present to the reader two different […]

The issue of state interference is a hugely contentious one in International Relations. Interference occurs on a daily basis; economic decisions by one state have impacts on others, is this interference? A decision not to honour an agreement to play cricket matches in a particular state has implications, but is this interference? This essay shall […]

The 1821 uprising in the Romanian principalities has long been the subject of controversy for those studying the history of Eastern Europe. The detailed historical research undertaken concerning the revolutionary activity has not fully elucidated the complexity of issues surrounding it. Florescu cites the Romanian communist historian, Stirbu, as saying that, even now, ‘there are […]

In the text “What is an Author?” Michel Foucault tries to determine the relationship between an author and a text furthermore he deals with the writing itself and the definition of a work itself.Before Foucault investigates these subjects he refers to a quotation ofSamuel Beckett: “What does it matter who is speaking?”Foucault sees this sentence […]

A freedman was a former slave who had been legally set free by their master, often for a great show of faithfulness or a general good service to their master. In the process of being set free (known as manumission) the slave was beaten one final time to remind them that they were still in […]

Roman society and the ancient world held different values to modern society. These values were shaped by the circumstances in which the Romans lived. But what were these circumstances? 1) A Roman aged twenty knew he would probably die before he was thirty. 2) Rome had countless enemies 3) Rome was an intensely militaristic culture. […]

U-shaped-learning concerns the development of distinguishing the application of the inflectional past-tense morpheme of -ed to regular and irregular words – those which require an -ed (e. g. ‘waste’ –> ‘wasted’) and those which are expressed with a completely different word (e. g. ‘run’ –> ‘ran’), respectively. It is the learning pattern of initial overregularisation […]

My initial meeting with Bob occurred on Monday and upon entering his room, I experienced a mixture of anxiousness and paranoia. However, my visit was short-lived. During our conversation, he expressed how much he valued my appeal and uniqueness. However, he suggested that we keep our relationship under wraps for now, as he feared it […]