Emotions Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

The big five test is used by psychologists to assess the personality of a person. The test consists of fifty statements that on must rate in the scale of 1-5. The test results say that I am relatively open to new ideas; I am well organized and reliable. I am conscious to other people feelings. In addition, that I can remain calm even in the tense situations. The results are true. This is because they have told my personality just as my friends tell me. I learnt that I needed to change the way I handle my friends and people ...

The heart has its reasons which reason does not know. This is a statement that appears to be simple, but is quite the opposite taking into consideration its deeper meaning. This is a statement by blaise Pascal while trying to describe the path to ethical truth. The question thus arises as to exactly what blaise Pascal is referring to when he says the heart and what is the motivation behind this particular choice of words. Emotionally the heart is associated with decisions that are inclined towards truth and right. The heart thus has a moral compass that is ever pointing at the ...

Excellent communication is the key in achieving success in any field of business, especially in the line of business process outsourcing or BPO. The working environment in these companies is more diverse, stressful and challenging. Every day, many customers call their company’s contact centers to report a specific problem they encounter. Many foreign companies seek new ways of lowering their labor costs by investing in other countries with lower currencies such as China, Mexico, Philippines and India. As we move on to this paper, I will enumerate the seven reasons of the customers’ difficulty in relaying their technical issues. ...

The article basically discusses the mechanisms and factors that influence human behavior. There are both external and internal factors that play a part in determining the behavior of an individual. However, greater emphasis has been placed on the internal factors as the external factors have limited control over peoples’ emotions and reactions. Nevertheless, it is important for one to have a well established emotional intelligence so as to be able to have a good emotional control. Emotional intelligence results from an individual’s self-awareness and subsequent ability to control their reactions based on a good sense of judgment. The reactions within one-self are ...

A Critical Analysis

Robert Frost has been remarked to “stand at the crossroads of 19th-century American poetry and modernism, for in his verse may be found the culmination of many 19th-century tendencies and traditions as well as parallels to the works of his 20th-century contemporaries” (“Robert Frost”). He holds a unique place in American poetry, and within that space he created some remarkable poems, at times following strict meter and rhyme, but always creating poems rich in imagery and meaning. His poem, “Fire and Ice,” is no different. Within this brief poem are layers of meaning revealed in strong imagery and the connotation of ...

Mary Shelley’s literary treatise ‘Frankenstein’ originally published in the year 1818 falls in the genre of horror fiction. Shelley gives an account of the ethical issues present in technological developments and researches. She discusses the relation of a monster and its creator Victor Frankenstein, who possesses a deep passion for science and research. Out of his burning desire, Frankenstein creates a monster, which acts inhumane and destroys the lives of the human beings it encounters unable to withstand the unacceptability in the society. As a result of his creation, Frankenstein loses all his near and dear, and decides to end his life ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

‘Subject’
The Opposing Emotions Found in Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"
Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz" is a very brief poem, but one filled with powerful verses and a plethora of emotions. It is a poem that talks about a bedtime dance performed by a father-son duo. The poem has given birth to multiple interpretations over the years, regarding the speaker’s emotion towards his father. While some argue that the poem is about a father physically controlling or even abusing his son, some see it as an expression of love by a clumsy and rough, yet, affectionate father. However, familial relations are a complex subject, and ...

In "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien and "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, the short stories' respective characters deal with their masculinities, and its emotional consequences in a similar manner. There are also striking differences between their characters' portrayal of masculine behavior, as well as its consequences.
In "The Things They Carried", the protagonist, platoon leader Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, is beset by romantic reveries of his girl back home. He often daydreams about a girl from the States Martha (who was his college classmate), during his platoon's missions in Vietnam. As a direct result of his daydreaming, one of the platoon's ...

Zaleznik (1977) asserts that there is an inherent difference between managers and leaders, which lies in the conceptions, deep within their own psyches, of order and chaos. Managers embrace process and desire both stability and control, with the need to resolve problems expeditiously being a key priority. On the other hand, leaders thrive ion chaos and structural vacuums, and are happy to delay closure in order to develop a deeper understanding of he issues (p. 74). With regard to attitudes toeards goals, work, relationships with others and oneself, there are fourfould differences between leaders and managers. To begin with, managers perceive ...

English 126 Critical Thinking

Eckhart Tolle in Chapter 2 does a deep analysis of what “Ego” is, how it relates to our possessions, to our spiritual life, to who we are and how we live our life. Throughout the chapter, he explains how the Ego develops since early ages through the word “I” and the possessions that we begin to relate to ourselves as “mine” (20).
We develop our Ego through our possessions, and we confuse that with who we are, with our identity. It is not until we recognize who we are not that we can see who we are. A great ...

The Things They Carried” is a real-liferetelling of the author’s experience during his time in the Vietnam War. Love, is not the primary preoccupation in the book, it is remembering and making sense of the experiences endured during the hardship of this war. However, love does play a role in the book. Rather, it is the lack of love, or lost love searched for that is a central theme of the book.
One of the quotations that stands out in the book and is important to understanding the theme of love is when O’Brien writes, ““But the thing about ...

“Our Lonely Home in Nature” by Alan Lightman

“The New York Times”, May 2, 2014
A critical review of : “ Our Lonely Home in Nature”
We will carry out a critical review of the article “Our Lonely Home in Nature” written by Alan Lightman who is a physicist and teaches humanities at the M.I.T. This article was published in the New York Times, opinion pages on 2 May 2014 and is scheduled for republishing in today (May 23, 2014) edition too.
In the article, Lightman starts with a seemingly innocuous statement of the tornadoes in the South and the Midwest. He describes how the sea (or symbolically ...

Introduction

Human development is essentially a lifelong process of behavioral, physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive growth and change. During the early life stages- from the babyhood/infancy to childhood, childhood to puberty, and puberty to adulthood- massive changes take place. It is worth mentioning that all through the process; every individual develops values as well as attitudes, which guide relationships, choices, and understanding. Nonetheless, the developing human being comes across various challenges including cognitive, biological, and socio-emotional challenges at every stage of development. Thus, this paper centers on the biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional challenges, which a developing human being comes across at each development ...

Antecedent-focused regulation is a form of emotion regulation which occurs before an emotion is completely active. There are four types of antecedent-focused regulation. The first is the situation selection which occurs when a person chooses a situation depending on the emotions that such a situation may elicit. An example is when a student chooses to enroll in a class because he knows that the professor is very approachable and understanding. The second type of antecedent-focused regulation is the situation modification wherein the person introduces a change in the situation to obtain the emotions he wants to regulate. When a person tries to pacify his friends who are ...

Gulan’s article “what makes a leader?” offers critical insights regarding the most outstanding leadership trait. In fact, the article notes that leadership success is primarily based on an individual’s emotional intelligence. Gulan offers five critical elements of emotional intelligence. Above all, self-awareness is one of the most comprehensive trait of emotionally intelligent leaders. Self-awareness allows leaders to identify their strengths and weaknesses. As such, they can maximise their strengths will streamlining their weaknesses in order to create ample opportunities for success. The second remarkable trait of emotionally intelligent leaders is self-regulation. This attribute allows leaders to manage unexpected ...

Issues and Problems

Introduction
Grief, distress and sadness are emotions that a person displays in case of loss. Loss can be a loss of things, loss of reputation or even loss of people. Emotional anatomy is a science which has been based on emotions and psychology of people (Schwartz, 1999). It helps in providing psychological therapies for the purpose of helping extreme depression and anxiety caused due to problems and issues. An important problem or issue that is causing a lot of distress to me is the death of my grandparents and a divorce between my parents. This is causing me a lot of stress and sadness ...

English

Aimee Bender’s fictions are symbolic of human emotions and struggles largely analogized and formed through fairy-tale representations. The Girl in the Flammable Skirt is by and large in the same vein and is a collection of short stories that seems to suggest a narration by a teenage girl. On reading The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, in each of the short stories, the one common moral and that is one of trauma interlocked with pittance. The story about a young girl who comes home to find her dad carrying a backpack which seems to resemble a bag made of stones is intriguing. In the ...

The seminal epic which is attributed to the great Greek poet, Homer, delves deep into the heroic tales and in turn attains the stature of an immortal literary work which has continued to evoke the interest and awe of people from all across the globe since it got popularized. The work goes on to immortalize many characters which have become prototypes in the course of time. Starting from the literary critic to a common man, everyone has been baffled by the sheer quintessence of the Iliad which has been hailed as the omnipotent human expression and documentation of the tales ...

Philosophy

EUTHANASIA.
The terry Schiavo case is an example of an instance where a woman who had undergone a stroke that left her in a vegetative state was euthanized by her husband contrary to the wishes of her parents. I strongly disagree with the treatment that Terry Schiavo was afforded. I am pro-life and I believe in letting people live out their lives to the very end irrespective of their condition either medical or otherwise. I also believe that choices made by family members to end the life of a ‘loved one’ in a complicated medical situation is an act of cowardice on the ...

The seminal epic which is attributed to the great Greek poet, Homer, delves deep into the heroic tales and in turn attains the stature of an immortal literary work which has continued to evoke the interest and awe of people from all across the globe since it got popularized. The work goes on to immortalize many characters which have become prototypes in the course of time. Starting from the literary critic to a common man, everyone has been baffled by the sheer quintessence of the Iliad which has been hailed as the omnipotent human expression and documentation of the tales ...

With an outrageous fashion sense only outmatched by his utterly amazing and seemingly heavenly skills and prowess, Doc Severinsen certainly never disappoints and such was the case when he literally brought down the Eisenhower auditorium on Tuesday 22 October. The capacity packed auditorium only served to enflame Doc Severinsen who certainly left the crowd begging for more.in a state of utter pandemonium the crowd reacted to Doc Severinsen, paying tribute to a true legend band clearly one of the best performances in recent times.
The showcase of the event was clearly Doc Severinsen’s trumpeting. Clearly, an expert in blowing a ...

Cassandra is a novel told about the survivors of the Trojan War. It is the story of a young woman named Cassandra, and her struggles during the post-war era. There are many different ways to analyze literature, but one of the leading literary analysts, Gerard Genette, has provided an extremely useful method for analyzing novels like Cassandra by Christa Wolf. Because Cassandra does not have a coherent or cohesive timeline, and rather jumps about in time with little warning, special types of literary analyses must be applied to the text to truly dig into the meaning of the multifaceted text.
Helen ...

Emotionalism

Introduction
The emotionalist school of ethics providing the foundations to Romanticism in Art, as well as the promise of democracy in the French Revolution emerged in response to the English empiricism of Social Contract Philosophers, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Ideas of sympathy developed by the British school of moral philosophy propose an ethics of feelings, including the emotional transformation of rationalism’s limits in art, culture, politics and religion.
Such conceptions of human nature are found in the intellectual discourse of nineteenth century Victorian critic of art and society, John Ruskin. Ruskin summates early Modern notions ...

Communication Techniques

Introduction
Communication is crucial in every aspect of our life starting from relationships to business. Communication helps us make friendship, form camaraderie with colleagues and gain respect and love from people. Communication is very important for the success of a healthcare system. A good communication not only helps establish a good rapport between healthcare providers and patients, it also helps build a good interpersonal relationship among the healthcare staff which is crucial for the effective operation of a healthcare facility. Communication is broadly divided into three types - passive, aggressive and assertive. This paper will highlight how each communication style varies from ...

Biology

1. There are certain situations where we practice selective behavior that favors certain traits. A lot of times when individuals are acting as a member of certain groups, their actions are usually tailored towards being in conformity with those of other members of the same group. For instance a prominent member of a certain professional organization may decide to listen to a particular brand of music and because other members of the group interact with the individual and look forward to them as an important personality, others might also want to listen to the same brand of music. Also, if members of the ...

A Grotesque Old Woman by Quentin Metzsys

Introduction and first impressions
A Grotesque Old Woman is probably the most famous painting by the Flemish painter Quentin Metzys. Although the initial reactions to the painting may be ones of horror and repulsion, there are aspects in it which remind one of style and artistic beauty. First of all the level of detail is striking especially with regards to the clothing employed with blue and white creating an intriguing contrast. However the most striking contrast is between the ugliness of the face and the almost bare cleavage which generate feelings of lust and carnal bestiality. My feelings ...

Rapp and Kurby (n. d. as cited in Gilbert, 2008, p. 25) define visualization as “any form of physical presentation designed to make an abstract concept visible”. It usually entails focusing of attention on an imagined or real object. It involves cognitive brain processes. The concept has wide application in fields such as psychology and education. In this paper, I will evaluate my feelings of a visualization experience and describe what can be learnt from such an experience.
In my case, I found visualization to be a valuable and insightful experience. Imagination of relaxed and positive situations evoked actual physical ...

Arguably, from the research findings, it is evident that the FACS approach is amenable to alteration for use with all other species of primates; this method allows one to compare and contrast the facial repertoires among many species with distinct characteristics. Developing FACS for chimpanzees has made it easy for us to understand how and why the human facial movements vary from that of the chimpanzees. The apparent difference can be deduced from the varying facial morphology, underlying musculature, and the interface between the two. From the general repertoire, nine commonly seen facial actions have successfully been described and ...

Introduction

Communication is a very important tool in letting people know about one's thoughts and feelings. It connects people whether positively or negatively. However, a common misconception is how communication is limited to verbal expressions only. People make decisions and assumptions based on what they hear and ignore non-verbal cues they receive and observe from others. In as much as verbal communications are important, understanding and interpreting non-verbal reactions, expressions, voice tone, and body language, among others, are also crucial communication tools that must be taken into account when communicating with others.

Forms and Principles of Demonstrative Communication

Non-verbal communication includes facial expressions, gestures, eye positions, body positioning ...

“[She] is wunderbar, but she is not my Lebenslangerschicksalsschatz.” People have a certain inclination to finding their destiny, their one true love, their soulmate. Usually, it would be considered almost a dream that a speech so meaningful and significant will be coming from a guy. However, to think this argument as valid would also be close to thinking that our world is mostly confined to all its biases and stereotypes. This is evidently not the case today.
Such is much portrayed in many forms of modern mass media. The world of television and movies, for instance, is a vast land of different characters ...

The uncanny, a concept coined by Freud, postulates that something can be both familiar and foreign to someone - if something is uncanny, it is recognizable, yet alien. "An uncanny effect is often and easily produced by effacing the distinction between imagination and reality, such as when something that we have hitherto regarded as imaginary appears before us in reality, or when a symbol takes over the full function and significance of the thing it symbolizes" (Freud 15). When someone looks at something they find uncanny, they are paradoxically attracted to and drawn away from that thing simultaneously. It is one ...

In Martin Luther King Jr.'s seminal 1963 speech "I Have a Dream," King uses a number of critical thinking processes in order to present his argument. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, King delivered a speech that is remembered now as one of the most significant pieces of oratory in the 20th century. His call was for blacks and whites to come together, for blacks to be granted greater freedoms and for America to become a nation of equals. Not only was the speech thought-provoking and emotional, but King's points were excellently handled and ...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnet 43” alternately knows as “How May I Love Thee” is a declaration of her feelings for her husband to be, who was courting her at the time; Robert Browning. It is part of the series of sonnets she wrote for him “Songs from the Portuguese”, a title which she deliberately made to mislead by letting people think that the poem were written by a Portuguese person and she only translated them. Later however, it was established that she herself had been the author of the series and the reference to the Portuguese in the title was in ...

In his response to Crito, Socrates bases his reasoning on morality to the issue of coming out of prisons. He says that he would opt for an escape if it were moral to do so. He insists on moral principles and answers Crito reminding him that no one should ever wrong another intentionally and even if he has been wronged, he should never judge the person who has wronged him. Crito on his part sees that other than the pain of losing a friend, there would be disgrace that would come because of Socrates` death for people would think Crito ...

DQ1
Critical thinking will help me analyze the pros and cons of opportunities as they arise. Critical thinking takes the emotions out of decision making which is good because sometimes decisions based on emotion instead of reason can get us into trouble. Critical thinking allows us to look at the risks, benefits, and costs of a decision or situation. Using risk/benefits analysis will help me find my purpose. In addition, using critical thinking to assess my strengths and weaknesses will help me determine my purpose.
DQ2
Using the skills in this class will help me make decisions ...

DQ1
One of the major decisions in my life was to decide to attend college. I did not do this out of emotion but out of a practical need to prepare myself for a career so that I can support myself for the rest of my life. Another major decision I made was the first car I bought. This time emotion did play a role because I was so excited to have my own car because having my own car meant freedom. I did not have to rely on my family to take me everywhere. Third, another major decision in my ...

When performing analysis on patients, it is important to completely understand the two primary methods of therapy for undesirable behaviors – behavioral therapy and rational emotive behavior therapy. These two different disciplines utilize unique principles and intervention techniques to help their patients, one using strict behavioral conditioning and the other using talk therapy and other techniques to change a patient’s thinking about a problem. In this paper, the two varying methods will be compared and contrasted, and their application towards my own therapy techniques will be described.

In behavior therapy, a patient comes to a therapist for help with an undesirable behavior they ...

Bullying, while physical in nature, can have lasting social and psychological consequences that can profoundly effect the emotional and cognitive development of young people. Aggressive behaviors, both in traditional settings and in the virtual realm, have been shown to have deep and lasting challenges to their capacity for personal relationships, emotional stability, and overall success. This is true for both the victims of bullying and the bullies themselves. In assessing the research that has been done in the field of bullying it will be possible to establish a general criteria to determine the overall consensus in regards to the ...

Jamaica Kincaid’s novel Annie John (1991) is a pure reflection of female relationships that might be seen to go against societal norms. In the novel, the author creates a heroine who struggles in her search for self-identity but whose life is dotted with affection for fellow women starting from her mother to other girls with whom she interacts. The theme of homosexual or homosocial female love is present in the story and is best expressed through Annie John, the protagonist in the book. Annie expresses her desire towards her mother especially when she gets jealousy of the relationship ...

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“Molecules Of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine” is a book written by Candace B. Pert, a molecular biologist having an important role in the discovery of the endorphin molecule. She is also considered as the mother of psychoneuroimmunology, a field of science dealing with different aspects of brain, immunology, and neurology. Her work on the biochemistry of the brain at the National Institute of Mental Health helped in giving new insights about mind and body (Candace Pert, n.d.).
Main theme of the book is that peptides, which are present throughout the body, are “molecules of ...

Critical Thinking in Communication: Detecting Media Bias

Critical Thinking in Communication: Detecting Media Bias
The issue of illegal immigration has been discussed for decades. State and federal legislation has been drafted in order to respond to the issue, however, these policies have had an insignificant effect on the flow of people coming into the country illegally. In addition to the anemic effect that laws related to illegal immigration have on solving the problem, politicians will commonly leverage the issue as a means to manipulate their own popularity. The divisive nature of the issue is such that the nature of proposed response can influence the voting decisions ...

People are very complicated creatures. It is hard to say where they come from, what rules they obey and what final point they go to. However, some writers and scientists have made a couple of attempts to understand what are the reasons and purposes of people`s behaviour and some of their deeds. Mark Twain is one of those people who were trying to judge people and highlight the morals they use in their lives. He studied the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” and of people using the scientific method (Twain 179) He stated his attitude towards ...

The success of an individual in a leadership position depends on several factors. The strategy used as well as the level of training that a person has greatly influenced the success of their leadership. Some of the most successful business leaders globally employ strategies incorporating high degrees of emotional intelligence. Goleman explained emotional intelligence to be an important factor influencing the success of a leader (93). According to Goleman, successful leaders are self-aware, self-regulated, and empathetic, motivated, and with impeccable social skills (95). These elements of emotional intelligence also influence the strategy chosen by different leaders. This paper will ...

Majority of the health conscious young women experience Anorexia, which is an eating disorder associated with poor eating habits motivated by the fear of becoming fat. This prevents young women from taking adequate calories of food. Sometimes young women affected by a condition called Bulimia, cannot resist the taste of certain food items and overeat; they later on purge out the food either by using laxatives or vomiting to avert weight gain (Kam, 2016). Binge eating is another feature of eating disorder affecting majority of young women. Women given to binge eating eat more often high quantities of food ...

Social perception and emotion relate to the concept of social cognition and have been important focal points in the psychology course. People and the social interaction concept are arguably the most meaningful stimuli in the environment, considering that individuals see each other with great regularity as the perceptual systems interpret the existing presented cues. The focus of the course topic of social perception and emotion has been useful in explaining the mechanisms that underlie the perception of existing cues and how this is evident in daily social life (Chartrand & Bargh, 1999). Learning about social perception and emotion has been ...

In the English-speaking cinematography, 1995 was the year of Jane Austen. As if trying to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the writer, who since the 20th century became to some extent even a cult figure, the filmmakers created just three versions of her novels “Sense and Sensibility”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma”. I like the Jane Austen’s creativity and read almost all her books. I saw a lot of different adaptations of the book “Pride and Prejudice”, and by and large I like all of them. After seeing the film adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility”, directed by Ang ...

Borderline personality disorder’s main feature is instability’s pervasive pattern in self - image, interpersonal relationships and emotions. Individuals with BPD often demonstrate behaviors of self-injurious character (suicide attempts, cutting and risky behaviors of sexual character), usually they are very impulsive. In most this disease occurs by early adulthood. Persisting for years not stable pattern of interaction with other people is usually connected with early social interactions and the person’s self-image. Such people feel sensitivity to circumstances in the environment. Impending rejection or separation’s perception may result in complete changes in behavior, self-image, cognition and affect. ...

Introduction

The aim of this is to conduct a critical synthesis on a particular problem that has plagued the society for quite some time. This is the problem of childhood obesity. The most common reasoning that comes to mind when one witnesses an obese child is that these kids must be excessive eaters. In fact, every kid who exhibits obesity tendencies is often thought of as an excessive eater. Is this assumption justified? Is it true that obesity in kids is primarily due to excessive eating especially that of unhealthy foods commonly referred to as “junk food”? The assumption that the ...

The letter by Martin Luther King, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” targets the white ministers in the city of Birmingham. King writes this letter to the 8 white ministers who criticized his actions as a clergy in a statement which was published in the newspaper, after he violated the law of the city and had to be jailed. The purpose of the letter is to address issues in the city which subjects African American towards injustices and segregation. The author seeks to address the plight of the Negroes who have suffered under the whites for a long time (Fahey ...

Vince Gilligan’s crime/family drama Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is often cited as one of the greatest television shows ever made, one of the best examples of the era of prestige cable drama. Telling the story of science teacher-turned-meth-cook Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and his burnout assistant Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Breaking Bad’s serialized narrative, layered performances and dedication to dynamic visual storytelling elevate it in ways not enjoyed by most cable dramas. Perhaps one of the most presentational and ambitious episodes of the series is the tenth episode of season three, “Fly,” directed by Rian Johnson. A classic ...

This activity will explore the concept of intelligence and some of the methods of measuring intelligence.

Intelligence and Adaptability
• What does it mean to say that intelligence is a social construct?
Intelligence is a social construct because it was created by Western civilization as a means to measure how smart an individual is. It has been deemed a racist measurement tool for the way it has been used throughout history to report that Caucasians have a higher intelligence than other races. Basically the idea of intelligence is man-made, therefore a social construct.
• What do two children from dramatically different cultures (a boy working on an arrow and a girl working on a computer) have in ...

Suicide in the Military

Over the last decade, an increase in the number suicides has been noted in the military (Castro & Kintzle, 2014; Rudd et al., 2015). Research studies have related mental health issues such as anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and substance abuse or dependence among active and inactive servicemen. Notably, the rate of hospitalization due to mental health problems and suicide ideation has risen rapidly in the military circles over the last ten years (Castro & Kintzle, 2014). Many social workers have used the military transition theory to illustrate the possible causes of increased psychological health issues among war veterans that ...

Introduction

Play refers to behavior that is liberally chosen, individually directed and fundamentally motivated (Essa, 2009). It is one of the methods through which young children get to know about themselves and the environment around them. Play is a very essential part of early learning. Children are usually born with instinctive talents, and need to be guided on learning novel things through exploration and imitation by play (Wood & Attfield, 2005). Consequently, there is more than just having fun when children play. Play is very important for young children’s rational, emotional, and social development as they grow (Essa, 2009). The intent ...

The British novelist, critic and essayist Virginia Stephen Woolf is considered one of the most authentic writers of England in the period between the First and the Second World Wars. Being discontented with the novels on the basis of the well-known, actual and apparent, Woolf went on her own experimental way. Walking along this path, the writer discovered a more internal, subjective interpretation of life experience, which is reflected in all of her creative works. It is also worth mentioning about the impact of such famous people such as Henry James, Marcel Proust and James Joyce on her work. ...

The establishment of the modern national education system in Malaysia is one of the major effects of the post-colonial development within the nation (Zohar, 2004). During the British colonial rule in Malaysia, education system could be considered socially and academically narrow since it did not confine multicultural dynamics of the Malaysian society as well as the demographics of the nation. After the colonial period in the 1950s, the education system reform was implemented on the nation and segregated linguistic ethnic streams which comprise their population. The period of the end of the colonial rule in Malaysia also marks the ...

Empathy refers to a person’s ability to imagine or feel the emotional experiences of another person. Research suggests that empathy is an important element of emotional and social development because it influences an individual’s behaviour towards others as well as the quality of the social relationships that a person develops (Gibbs 46). Antipathy encompasses the involuntary or voluntary dislike of a person or something. A nasty experience may induce antipathy in a person, but sometimes, it may occur in a manner that cannot be explained rationally in terms of cause and effect. Discipline is a practice that ...

The persuasive essay “Forger Shorter Showers” by Derrick Jensen has appeared in Orion magazine in 2009. It is highly persuasive essay, and Jensen’s thesis argues that “personal change does not equal social change” (Jensen 665). He persuades that the environmental problems are so serious today that the large scale action are required to actually change anything that include the global changes in society and economy. The author examines different aspects of the life in modern society and aims at proving that little everyday acts people do in order to positively influence the environment do not actually change anything, ...

In his writing, Mark Dowie makes a claim that people essentially are a part of nature. Moreover, he encourages people to realize that and stop labeling an interconnected Universe either as “civilized” or of “wilderness”. For the writing to be comprehensively considered, the audience is required to possess some knowledge on the topic. As the essay enumerates a number of scholars’ and tribes’ names, political statements (such as The Wilderness Act) and tackles the topic of preservation, one may conclude for whom it was written. Thus, the supposed audience are researchers (biologists, anthropologists, ecologists etc.), environmental activists, including politicians ...

The manner in which we make decisions on which products to consume is reliant on a variety of factors. These factors come into play and influence our decision-making mechanism of deciding which product to consume and which not to. Behavioral psychologists and marketing scholars have identified several relationships that are determinant of our consumption routines. These are; our consumption and well-being, consumption and identity, consumption and our emotions and consumption and our beliefs and attitudes (Saad, 2010). These relationships do not all come into play when deciding which product to consume; there are some which are dominant determinants of ...

Politics of Abortion Accessibility

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Abstract

This paper explores five peer-reviewed articles that report studies on the effects of abortion on the well-being of women who underwent abortions. It also reviews an ongoing study that touches on the effects of denied abortions. The paper examines arguments of the health effects, briefly touching also on the economic effects, of abortion and if these effects have great implications whether or not to limit the access of abortion to the female public. The published studies examined in the paper lead to suggest that abortions are generally safe and the side effects are minor and do not ...