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Psychology

The diagnosis for Antwone Fisher was an anger problem, but according to DSM - V, there is no categorization for an anger problem. Based on the symptoms and outbursts that Antwone endured, he was perhaps suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The symptoms included, flashbacks, violent outbursts and seemingly unprovoked acts of violence. The criterion for diagnosing PTSD includes a history of being exposed to the traumatic events that meet a specific criteria and symptoms from the four clusters of symptoms in DSM V.
These events include avoidance, negative alterations of cognitive skills, intrusion, avoidance and difference in moods, Continue reading...

New Balance Athletic Shoes originated in America in 1906. The owner, William J. Riley, wanted to create a company that produced a superior type of shoe the people knew would fit comfortably and relieve foot discomfort. At first, New Balance only sold arch supports and shoes that were custom made according to specifications from a doctor. In 1935, he formed a partnership with Arthur Hall, but the company went in a new direction in 1961 when it introduced The Trackster, the first shoe specifically made for running, and distributed it through retail stores. The New Balance corporation is not Continue reading...

Attention Getter: Look at this picture. (Show first slide.) This is a perfect example of a traditional marriage ceremony of the Igbos. This traditional wedding is called “Igbankwu”, and it is one of the occasion when we witness the colorful clothes of the Igbo culture, which are usually seen in East Nigeria in Africa.

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience on how a traditional Igbo wedding takes place

Overview: The Igbo culture is one of the few remaining cultures around the world where there is still a price settlement given to the bride. Although many of the citizens nowadays make use of the contemporaneous tradition of doing the marital ceremony inside the Church, Continue reading...

Recently we have seen highly differing views on what causes gun violence and a common target has been action-based videogames. Some people believe that they cause violent behavior or at the very least desensitize people to it; in contrast other authors state that video games cannot be blamed as the main cause of violent behavior among our society today. Kristin Bezio wrote an opinion piece entitled “don’t blame video games for America’s gun violence” and John Sanbonmatsu wrote a contrasting article entitled “Gabrielle Gifford and NRA are both right about one thing: US culture of violence” both Continue reading...

The subject matter and style of Hemingway's writing represent the conventional American writing style. Hemmingway wrote a number of stories that included the common themes of as his men and women characters face death and different emotional turmoil. His characters are vulnerable, but they are not defined by this vulnerability. In his early writings, Hemingway presented himself through his character Nick Adams, a youthful child, who follows his father to an American Indian camp to deliver a baby boy. Similarly, Nick watches two killers who have been hired to kill a boxer. Throughout these stories the readers sees the Continue reading...

Introduction

Born on 27 August 1964, Paul Kenneth Bernardo, is an infamous Canadian serial killer and rapist who along with his wife Karla Homolka committed highly sensational sexual assaults and murders in the east-Metropolitan Toronto city of Scarborough. Also known as Paul Jason Teale, Paul Kenneth Bernardo and his wife Karla Homolka were especially notorious for the murders of the three school girls, Tammy Homolka, Leslie Mahaffy, and Kristen French (Pearson, 1997). Apart from these three confirmed murders, Paul Kenneth Bernardo is also suspected for the murders and rapes of other possible or intended victims, but due to the lack Continue reading...

William J. Riley came to the United States from Britain and decided in 1906 to found a shoe company dedicated to assisting people who suffered with foot discomfort. He started by offering arch supports and custom shoes to provide the best fit possible. Sixty years ago, after Riley passed away, his partner sold the company to his daughter and her husband who expanded the product line to include the world’s first high-performance running shoe. Jim Davis purchased the company from the couple with very little experience in the shoe business. Regardless, he took New Balance from a business Continue reading...

[Professor]
When the term, Transformational Leadership made its way in Downton’s (1973) book Rebel Leadership, the number of its proponents were outnumbered by its critics, who strongly opposed its main idea that intrinsic motivation is stronger than extrinsic motivation by arguing that there is just only type of motivation. For example, Guzzo (1979) cited Skinner’s (1953) theory that changes in behavior are the outcome of individuals' response to stimuli of their environment, and therefore, a particular Stimulus-Response (S-R) pattern can be reinforced through reward, and identified extrinsic rewards as the single tool for motivation. However, with passage Continue reading...

A. Outline the four possible definitions of jazz that appear in the text. Describe each and explain which definition you favor. Can you come up with a definition that expresses your current sense of what jazz is? (3 points) Based on the text’s exploration of the origins of jazz, there are four possible definitions. First, jazz can be seen as a style of music that involves the use of improvisation and syncopated rhythms in the creation of this music. Secondly, jazz is a style of music that draws from European brass band influences and adds African-American musical influences. Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

The teen-age years are often cited as the most turbulent years of a person’s life. Caught between childhood and adulthood, teenagers go through a period of confusion, restlessness and emotional instability as they go through a period that is “suspended between a ‘no longer’ and ‘not yet,’ youth is forced to balance continuity and discontinuity” (Crapps 177). New world, new feelings and new expectations – all these create pressure and unease that often force young people to be defiant. John Updike’s short story A&P written in 1961 and first published in the New Yorker (Werlock 1) aptly mirrors Continue reading...