Précis 7 – Describe cognitive dissonance and describe how it is influenced by culture. Cognitive Dissonance Theory is a theory of attitude change proposing that inconsistency exists among our attitudes‚ or between our attitudes and behavior‚ we experience an unpleasant state of arousal called cognitive dissonance‚ which we will be motivated to reduce or eliminate. (Bordens & Horowitz 2001) This is a theory‚ which has been transformed over many decades. Cognitive Dissonance varies between
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Jefferson County School System (JCSS) is one of the largest school systems in the US. It provides education for about 10‚000 students and consists of fourteen elementary schools‚ two middle schools‚ and two high schools. In 1976‚ the school system purchased and implemented the DEC PDP 11/34 computer that helped to develop the student management applications‚ financial applications‚ and other student management applications. Today‚ the JCSS owns four Dell servers running on UNIX and everything is
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of a river hoping to find peace and wisdom. To bring meaning to this spiritual scene‚ Hesse uses symbolism‚ allegory‚ a spiritual writing style. By using these literary devices‚ the author describes the spiritual elements and its importance to Siddhartha attaining them. Hesse attaches importance to the elements and emotions of spirituality by symbolizing them. He states‚ “Vasudeva’s smile was radiant…….now the same smile appeared on Siddhartha’s face.” As Siddhartha starts to smile‚ Hesse adds “His
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In real life even in stories the social system has an adverse effect on the citizens in a given society. Two examples of how society affects happiness can be seen in the stories of “Berry” and “Shabine” where the happiness is affected in different ways but the social system is somewhat the same. Firstly in both stories the social system is quite alike‚ both are simply based on race. The characters Berry and Justine’s admirer are categorized as somewhat ‘good- for nothing’ because they are black
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Elements of weather and climate[edit] There are several elements that make up the weather and climate of a place. The major of these elements are five: temperature‚ pressure‚ wind‚ humidity and rain. Analysis of these elements can provide the basis for forecasting weather. These same elements make also the basis of climatology study‚ of course‚ within a different time scale rather than it does in meteorology. Modifying factors of weather and climate[edit] The more important are also five: latitude
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literature agree that his uses of the supernatural aren’t merely figments of his creative imagination. Every man‚ woman‚ and child is influenced by the age into which they are born and Shakespeare was no exception. Not only does his use of supernatural elements within his works reveal the Elizabethans’ obsession with mythical beliefs‚ but it also reveals his attitude toward these beliefs at different points of his writing career. Because of the profound understanding of the beliefs of his time‚ Shakespeare
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on Chemical Elements: Helium Jensen Vu Rabun Gap-Nacochee School Helium is an element in the periodic table. It has the symbol He and an atomic number of 2. Its average atomic mass is about 4.002602 u. There are 7 known isoptopes of helium‚ bearing the electron configuration 1s2. The ionic radius of this element is 93 pm. Helium was first observed and found by French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen along with the scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer in 1868‚ adding one more element to the periodic
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ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ARTS REPORTED BY: KIMBERLY ALENABO & JOSHUA AMATA LINE An element of art defined by a point moving in space. Line may be two-or threedimensional‚ descriptive‚ implied‚ or abstract. IMPLIED LINES are lines that we see in our mind’s eye that fill in the spaces between objects‚ such as a line of lights in the ceiling and the rows of windows in a large office building. ACTUAL LINE ACTUAL LINE IMPLIED LINE ORGANIC LINES are the types of lines found in nature. ORGANIC
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of “Dracula” began as and still continues to be a classic‚ frightening novel and despite how some would classify it on only a single one end of the spectrum‚ it holds true elements of both literary and commercial fiction. He uses various techniques of writing‚ such as the epistolary plot structure and dramatic irony‚ and elements‚ including suspense‚ to present an unexpected‚ fear-inducing concept based on the xenophobic idea of the Victorian era. In its time‚ Dracula’s specific aspects were deemed
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englewood neighborhood is a highschool know as Harper High. The area surrounding this school is known for death of its student residents and gang violence. There were nearly 30 students shot‚ twenty one wounded by and eight students killed. The school itself is a relatively safe place‚ but the beefs and fights in the neighborhood around it frequently mushroom into gunplay.The gun violence happens off of school grounds but majority of the time involves the students‚ leaving them to try and navigate
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