1) Explain how prolonged exposure to loud noise is likely to cause deafness? Sound waves enters through your ear and travels through a narrow passage called ear canal‚ which then leads to your ear drums. Then the ear drums vibrate from the incoming sound waves and sends these sound vibrations to your three tiny bones called malleus‚ incus‚ and stapes. When the sound vibration hits the fluid movement in the cochlea of the inner ear. An elastic partition goes through the cochlea‚ which starts from
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Essay “Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it…” –Erica Jong‚ Fear of Flying “The power to determine action without restraint” is the definition of freedom. In Erica Jong’s novel Fear of Flying‚ themes of sexuality and freedom take over the novel. Through the author’s detailed portrayals of sexual encounters between the main character‚ Isadora‚ her husband‚ Bennet‚ and her lover‚ Adrian‚ the reader senses Isadora’s desire to reinterpret herself as a woman
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Manipulating fear By definition‚ fear is “an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat”. However it should be perceived as a motivation to accomplish new challenges. In fact‚ students should be encouraged to let fear of failure become an opportunity to succeed. Such is the success experience of Thomas Edison‚ whose most memorable invention was the light bulb‚ accomplishing his final goal after 1‚000 tries. “How did it feel to
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Claustrophobia cause people to deviate from confined areas? The independent variable is claustrophobia‚ and the dependent variable is the confined areas. Our hypothesis to this question is yes claustrophobia can be cured and reduced by cognitive behavioral therapy. The issue of claustrophobia is very important due to its impact on an individuals everyday life‚ since it affects a number of individuals throughout the world. A phobia is an anxiety disorder that is shown by an irrational fear of confined
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story of The Lord of The Flies by William Golding is written in a twisted and ironic cruelty. Golding uses the fear of the ’Beast’ to drive the boys insane. From this fear the boys kill a boy in a out of control fire‚ and brutally maul Simon. The fear in the children is the cause of two deaths on the island‚ some of the arguably most well rounded and smartest characters in the story. This fear drives a group of naturally good kids to a group of power hungry‚ bloodthirsty savages. After the boys arrive
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struggle with fear. Fear is a common disease. There are two species of fear. Both are deadly to our life in the long run. We will discuss how to deal with both of them. Remember that the road to becoming braver is not easy. That is why most people do not practice it. Avoidance Fear Avoidance fear comes up when we hear something that we are unwilling to try or do. Avoidance fear manifests when the toddler refuses to hold his mother’s hand during a walk through the park. Avoidance fears limit our opportunities
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The prime instigator of conflict is fear When we people feel frightened‚ it is often that the fright itself is the point when conflict is build. It is not wrong if we say that conflict is not only triggered by fear. There are many things that could cause a conflict‚ but when you think a bit further‚ these things are caused none other but by fear. Hatred of one person to the other is generally caused by fear that also brings up anger and envy. Fears of the uncertain future and death also provoke
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Just When We Thought Slavery Ended African-Americans during Reconstruction and American Indians in the Gilded Age share similar and differences during its history. In the book titled‚ Give Me Liberty!‚ by Eric Foner‚ talks about the history of African-Americans during Reconstruction and how it required states to ratify the fourteenth Amendment and permit freedmen to vote. Forner also talked about the history of American Indians during the Gilded Age and their experiences and how it signified
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Ruble Ling 100 Causes of Poverty Poverty usually means one lacks the necessary for basic lives such as clean and fresh water‚ nutrition‚ health care‚ education‚ clothing and shelter. Nowadays‚ it is not only a challenge for poor countries. American‚ the world ’s richest country‚ also has poverty problems. It is a huge issue for the whole world. To solve this problem‚ people should figure out the reasons behind poverty first. Poverty is very complex social problem. Causes of poverty can be
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Fear conditioning by-proxy: Social transmission of fear during memory retrieval The investigators from this study have demonstrated how rats learned fear through social transmission with memory retrieval‚ which illustrate pervious study from Knapska et al.‚ that claimed rat shows increased level of amygdala (responsible for memory and emotion) activity as well as fear learning after they have interacted with a conditioned cage-mate. The present study is further developed whether a cue (a tone)
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