Attention : The effects of automatic and controlled processing Abstract The theory of attention was focused on within the experiment‚ using a modified version of the Stroop effect. The stroop effect suggests that automatic and controlled processing can conflict with each other making it difficult to focus on a particular task. Participants were asked to look at two sets of stimuli which contained words written in coloured ink‚ colour related words and neutral words. Participants were asked
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EFFECTS OF FLOODS Floods are mostly caused by the intensive rainfall that incereases the water level dramatically and results excessive water overflow that might have some devastating effects on te endangerd areas. This unexpected hazard might have a significant impact on both economy and human beings. Firstly‚ an overflow of the expanse of water has a considerable impact on the economy of the country. The submergence of the land‚ results in a destruction of buildings and roads which ‚ in
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After Effects was originally created by the Company of Science and Art] in Providence‚ RI‚ USA‚ where the first two versions of the software‚ 1.0 & 1.1‚ were released by the company in 1993. CoSA along with After Effects was then acquired by Aldus corporation in July 1993‚ which was then acquired by Adobe in 1994‚ and with it PageMaker and After Effects. Adobe’s first new release of After Effects was version 3.0. The following is the list versions of After Effects over the years‚ with the inclusion
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tools for disease control in larviculture. Aquaculture 227‚ 427–438. Cao‚ L.Z. and Z.B. Lin. 2003. Regulatory effect of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides on cytotoxic T-lymphocytes induced by dendritic cells in vitro. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica‚ 24: 312–326. Corradetti‚ R.‚ F. Pedata‚ G. Pepeu‚ and M.G. Vannucchi. 1986. Chronic caffeine treatment reduces caffeine but not adenosine effects on cortical acetylcholine release. Brazil. J. Pharmacol.‚ 88: 671–676. Dytham‚ C. 1999. Choosing and Using Statistics:
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Effect of Bulimia Have you ever looked in the mirror and hated what you saw? In today’s world‚ people are over consumed with the image of the perfect and ideal look for teenagers and women worldwide. Bulimia is a serious‚ depressive psychological eating disorder. Bulimia is a growing concern as cultural attitudes and the sociological environment continues to idolize thinness and physical attractiveness. Teenagers and young adults are most susceptible to this problem‚ for which most common
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if you are carrying too much fat? Unfortunately‚ it does. The sad fact is that if you are obese‚ your life probably be shorter than that of people who are slim. Obesity not only affects people’s everyday lives‚ it also has damaging mental health effects‚ including low self-esteem‚ negative body image‚ anxiety‚ and depression‚ and causes serious physical conditions such as sleep apnea‚ heart disease‚ type 2 diabetes‚ and heart failure. First‚ obesity affects a person’s everyday life. Obese people
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pedestrians walk past the suffering man in such a location‚ they would lose their individual responsibility and tend to think that others present would take action. Hence‚ this social psychological phenomenon could be referred to as the bystander effect. Bystander effect was confirmed after the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964. Kitty was raped and stabbed to death in two different attacks as she was on the way back home from her work. According to several media accounts‚ the assault lasted for nearly an hour
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1. The Hawthorne studies were based on the Hawthorne effect‚ which states that the employee’s work behavior might be different if a manager is watching and the employee might believe that the manager’s care about them based on the attention the employees are receiving. The studies were conducted at the Weston Electric Company. Within the studies the researchers changed many variables such as lighting‚ less hours‚ gender and added benefits such as breaks and an increase in pay. The results that were
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was found in 1958 by (REF). However it was not until quite recently that it began to be used as it is today; as a cure for insomnia(Zhdanova). It is known that Melatonin causes many adverse effects such as headaches‚ dizziness and nausea Many research has been done on the correlation between age and the effect of Melatonin. In some countries‚ Melatonin can be bought without prescription and therefore it is possible for children to intake in large doses. However‚ (Arendt) has shown that it may affect
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I’ll “Facebook” You Later: The Effects of Facebook in Young People’s Lives Cynthia Vasquez Northwood University Abstract In the past ten years‚ the breakthroughs of the Internet have lead to the creation of online social networks. Founded in 2004‚ Facebook has become the most popular social network in the past few years. It has created a new way for people to communicate and socialize. Either by “posting” on their friends’ “walls” or by
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