Running head: PRIMING AND OVERCONFIDENCE Misuse of Priming Effects Overconfidence Abstract This experiment was designed to test whether priming participants through testing can lead to overconfidence on further testing when the information changes. 36 Participants were selected from the ------- to participate in this experiment. The participants were given reading comprehension tests that were amended from Pearson-Longman Education testing materials. 18 participants were given Test 1 followed
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Summary Water purification is the process of removing suspended solids and gases‚ contaminants‚ and undesirable chemicals from drinking water. Water purifiers enable the process of water purification. There are many variants of water purifiers such as offline water purifiers‚ UV water purifiers and RO water purifiers. However‚ purification using filters is not 100 percent effective. Purified water reduces the chance of water-borne diseases. The purification process decreases the concentration of
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Sector analisys : Drinking water and sanitation in India | Social Enterpreneurship : Initiating Social Change | | Bruno LUSSATO & Antoine GERARD | 22/11/2012 | [Tapez le résumé du document ici. Il s’agit généralement d’une courte synthèse du document. Tapez le résumé du document ici. Il s’agit généralement d’une courte synthèse du document.] | Table of content Introduction: Current state of affairs Poor quality of water is a real problem in India as we estimate at approximately
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heights. Let us suppose that you feel tired and that you enter a tea-shop in default of a better place of rest. The shop looks sordid and dingy‚ and you shudder slightly as a vision of true repose comes to mind – something with green fields and running water and the scent of grass and flowers in it. But‚ alas! you are not free to that extent; here there are no Elysian fields – here is London with all its dreary grey buildings and endless discomfort. So you enter the shop. A pale‚ grim young woman comes
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PLEA BARGAINING The former Chairman‚ Local Government Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State‚ Justice Waheed Olaifa (rtd)‚ has described plea-bargaining as a bad compromise which is eroding the integrity of the judiciary and deepening the culture of corruption in the country. Olaifa who spoke with journalists shortly after he bowed out of the bench‚ noted that plea-bargaining was a strange element in the Nigerian legal system. He said: “Plea bargaining is not in our own law. Instead of allowing
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Misuse in the Justice system. Many people are convicted of wrongful crimes that they never committed. This is due to bias‚ racism‚ and of course corruption. A total of 20‚000 people are wrongfully accused of a crime they never committed. This is a number that should not be ignored. We need to explore the effects of this justice system and what influences the outcome of the cases. One of the causes that influence the outcome of the case is bias. Bias is a prejudice in favor of an object or person
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prescription drug misuse has become a wide spread occurrence in the United States. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration states‚ “Prescription Drug Misuse is defined as intentional or unintentional use of medication without prescription in a way other than prescribed‚ or the experience or feeling it causes”. (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration‚ 2015). Whether is intentional due to a medical condition or for other reasons prescription drug misuse can lead to
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Pragmatic Failure Pragmatic failure is the inability to understand what is meant by what is said. It refers to the errors in our speech communication because of failing to accomplish a perfect communicative effect. In 1983‚ a British linguist Thomas came up with the pragmatic failure. In his opinion‚ pragmatic failure is not simply the wrong use of language‚ namely‚ grammatical mistakes‚ occurred in common usage‚ using words or making sentences but it refers to inappropriate speaking‚ improper
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Removal of Arsenic from Village Drinking Water Supplies in West Bengal By Dr. Arun Deb Vice President (Retired)‚ Weston Solutions‚ Inc. West Chester‚ Pennsylvania Introduction and Background West Bengal‚ a state in Eastern India is very rich in groundwater and more than 80 percent of its populations tap this source as drinking water. In West Bengal‚ and in the neighboring nation of Bangladesh‚ a health crisis of devastating proportions has been quietly unfolding over many
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Misuse and Abuse of Welfare in America Welfare misuse in the United States is more common than the average person may think. Welfare is a government program that provides financial aid or services to individuals who cannot support themselves. The program takes money from working individuals in the form of taxes and distributes it to assist the disadvantaged and less fortunate. Though this effort is incredible in many ways‚ it is misused and abused by many receiving it. This misuse encourages
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