Historical Theories There are a few historical theories that exist concerned with emotion and arousal and how they affect human motivation. Two of these theories that will be discussed are the Yerkes-Dodson Law and also the Schachter-Singer Theory. Each of these‚ while alike in being concerned with how emotions and arousal can affect human motivation‚ also has their differences. The Yerkes – Dodson law is concerned with how arousal alone effects performance and motivation while the Schachter-Singer
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My Favourite Singer (Michael Jackson) My favourite singer is Michael Jackson. I like his songs very much because they are full of energy and very melodic. I also like the way he dances. There were nine children in Michael’s family. They lived in a small fourroom house. Later he lived in a house which has seventeen rooms downstairs and sixteen rooms upstaires. It stands in 2‚700 acres of ground. Besides the house there are guest houses‚ a golf course‚ a swimming pool‚ tennis courts‚ stables‚ gardens
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“The Street Singer” A 1940 survey revealed that 1.5 million married women had been abandoned by their husbands during The Great Depression in the 1930s.(“America in the Great War”) Most of the Americans affected during these tragic times did not deserve the negative consequences that they were up against. Alcoholism was very common during these times‚ but was no excuse. In “The Street Singer”‚ a story in Will Eisner’s A Contract with God‚ Eddie becomes a victim of The Great Depression trying to
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My favourite singer My favourite singer is Michael Jackson. I like his songs very much because they are full of energy and very melodic. I also like the way he dances. There were nine children in Michael’s family. They lived in a small four room house. Later he lived in a house which has seventeen rooms downstairs and sixteen rooms upstaires. It stands in 2‚700 acres of ground. Besides the house there are guest houses‚ a golf course‚ a swimming pool‚ tennis courts‚ stables‚ gardens‚ lakes‚ forests
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other. However sometimes help to others poses some danger to either us or others. In Peter Singer’s essay "Famine Affluence‚ and Morality" Peter Singer argues that we ought‚ morally‚ to prevent starvation due to famine. Singer begins by saying that assistance has been inadequate as richer countries prioritize development above preventing starvation. Singer then states that "suffering and death from lack of food‚ shelter‚ and medical care are bad" (404) and assumes that it is uncontroversial enough
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those suffering from famine:‚ I will discuss the three premises and the conclusion of this argument. I will explain why I either support or chose not to support this argument in my conclusion Singer is a Utilitarian a who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility‚ so Singer believes that everything and everyone has to be morally useful. Singer’s argument is simple. He has three premises that are the basis of his argument the first‚ that starvation and the suffering and
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Peter Singer‚ an Australian philosopher and professor at Princeton University asks his students the simple question of whether they would save a drowning child from a pond‚ while wearing they’re bran new pair of expensive shoes. The response was aggressive and passive “How could anyone consider a pair of shoes‚ or missing an hour or two at work‚ a good reason for not saving a child’s life?” ¹ Singer continued to argue that “ according to UNICEF‚ nearly 10 million children under five years old die
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newest technology or the best brand of electronics rather than helping out a person by just giving them a simple smile. Money is spent on things that are not worth spending that may be useful for another occasion. In the text‚ “The Singer Solution to World Poverty‚” Peter Singer persuades the readers on how many will have the opportunity to help out a charity and donate money‚ but people will not take the chance or time to do it. In the other text “On Dumpster Diving” Lars Eighner informs the readers when
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of poverty”‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This fact indicates how poverty is an issue that needs more attention because of it’s significant impact on the people in the world. Peter Singer‚ an Australian humanist and philosopher‚ addresses the dilemma of poverty world-wide in his essay‚ The Singer Solution to Poverty. Singer argues how it is wrong for an individual to live well without giving substantial amounts of money to help people who are hungry‚ malnourished‚ and dying from easily treatable illnesses
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Explain the argument between Singer and Steinbock on the moral status of speciesism. Advocating for animal welfare‚ Singer coins the term "specism" to describe discriminatory practices‚ which people express in their relations to the non-humans animals. Singer builds his case for promoting equality among all living species by offering an analogy between the "oppression" of animal rights and the historical accounts of the fight for justice and equal rights for women and people of color. He refers
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