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    THE FOUR PRIMARY MODERN DREAM THEORIES Freud‚ Sigmund: DREAMS AS WISH FULFILLMENT. The most famous dream theory in psychology is that proposed by Freud in 1900. According to Freud‚ dreams are disguised wishes originating in the unconscious mind and reflecting id drives‚ usually sexual‚ that the superego censors. Hence‚ the ego‚ in order to satisfy the needs of the id‚ presents an image (manifest content) that appears to be innocent but actually symbolizes the repressed desire. Example‚ recurring

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    The Origin of Theatre

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    The Origin of Theatre By Sheldon Fairfoot “It is unlikely that anyone will ever know just how theatre emerged” (Grose & Kenworthy‚ 1985: 3). Though there is little certain evidence‚ strong indications‚ scattered throughout our history‚ point to theatre finding its origins in the ancient rituals of shamanism. One might argue that theatre finds its origins quite clearly in ancient Greek theatre seeing as they have many written and still surviving plays and strong standing theatres‚ but

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    Origin of the Triads

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    Although in modern times‚ the Triads are mostly associated with criminal activity‚ they originated as mutual support organizations for people at the bottom of the social hierarchy and to defend the common people from those of positions in power "to offer unacquainted people the kind of protection and mutual aid normally afforded by family members" (Murray 178). How they began has been agreed back and forth for many years and lots of theories have come up. However it is generally accepted that the

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    origin of life

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    Life’s Puzzling Origins The prebiotic soup theory has dominated the thinking about how life has emerged over the past century. However‚ the discovery of extraterrestrial amino acids in the Muchison meteorite in 1970 has widened the scope of this debate. Adding further complexity to the origin of life‚ there is a schism over whether proteins of living cells or the genetic information was a precursor to the other. These debates have raised key questions over which conditions most favored the emergence

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    comes in different forms. The general term for modern day slavery is human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of slavery in which people profit from exploiting others whether for domestic or sexual labor. It affects every country around the world‚ regardless of historical or political status. According to Polaris Project’s article “Human trafficking‚” “The International Labor Organization estimates that there are 20.9 million victims of human trafficking globally‚ including 5.5 million children

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    story about Human Rights

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    February 2180‚ I was 20 years old little shaver‚ Earth had become a living hell; earthquakes don’t stop‚ deaths are hastily accumulating ‚ caustic countries had drowned deep in the oceans. It had become a killing frenzy. The media was talking about new shelters available in space‚ it was taken as a fabrication at first‚ but formerly rich prosperous families really migrated to settle in their new homes‚ on new lands‚ on a new PLANET. Unfortunate people like me kept decamping to save their lives on

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    Funny Facts About Humans

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    Funny facts about humans 1. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left. 2. The human body weighs 40 times more than the brain. 3. You could remove a large part of your internal organs and survive.  4. The majority of American models are skinnier than 98% of American women. 5. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. 6. A baby is born every seven seconds. 7. The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in

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    Origin of Civilization

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    Cole Trigger Dr. Owen Anthropology 341 8 May 2013 Testing a Theory of the Origin of Civilization Mark Twain once wrote‚ “Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.” Today‚ we live in a very complex civilization; however‚ this was not always the case. Before televisions‚ cars‚ houses‚ and farming‚ people lived off of the land without intentionally altering it. The people of the time that Mark Twain is referring to here‚ were called foragers. Foraging was

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    Origin of Inequality

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    The Origin of Inequality Inequality amongst human beings in society is recognized as one of the greatest injustices we face in the world‚ and every person either benefits from this inequality or is harmed from it. In his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ Jean- Jacques Rousseau discusses the origin of social inequality in humans. Rousseau uses his own theories on the natural and social state of man to express the reason for inequality in mankind. Even though Rousseau’s argument on the reason

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    The Origin of Language

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    There has been considerable historical discourse over the nature of language. Most contend that thought and language are two interrelated criteria. Just how these criteria relate to the controversy over whether animals have language capabilities and even more specifically to the Sapir-Whorf human language thought debate‚ however‚ is not always clear. From a human context we know that language is a skill which allows us to communicate our thoughts to others and in so doing to attain desired "biological

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