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    Ego Psychology

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    is a symbolical and usually sexual meaning behind our actions. This is believed to be uncounscious and we do it to reduce the urges and needs of the Id. The ego`s tasks: Originally: mediating among the Id‚ superego and the reality New idea: adaptation to the world is counscious The origin of the ego: Originally: develops from the id and get ist energy from there New idea: exists at birth and has its own energy According to Heinz Hartmann‚ the ego has two roles (tasks) Originally: reducing

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    Tyler Bourne Ms. lewis ENG 4U1 November 19th‚ 2012 When life throws obstacles in one’s direction‚ one must grow and adapt to survive. Pi Patel and Chuck Nolan provide good examples of growing and adapting in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and the movie Castaway produced by Robert Zemeck. It is shown through these characters by‚ chuck and pi learning how to find a new source of food‚ having to create an imaginary figure to stay sane‚ and both found a will to survive. * Chuck Nolan and Pi Patel

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    The Naked Citadel Analysis

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    one behind. In Susan Faludi’s text‚ “The Naked Citadel‚” soldiers willingly adapting to a sexist and violent way of living. These soldiers are trained to act and think a certain way‚ as a result leaving their old perspective behind. The idea that adaptation leads to a loss of perspective‚ can be related to Oliver Sack’s text‚ “The Mind’s Eye”‚ when he speaks of how a person who adapts to blindness must willingly let go of their old way of living for a more limiting perspective on life. Departing from

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    Throne of Blood Notes

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    they keep some elements and change some others. Such is the case in the adaptation of Macbeth by Akira Kurosawa in the Japanese film “Throne of Blood” and the interpretation of Hamlet in the adaptation by Xiaogang Feng in the Chinese film “The Banquet”. Both films are based on western text that has Judeo-Christian ideals and are set in Europe during the medieval and Middle Ages. What makes these films such great adaptations is that the directors change the setting‚ the words‚ the time period and

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    his inborn tendency to explore becomes his greatest aid in the survival along with adapting to his new environment and understanding his new found knowledge. For a child exploring a new environment and adapting to it comes natural but for an adult adaptation has to be done consciously and this second phase needs a lot of effort. So understanding this behavioral tendencies will help a director to prepare himself better in the way he can support a child during the early phases of his development. A child

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    the differences in the language a news reporter uses‚ compared to that of a chat show host. This also applies to different people talking about the same subject; this can be illustrated in the study of Jamie Oliver’s and Gordon Ramsay’s unique adaptations of spoken language to suit the audience and purpose of their different cooking shows. Oliver has a very relaxed and informal apdo TV chefs adapt and change their language to suit their audience and purpose? There are as many different styles

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    Attention and Audience

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    University of Phoenix Material Presentation Analysis and Adaptation Worksheet Speaker Lacey MacPhail_____ Topic _How to perform a system restore in Windows 7___ Who is the audience for this presentation? People who are interested in computers and doing a system restore. What is the purpose of this presentation? To explain how to do a system restore to a previous time. Explain how the topic is specific and relates to the audience. It is very informative if you are

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    Rango Essay

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    world’s most influential leaders; the mayor‚ who is a talking turtle‚ corresponds to the corrupted government of countries. In a way‚ many of the themes in this movie relate to one another. Human identity‚ religion‚ government‚ hero worship‚ and human adaptation‚ is only the beginning of what this film uncovers about the world‚ and the human species itself. The biggest and most occurring questions asked in Rango are the ones that follow; who am I‚ or who are you? Throughout the whole movie‚ Rango tried

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    Technical expertise and knowledge are used as the most important selection criteria. o Leadership qualities. o Good organizational skills and adaptability. Kealey’s model for overseas effectiveness. E (Effectiveness) = F (Professional expertise + Adaptation + Intercultural interaction + Situational readiness) Explianation Kealey’s model: o A successful international assignment‚ managerial effectiveness is the ability to live and work effectively in the cross-cultural setting of an assignment. o

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    blood. After the human body reaches around 2‚100 m (7‚000 feet) above sea level‚ the saturation of oxyhaemoglobin begins to plummet. However‚ the human body has both short-term and long-term adaptations to altitude. Athletes use these adaptations to help their performance. There is a limit to the level of adaptation; mountaineers refer to the altitudes above 8‚000 meters’ (26‚000 ft) as the "death zone"‚ where no human body can acclimatize. At higher altitudes also‚ our bodies make adjustments which

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