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    How many times have you found yourself hopelessly trying to explain something to someone but just couldn’t get the message across? Frantically‚ you try to explain what it is you want to say‚ but the more you try the less sense you seem to make. Confused‚ humiliated and stressed out‚ you give up‚ leaving the other people even more confused. And how many times has a friend been telling you a story in a hesitant manner‚ finding it difficult to get the message across‚ and you just sit there‚ bewildered

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    From Fraser’s talking‚ I strongly agree his concern about the eyewitness identification testimony. I agree with Fraser that eyewitness testimonies are not reliable in some cases because “eyewitness testimony can be critiqued on several grounds‚ having impaired perception‚ having impaired memory‚ having inconsistent testimony‚ having bias or prejudice‚ and not having a reputation for telling the truth.” Even eyewitness testimony from honest people can sent innocent people in jail. Therefore‚ even

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    EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: Do the findings from research on eyewitness testimony suggest that eyewitness testimony should not be admitted in court? An eyewitness testimony is a report made by a person who observed an event. Police‚ prosecutors‚ juries and judges in court generally believe‚ trust and accept eyewitness testimony‚ especially if no other evidence (objects‚ documentary and/or physical evidence) is available and if the eyewitness has no reason nor motivation

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    evaluate what research has taught us about why our memories are not always accurate. Memory is believed to be an active process which selects information to encode and store ready for retrieval if needed. From encoding through to retrieval memories can be constructed and reconstructed‚ showing why memories are not always accurate. This essay will aim to explore and evaluate the research of memory. It will aim to provide evidence to support the theory that our memories are not always accurate‚ and to

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    Agree to Disagree: Kantianism vs. Consequentialism Determining how to classify the difference between right and wrong has been argued over and studied with no avail. Although all Normative ethical theories have positives and negatives‚ a few set themselves apart from the rest. Consequentialism versus Kantianism‚ although similar in some respects have enough of a conceptual difference to be studied further. Tendencies to side with Kant’s ethical theory over that of the consequentialist theory seem

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    Conclusions of research Valuable first-hand knowledge of the industry in which the products will be used was gained through talking to physiotherapists and doctors. Completed questionnaires can be found in the appendix. An NHS muscular skeletal physiotherapist‚ Mrs R Townsend‚ said that the most common area she has to rehabilitate is the knee. This is most commonly done through stretches and slowly increasing joint range through the use of a theraband. Other products are available to carry out these

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    Eyewitness testimony has been used frequently over time in various situations. It sometimes holds more merit then some facts or evidence. Yet it is also the reason why many innocent people go to jail and criminals still walk free. Eyewitness testimony has been used for over 100 years. It has played a major part in convicting criminals‚ from the common thief to the most dangerous murderer. However‚ with the time between incident and testimony or even report can vary drastically‚ the quality of eyewitness

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    stronger (you can learn from it) and braver (be better at it). I wasn’t too happy about it‚ but in any case I improve in it. I remember November the 20th. The worst day I ever had.it was a Basketball game. As I was running toward the basket‚ looking at this tall and long basket just like a chemals neck. Banging on it was the rough ball‚ trying to go in‚ but who desperately fall downs to the other team hands. I absolutely believe that failure can lead to success because it will make u stronger (you can

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    the first time‚ how they would be able to do anything. That is why learning from mistake is impossible to me. When you make mistake and try to learn something from your mistake‚ you will waste lots of things‚ ruin the way that people look about you. In addition‚ learning from mistakes will make you regret much. First of all‚ learning from our mistakes will waste you lots of things. You will waste your time because you have to do again everything that you did in the wrong way. It

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    should be spent on more important things. To what extent do you agree or disagree? There is an argument that exploring space is a waste of money and that there are more urgent needs to be addressed on earth‚ such as reducing poverty and preventing environmental destruction. However‚ I completely disagree with this opinion for two reasons. First of all‚ many of the technologies we take for granted today were originated thanks to space research. Take satellite technology‚ for example‚ which we depend

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