Deconstructing the Psychopath: A Critical Discursive Analysis Author(s): Cary Federman‚ Dave Holmes and Jean Daniel Jacob Source: Cultural Critique‚ No. 72 (Spring‚ 2009)‚ pp. 36-65 Published by: University of Minnesota Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25619824 . Accessed: 06/06/2013 23:02 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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the point of view of its significance for the course of the action” which is a stable and constant element of the fairytale (Berger‚ 116). The 31 functions Propp describes are actions that the character fulfills to advance the plot to the eventual happy ending and include plot advancements such as “return” which is described as the heroes return to his/her homeland (Berger‚ 117). Although fairytales may sound simple‚ the functions and relations the characters fulfill are varied and complex; there
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States‚ anxiety disorders and depression are the most common mental health disorders costing the public $45 billion a year (Berger‚ Pargman & Weinberg‚ 2002‚ pp. 398). Although people typically deal with these mood disturbances through psychological counseling‚ drug therapy‚ or both‚ more and more individuals are looking to exercise to promote their psychological well-being (Berger‚ Pargman & Weinberg‚ 2002‚ pp. 398). The effects of exercise can be classified as either acute or chronic. Acute meaning
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Family & Development A families interactions can actively how a child develops. There are two different categories in which a child can experience early developments with‚ experience-dependent brain functions and experience-expectant brain functions (Berger‚ 2011). When a brain begins to grow‚ motor skills and the senses‚ such a seeing and hearing‚ will grow as well. When a child is placed within specific environments‚ the brain will help to counter what is surrounding them. Within the bio-sociological
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print design can be classified as "good design?" “Typographers often say that typography should be invisible and shou ld not be noticed by the reader” (Berger 111). One of the determining factors of whether a print design can be classified as good design is the typeface‚ since each design has a “distinctive personality” (Berger 104). The typeface must be in harmony with any drawing or photos being used in the visual field. For example‚ you wouldn’t want to use the chiller font with a
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and Ronald Wayne” (Berger‚ 2011‚ para. 1). By 1980‚ Apple Computer‚ Inc. had released the Apple II‚ Apple II+‚ and the Apple III personal computers (Berger‚ 2011). The Apple III personal computer was developed to compete with IBM and Microsoft who had entered the corporate computing market but‚ the sales of the Apple III computer were poor (Berger‚ 2011). Later that year‚ Wozniac‚ Jobs‚ and Wayne took Apple‚ Inc. “public with an offering of 4.6 million shares of stock” (Berger‚ 2011‚ para. 5).
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associated with an increased attention to socially salient stimuli‚ particularly faces‚ and the processing of emotional information (Herba and Phillips‚ 2004). This heightened awareness is referred to as Adolescent Egocentrism‚ and according to Berger (2011)‚ it is a developmentally normal characteristic of adolescent thinking that leads young people to focus on themselves to the exclusion of others. First described by David Elkind in his 1967 work Egocentrism in Adolescence‚ adolescent
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Learning Disabilities Act has recognized children with "learning disabilities" (Berger‚ 2008‚ p. 302) and enabled them to receive special education and other services such as physical therapy‚ speech‚ transportation‚ etc. In addition‚ by enforcing mandated education for all children‚ the Public Law has protected children with disabilities from being rejected or forced out of school as it used to happen before 1960 ’s (Berger‚ 2008‚ p. 302). By requiring local educational agencies to offer special education
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Foucault writes of the panopticon‚ “It is an important mechanism for it automatizes and dis-individualizes power. Power has its principle not so much in a person as in a certain concerted distribution of bodies‚ surfaces‚ lights‚ gazes: in an arrangement
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Princess Puffer engages Jasper in a conversation from which we learn about the effects that opium has on him‚ she hands him a pipe filled with the drug: According to Foucault “starting in the nineteenth century‚ […] monstrosity is systematically suspected of being behind all criminality. Every criminal could well be a monster (Foucault‚ Abnormal
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