Druid Hills High School Internal assessment Psychology SL An experiment evaluating people to overestimate the probability of events associated with memorable or vivid occurrences Candidate name: Esther Ko Candidate number: Date of submission:11/21/14 1 Word count: 1482 Abstract The aim of this experiment was to investigate the availability bias in judgments about the lists of names. The investigation was a replication of the famous study of Kahneman and Tversky (1974)
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Do you smoke? This is one of the most popular questions today. It seems that with all of the health risks‚ cancers and breathing problems that it is hard to understand why one would smoke. There is no universal answer to this question. People smoke because of the way cigarettes are advertised and where they are shown. People also smoke because they believe smoking will make them act‚ look‚ relax‚ feel different or to fit in. There are many reasons why people start to smoke‚ but is it worth it to
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Persuasive speech: People should support organic food production. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ Have you ever thought about the food you eat? Of course you have‚ we all do. We think about the taste‚ the ingredients and the health benefits‚ but we don’t question where the food comes from and we barely think about all the chemicals and toxins added to it‚ because most foods that we are surrounded with are all the same‚ most food companies that we enjoy are not organically produced‚ but are just easier
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Why do people migrate? Thousands of people over the world leave their homeland every year to journey to he United States‚ a country that offers them better opprotunities than thei countries of origin. Why do these people leave their native country? There are many different reasons why particular immigrants emigrate to the United States. Economic‚ personal or political reasons may have convinced these people to immigrate to the United States. The common understandings of why immigrants come to
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About 101.4 million people attend schools in the U.S. Back then‚ they didn’t have any schools. And now‚ they over thousands of schools worldwide. Everyone needs an education. About 1.2 million students drop out of high when they are around the age of 16. If you make good grades during high school and complete it‚ you can get your scholarship and go to any college you desire. America’s gift to my generation is education. My generation has many opportunities to attend any college of their choice. When
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Luisa F. Samayoa Professor Class Date Why do People Lie If you are truthful in a relationship‚ nothing hurts more than hearing a lie from your partner; sometimes knowing the truth may hurt even more‚ yet still‚ in the longer run‚ a lie causes more damage than truth. Mark Twain once said‚ "If you tell the truth‚ you don’t have to remember anything." Lying is not as simple as telling the truth versus falsifying it. It is deeper than that. It may well be about creating a whole new set of
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Professional athletes‚ such football and basketball players‚ do not deserve the high salaries that they are paid. With a growing awareness of maintaining health‚ sports‚ in this day and age‚ have gradually become indispensable parts of daily life. Some well-known professional athletes have even been considered as role models to the many teenagers. A question‚ however‚ may be laid on whether athletes deserve high salaries. From my view‚ the
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People change because of their experiences. The Scarlet Letter demonstrates this exceptionally well‚ as writer Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts what happens to a person when confronted with sin. Hawthorn shows this by focusing on two of the main character that are most affected by their sins‚ Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. On one hand there is Hester Prynne a woman who has sinned but instead of running from it faces the problems head on; with a scarlet letter on her chest and a child on
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Over here you really get to see what people are made of Danny. You get to see how shallow people are‚ how weak they are. How strong they can be in horrible moments and then how the people you should be looking up to are hiding‚ and you have to look out for them instead of the other way around. You get to really see what a person is made of. Over there in Vietnam I learned to read people. I know what they’re going to do before they do it because I experience the same things over and over. After seeing
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Why Do People Smoke? Shourav Banik 1111263042 ENG 105: 14 Abdus Selim May 2‚ 2012 Why Do People Smoke? Introduction Smoking is one of the most popular habits among people today. All around the world we see people smoking. Even in Bangladesh the number of smokers is quite high. Especially around the university campus young adults are seen smoking frequently. It can be said that among every friend circle in universities
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