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    Live, Love, Laugh

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    THREE L’s: LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE. James Paul R. Aquino "LIVE LOVE LAUGH" was what it said. It made me smile and think how simple those words are‚ yet how serious they are. I wondered how and if I could have or do all three‚ simultaneously. What I discovered was it was something that came from within. Neither can you be taught to laugh and love. LIVE We really need to LIVE our lives to their fullest. Be good to yourself‚ your family and others. Be big in behavior‚ not small. Think mature‚ not immature

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    What makes some people help and others stand by? A lot of social psychological research focuses on anti-social behaviour. This essay will look at the other side of the coin and focus on pro-social behaviour‚ specifically helping behaviour and altruism. It will look at what causes people to help or not help and the phenomenon of altruism‚ the act of helping other for no discernable reward. The two psychologists who have researched this area most are Bibb Latané and John Darley. They came together

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    What makes good people do bad things? Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment was to study the behavior of normal people under a particular situation. The students who took part in the experiment would play the role of either guard or a prisoner in a mock prison. Most of the students that played as the guards of the mock prison became very cruel as they abused their power and authority over the prisoners. The students that played as the prisoners were frightened and became submissive to the prison

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    What Makes a Hero?

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    What is a Hero? What is a hero? What makes him or her different from everyone else? In Phillip Zimbardo’s article “What Makes a Hero?” he states that heroes surround us. One in five or 20 percent of people qualify as heroes. Seventy-two percent of people report helping another person in a dangerous emergency. Sixteen percent report whistle blowing on an injustice. Six percent report sacrificing for a non-relative or stranger and fifteen percent report defying an unjust authority (1). Although

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    What Makes A Psychopath

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    knew she was dead. He knew this because he killed her. Psychopaths manipulative behavior makes it easy for them to lie to anyone. Adnan felt no remorse for what he did and continued to lie about not killing her even when the people investigating have solid evidence against him. As a kid Adnan constantly went behind his parents backs and lied to them on the daily. His manipulative and dishonest personality make him a prime target for being a psychopath. Psychopath can be very charming and intelligent

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    What Makes a Religion?

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    What makes a Religion? By: Ronnie L. Nida jr. Submitted to: Professor McGoran Religions 212 February 3‚ 2013 Strayer University To study religion one must first determine what the term religion actually involves. When asked‚ most people would probably suggest that religion is the belief in a higher power. However‚ in reality it is much more than that. Mary Pat Fisher said “religion is such a complex and elusive topic that some contemporary scholars of religion are

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    Pat Smith is a writing instructor who composed a piece called “Laugh Baby Laugh‚ Cry Baby Cry”. The article is about the 2010 BP oil spill and claims that chanting is what big businesses use to control everyday people. To support this claim‚ Smith writes about the 2008 National Republican Convention‚ and how the leaders like Sarah Palin and Rudy Guiliani were chanting in support of BP drilling in the Gulf Coast. However‚ this is her only referable evidence she uses. Any other piece of evidence that

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    What Makes Me

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    which I identify myself‚ in fact‚ are the ways that define who I am. My Identity is something only I can fully define. I have a little brother‚ which makes me a sister; I have two loving parents‚ which makes me a daughter; I am in college studying medicine‚ which makes me a student; and I have wonderful friends in desperate need of support‚ which makes me a wonderful best friend. Before anything‚ I am a big sister to a wonderful little brother. I would almost consider him my son‚ because without

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    Why Do We Laugh

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    Why do we laugh? Where did laughter come from? Is laughter good for our health? These questions come out of my mind whenever I laugh or hear someone laughing. Laughter is to the heart. It raises spirits‚ eases life’s challenges‚ refreshes and heals. We may came from different countries‚ have different cultures and beliefs‚ but we are all human‚ and share the universal language of laughter. The magic of laughter is that it is contagious. We don’t need to know or understand what we are laughing about

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    what makes a family

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    What makes a Family It was three o’clock in the morning on a cold spring night in 1988. My parents woke me up and told me it was time to get ready to go to the airport. We were leaving Russia to move to the United States. My grandparents‚ aunts‚ uncles and cousins had moved to the United States a few years back. I was ecstatic to be once again reunited with my relatives especially with my cousin Yana who I was very close to. I jumped out of bed with so much excitement; I can almost see my heart

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