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  • Development of Psychological Defense Mechanism Pertaining to the Cress Color Confrontation Theory

    Development of Psychological Defense Mechanism Pertaining to the Cress Color Confrontation Theory

    Development of Psychological Defense Mechanisms The id is the subconscious part of the brain that is the center of controlling all unknown pleasures or desires. These desires one may or may not be aware of, however, according to Freud, one will never be capable of understanding all desires. The ego mediates among the id, the super-ego and the external world. Its task is to find a balance between primitive drives, morals, and reality while

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    Essay Length: 542 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Jon
  • Hare’s Indirect Theory

    Hare’s Indirect Theory

    In this paper, I shall demonstrate how Hare's theory of indirect act utilitarianism is able to avoid the most critical difficulty of the direct theory (which I will identify and explain in the following paragraph) and then proceed to argue that although Hare is successful in overcoming the greatest obstacle of the direct theory, his solution inevitably entangles him in some other serious problems. The direct act utilitarian theory requires us to take into consideration

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    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: regina
  • Theory of Metal Passivation

    Theory of Metal Passivation

    Metal surface contacting with solution of electrolyte in some definite condition transformed to so called passive state. Study of this phenomena on the border of metal – electrolyte plays an important role, as they define the process of destruction of metal. And it is thermodynamically favourable for metal to dissolve as a result of these process. Such phenomenon was first observed by M. Faraday. This is one of the main factor of stability of metal

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    Submitted: December 9, 2008 By: Mike
  • Attacks on the Insanity Defense

    Attacks on the Insanity Defense

    The insanity defense refers to that branch of the concept of insanity which defines the extent to which men accused of crimes may be relieved of criminal responsibility by virtue of mental disease. The terms of such a defense are to be found in the instructions presented by the trial judge to the jury at the close of a case. These instructions can be drawn from any of several rules used in the determination of

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    Essay Length: 3,890 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: January 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • Vietnam and Domino Theory

    Vietnam and Domino Theory

    The revolutionary worldwide spread of communism has always been a great fear to the USA. In the past, America has gone to many wars to psychologically protect its ideology against powerful nations. That the В‘domino theory' and the cold war mentality held by the USA, primarily justified their involvement in Vietnam. It was after World War Two that the USA's interest in Vietnam came about. Eisenhower and Dulles contrevsial В‘ domino theory' with the fear

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Which Psychologist's Theory Best Describes Your Own Personality?

    Which Psychologist's Theory Best Describes Your Own Personality?

    Which psychologist's theory best describes your own personality? Personality can best be described as "personal qualities of an individual". No two people have the same personality, but yet all the different personalities in the world can be characterized into 4 main theories. The four psychologists that thought up the four theories are Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, and Abraham Maslow. (pg.64) Each man based his theory on a different part of a person's personality

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    Submitted: March 22, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Starbucks Management: Theory, Practice, and Application

    Starbucks Management: Theory, Practice, and Application

    Running head: MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Management and Leadership University of Phoenix Management: Theory, Practice, and Application MGT 330 Mar 02, 2007 Management and Leadership Starbucks’ leadership team is among the best in the business when it comes to leading Starbucks into the global market. The leadership team is responsible for making sure the management team gets everything needed to complete the tasks set before them. Starbucks is a company with Strong Leadership and Management teams,

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Max
  • Competing Theories

    Competing Theories

    William of Occam's Razor is the concept that when two competing ideas seem to explain the facts, the simpler is likely to be the true idea. Basically he feels that when something becomes overly involved, don't make yourself crazy by making a situation more complicated. Simplify your life and you will be happy. A simpler idea is not necessarily true. It is just preferred until more facts or data can clarify the situation. Also, the

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    Essay Length: 288 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Jon
  • Art Theories and Influence on Artists - How Theories About Art Influence the Practice of Artists And/or Art Critics or Historians

    Art Theories and Influence on Artists - How Theories About Art Influence the Practice of Artists And/or Art Critics or Historians

    Art Theories and Influence on Artists Essay Question: Discuss how theories about art influence the practice of artists and/or art critics or historians Practice in art refers to the decisions and actions that affect choices, perceptions, ways of working and views of an artist or art historian. Tim Storrier sums up the practice of an artist by saying that “A painting is really a graphic illustration of where a particular artist is at that point

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Merton’s Strain Theory

    Merton’s Strain Theory

    Merton’s Strain Theory I learned that Robert Merton borrowed “anomie” from Emile Durkheim. Anomie is the breakdown or absence of social norms and values. This website had little content but was very informative. It outlined the five modes of adaptation to strain. The five modes are conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion. In the mode of conformity, individuals follow culturally approved goals and the accepted means to achieve these goals. In the second mode, innovation,

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    Essay Length: 385 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Ib Tok Perception of Senses

    Ib Tok Perception of Senses

    Throughout the history of our world "man" has always tried to describe or define knowledge in regards to its knower. During the age of Greek dominance, a philosopher who went by the name of Plato decided that the knowledge that surrounds everything and ever person is a mysterious kind of union between a knower and his knowledge. At times he compares knowledge to a type of love that human beings should embrace in every mystical

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Cell Theory

    The Cell Theory

    The Cell Theory The cell theory states that all living matter is made up of cells and some living organisms consist of a single cell. Other cells serve a special purpose within advanced organisms like nerve cells. One theory of a cell states that the first form of life on this earth consisted of a lot of different types of small protocells. Protocells are cell like organism. These organisms were able to reproduce in a

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: July
  • Labeling Theory

    Labeling Theory

    As a contributor to American Pragmatism and later a member of the Chicago School, George Herbert Mead posited that the self is socially constructed and reconstructed through the interactions which each person has with the community. Each individual is aware of how they are judged by others because he or she has attempted many different roles and functions in social interactions and has been able to gauge the reactions of those present. This builds a

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    Essay Length: 372 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Yan
  • Social Theories

    Social Theories

    Social Theories The Shaw and McKay theory studied the way that different ethnicities moved from the inner city to the suburbs around the cities and how crime rates are related to the movement. After each new wave of immigrants came in the ones that were there before would move into the suburbs. However Shaw and McKay found that the high crime rates associated with the inner city did not follow them into the suburbs. Therefor

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    Essay Length: 479 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Kuiper Leda Supply Chain Defense

    Kuiper Leda Supply Chain Defense

    Kuiper Leda Supply Chain Defense Supply chain management is becoming one of the most powerful business tool used to reduce cost while improving production and customer satisfaction. Managing the supply chain is transforming the way manufactures purchase raw materials, run production, and distribute final products. Kuiper Leda is an electronic components manufacture faced with a growth opportunity. The company’s present production capacity is insufficient to meet the additional demands and requirements needed to fill a

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Victor
  • Nature of Logic and Perception

    Nature of Logic and Perception

    Nature of Logic and Perception Critical thinking is the process in which one challenges their emotive, self-centered way of thinking. It causes one to test their own assumptions and question their reasoning. Critical thinking is the process in which one mentally explores deeper than the superficial matters at hand into the deeper layers in order to find out what the real issues are. Successful critical thinking is a process that allows one to creatively problem

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Advanced Economic Theory

    Advanced Economic Theory

    Abstract Apple Incorperation is one of the most sought-after computer campany Introduction The world wide web is very strong and has changed the word in many ways. As a fan of Apple Macintosh,I am personally impressed with many of its innovations.It strikes me whether or not the company has really become monopoly. This paper will explore its business model and its so called I will closely examine Apple in different areas -PC market -software -portable

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Anna
  • Rousseau's Contract Theory

    Rousseau's Contract Theory

    Rousseau’s The Social Contract Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right (1762) is an analysis of the contractual relationships which may be necessary for legitimate government, and is an explanation of how these relationships may combine principles of justice and utility. Rousseau argues that civil society is based on a contractual arrangement of rights and duties which applies equally to all people, whereby natural liberty is exchanged for civil liberty, and whereby

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Summary of a Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

    Summary of a Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

    Summary of A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences In A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner introduces the idea of seven different intelligences, combating the idea of contemporary intelligence. Gardner defines the contemporary view of intelligence as, an individual’s intelligence test score based on his or her age with no regard to experience or training. In his words, “It is an inborn attribute or faculty of the individual.” Gardner defines

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • Eradicating Poverty in Jackson, Ms: Theories and Hypothesis for Change

    Eradicating Poverty in Jackson, Ms: Theories and Hypothesis for Change

    Eradicating Poverty in Jackson, MS: Theories and Hypothesis for Change Founded in 1822 on the site of a trading post on the west bank of the Pearl River, the city was named to honor Major General Andrew Jackson who later became the seventh President of the United States. The city’s history has been turbulent. During the civil war, the town was ravaged and burned three times by Union troops under the command of General William

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: regina
  • Third Cinema Theories and the Nollywood Experience

    Third Cinema Theories and the Nollywood Experience

    Introduction The term, �Third Cinema’ was coined in an interview with the Argentine Cine Liberacion group, published in the journal Cine Cubano (March 1969), and was then more fully developed in the manifesto “Towards a Third Cinema: Notes and Experiences for the Development of a cinema in the Third World,” written by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, members of that group. Femi Shaka describes it as “a tool for creating a revolutionary consciousness for the

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Victor
  • The American Drug War – a Conflict Theory Perspective

    The American Drug War – a Conflict Theory Perspective

    In the mid to late 20th Century, the United States has experienced several states of Cultural Revolution. The Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the anti-War Movement during the Vietnam era, and the increasing presence of a widespread, politically active and highly vocalized youth counterculture led the United States government to feel that maybe, they were losing control of their population. The white, upper class men, who for centuries had dominated the political realm, began

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Top
  • Organizational Theory

    Organizational Theory

    Required Text: Daft, Organization Theory and Design, 8th edition, Southwestern Publishers. Either paperback or hard cover is acceptable. Purpose of the Course: Organization theory provides ways of analyzing and understanding organizations and how they work (or don’t work.) Building on knowledge of management principles, this course provides students with advanced tools and knowledge that are directly applicable to the workplace. While the course is entitled “theory”, the main goal is to enable you to see

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Edward
  • Theories of Justice

    Theories of Justice

    THEORIES OF JUSTICE INTRODUCTION Justice is action in accordance with the requirements of law. It is suppose to ensure that all members of society receive fair treatment. Issues of justice arise in several different spheres and often play a significant role in causing, enabling, and addressing discord. The goal of the Justice System is to try to resolve and satisfy all these issues for the members of society. Injustice can lead to dissatisfaction, and/or rebellion.

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Theories of Motivation in the Workplace

    Theories of Motivation in the Workplace

    Theories of Motivation in the Workplace At one time, in the workplace, the only type of “motivation” necessary was a command from the boss for an employee to do something (Lindner, 1998). However, times have changed and so have bosses and employees. Ever since the middle of the 20th century, various business experts and academicians have developed theories of motivation to help direct employees toward better and stronger productivity. The main theories that tend to

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Jessica

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