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Creativity
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1016.... voice of judgment that
confines our creative spirit within the boundaries of what we deem
acceptable."(Psych Today).
Dr. Torrence, in his studies, concluded that intelligence does
not have any effect on creativity and it is the thinking style that actually
stimulates creativity (Journal of Personality). His tests focused on the
hemispheres of the brain in which he stated that " . . . left - hemisphere style
is related to less creativity than right - hemisphere and interhemisphere
styles." (Journal of Personality). Results of Torrance's study prompted others
to reject his .....
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The TV Generation
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 539.... controlling yet
entertaining appliance. Teenagers have always been free-spirited in any
generation. We are always doing and saying childish things while trying to grow
up. If we only have a couple years of our childhood left then who cares if we
spend it in front of a TV? Which is not to say that we do that anyhow. Perhaps
we use the TV as a way of relaxing before we go off and hit the books for two
hours. Or maybe we use it to spend time with our family. I mean, come on, how
many teenagers enjoy going on family outings with mom, dad, and kid brother?
However, if the T .....
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Effects Of Gambling
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 525.... from going to the casino too often. I consider going to the casino more than three times a week being addicted. Also a person might become addicted to gambling if when one of the first couple times that they go they win money. So that might lead in to them thinking that they are going to win money every time they go but the casinos are not in the business to lose money. The odds are set so that more often then not that the casino will make money after all when you are playing slots or video poker you are playing against a computer. How good of odds can that be?
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How To Overcome Shyness
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1092.... at hiding their insecurities and fears, making them appear to never exhibit shyness. Once you begin to understand “The spider is more afraid of you than you are of it,” then you will begin to excel in your relationships with other people around you.
First step: begin by saying ‘hi’ to 5 new people everyday. Not too long ago, I noticed that I even did not know how to perform the simple of saying ‘hi’ to people. Then, what happened? As I started to analyze myself, I could not come to any logical conclusion as to why that it scared me to acknowledge people I did not know. I rememb .....
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Social Effects Of The Vietnam War On The United States
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1686.... Ho Chi Minh formed the league for the independence of Vietnam that was called the Vietminh.
During World War II the Japanese took over the French rule of Vietnam. Since America was fighting the Japanese as well they shared information with Vietnam to defeat Japan. After World War II had ended Vietnam, for a short time, became independent. However, President Trueman decided to support the French to regain Vietnam because of concern over the spread of communism. As a result the Vietnimh went back to prepare for another war against their oppressors. After their defea .....
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Television In The 90’s
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 839.... to three hours spent each day watching the tube, children experience many acts of violence and sex.
The National Television Violence Study reviewed three years, almost 10000 hours, of television programming. They found that 61% of the programming contained some kind of violent act, with children’s shows being the most violent. Despite the publics concern with the violence, nothing in the media changed over the three year period. (Federman I,II,III) After researching ten years on the affects of violence, the fact is violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by chi .....
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Linguistic Bias
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 509.... acceptance of woman over night, it was merely the beginning. Gender neutral language demands a reconditioning of society to see words such as "chairman, alderman etc..." not as a malicious attack upon woman, but as non-sexist, non-biased terms. "English language is alive and constantly changing"(Gelder). One only has to read out loud sentences from the 19th century to sense the shifts that have occurred in the last 150 years. When readers pick up something to read, they expect different formalities depending on the time in which the material was written. We are even beg .....
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The Effects Of Divorce
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2240.... functioning of the
children after divorce varies widely. Wallerstein and Kelly (1980) observed and
interviewed parents and children three times in five years, and reported an
estimate of one third of the children come out of divorce unharmed. Another one
third function adequately, but experience difficulties, and the remaining one
third have severe upsets in their developmental process. However the authors of
the "Family in Transition", approach this finding with caution because the
conclusions were made without comparing the children of two parent families.
Never the less .....
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