_____________ is the tendency for people to pay attention only to evidence that supports their beliefs.…
In Neal Shusterman’s Downsiders, Talon lives Downside, that is, underneath New York City. There is a strict code of secrecy among the Downsiders, taboos forbid them from going Topside, but the two worlds collide when Talon ventures up looking for medicine for his sickly sister. Through his journey, he meets Lindsay, a Topside girl who intrigues and lures him so much that he breaks a crucial rule and takes her into the tunnels, to show her his “amazing” side of life right under Grand Central Station, full of unwanted, forgotten items, dryer lint, subway tokens, soda-can tabs-that have become useful, even…beautiful to him. Her visit leads to a threatening chain of events, which seem to affect both top and downsiders.…
Robert Strange McNamara, the longest serving Secretary of State of the United States of America (between 1961 and 1968), is regarded in hindsight as having had both positive and negative impacts on America’s foreign involvement policies. We ask ourselves today whether McNamara, who died in 2009, would be welcomed in heaven, damned to hell or counting clouds while waiting in limbo at the Pearly Gates for his acts.…
The confirmation tendency is when someone uses information or facts that go along with their original thought, to “confirm” that they are right. This tendency could result in a lack of audit effectiveness because an auditor may only try to use evidence to support what they think the answer is, and not look for evidence that would go against their case. The auditor might be…
The prophecy in which you become something because you are told or an assumption is made about a certain something that can reflect your behaviors towards that target, person, or event. The self-fulfilling prophecy happens when persons are presented with a situation or task which makes them feel overwhelmed and they are unable to process how to efficiently complete it. While the self-fulfilling prophecy can be placed upon an individual themselves, it is also that others can determine the outcome behavior when placing their expectations on them. Ultimately, what we do and how we behave hinges largely upon our conviction about what we are and what we can do. (Raman) There are two different forms of self-fulfilling prophecies, positive and negative, both which can determine behavioral results. The positive self-fulfilling prophecy is known as the Pygmalion Effect and the negative self-fulfilling prophecy is known as the Golem…
There is a major disease that has spread across the high school nation. It has many stages and each of them is deadly. The side effects cause problems for just about anyone that has been affected. The only people who are in danger are high school students. The disease I’m talking about is called senioritis. Yes, it is real, and yes it is deadly. There are four major symptoms that senioritis causes. The symptoms are procrastination, unmotivated, not being time responsible, and worst of all overly social. Not many people understand fully what senioritis is, and hopefully this article can help those who can’t. It is a disease that I have developed at an early time.…
Bias is unavoidable, it is seen on tv, business, school and even your home. Bias is a personal opinion about something or someone, supporting that particular thing unfairly. Bias can be used against someone's sexual orientation, social standing, political beliefs or race. Bias in business for example, can be when one chooses to hire nor not hire someone based on their beliefs or race without even taking in mind their experiences, they automatically think that their way is wrong by just basing their opinions on their appearance or beliefs. When you see a homeless person on the streets your viewing on that person is different and make them less than of a person than someone who works, thinking they are lazy and dangerous and should stay away…
Self-fulfilling prophecies. What does that mean? Where could you find it? More often then not, one's life can be largely based on self-fuflilling prophecies. "A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when a person's expectations of an event, and her or his subsequent behavior based on those expectations, make the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been true." In other words, it means that if you believe that you are able to do something, then you are likely to succeed, whereas if you believe that you cannot do something, then you are more likely to fail. One self-fulfilling prophecy is when I was fifteen years old. I had always wanted to play guitar and had finally received one that year. I didn't have…
Briefly explain the general concept of cognitive biases in your own words. Choose two specific types of cognitive bias, explain them, and provide an example in your own life where this bias resulted in your making a poor decision. How might that mistake have been avoided?…
Senioritis is a serious illness that dates back to the mid nineteenth century. Students in their final year of basic education are frequently plagued with this ailment, however it is not limited purely to students in their final year. It is not uncommon for students to be infected with senioritis prior to their final year of school, however for the vast majority senioritis strikes during their senior year. Common symptoms of senioritis include, but are not limited to: laziness, persistent procrastination, ABAS (Acute Bad Attitude Syndrome), frequent daydreaming, acute onset fatigue, stress, and in some extreme cases a sense of wanderlust that can only be cured by great geographical distance from their hometown. Unfortunately however, senioritis…
20/20 refers to perfect vision; though we can achieve this physically with our eyes (with glasses, contacts, & surgery), we may not have a complete understanding in what we "see" in people and things.…
is a natural process ; when it becomes inflexible to change with introduction of new information, we call it bias,predjuice,…
Self-awareness is a person’s ability to identify their own character, feelings, motives, and desires by reflecting on themselves. Understanding your own strengths and weaknesses and can form your own action plan to develop. There are two types of self-awareness which are private and public, private self-awareness involves things which you are aware of, but others are not which can include examples such as being aware that crowded areas make you anxious. Public self-awareness on the other hand is being aware of how others perceive you which does not start developing in people until they are around five years old. Developing your own self-awareness is the path to improving your own self-esteem and gaining confidence in yourself to better your own personal…
Confidence is an important quality for life on the road as a truck driver and for life in general. However, too much of it causes the driver to discard caution and makes him complacent. This is asking for trouble when you're engaged in an inherently risky activity which truck driving most certainly is. If the risk didn't exist, there wouldn't be a need for commercial truck insurance.…
Socialization is a learning process that begins after birth. People act in accordance to the feedback and reactions they get from others. We learn who we are by family, friends, and the people around us. Socialization is an important process of our personality, language and behavior. It is not always a conscious or an intentional transference, and people are not always aware that they might be influencing someone in a social situation. The very structure of authority and the responsibility of families, schools, and media may determine which values, attitudes, and beliefs people adopt.…