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    Though you don’t realize it‚ your brain is constantly working and doing a thousand tasks within seconds. You carry around the three-pound mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls every single thing you will ever do. From enabling you to think‚ learn‚ create‚ and feel emotions to controlling every blink‚ breath‚ and heartbeat‚ this control center is your brain. It is a structure so amazing that a famous scientist once called it "the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe

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    Précis 7 – Describe cognitive dissonance and describe how it is influenced by culture. Cognitive Dissonance Theory is a theory of attitude change proposing that inconsistency exists among our attitudes‚ or between our attitudes and behavior‚ we experience an unpleasant state of arousal called cognitive dissonance‚ which we will be motivated to reduce or eliminate. (Bordens & Horowitz 2001) This is a theory‚ which has been transformed over many decades. Cognitive Dissonance varies between

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    Harry Thurston’s “Miracle” is a simple and sweet poem‚ which displays the usage of an extended metaphor. As the speaker is in the process of explaining to his daughter as to why she should not pick the blossom and allow it to grow‚ he soon regrets telling her to stop. If Thurston meant to metaphorically convey this poem as the growth of his daughter‚ we can safely assume that the blossom mentioned in the second line of the poem that will “turn into a strawberry” (4)‚ represents his daughter as a

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    events occurred during the six week period. The event at Nanjing is called many names such as rape‚ massacre‚ battle‚ or invasion. It is still debated on the appropriate term to be used to describe the event at Nanjing. A massacre would be the most appropriate term for the next textbook for ninth graders to describe the event at Nanjing because the Japanese army murdered about 300‚000 Chinese people whereas the amount of Japanese killed could not even compare. The event at Nanjing would be described

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    In the poem Identity‚ the author’s use of metaphors created the theme of individualism‚ meaning it’s better to be yourself than something you’re not. The narrator believes that all of society is the same‚ everyone acts the same and looks the same‚ but “[he’d] rather smell of musty‚ green stench than of sweet‚ fragrant lilac.” (Polanco‚ 19) if it meant he was himself and unlike the rest of society. Usually weeds are not known as good things‚ but in this case they stand out‚ but in a good way. When

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    1. How would you describe Sally’s Disability to other professionals in your school? When approaching this topic with professionals in my school‚ I would provide them first and foremost with information of what cerebral palsy means. I would educate everyone using PowerPoints‚ YouTube videos‚ and online resources to help them understand the disability. I feel that before you can describe a particular student‚ you have to be able to have the background knowledge about the disability. Now‚ having knowledge

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    Theodore Brown has seen the light. There is no other way to describe his conversion to the kind of metaphorical thinking he describes in Making Truth: Metaphor in Science. Joining his new sect‚ however‚ requires philosophical commitments that many readers may be unwilling to make. Few scientists will be surprised by Brown’s thesis that metaphors are rampant in science. Astrophysicists have described the distribution of mass in the universe as foamlike; chemists still ascribe orbitals to atoms

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    Response to "Metaphors We Live By" by Lakoff and Johnson The primary subject of the text "Metaphors We Live By‚" by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson is that metaphors have been adapted into our daily lives and they have become a part of society. They have the ability to help us understand and comprehend what is being described to us. The bottom line is that "Our ordinary conceptual system is metaphorical in nature." (1) We have found ways to describe how we identify‚ think‚ and react. Even though

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    classical music 1.1.2. Folk Culture – Religion‚ popular music‚ diet‚ dress‚ and holidays 1.1.3. Social Culture – Gender roles‚ greeting rituals‚ power distance‚ nonverbal communication‚ individualism vs. collectivism‚ and uncertainty avoidance 2. Describe the country’s infrastructure in general and discuss how this affects business conditions in the specific country‚ including:

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    Describe your educational and career goals. I have not decided on a specific major that I would like to pursue in college‚ but I do know that I plan on attending medical school after college. As an adult‚ I would like to be a pediatrician. I have strongly considered majoring in neuroscience‚ because I find the discipline to be fascinating‚ but I have also considered other biology/chemistry/physics majors. When I was younger‚ I wanted to go into law‚ like my father. However‚ I realized as I got a

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