decades ago. Sometimes‚ cultural differences cause cultural shocks when the particular situation is not familiar in his or her mother country. Cultural difference may occur between countries but cultural shock occurs between different cultural area such as oriental and western culture. That is the reason why international students and settlers from other cultural area feel uncomfortable. Moreover‚ this uncomfortable feelings caused by cultural shock is the reason of several health problems of international
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getting frustrated from the electric shocks. This experiment can be improved to meet scientific standard by‚ first giving honest feedback to the participants. So that the data would be accurate‚ and the response wouldn’t be build just on frustration. Second‚ if I were doing this study‚ my hypothesis would be that the electric shocks from incorrect answers would actually cause the participants to try hader‚ and get more of their answers correct. The electric shocks would serve as a positive reinforcer
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How cinematography and sound are used in a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) to create meaning and generate a response in an audience For this essay I will be focusing on the scene in which Melanie is heading to the school to see Annie when they are suddenly attacked by numerous birds while trying to get the school children to safety. I will be focusing on the two micro features‚ sound and cinematography. The sound that is used in a film can be used to deliver information about what
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The Elimination of the Electoral College With the recent election‚ a controversy has come up about the eliminating the Electoral College. The Electoral College is made up of a group of electors where they vote for the President and the Vice President based on the states popular vote for the candidate. There are 538 Electoral College votes and in order to win the election‚ a candidate must have a majority of 270 votes to become the President. When Americans cast their vote‚ they are actually
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act In today’s ever changing and competitive modern world of business‚ it is critical for the companies to have activities internationally. In order to prohibit frauds and illegal activities‚ several acts and documents have been elaborated. One of the documents is Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that has been enacted in the 1970’s‚ as a result of SEC investigation of several U.S. companies that made illegal payments to foreign governmental officials‚ politicians‚ and political
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Should College Education be Free? Imagine if you could save thousands of dollars a year and still receive a college education. How nice would that be? As someone who personally struggles with finding money for their higher education‚ I would love to take advantage of free college. There are many people for and against this cause. Many supporters believe that free education will create a better lifestyle for students by having stability after graduation. With a college degree they can get placed
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working overseas on behalf of an American company. As United States continues to make is mark on the global economy‚ there are laws that help protect not only our companies‚ but also other companies through out the world as well. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was design to make it fair for companies in the United States to be able to compete in the global market. It was amended in 1977‚ 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1‚ et seq. ("FCPA")‚ and it “prohibits United States businesspersons from bribing foreign
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How did the rulers of early medieval Europe like Charlemagne‚ Otto of Saxony‚ Alfred the Great‚ and William the Conqueror set certain precedents for their emerging nations? Well for starters‚ Charlemagne did bring a whole lot to the table. The only significant thing I got out of him was the fact that he split his empire into “countries”‚ with a total of 300 counts watching those territories. Otto brought his German self‚ and conquered all of the “Holy Roman Empire”. He starts the election
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"Power corrupts‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely‚" said Lord Acton generations ago. In the Greek tragedy Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ there was a character named Kreon‚ the antagonist‚ who was the king of Thebes. Thebes was an autocratic state where Kreon had absolute power. Throughout the course of the play‚ Kreon abused his privilege of absolute power; and this caused him to suffer greatly‚ even though he was warned by a few people of his bad deeds. What Sophocles commented on absolute
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Shell shock is an expression instituted in World War I to portray the kind of PTSD many fighters were distressed with amid the war (before PTSD itself was a term). The property term for shell shock is PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder). Post-traumatic stress syndrome is the result of soldiers going into war and having a difficult time dealing with the realities of life. Sometimes they might hear a gunshot and it reminds them of being in the war zone. Sometimes they might see the color red like
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