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    1037/0022-3514.87.4.510 The Interpersonal Effects of Emotions in Negotiations: A Motivated Information Processing Approach Gerben A. Van Kleef and Carsten K. W. De Dreu University of Amsterdam Antony S. R. Manstead University of Cambridge Three experiments tested a motivated information processing account of the interpersonal effects of anger and happiness in negotiations. In Experiment 1‚ participants received information about the opponent’s emotion (anger‚ happiness‚ or none) in a computer-mediated

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    The Importance of Literature

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    Mangano 1 Leah Mangano Mr. Valdes English 10 July 18‚ 2012 “The Importance of Literature” Fahrenheit 451: 1. Quote: “ ‘Come on‚ woman!’ The woman knelt among the books‚ touching the drenched leather and cardboard‚ reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes accused Montag. ‘You can’t ever have my books‚’ she said.” (Bradbury 35) Explanation: The woman knew the firemen would never

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    century the “brooding” romantics shared an idea that all humans were capable of being evil. Their writing was often complex‚ mysterious‚ and filled with emotion. Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ Edgar Allen’s “The Masque of the Red Death”‚ and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minster’s Black Veil” are romantic stories because they emphasize on passion‚ nature‚ the individual‚ and the unusual. Even though Hawthorne‚ Poe‚ and Irving are all romantic writers‚ they use different elements to develop

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    the quality of its characters‚ which is why it is essential to have characters‚ both major and minor‚ with distinct and contrasting personalities. Not only are minor characters used as foils for the major characters by emphasizing their important character traits‚ but in many cases they furthermore play a crucial role in the advancement of the plot. In the three novels that were examined this year‚ The Great Gatsby‚ The Kite Runner‚ and The Handmaids Tale‚ the minor character had a pivotal role in

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    Spoken Emotions Case Study

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    A. Mission Statement Spoken Emotions is a new and innovative company devoted to providing a fun atmosphere for developing self-expression. My mission is to have a safe haven for artists‚ poets‚ musicians‚ and other entertainment performers to be able to broadcast their talent to the city‚ and eventually the world. My company will motivate individuals to allow their thoughts and ideas and express them in a healthy and creative way. B. Where are you right now? Currently my business is still

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    What Is Literature?

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    Chapter 2 What is Literature and Does it Matter? What is literature? You’d think this would be a central question for literary theory‚ but in fact it has not seemed to matter very much. Why should this be? There appear to be two main reasons. First‚ since theory itself intermingles ideas from philosophy‚ linguistics‚ history‚ political theory‚ and psychoanalysis‚ why should theorists worry about whether the texts they’re reading are literary or not? For students and teachers of literature today there

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    ENGLISH LITERATURE English literature and English history In this introductory lecture it better to say something about the intimate connection between English literature and English history. They go hand in hand: they are both sides of the same coin. English history is considered as the fundamental base for English literature. A history of English literature has therefore a national‚ as well as a personal character and interest. The inner life of each generation is revealed in the literature. In studying

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    Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work. The word literature literally means: "things made from letters". Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose. Literature may consist of texts based on factual information (journalistic or non-fiction)‚ a category that may also include polemical works‚ biographies‚ and reflective essays‚ or it may consist of texts based on imagination (such

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    the natural world‚ artists and intellectuals sought to break the bonds of 18th-century convention. Although the works of Jean Jacques Rousseau and William Godwin had great influence‚ the French Revolution and its aftermath had the strongest impact of all. In England initial support for the Revolution was primarily utopian and idealist‚ and when the French failed to live up to expectations‚ most English intellectuals renounced the Revolution. However‚ the romantic vision had taken forms other than political

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    using language. But does the language affect our ability of perceiving things? Would we be able to think the same way if we wouldn’t speak any language‚ like animals? Do other cultures‚ which use other languages perceive world in a different way than us? Those are the main questions with which I will deal in my essay. Language shapes how we think about the world. This phenomenon is called linguistic relativity. If a language had no word for a certain concept‚ then its speakers would not be able to

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