Hon Q Du PSYC 1101-102 Response paper #3 Defense mechanism is an interesting strategy which we use to deal with unpleased issues or harms. We may not aware the way we are using this mechanism sometimes‚ and it has become unconscious action in our daily activities. An example of the defense mechanism is when someone mentions about our embarrassing moments in the past which we tried to keep those as a secret‚ and we would refuse or blame others for that. The purpose of this defense mechanism is to
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The Burden Behind The Get Out of Jail Free Card Millions of convicts and felons spread across the world‚ millions taking the consequences for their actions‚ all trying to get through their situation‚ struggling to get back onto their feet. However‚ the upper class gets away with millions of crimes a year due to their higher financial status. Not taking responsibility for their actions‚ getting away easy with things that are not easy to get away with‚ it isn’t right and it isn’t fair. Why should
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Globalization is the name for the process of increasing the connectivity and interdependence of the world ’s markets and businesses. (www.dictionary.com) Over the last 2 decades‚ the globalization process has been accelerated by rapid advances in technology such as the rise of the internet and advanced telecommunications. (www.investorwords.com) This paper will argue why globalization is not the best course of action in the long run because it can not be done fairly and the long term trade offs
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Many people didn’t vote this election due to various reasons. Is this ok? I believe that voting is a right and people should care about it. it is also good in many ways and I will explain why. Voting can help make minimum wages higher‚ lower income inequality‚ it can better healthcare etc. Voting also allows the voter to feel some sense of control and power over his or her future. No matter what the outcome of the election people are still able to express themselves. Voting is a form of personal
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How do we achieve consensus and cooperation? And what of changes that we seemingly have no control over? It certainly seems to me that we should be utilizing our most compelling moral philosophy‚ reason and science to influence each other and policy‚ but people are not always swayed by those sorts of things. Most people are likely moved by how they feel or are made to feel by others. I think the evidence strongly suggests that we can progress‚ and that scientific innovation and moral reasoning allow
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Food is fundamental and essential for life. Our eating habits have become an important part of our daily life. Over the years‚ customs have changed and so did the way to taste and appreciate our food. Genetically modified food is based on using biotechnology to manipulate the food’s genetic code. GMO‚ which refers to ‘Genetically Modified Organisms’‚ are considered to be an innovation since it is way much faster to produce food‚ using GMO‚ and thus it may be the big solution for World Hunger
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In one of the recent happenings‚ a judge slammed a woman for the sole reason of spending sick mother’s money on junk food items. The elderly woman has been reported to be suffering from Dementia and the amount spent by her daughter has amounted to approximately £250 a month on "unnecessary food". According to Judge Denzil Lush‚ the divorcee often used to turn up at a nursing home with different types of junk food items such as pork pies‚ biscuits and mini sausage rolls. He further stated that the
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Death is heavy and weighs on the backs of us all. It looms over the shoulders of the unhappy‚ creeps under the beds of the ill‚ and swallows the elderly in their sleep. There is yet a man‚ to claim that tomorrow‚ his eyes will open‚ or will not close for an eternity. Our lives are but a book‚ waiting to be concluded‚ or shut mid sentence. As the writers of our own book‚ we have the right to know where‚ when and how the book ends. Are the lives of the ill worth any less than the unhappy or the elderly
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view‚ I disagree when it said that possession of a fire arm for the safety of your life and the life of your family at your own home is necessary. We should be able to protect ourselves in case of an intrusion or a robbery or some kind of assault against a person who is putting our lives in danger. Of course that I agree that in order of having a firearm a person should have special training before getting one not only for their own safety but for the safety of others. What I think is that if it is
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our fourth amendment rights were violated. Because U.S. citizens’ information was unlawfully stolen‚ the NSA disregarded our fourth Amendment rights‚ which states‚ “The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized”(AMENDMENT
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