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    impact on how we view history. Even though a movie says it is based on a true event‚ it is not always historically accurate. The movie 300 is based on a true story. The movie portrays how the boys grew up. How the Spartans fought is also historically accurate. There is also some material in there that is not historically accurate or we don’t know if it happened. In the movie 300‚ there is a lot of things that are historically accurate. The training for the army starts when they are born. Only the

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    confidence. The eyewitness identification proved to be sufficient enough to convince the jury of Cotton’s guilt and sentence him to life in prison. After 11 years of rotting in his cell Ron Cotton was exonerated with the help of DNA evidence. The numbers of exonerations are on the rise and this poses the question whether eyewitness testimony is truly reliable? Research in cognitive psychology exposes major flaws in retrieval of long-term memory and studies exhibit how easily malleable our memories become

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    I Aint Gunna Be Helping Nobody It’s Fuck Everybody & Everything That’s Just How I Feel Cuz Im Always Being Nice To Others & There For Others Doing Shit For Others That NONE Of Them Would Do For Me & Im So Fed Up & Tired Of Being Nice & Making People Problem Mines SMFH Im Really PISSED Right Now I Can’t Deal W. This Bullshit Nomore.Seems Like Im The One Who Always Going Out My Way Breaking My Back But When It Come Down To ME A MF Can Careless Rather Im Up Or Down. It’s Ironic How Yhu Think Someone

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    Eyewitness and Emotions Eyewitness information is necessary for people to know when a crime has occurred‚ it is especially important to people who are in the criminal justice system (Jennifer Beaudry.‚ et la‚ 2013). One factor that could possibly affect the reliability of the testimony is the emotional experience that the witness had. Eyewitness often have a difficult time recalling what the person looks like who has committed the time. Researchers have questioned whether or not the negative emotion

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    Modern technology is bringing people closer and closer. Internet‚ TV and faster transportation are examples of modern technology. These technology help people to communicate and share information in an easier way. I disagree with the statement that modern technology is creating a single world technology. The interned and computer bring I believe that culture still most influence people. I believe that inherit culture and norm still have greater influence to people. Even though new culture has

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    else behind bars? Is it even reliable? Eyewitness testimony is a primary source of evidence used in justice systems all around the world. While an eyewitness account may be the only evidence a witness has‚ it may or may not be what they actually saw. Juries focus heavily on eyewitness testaments‚ and generally find testimonies reliable sources of information. However‚ research has found eyewitness testimonies unreliable. They can be affected by psychological factors such as anxiety‚ stress‚ trauma

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    Outline of Memory MEMORY The ability to retain information over time –Active system that receives‚ stores‚ organizes‚ alters‚ and recovers (retrieves) MEMORY The ability to retain information over time –Active system that receives‚ stores‚ organizes‚ alters‚ and recovers (retrieves) THREE STAGES/TYPES OF MEMORY •SENSORY •SHORT TERM (WORKING) •LONG TERM THREE PROCESSES •ENCODING •STORING •RETRIEVING Stages of Memory •SENSORY (IN RAW FORM) –The first stage of memory –Stores an exact copy of incoming

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    thrown together and the clashes of class and culture are depicted in a number of ways. Rita’s language is very colloquial for example; ‘Ogh. You mean was I gonna whip out the wacky-backy?’ And this‚ at times‚ amuses Frank; ’What in the name of God is being off one’s cake?’ Her language is both new and puzzling to Frank as he is used to hearing the generally proper English spoken by his university students. However some of the phrases issued by Frank toward Rita seem out of

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    Do you agree or disagree: college and universities must do a better job of preparing student for the workplace. At first glance‚ it seems very difficult to us to draw the quick conclusion that modern university is perfect enough to prepare the students for future job or not. There are many people who believe that nowadays the universities have desirable quality to prepare the young student for diversity job. However some many people have opposite attitude toward it. As far as I am concerned

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    Topic: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement “Business should do anything they can to make profit”? Nowadays‚ business plays a very important role in our daily lives. The more profit a business makes‚ the more successful it is. Some people think that businesses should do anything they can to make maximum profits. However‚ in my opinion‚ businesses should not do anything that break the law or do harm to our environment and think of customers beforehand. First and foremost‚ this

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