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    thinks the way that he does‚ being the malcontent of the play. First and foremost‚ the reader gets the impression that Edmund’s actions are of natural impulses‚ ‘Thou‚ nature; my services are bound.’‚ showing animalistic tendencies in going by his primal instinct to go for what he wants when he wants it. Edmund feels downtrodden being in a ‘plague of custom’‚ society being compared to a gross infestation that shadows over his status as a human that rejects him; primogeniture. Edmund is also envious of

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    Attention Getter: ​ Everyone is curious about their futures‚ we always want to what is to come. We want to know about the person we will marry or what our strengths and weaknesses are. Everyone is longing to know what their future career will be or what kind of friends they might be drawn to. There is a way we can supposedly know all this information‚ we can learn about our futures through zodiac signs. Relate to Audience: I’m sure most of you all know your own zodiac sign and might have tried reading

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    intuition to present their findings to the world that humans are innately aggressive. Many people argue that humans are born with aggressive instincts and a nature embedded in their minds that inevitably leads to violence and war. Our society bases many judgements such as political thinking on this basis without fully considering or contesting this theory. Charles Darwin argued that ‘survival of the fittest’ meant that certain characteristics mutated in order to benefit a species and‚ “…these adaptations

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    Sigmund Freud claims that the sublimation of inappropriate actions or impulses was a sign of civility. (Freud‚ 79) Freud claims that human beings are inherently egocentric and driven to satisfy our instincts‚ and when we deny them‚ we work through our emotions or urges in other ways. Freud calls these pathological forms as the “return of the repressed.” (Gray) Society‚ paradoxically‚ both brings people together in a community where mutual support can

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    that is it not designed. Another early philosopher who argued for the design argument was St Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274 Ad). What Aquinas said was that there are things in this world‚ which are unthinking like trees but they still‚ follow their instincts and head towards an end. For

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    tend to protect and even advance society as a whole. The savage boys‚ Jack and Roger‚ are the idea of objectivity and personal gratification that use methods such as fear and violence to control those around them. Human nature gravitates towards primal instincts when removed from the morals imposed by modern society. Only when modern society suddenly appears in the form of the Naval Officer does Ralph understand that he will never be able to revert back to how he was the day he set foot on the

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    everything from the colour of your hair to the designer brand of your shoes is a part of your fashion statement. There is a natural desire in all of us to look good and our fashion sense essentially roots from there. This desire to look good is a primal instinct and should be respected because looking good is feeling good. The appearance factor also plays a very important role in the job sector because a good look obviates a sense of refinement and culture and communicates the right kind of values in

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    Animal Behaviour applied to Human Psychology This assignment looks at the use of studies in Animal Behaviour and how it can relate in Child Development and what we can interpret from them. The study of animal behaviour is known as `Ethology’ The study of Human behaviour is known and `Ethnology’ The scientific study of animals is founded on: Darwin’s Theory that all life is related and descended from a common ancestor. Most studies have been carried out on Primate Monkeys as they are

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    (Campbell). "From Darwin it takes biological determinism". (Brucker). The conflict in the stories was a fight for survival. In other words‚ It’s like saying survival of the

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    Why Do We Riot? "All of us‚ even the most sophisticated‚ intelligent‚ educated persons‚ are vulnerable to regression‚” says Ken Eisold‚ a New York-based psychoanalyst who studies group behaviour. By regression he means the primal state humans originate from‚ where an animalistic‚ pack-like behaviour was a strong pre-requisite for survival. Ken adds that there’s a primary desire to belong to a larger group and these groups can often be pulled from peaceful protests to violence by a few people

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