Précis 7 – Describe cognitive dissonance and describe how it is influenced by culture. Cognitive Dissonance Theory is a theory of attitude change proposing that inconsistency exists among our attitudes‚ or between our attitudes and behavior‚ we experience an unpleasant state of arousal called cognitive dissonance‚ which we will be motivated to reduce or eliminate. (Bordens & Horowitz 2001) This is a theory‚ which has been transformed over many decades. Cognitive Dissonance varies between
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The Texas City Explosion of 1947 On April 16‚1947‚ a day that probably began like many others‚ in Texas City‚ Texas until shortly before 8:00 in the morning. The hatch covers were removed from hold 4 of the French ship Grandcamp. This morning it was to be loaded with the remainder of it’s ammonium nitrate fertilizer. I’m not sure how much it had left to load but it already had 2‚300 tons on board at this time. The fertilizer was not the only thing that the Grandcamp had on board for this trip
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starts moving‚ I could tell you a million ways why to ride roller coasters but I will tell you there. first you feel like you are flying‚second you feel the wind in your face and it feels so amazing‚and lastly how it stops and you are ready to ride it again. Flying that’s one word to describe roller coasters you go so fast and before you know it you’re flying. Course it’s a little scary going up‚ but it’s awesome going down‚ what goes up must come down. I haven’t rode every roller coaster in the world
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‘Describe how physical and economic factors may have made Bournemouth a crowded coast.’ Bournemouth is situated in Dorset in the south of England‚ boarding the world heritage site‚ the Jurassic coast. It is Dorset’s largest city and is growing rapidly. Founded in 1810 and in 1851 was just a small village of 695 people‚ and in 2001 its population was recorded at 163 600. The council are expecting around an 11% increase by 2011. Bournemouth is an example of rapid coastalisation. I believe that
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extremely dense point exploded with unimaginable force‚ creating matter and propelling it outward to make the billions of galaxies of our vast universe. Astrophysicists dubbed this titanic explosion the Big Bang. The Big Bang was like no explosion you might witness on earth today. For instance‚ a hydrogen bomb explosion‚ whose center registers approximately 100 million degrees Celsius‚ moves through the air at about 300 meters per second. In contrast‚ cosmologists believe the Big Bang flung energy in
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of the prosecution’s evidence. Through methods of discovery of evidence‚ both the prosecution and defense have equal opportunity to develop evidence they believe is needed to prove or dismiss/ reject claims. Trace evidence and the preservation of evidence are very vital in any investigation. These two components are two of the most important things that can help investigators find their suspect(s)‚ and lock them up or if done without proper care‚ the preservation of evidence or lack thereof can possibly
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The Sultana explosion “All of a sudden‚ the boilers erupted in a mammoth explosion‚ nearly splitting the Sultana in half” (Billings 1). The Sultana was going upriver on the Mississippi River when the boilers and the steamer stopped working (Billings 1). When all of a sudden a gigantic explosion on the boat killed 1‚700 people which is more than the Titanic (Billings 1). The boat was going up river and the boilers and steamer stopped working which caused the explosion (Billings 1). “The strain of
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Introduction1 2. Description of Digital Evidence2 3. Principles of Cyber Forensics3 4. Examination of Digital Evidence4 4.1 Preserving the evidence5 4.2 Locating the evidence6 4.3 Selecting the evidence 7 4.4 Analysing the evidence 8 4.5 Validating the evidence 9 4.6 Presenting the evidence 12 5. The Importance of Crime Reconstruction Hypotheses and Alternate Hypotheses 14 6. Conclusion 15 References 16 1. Introduction With the rapid development
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concerns in the NASA workforce‚ was the loss of the Space Shuttle “Challenger.” The event has been dubbed by historians‚ as the “Challenger Explosion.” Following the accident‚ a detailed report was given to the U.S government‚ known as the “Roger’s report.” This gave the Government vital information
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Crime scene preservation should be the most important step to any first responder. This protocol should continue to be followed by anyone who processes the scene. From the moment the first responder arrives at the scene‚ he/she should exercise a pertinacious attitude to insure that curious onlookers and personnel who are not involved in a task related to the scene‚ remain outside the cordoned perimeter. Without this first step‚ evidence found at the scene can be compromised or worse destroyed
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