The article "Your Brain Lies to You" is about how the brain works in ways to remember information whether it may be true or false. The article has a strong argument due to its use of Toulmin’ terms for the shape of an argument. For instance‚ the article gives a strong claim that the brain is able to store true or false information but not from where it originated‚ a phenomenon known as amnesia. The grounds of the claim are scenarios where people believe in certain things to be true when in the contrary
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1. a) What was your greatest fitness success this semester? My greatest fitness success this semester was my results from the sit up testing since my results in April were 16 while my results for the last fitness testing was 64 situps. b) List two factors that contributed to your success? Two factors that contributed to my success was using the month plan which we created in class‚ since it helped me to gradually increase the number of sets/reps and also rest in order to allow the muscle group
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When I started to plan my presentation‚ I had a hard time deciding what‚ exactly‚ I was going to say. I had started with the idea that I would just basically go over the main points in my paper in the order I wrote them in. I had a hard time getting anywhere with that idea. Then I did the Exhibition Fair. I realized that one of my more common talks that I did during the fair would be a good order for me to cover things in my presentation. So away went my old order and in came my new idea that
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The title alone‚ “You Can Grow Your Brain‚” made me think this article was going to be about how learning new things will make you smarter. I did not realize that it literally meant the brain can‚ and will grow when you are learning new things‚ or challenging yourself to learn new skills. We have always been told‚ “Practice makes perfect‚” and really‚ when you apply this rule to everything we do in life‚ it is true‚ and yet for some people‚ we stop challenging ourselves to learn new things because
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think that advertising works in general‚ but that it doesn’t not work on them in particular. “ It works on most people‚ but it doesn’t work on me?” What biases might be behind such a belief? This could be related to hindsight bias 2. Explain in your own words‚ what the continued influence effect is. Give an example‚ different from the ones used in the book The continued influence effect refers to the way false claims enter someone’s head and continue to influence their beliefs even after they have
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this is my body. I want to be able to express myself the way I want. I’m 15 and I’m responsible enough to take care of the piercing. There are upsides to getting your daughter’s belly button pierced. It might boost her confidence. It might make her feel prettier. It’s like finding the perfect earrings to go with your outfit. You just feel prettier with them. I feel the same way about having my belly button pierced‚ whether or not people can see it. I would know it’s there and it would be
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HITLER AS DICTATOR - 1934-39 Was Hitler a "weak dictator"? The old view (historians in the 1950’s) was that NAZI Germany was a "totalitarian" state. Hitler was the all-powerful dictator. Orders flowed downwards from Hitler. The system of government was like an efficient‚ well-oiled machine. Recent research by historians (1970’s/80’s) now disputes this view. It is now accepted that Nazi Germany was NOT a "well-oiled machine". It was more like a medieval court - with a king (Hitler) surrounded
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“You can’t change who you are. No matter how you struggle‚ some things will never change. And maybe they shouldn’t” (Thurman‚ Rob). “Identity is a powerful organizing presence in social life today” putting people into sections concerning likes and dislikes‚ culture and customs‚ separates them via social‚ economic and religious differences‚ identity makes a person‚ a person (Leve‚ Lauren). The character regarding one’s self is shaped by identity‚ how they view themselves‚ and largely how society
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Are you an optimist or a pessimist about your future? In fact‚ what is future? Is it dependent on your attitude toward it? The issue arises why these questions are always worried people so much. I suppose that life is too tricky to predicate it. Future – it will happen in any case‚ whatever our mood is. Of course‚ it is better to think about your future with a smile. As for me‚ I do it this way I am an optimist about my destiny. I according to the principal that you should live here and now
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precisely defined by any but God. How much do you love your spouse? 1. You are 90 years of age‚ and your son comes home from abroad with a gift of car for you with full air conditioner – he may be claiming you on “life” in the mortuary. Your breakthroughs must manifest now! 2. Unfaithfulness in keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty; you may as well borrow a person’s money as his time. - Horace Manni. 3. There is influential power in gentle words. A word gently spoken
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