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    The Origins of Akhenaten

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    The Origins of Akhenaten There is much that is known about Akhenaten the heretic pharaoh. More lies in speculation. Since his time‚ the Amarna period is one the ancient Egyptians themselves wished to forget much about Akhenaten remains unknown. What we do know is often confusing‚ different hypothesis piled upon each other make it difficult to distinguish what is fact and what speculation. We do know that Akhenaten‚ or Amenhotep IV‚ was the second son of Amenhotep III‚ an 18th Dynasty pharaoh

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    Cognitive Therapy

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    Cognitive therapy functions on several levels‚ looking for and changing a person’s symptoms‚ as well as their perspectives‚ core beliefs and underlying schemas (Seligman & Reichenberg‚ 2013) and once healthy thinking takes place then the therapist helps the person develop skills to continue to monitor‚ assess and respond to their own cognitions that allow them to lead successful healthy lives (Seligman & Reichenberg‚

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    Pride & Prejudice

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    Title: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen Text type: Fiction‚ Period Jane Austen’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice first published in 1813 follows the story of 20 year old Elizabeth Bennet as she struggles with the pressures of education‚ upbringing and marriage put upon her by society at the turn of the 19th century. The story starts when a wealthy young bachelor Mr Bingley arrives in the fictional town of Netherfield ‚ He is soon accepted by the Bennet family and catches the eye of Elizabeth’s

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    Origin Of Halloween

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    Halloween emphasizes on death and brutality. The origins of trick-or-treating was in the 16th century in Wales‚ Ireland and Scotland and where people went from door to door in costume asking for food to exchange for a poem or song. All of them dressed up as souls of the dead‚ and were understood to be protecting themselves from the spirits. Those who gave were promised prosperity‚ those who refused is threatened and cursed. One of a kid’s favourite parts of Halloween is trick-to-treat. Once the

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    Origins of bipedalism

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    There has been much debate concerning the origins of bipedalism. Bipedalism‚ or the ability to move on two legs (eLucy‚ 2007) was said to have emerged due to climate change in East Africa‚ for sexual display purpose‚ to reduce exposure to sunlight‚ the need to use weapons and tools and many more (NOVA‚ 2013). There are numerous arguments associated with bipedalism as no one can be entirely sure as to what constituted to the emergence of this trait‚ which was first present in hominins Australopithecus

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    and societal norms that guide the way individuals act. Often individuals closest to us‚ determine to what extent a person follows these societal conventions. In Henrick Ibsen’s play A Doll’s house‚ characters closest to one another have enormous amounts of influence on one another and how they fit into societal norms. The play commences with Torvald and Nora having a discussion; Already we see Torvald’s view on Nora. As the play continues‚ we see the fight Nora has between accepting societal expectations

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    Cognitive Failure

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    Introduction Cognitive failure is defined as absent-mindedness‚ that is‚ mistakes or errors people make because of slips of attention or memory failure (Reason and Mycielska‚ 1982). Their origin has been traced to memory problems‚ attention problems errors in the implementation of intentions or errors caused by distractions. It also involves clumsiness and problems in social interactions or problems in processing information. Mostly students are prone to experience cognitive failure. If

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    Pride and Prejudice

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    Pride and Prejudice Introduction A person frequently discovers himself in a variance with the system of society. Infrequently‚ rebelling is the pathway to happiness. However‚ generally‚ the actual way to happiness is through settlement. This is the way of society of England in the early 19th century in which Jane Austen wrote of Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen deliberately confines her description to the small tranquil world of the English landed gentry of her time‚ and takes love and marriage

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    Cognitive Dissonance

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    Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive dissonance is having a thought‚ idea‚ attitude‚ or belief that seems to be out of tune. Cognitive dissonance tends to result in different ways based on the situation that it occurs in. If a person is forced to say an opinion that differs from their own‚ they experience an out of tune feeling. In Roger Hock’s book “Forty Studies that Changed Psychology‚” he recognizes the study of cognitive dissonance performed by Leon Festinger. In “Thoughts Out of Tune‚” the article

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    Human Origins & Philosophy

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    Michael Ruse remarked that ‘unfortunately there is simply nothing in the literature by philosophers on human origins ’. Explore how the data on human emergence can become an interesting way to approach a philosophical anthropology. Since the time of Darwin it has been recognised that biological species are essential to the process of evolution. A species consists of a population rather than unconnected individuals. The population of any species is reproductively isolated from that of others because

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