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    The Fear of Science

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    The Fear of Science To live in the today’s world is to be surrounded by the products of science. For it is science that gave our society color television‚ the bottle of aspirin‚ and the polyester shirt. Thus‚ science has greatly enhanced our society; yet‚ our society are still afraid of the effect of science. This fear of science can be traced back to the nineteenth century where scientist had to be secretative in experimenting with science. Although science did wonders in the nineteenth

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    The Great Fear

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    Times change and people come and go‚ but fear is a constant‚ and in "The Great Fear" by J. Ronald Oakley‚ he describes the wave of fear that occurred in the 1950s. In 1692‚ the townspeople of Salem were scared into believing that they were among witches‚ and in 1950’s the "Red" Scare destroyed thousands of peoples lives that were accused of being Communists. Those accused in both witch hunts were put on trial‚ and while many were killed in Salem‚ the Red Scare had blacklisted those persecuted. The

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    Machiavelli And Fear

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    able to provide peace and order to the Romagna. Therefore‚ no prince should mind being called cruel for what he does to keep his subjects united and loyal. Machiavelli believes that a prince should make examples of punishing a few‚ by creating some fear to his subject that will prevent disorder‚ which is better than having entire community unrest. And it would be impossible

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    Fear and Foresight

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    Fear and foresight have a major impact in many of our life altering choices when provided with time to think the decision through. Before making life-altering decisions there is the foresight component‚ in which we make predictions about what the result of our decision will be‚ and the fear part of it‚ in which we make predictions about all of the negative results that could come from making a major decision. It is essentially weighing the risks involved as well as the potential rewards that could

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    What Is Fear

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    What Is Fear? Fear is "an unpleasant and often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger."[1] Fear is completely natural and helps people to recognize and respond to dangerous situations and threats. However‚ healthy fear -- or fear which has a protective function -- can evolve into unhealthy or pathological fear‚ which can lead to exaggerated and violent behavior. Dr. Ivan Kos lays out several different stages of fear. The first is real fear‚ or fear based on a real situation

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    Anxiety & Fear

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    Anxiety & Fear Anxiety and fear are both emotional reactions to danger‚ yet there is a difference between the two. Fear is a reaction that is proportionate to real danger; anxiety is a disproportionate reaction to danger or even a reaction to imaginary danger. Anxiety is feeling unrealistic fear‚ worry‚ uneasiness‚ and being unfocused. People who have anxiety also tend to feel restless‚ have fatigue‚ problems in concentration‚ and muscular tension. Fear is the ability to recognize danger leading

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    Philosophy of Fear

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    Philosophy of Fear In the pure state of nature‚ all humans are of equal mind and body‚ meaning that no one has a distinct advantage or disadvantage against another. The state of nature is also referred to as the state of war in which every man will fight and try to protect what they deem as theirs. Thomas Hobbes‚ a seventeenth century philosopher‚ described this as bellum omnium contra onmes‚ meaning the war of all against all. Due to everyone attempting to fight everyone else to stay alive

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    Fear of Flying

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    Lauren may have learned of her Fear of Flying? How Lauren learned she had a fear in flying? Using the Classical Conditioning theory the possibilities could be endless. Classical conditioning in simple terms is the method in which one determines why and the cause of a condition as well as what has brought it about. There are many stimulus both conditioned and unconditioned that can cause fear or other problems‚ but the major reason for causes regarding the fear of flying has been mentioned in

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    Fear In Macbeth

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    East to boot” (Shakespeare‚ IV.iii.32-39). During this discussion between Macduff and Malcolm‚ they express their concern and fear for the future of Macbeth’s country. Neither of these noble men trust Macbeth after the transgressions

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    Fear of heights

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    Phoenix Many individuals suffer from a phobia or a natural fear of something or a current situation that they may have been in or are in currently. One of the most common phobias is having a fear of heights‚ also called Acrophobia. Acrophobia is often mislabeled as vertigo. Researchers have said that “those with an extreme fear of heights‚ that the stronger their fear is‚ the bigger the error could be (Callaway‚ 2009). The fear of heights in different learning perspectives Someone that is

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