philosophy (particularly the cogito)‚ then explored secondary sources that posit Ignatian influence‚ I will here both briefly review Lonergan’s philosophy (particularly the “self-affirmation of the knower” ) and suggest traces of Ignatian influence. My rationale for focusing on the self-affirmation of the knower is that it contains the most traces of Ignatian influence‚ and it overlaps with Descartes’s cogito‚ thus allowing readers of this study to consider ways in which the two thinkers differently appropriate
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Humor and Persuasion Jake Swenson 5/30/2011 The actor John Cleese once said‚ "If I can get you to laugh with me‚ you like me better‚ which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make‚ by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.” (Mortensen‚ 2004) Humor disarms an audience‚ making them more likely to open up to you. In a book by Kurt Mortensen‚ called “Maximum influence: the 12 universal laws of power persuasion”‚ he stated: ”…once your
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motivation‚ Staff communication) Evidence of Management-Related Competencies (Delegation of Tasks and Responsibility) 1) How long have you worked as a supervisor? 2) How many employees reported directly to you in your management job? (You are asking about the number of employees whom he or she directly supervised with performance assessment and compensation assignment responsibilities.) 3) Describe the exact responsibilities and activities over which you had oversight for these employees.
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Website Credibility Credible Websites vs. Non-credible Websites Gathering information for academic purposes is very different nowadays. We not only have libraries to do research‚ we now have the Internet. There are numerous sources we can gather information from while searching the Internet‚ but we have to be careful in choosing a site that has credibility. A credible website is one that will have verifiable facts and credible editors who approve the validity of the facts (also known as gatekeepers);
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Slaughterhouse-Five 1993. "The true test of comedy is that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter." Choose a novel‚ play‚ or long poem in which a scene or character awakens "thoughtful laughter" in the reader. Write an essay in which you show why this laughter is "thoughtful" and how it contributes to the meaning of the work. English author George Meredith wrote‚ “The true test of comedy is that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter.” Slaughterhouse-Five would have been quite the comedy in Meredith’s
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awareness of the importance of taking care of the environment and how beautiful the elements are in their natural state. However‚ when the elements are tampered with it becomes a part of the piece and eventually harms it. My work focuses on each element in its natural state and when it has been tampered with through littering‚ erosion‚ toxic waste‚ etc. This body of work is inspired by the characteristics of the five elements untouched and altered by mankind. I was first inspired by Gabrielle Meyer’s
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Internet Credibility Hector A. Haro Hum 186 August 05‚ 2011 Dr. Anthony Pitucco Internet Credibility I work in an industry filled with people who claim “the internet was the worst thing to happen to the second oldest industry”. This people are not dumb by any stretch of the imagination they all have well over 30 years’ experience and have been in the trenches. This men and woman are veterans in their own right and have been credited for helping pave the way for all the new gladiators of our
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A rationale statement explains the educational purpose of the curriculum. It expresses the beliefs and understandings of the curriculum developers. A rationale statement guides a curriculum development project in the same way a theoretical framework guides a research project. The rationale is based on the needs identified by your needs assessment. The purpose of a rationale statement is to convince others of the importance of the proposed change/addition‚ and of the logic of the outlined approach
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situations that attempt to influence our decisions. Many of us face these instances multiple times a day. However‚ it is how we handle such persuasive situations that truly matters. Robert Levine‚ author of The Power of Persuasion‚ draws attention to these ways in which people use persuasion to influence the choices of others. For myself‚ I believe one of the most persuasive situations I have ever been in occurred when I transferred to a new college and moved away from my childhood home. I was 20 years
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thing‚ or event. Prominent psychologist Gordon Allport (1935) once described attitude “the most distinctive and indispensable concept in contemporary psychology”. The words attitude and persuasion are often found together‚ as in the phrase persuasion and attitude change. Persuasion is an attempt to change people ’s attitudes. For example‚ advertisers try to persuade potential customers to buy a product. To do this‚ they try to create a positive attitude toward the product. Social psychologists have
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