The Body’s Response to Stress Stress: when the body is unable to cope with demands Stressor: any stimulus which produces the physiological stress response in by definition a stressors An event that triggers the stress response because it throws the body out of balance and forces it to respond e.g. life changes (bereavement‚ divorce)‚ daily hassles (traffic‚ lost keys)‚ workplace stressors (e.g. role strain‚ lack of control) and environmental stressors (noise‚ temperature‚ overcrowding) Chronic
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reader response-response approach to critical literature “asks you to “connect” with literature‚ to find a personal link or imaginative entry into a story‚ poem‚ or play.” (Clugston‚ P. 413) Normally for any reader‚ this is one of the main characteristics the reader is performing. The reader by default is looking for some form of connection to the literary work he/she may be reading. Therefore‚ when the reader begins to make these connections‚ they are already utilizing the reader-response perspective
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We believe that at the heart of understanding reading and writing connections‚ one must begin to view reading and writing as essentially similar processes of meaning construction. Both are acts of composing. (Tierney &Pearson‚ 1983‚ p.568) 1983------- Writing: active skill Reading: passive skill Major constructions of reading-writing connections 1.Stotsky(1983) focused on three themes of research : a-correlational studies b-studies examining the influence of writing
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“It is through literature that we learn about life. Through literature we profit from the experiences of others‚ comparing them with our own.” - Bob Cameron The essay question: Using reader-response theory and the quote by Bob Cameron‚ discuss how effectively Mitch Albom‚ author of Tuesdays with Morrie‚ uses plot and story‚ character development‚ point of view‚ theme‚ and symbols to convey his mesage. Include your personal thoughts and views‚ as well as textual references‚ to support your opinions
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Two articles are looked at in this paper. One article is about how different cognitive loads and amount of attention to threats influence fear-potentiated startle. Another article about how social contact promotes health and well-being. A description of the studies conducted will be explained‚ along with the results of the study. The purpose of this article was to examine how fear-potentiated startle (FPS) is affected by different levels of trait anxiety‚ focus of attention‚ and cognitive load.
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Evolution is an internal response to impartial external forces Evolution is a natural process and has no purpose or goal Stratagraphic dating of fossils is a method where fossil age is determined by the layer of earth in which it was found Radiometric dating
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Version : 2.0 15/01/12 General Certificate of Secondary Education English/ English Language Unit 1 H Tier Understanding and producing non-fiction texts Mark Scheme Version 2.0 2012 examination - Jan series Mark schemes are prepared by the Principal Examiner and considered‚ together with the relevant questions‚ by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation meeting attended by all examiners and is the scheme which was used by them
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theory was created by William James and Carl Lange and is known as the James-Lange theory. They believed that our body responds first and then we interpret that response in an emotion. Alternatively‚ the second theory created by Walter Cannon and Philip Bard was called the Cannon-Bard theory and claimed that we have a bodily and emotional response simultaneously. Finally‚ we have the Schachter-Singer Cognitive Arousal Theory which was created by Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. Singer. They believed that
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Medieval Origins Of Pharmacology 2. The “doctrine of signatures” states that each remedy has an identifiable nature or essence that is obtained from the natural product by chemical extraction. 3. The administration of a remedy is based on dose-response by which the appropriate dose is determined. Although these guiding principles are obvious to a
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Reader response criticism places vast autonomy of reading pleasure to the reader. “The death of the author” gives birth to the reader. This school of literary theory provides much attention to the reader as well as the reader’s experience over a literary work. According the theorists of this school of thought‚ the role of the reader is critically important in understanding of literature and actively seeking the meaning of the literary text. The Story of The Inky Boys is a moral story and was written
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