On p. 90 Weber introduces the ‘ideal type” as a kind of artificially constructed concept that is useful “for heuristic as well as expository purpose.” What is an ideal type? How do we make one? How can we make one? How can we use it as a tool to overcome difficulties inherent in doing scientific study of cultural reality (a reality in which “all knowledge is knowledge from particular points of view‚” p.81‚ and “these standpoints [cannot] be derived from “the fact themselves‚” p. 82) Idea type
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How Stress Effects Cancer Survival John Steinbeck once wrote "A sad soul can kill you quicker‚ far quicker‚ than a germ” Having a condition like cancer can cause great stress. Having cancer tends to raise anxiety along with over whelming stress believe it or not this can affect the survival of the diagnosed person. Recent studies have shown that a person with illnesses like cancer that can combat stress have a higher survival rate than those who don’t deal with stress well. Learning to deal with
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Section A Stress 1. A summary of “Bad stress‚ good stress” The former Editor of the Daily Mirror Piers Morgen used to have a very stressful life. He was under immense pressure at work‚ and this affected his behavior and his mood. He would relieve his feelings in his spare time. One of the ways he coped with the pressure‚ was to drink obscene amounts of alcohol. Mr. Morgan is far from the only person‚ who has suffered from stress. Stress is in fact an increasingly common illness. It’s so
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PE R SP EC TI V ES O N P SY CH O L O G I CA L S CIE N CE Free Will in Scientific Psychology Roy F. Baumeister Florida State University ABSTRACT—Some actions are freer than others‚ and the difference is palpably important in terms of inner process‚ subjective perception‚ and social consequences. Psychology can study the difference between freer and less free actions without making dubious metaphysical commitments. Human evolution seems to have created a relatively new‚ more complex form of
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The novel‚ To Live‚ by Yu Hua was banned in China when it was first published because the novel exposed the faulty rule of the Communist party in China. This literary masterpiece depicts four decades of Chinese history‚ including historic events as the Sino-Japanese war‚ the civil war‚ the founding of the People’s Republic of China‚ Mao’s Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. During this time of culture and history‚ the main character‚ Fugui‚ experienced many endeavors in life. Ironically
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Zubair Sirvary (213241435) TA:Olivia Komoro Can we have happiness without Sadness? Dec 4‚ 2014 1‚191 words Summary Can we have happiness without sadness? What really is true happiness and what is sadness? Can we say that you can’t have one without the other? Do we need to go through sadness in order to appreciate and understand happiness? People often ask what really in life brings about true and everlasting happiness. Some say that true happiness can be achieved through family; some say through
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Surviving “We are so busy making a living that we forgot to make a life.” This statement is one of the best descriptions of Hong Kong dwellers. There are multitudinous researches have stated that Hong Kong is one of the fastest pace of living‚ one of the cities having the most expensive land price in the world‚ one of the most stressful city…etc. I believe these “one of the” can explain why Hong Kong people are so unhappy. In the following paragraph‚ I would like to discuss the contradiction
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read your article ’Live lazy‚ live long - look at Britain’s oldest man’ that was published in ’The Guardian’ on 5th November 2012. After reading your article‚ I felt it was important to write to you explaining why I disagree with the message within your article. My first criticism is that initially you stated‚ “It seems to make sense that slow lives‚ as well as being enjoyable‚ are long lives.” I would like to point out that there is no proof that a slow life or long life is enjoyable; after
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We all want a happy life‚ and we all know that having a positive attitude feels better than a negative one. But for some reason‚ we are all attracted to and can be easily drawn to the negative side. How do we go about to establish a more positive attitude as a daily habit? 5 Steps to a Happy Life with Positive Attitude Step 1: Believe Happiness is a Choice For me‚ this was a hard one at first. I thought that people were either unhappy or happy (and I was one of the unhappy ones). I used to
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Case Study: Rosetta Stone | Lessons Learned | Application | The Rosetta Stone software is an acclaimed computer assisted language learning software that can be accessed online. It is noted for its efficacy through formulated teaching methods. | Educational portals must be accessible and user friendly in order to draw users in. Furthermore‚ teachings have to be devised through consistent methodology in order to achieve the best results. | The web portal should include fun and accessible ways
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