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    Literary Devices used in MACBETH Imagine how dull a Shakespearean play would be without the ingenious literary devices and techniques that contribute so much to the fulfillment of its reader or viewer. Macbeth‚ by William Shakespeare‚ is a tragedy that combines fact and legend to tell the story of an eleventh century king. Shakespeare uses numerous types of literary techniques to make this tragic play more appealing. Three literary devices that Shakespeare uses to make Macbeth more interesting

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    Confirmation Bias

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    confirmation bias can easily influence our perceptions and holding certain beliefs can also generate their own confirmation; regardless of the statistics‚ facts‚ or proof. Our preconception of our society‚ world‚ or even any given situation will greatly influence how we will interpret those things and situations or by the beliefs that we hold. Since most people tend to side with information that confirms how they may perceive a situation‚ a good example could be gun control and the bias that may arise

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    investor’s portfolio. The use of behavioural finance concepts will create the following opportunities for HelloWallet. Availability Bias: People will be influenced more by what they can easily retrieve from memory. Availability bias is a human cognitive bias‚ which causes us to overestimate probabilities of events associated with memorable occurrences. A prime example of this would be plane crashes. Plane crashes are extremely rare; however‚ the vast majority of people widely overestimate their

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    Hindsight Bias

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    Hindsight bias: Hindsight bias is when you know something right after it happens and not while it is happening. Some people call it the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon. This is where you watch a sports game and when the game is over‚ think to yourself that you knew they would loose‚ when in fact you were on the edge of your seat waiting to see how the game was going to end and if your team would win or not. (Myers‚ 2010‚ p.16.) I have had several instances where hindsight bias has

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    A Bias for Action

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    A Bias for Action Heike Bruch Sumantra Ghoshal Harvard Business School Press‚ 2004 Often managers spot a chance to do something valuable for their company‚ but for some reason‚ they cannot get started. Even if they begin the project‚ they give up when they see the first big hurdle. The inability to take purposeful action seems to be pervasive across companies. Managers tend to ignore or postpone dealing with crucial issues which require reflection‚ systematic planning‚ creative thinking‚ and above

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    Mr Kane Venables

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    Tuesday 5th March 2013 Mr. Andrew Anderson 22 Celebration Street Leichhardt‚ Sydney NSW‚ 2040 Dear Andrew‚ Thank you very much for your recent letter outlining your interest in becoming a member of the Catholic community. I also understand that you are interested in knowing why and how the Eucharist is the pinnacle of catholic worship‚ so‚ I see it as my duty and honour to explain this to you. The word Eucharist is derived from the Greek word eukharistia‚ meaning thanksgiving. It is called

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    Bias in writing

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    Bias in writing Writing has many goals. Those goals can be to inform or persuade the reader. The key here is to be objective. Complete objectivity is not possible because bias is inevitable. Bias is when a person prefers an idea and he or she does not give an equal chance to another idea. By not giving the opposing idea a chance‚ the topic is being clouded. Bias can occur when certain language or stereotyping or one sided opinions are used to convey a message to the reader. The reader would get

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    Media Bias

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    Detecting Media Bias Jeffrey E. Ferreiras University of Phoenix Critical and Creative Thinking 16 December 2012 Aimee Nichols When reading the media one must always consider that media may be bias‚ people may have incentives or hidden agendas and the facts may be conflicting. In order to properly evaluate and decide what information makes sense and what seems like a lie the audience should practice critical reading. A critical reader is able to separate fact from interpretation; to

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    Heuristics and Bias

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    Running head: Heuristics and Bias Heuristics and Bias Ebony J. Travis American Intercontinental University Professor Walter McCord Decision Making BUS300-0704A-03 October 27‚ 2007 Volvo: A Consumer’s Choice As an employee of It’s Electric‚ I have been delegated the assignment of picking a line of automobiles to use as company cars. On the grounds of economy and longevity‚ I am looking to purchase Volvo’s after some research on Consumer Reports. Through an exclusive fleet program

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    Gender Bias

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    to be successful in any sort of way. So to hear that I may have been put at a disadvantage because of gender bias in the classroom upsets me in a way. I mean not to an extent where I think that every single thing I have ever learned was made so a woman could understand it‚ but just in the way that maybe something I didn’t understand could have been better explained but due to gender bias the ability to learn a certain subject to my complete potential was kept from me. But I think that the differences

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