Rodney Jenkins Psychology 3350 Assignment 3-IAT Reaction Paper I had never completed a IAT test or heard of the IAT test prior to this class. I found several of the IAT categories interesting such as race‚ age‚ and religion. I choose the age test and found the test somewhat boring. The first task was to sort words and pictures of faces of both young and old people into two categories young and old. I found it interesting that the pictures of the faces were not a picture of the entire
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Ethnicity and the Police Part II Stacey Beeckman CJA/344 Pete Trance 5/4/14 Relationships between the police and minority communities have come a long way‚ and still continue to evolve as public awareness grows. Although there are still misconceptions about community policing‚ it is a fact that improvements have been made because of the new and continuously emerging programs‚ and partnerships that have been created between the police and private citizens. Among these improvements are
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Essay 1 – King Richard III and Looking for Richard How has your study of the connections between King Richard III and Looking for Richard deepened your understanding of the context of and values within‚ each text? William Shakespeare’s play King Richard III and Al Pacino’s docu-drama Looking for Richard have enriched my understanding of how context shapes the values inscribed within each text. In light of this‚ the connection that exists between the two texts is: how the central character of the
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“Cathedral”: The Difference between Looking and Seeing Everything given to a person in life is a blessing‚ and a person has the opportunity to choose whether they want to appreciate what has been given to them or not. A blessing can be small or large‚ whether it be a house to live in‚ a car to drive in‚ or even eyes to see. In the short story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver‚ the narrator is unappreciative towards everything he has in his life including his wife. His wife invites an old friend who
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Dissatisfied with the socioeconomic conditions of the nineteenth century‚ Edward Bellamy wrote Looking Backward to address the flaws and offer solutions for a better society. The author lived during the peak of the Industrial Revolution‚ which increased the efficiency of the economy‚ but also widened the gap between social classes. Innovative machinery was able to produce more output per capita and also raise the average standard of living‚ but the majority of the wealth was possessed by a direct
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Discuss some ways in which class and ethnicity impact on children’s lives. To discuss ways in which class and ethnicity impact on children’s lives we must first of all define both terms. According to Walters (2012) ethnicity refers to a sense among a group of people with a shared culture‚ ancestry and decent which has either a national or regional origin. A focus on ethnicity also suggests a focus on cultural markers such as race‚ religion‚ language and shared customs; this is because cultural
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to worry about anything where there was nothing wrong and everything went your way. Although we live in a world that we do not always get what we want. These struggles are shown in this story by Alyss’ life story and what she goes through. In the Looking Glass Wars by Beddor shows that the troubles and conflicts that a girl can go through can change her dramatically. Young Alyss was very naive and childish ‚but maybe once she goes through some things not so perfect she will become closer to perfect
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States after being away for twenty one years and how much the country had changed in the time that he was gone. Shanahan relates the book‚ The Red Badge Of Courage to two other books; one being Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backwards and the other being Caesar’s Column by Ignatius Donnelly. Looking Backwards is about a future society that mechanization has been tamed and competition has transformed into a cooperation. Caesar’s Column is about a oligarchical dictatorship that has harnessed modern miracles
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What employers are looking for in a job applicant? Finding a job‚ whether it is the first‚ a return to work after years at home‚ or just another step in the career‚ is never easy. Most job seekers have a distorted sense of an employer’s priorities in making hiring decisions. Too many applicants put the emphasis on educational credentials and ignore the qualities employers seek with the keenest interest. What do employers look for in job candidates? What impresses them the most? Knowing
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Spencer Johnson writes a book about four characters looking for cheese in a maze. Looking for cheese represents how people strive to accomplish goals that make them fully happy (Johnson‚ 1998‚ p. 14). Throughout the book‚ Johnson briefly explains the characteristics of each character and reflects it to how it represents people. Johnson says that the four characters represent us by the way we are different‚ but we act similar in certain ways. For example‚ individuals who act like Sniff and Scurry
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