Many things can be said about the similarities of acting and lying. Both spin a falsehood‚ leading the audience deeper and deeper into the trap until the very end when they are released. Both force the performer into a position where they are not entirely themselves and not entirely in control of what they say or do. Liars and actors wear many masks. These masks can be literal changes in the physical nature of the person‚ or they can be a change in character. Character changes can often consume
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Visual Deception Visual phenomena or what we normally call as ‘Optical Illusion’ involves visual deception. A wide range of optical illusions happen in our day to day lives‚ like seeing a rainbow after a rainy day or even while staring at clouds; In this phenomenon‚ the human brain tends to develop different pictures to interpret the shape‚ curve‚ and size of the clouds. Optical illusions are just cases of errors in judgment; they do not physically exist. Our eyes capture light from
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The Cost of Lying Trust is like a mirror‚ once it is broken‚ it is never seen the same again‚ and that is the cost. No matter how hard you try to put it back together‚ the cracks are always visible. No one wants to be a liar‚ no one wants to be a dishonest person. One might presume that a person will lie because they want something they can’t have with the truth. Recalling back to my childhood‚ I was unable to be like other children where they were able to have fun‚ running‚ jumping‚ and
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Conditional on preferring the outcome from lying over the outcome from truth-telling‚ a person is sensitive to neither her own [monetary] gain from lying‚ nor how much [monetary] harm she causes the other side. Notice that aside from the preface of “preferring the outcome from lying”‚ the rest of the Hypothesis seems quite at odds with Gneezy’s Result. The reconciliation is that a significant fraction of Gneezy’s subjects prefer the outcome from lying to truth-telling in some experimental treatment(s)
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A relationship can be defined as an encounter with another person or with people that endure through time. Two different theories have been proposed; the Reward/Need Satisfaction theory and the Similarity theory. If asked why someone is attracted to their partner‚ they might say because their partner is attentive‚ supportable and caring. This theory proposes we seek positive stimuli and avoid punishing stimuli; this is because positive stimuli produces positive feelings. Support for this theory
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One piece of research into the breakdown of romantic relationships is from Duck (1982). According to his phase model of the breakup of a relationship‚ it all begins with the breakdown of the relationship where there is dissatisfaction within the relationship. These dissatisfied partners then begin to consider all the problems within the relationship‚ thinking mostly about the relational ‘costs’ which develops a resentment for the relationship. This is known as the intra-psychic phase. Once a threshold
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This paper discusses the ending of Jane Eyre‚ discussing whether it is a "good" ending. The paper draws on three criticisms of both the novel and Romantic literature in general to conclude that‚ yes‚ it is indeed a good ending because it both fits the prevailing realism of the main character’s worldview‚ and conforms to the predominant literary trends of the period. The climate in which Charlotte Bronte wrote her magnum opus was one that had almost fully recovered from the rationalist excesses
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The Romantic era was a period of great change and emancipation. While the Classical era had strict laws of balance and restraint‚ the Romantic era moved away from that by allowing artistic freedom‚ experimentation‚ and creativity. The music of this time period was very expressive‚ and melody became the dominant feature. Composers even used this expressive means to display nationalism . This became a driving force in the late Romantic period‚ as composers used elements of folk music to express their
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This paper will discuss the life and work of the Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in terms of his relationship to the Romantic movement in music. Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in the town of Votinsk in Russia. Although he learned to play the piano as a child‚ his family wanted him to pursue a career as a lawyer. For this reason‚ Tchaikovsky began attending the St. Petersburg School of Jurisprudence at the age of 10‚ and by the age of 19 he obtained a position as clerk in the Ministry of
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Intro to The Romantic Period At the turn of the century‚ fired by ideas of personal and political liberty and of the energy and sublimity of the natural world‚ artists and intellectuals sought to break the bonds of 18th-century convention. Although the works of Jean Jacques Rousseau and William Godwin had great influence‚ the French Revolution and its aftermath had the strongest impact of all. In England initial support for the Revolution was primarily utopian and idealist‚ and when the French failed
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