two kinds of tasks (visual monitoring and choice reaction time) and compared their performances in four separate conditions: no background noise‚ or overhearing a either a dialogue‚ a halfalogue‚ or a monologue. Compared to the silent condition‚ they found that performance in both tasks decreased significantly when the participant listened to the halfalogue‚ while there was no significant difference with the dialogue or with the monologue. In experiment 2‚ the researchers replicated the setup of
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My heart sank as I heard the words leave my mom’s mouth. I had dreaded this time for all of my life previous to this moment. My initial response was one of disbelief‚ “this can’t be happening”‚ I thought to myself. She was just a little sick‚ how did this get so serious? I sat in the car seat next to my mom as we continued driving home in silence‚ utterly devastated by the news that my dog had developed cancer. Since receiving that news‚ my life was never the same. I was constantly anxious about
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Monologue analysis. The recreation of Irene Ruddock’s character in Lady of Letters relies hugely on maintaining the quality of her idiosyncratic ways. Her prejudices and her naivety amongst other things are all relevant traits‚ and in my recreative piece I found that keeping with Bennett’s structure‚ form and use of language ensured that Miss Ruddock’s character remained unhampered with. This artless narrator seems very unaware of her social situation in the sense that she doesn’t seem lonely
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I cannot tell you how many times people have abandoned me. Seen them Triumph over me! Left me for dead! They wanted nothing to do with me; rather‚ it was their insecurities or demons‚ but it somehow felt like I was the one punished. I looked for you‚ God‚ and felt like I could not find you! I felt like I couldn’t find you in my pain‚ hurt‚ abandonment‚ and depression. I kept looking‚ crying out‚ waiting for you to show up to rescue me! Rescue me from these enemies. They persecute me without cause
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Screams and gunfire.. the taste of smoke and burning flesh in the air.. Its that dream again.. I had it a few times over the years.. but this time.. it was bad.. the smells where stronger‚ the screams and horrors.. everything was intensified by ten. The thing is.. i could not tell anyone about this.. that the dream had returned.. they would think that i was insane! Again... Im standing on the edge of a forest‚ with a great field‚ yellow with corn stretches out in front of me. The forest is
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Even if I finally found time to read my dictionary‚ it would be constantly locked away by the person who ran the place. I had a few minutes to myself with little options of what I should do‚ and so I just chose to just sit and ponder. During this time‚ I was usually thinking of the worst. There were times when I questioned if this “job” was all to my life. That my life had no purpose or meaning but to only be a slave till I die. After a while of time contemplating on the idea‚ tears would
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like they were our own. Back when we shared bread and soup together ‘cause we didn’t have enough money to buy anything else to eat. I think—I think around the time we turned twenty‚ and you said you were leaving to make it big—I think that’s when I knew I wanted you. ━━ Yeah. I’m cuttin’ the dramatics‚ Lando; you’ve probably known this whole time‚ huh? ‘Cause you’re smart. You’ve always been too fuckin’ smart for your own good. Anyway‚ it wasn’t boyish curiosity or nothin’ either. I figured that out
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all the time that we weren’t like everyone else‚ that we were unique and made for a different purpose that God would show us as we grew in him. She told this to my brothers when it was time for them to move out of the house and still reminds my sister and I of it when we are facing hard times. She raised us to not depend or lean on man‚ but to cast all our worries on God because at the end of the day man will fail you while God remands standing strong. I didn’t quite understand at that time what that
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thoughts when I’d only just seen you. I wanted to talk to you but I was too shy‚ what would I say? I looked across the room but you were gone‚ would I ever see you again? It was time to go‚ when I went outside you were there - you came up and talked to me and the rest of our lives started at that moment. They say time flies when you’re having fun and the last 4 years have gone so quickly I wish I could have just 5 minutes more. I was right‚ my parents hated you - they couldn’t see the real
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of the gun...look who it is..." I said to myself. I wanted to shout his name‚ but I’d figure I’d wait till later to give him the surprise that I was here. Lunch time rolled around and I looked around to see where miles was sitting. I saw him sitting all alone by himself reading a book‚ and decided to sit right next to him. "long time no see huh?" Miles stopped reading and slowly looked up at me. I put on a big smiles
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