be influenced both by what other people do (normative influence—such as why teens start smoking) and by information (informative influence). Who was Stanley Milgram and what did he find? What is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon? What is the catharsis hypothesis? What is realistic group conflict theory? What is the difference between social loafing and social facilitation? Emotions James-Lange theory of emotion; Who was William James? What does the amygdala do and what influence does it
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Spectatorship – Game to film adaptations. [Presenter shows slide of {Silent hill‚ Tomb Raider‚ Max Payne‚ Hitman} famous screen shots whilst talking] Presenter: “Games. The height of childhood… Frustration‚ anxiety‚ conquest and success.” Presenter: “But how does that transpire to film?” Presenter: “You would think that the game world and film world are one and the same‚ that they should transfer smoothly to one and another‚ this however is not always the case. According to ratings
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Frozen Tears: Psychodrama in the Resolution of Trauma and Grief By Tian Dayton PhD‚ TEP “The deepest pain has no words‚” echoes the ancient Chinese proverb. Today’s trauma theorists‚ it would seem‚ agree. Time stands still and so do we when something frightening is happening that doesn’t fit into our framework for “normal.” We freeze like a deer in the headlights- locked in a trauma response that was coded into us from the beginning of survival‚ from the earliest development of the human brain
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Aysun BARUT 31.10.11 2008210003 TKL301/ TAKE-HOME EXAMINATION ARISTOTLE’S DEFENSE OF POETRY AGAINST PLATO IN THE LIGHT OF LITERARY CRITICISM As literary critics‚ Plato and Aristotle have different opinions on poetry and also it’s social effects. Plato’s Republic is a work which is not directly about literature; but his comments on poetry determine his position to it. He presents us a view of literature in a mainly negative way. Unlike Plato‚ Aristotle regards
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Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing) or catharsis (as in King Lear‚ Macbeth‚ or Hamlet). Diana figures mostly in the comedies‚ the most blatant example in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We see that Shakespeare often uses the motif of the moon‚ in all of it’s implications and various deities and properties‚ as a plot device to spur his characters‚ in comedy or tragedy‚ into some sort of confusion that leads to laughter or catharsis. Traditionally‚ Western literature has considered the
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“Antigone” is a Greek tragedu by Sophocles written before or in 442 BC. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschyius’ “Seven Against Thebes” ends. “Antigone” is typical of the drama of ancient Greece and there are many evident features that support this. Ancient Greek drama is literary work with dialogue written in verse (really) and by actors such as Creon and Haeman speak in shifted tones of tension that prevail conflict. Another element of Ancient Greek
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event that caused me so much stress was over‚ I walked off the track and discovered I had passed my personal record. Still shaking and exhausted‚ I smiled with content. The feelings and emotions of this event help me to connect to the feeling of catharsis that Oedipus feels in Oedipus the King. When finding out that he may have killed his father and married his mother‚ he is distraught by the accusations. He becomes outraged at Tiresias for telling him and is very upset by
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Many elements of form used in this piece of literature is Imagery of sight. This is so the reader could get a vivid mental image that deepens the readers understanding of that exact scene. When Malcolm X was brutally assassinated the author used imagery to help the reader fully realize the perspective of what is happening. The author says “Then the other hand flew up. The middle finger of the left hand was bullet-shattered‚ and blood gushed from his goatee. He clutched his chest. His big body suddenly
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creates a remarkable novella following the story of Kino and his family as they are impacted by greed. In the story of The Pearl‚ characteristics of Aristotle’s System of Tragedy are evident through Kino’s demonstration of hamartia‚ catastrophe‚ and catharsis. Firstly‚ Aristotle’s System of Tragedy is conveyed through hamartia. Kino shows hamartia through greed. This is his mortal flaw and eventually leads to his downfall. For example‚ the author includes the statement‚ “humans are never satisfied
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Yiyi (Ricci) Wang Dr. Ester Sheinberg MUNM 276G Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra Concert Report Friday night‚ Oct 3‚ at Lied Center‚ a fantastic concert featured by Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra performed here. It was the best concert I have ever listened to before because of its special performing style. I discovered that performers who played the strings‚ adjusted the tones of their instruments carefully before the concert began. After short opening words by the host‚ two speakers‚ and the conductor
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