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    Many people can agree that females have the hard life‚ but many people do not think about how tough the life of a male can be. In society‚ for many years‚ there has been a stereotype that females have little to no advantages‚ while males have many. No one really stops to think that while women deal with the phrase “like a girl”‚ men deal with the phrase “be a man”. Social expectations have forced men into rigid gender roles that have limited their ability to express themselves and restricted their

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    1. When I was four years old my mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. My life changed completely after her diagnosis. My dad abandoned us. We could no longer afford to live by ourselves‚ since my mother could not work. She was disabled from her neck down. Immediately‚ she was hospitalized. A medical social worker carefully explained her disease so that we could better understand it. She was kind and patient with our Spanish only speaking family. Due to my mother’s health we were compelled

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    Steven Pinker writes about the criticisms that media has on our minds. He disagrees with the statements that say media take a toll on our knowledge and intelligence‚ but in fact states that they improve it. His article‚ “Mind over Mass Media” also states that we have control over our minds to not become distracted‚ hence the title of the article. Pinker persuades the readers by using his own experience as a professor of psychology‚ reputation and scientific evidence to support his argument. Pinker

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    Matter is a poorly-defined term in science (see below). The term has often been used in reference to a substance (often a particle) that has rest mass. Matter is also used loosely as a general term for the substance that makes up all observable physical objects.[1][2] All objects we see with the naked eye are composed of atoms. This atomic matter is in turn made up of interacting subatomic particles—usually a nucleus of protons and neutrons‚ and a cloud of orbiting electrons.[3][4] Typically‚ science

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    “You matter.” This is a phrase that has become synonymous with suicide prevention. This is a phrase that can mean so much to a person who is in the depths of their struggles with mental health issues or even just a person who has fallen in a time of need. But‚ why is this phrase so impactful to the minds of people struggling? According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention‚ “44‚965 Americans die by suicide” each year. For every suicide that has occured‚ 25 people have attempted to end

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    PSY 3135 Fall 2014 Course: Time/Place: Introduction to Individual Differences Monday‚ Wednesday 4:00-5:15pm‚ Vincent Hall 16 Instructor: Email: Office Hours: Bridget Carey carey194@umn.edu Mondays‚ 2:00-3:00pm‚ N234 Elliott Hall Teaching Assistants: Emails: Gretchen Saunders & Adam Beaupre saund247@umn.edu‚ beau0210@umn.edu Website The course website is on Moodle and can be accessed from your my course page or by logging in at www.ay14.moodle.umn.edu. Announcements

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    In his essay‚ “Mind over Muscle” writer David Brooks declares that once upon a time‚ men possessed the tools needed for power and success like muscles and connections. However‚ over time the information age changed all that because education became the gateway to success enabling women to get ahead since over time they proved to be the better students than men. “Once upon a time‚ it was a man’s world. Men possessed most of the tools one needed for power and success: muscles‚ connections‚ control

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    Geology 270 When it comes to choosing classes for a semester I always try to choose an enjoyable class. One where I know I will not have to stress over tests and homework. Last semester was weight training. This semester as I was browsing I stumbled upon a class titled Geology 270. This class caught my attention right away. I looked at the course description and read it. The thing that stood out the most was that in this class we would study the geology of the eastern Sierra Nevada in one of the

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    Plaguing the Minds of Teens All Over the World By: Sarah Vangi Daily‚ teens have issues putting their phones down and leaving them at home because it is their "safety blanket." How do you feel when you’ve lost your phone? Do you feel anxious? Depressed? Lonely? Like you’re missing a part of yourself? If so‚ you may be experiencing a “disease” called Nomophobia. Nomophobia is separation anxiety with your cell phone and it is a disease on the rise in young adults all over the world. Nomophobia

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    Daijie Qi Nov 16 1. Steven‚ P. (2010). Mind over mass media. (2nd ed.‚ pp. 199-200). New York: The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/opinion/11Pinker.html The article “Mass over Mass Media”‚ written by Steven Pinker for the New York Times in 2010‚ shows that the new technology are “the only things that will keep us smart” instead of making us stupid (p 200). Even though many media critics argue that Power Point‚ Google‚ Twitter and other technologies are

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