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    Ambiguous Figures Complete the Ambiguous Figures Activity at the My Psyc Lab website and answer the following questions. (1 point for each question) 1. What was the purpose of the experiment? The purpose of this experiment was to test our perception twice by viewing ambiguous pictures. That reflects our first response in a particular way. 2. Describe the experimental procedure. In this experiment I was presented by 14 trials in which I had to identify what I see in an ambiguous figure. Each

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    Gender: An Ambiguous Factor Referencing the role that gender played in early twentieth century rural life made for an interesting character dynamic in this play. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles presents a murder mystery with a slightly twisted plot. The play itself‚ at first glance‚ seems simple enough. A man is murdered‚ his wife thought to be the murderer. An investigation is forged in their quaint farmhouse. However‚ the men are unable to find anything that leads to a motive. But then the twist! The

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    The first type of Ambiguous loss is “people are physically absent but psychologically present “an example would be a parent has has to go to work and stay gone for weeks at a time. Another example is a mother that has moved away and is several states away‚ you know they are not physically there but they are always psychologically there in your mind and heart. The second one is “Family members are physically present but psychologically absent” I think this is like a spouse being depressed and unable

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    communism in the First Indochina War. Fowler‚ a non-intervening British reporter living in Vietnam‚ meets Pyle of the Economic Attache‚ representing the United States to aid French in the First Indochina War to preserve Western values in the novel The Quiet American by Graham Greene. However Pyle’s arrogance in intervening Vietnam makes Fowler think negatively of his ideal. Fowler’s interpretation of conflicts in Vietnam as

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    unscrupulous tyrannical power involving carnal pleasures and deviating from the restrictive morals of the “occidental.” The Orient displays feminine vulnerability with its progress and value judged as inferior to the West. Graham Greene’s The Quiet American presents the treatment of Phuong as a metaphor for how foreign occupying forces treat her native country of Vietnam‚ and her depiction as having no control in matters of her love life is a motif of the Orient being a feminized other. Hegemonic

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    The Quiet American‚ by Graham Greene‚ implements a number of techniques to persuade the reader to believe that taking sides is human. This is done mainly through character development‚ events‚ narrative and setting. Using these techniques‚ Graham Greene is able to successfully create invited readings which support his views. Important to this process‚ character development is the center of this novel‚ and a powerful force behind the beliefs and invited readings presented by the text. Using characters

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    story‚ especially between Fowler and Pyle. Fowler is also used as a metaphor to describe the character. The word foul is relatively similar to his last name and connections can be made about the character’s actions in the book. Alden Pyle is the "quiet American" of the title. Pyle is thoughtful‚ soft-spoken‚ intellectual‚ serious‚ and idealistic. He comes from a privileged East Coast background. His father is a renowned professor of underwater erosion who has appeared on the cover of Time magazine; his

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    When becoming part of a stepfamily‚ the family´ boundaries are going to show being ambiguous and more permeable because roles are going to be different than in a first-marriage partnership. Rules and boundaries are going to be complex‚ especially when both parents bring children from former marriages. Pasley‚ 1987 states stages are going to be even more challenging when adult children did not live with stepparents‚ although this can change over the life course. Suanet et al.‚ 2013 expresses boundaries

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    AP Lit Essay Prompt option #1 In Oscar Wilde’s novel‚ “The Picture of Dorian Gray” one of the main characters Lord Henry Wotton is portrayed‚ as morally ambiguous. Wilde reveals Lord Henry’s ambiguous character through the way he talks‚ he has a more charming tone to him‚ but he leads a conversation in such a seducing way Dorian falls under his spell so fast. Lord Henry’s ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole because without Henry would Dorian of taken the same path that he took? Yes

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    Emotion Based On Facial Expressions Aim The James Lane theory suggests that emotions occur post event. If human emotion is based on facial expression‚ then the subject would find the comic funnier if their face is forced into a smile and if the face was formed into a frown then the comic would obviously be less funny. Method IV: The position of the face. The operational definition being the exact position of the pen in the face while reading the comics. DV: The measurement of how funny something

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