In keeping track of all situations where I have experienced cognitive dissonance I have come to the realization that I use it quite often. Whenever there was a decision to make whether it was on the spot or there was time to think‚ I found myself utilizing rationalizations‚ in order to reduce the stress I was experiencing or to make myself believe the decision I made was the right one. If I made a decision without conviction I made myself believe it was the right choice by creating reasons to validate
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Peer pressure is the pressure given to an individual to think and behave in a certain way in order to be accepted by his peers. According to Floyd Allport (1924)‚ our behavior is influenced by behaviours and actions of others. A person may engage in negative behaviours (e.g. smoking‚ drinking‚ bullying) due to peer influence. Bullying can be defined as a subset of aggressive behavior (Espelage‚ Bosworth‚ & Simon‚ 2000). However‚ bullying is different from aggression as bullying includes the imbalance
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In the article “Literature‚ Imagination and Human Rights‚” Willie Van Peer proposes that through excursions into the literary canon one can evoke their imaginative sense and ultimately escape an encapsulated society‚ through developing a higher ethical awareness. Further he notes the “Edification hypothesis” which articulates that reading literature makes the reader more socially tolerant‚ more perceptive‚ and more politically conscious. In other words‚ he emphasizes the role literature plays in
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SILENT KILLER: PANCREATIC CANCER Background of Personal Experience with Pancreatic Cancer My family never knew that pancreatic cancer was such a deadly disease that can creep up on you‚ until my aunt‚ Cathy L. Usey‚ was diagnosed with it in Aug.2008. My aunt Cathy better known as Big Mama was a 13 year breast cancer survivor when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I know you’re probably thinking the same thing my family was thinking "how could someone who had already survived a cancer be
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I was raised up in a catholic family‚ going to church at least twice a month. My mom and dad both raised catholic always pushed me to be apart of my community and being a part of my community also meant being a part of my church. I attend Saint Mary’s in Iowa City and am currently attending Regina Catholic Education Center. My summer going into seventh grade my grandma‚ whom I was very close with‚ had been diagnosed with stage four-pancreatic cancer. By the end of my summer going into the dreaded
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July 4th‚ 2000. The anniversary of our nation’s beginning and my first day with my new family. I was only three months old when I came to America so I was not totally sure what had happened. All I knew was that I flew on a plane for too long and was happy to be off. Flying all the way from South Korea was a long flight but I was finally home. The first time I found out I was adopted was around third or fourth grade. I obviously knew something was different because my skin color was not the same as
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An Unexpected Event Even though it happened two years ago‚ it marked our lives forever and the image is implanted as if it was yesterday. My friends‚ Mailina‚ Yhenny and I‚ just wanted to give a surprise get together party for one of our friends Letty returning from New York. It has been almost a year since we have seen her and figured we could surprise her with a little party. However‚ we were all in the dark that day. It was not the right time‚ right place‚ neither the right day for us to make
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One day me and my friend John and my uncle Snowman we went to go hunting in the woods and we drove around the place for a good spot to hunt. As we were driving around for a spot we saw found an abandoned place me and my uncle and friend were thinking about it so we decided to go in the place. As we went into the abandoned place we walked far into the place. We had an app on my uncles phone that how far we are from the truck and it said 30.7 miles away. Me and my uncle were surprised how far we were
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going to outline the causes of pressure in the university‚ its effects and how to cope with it (pressure). To begin with‚ it is necessary that the meaning of the Words University and pressure are defined. According to the paperback oxford English dictionary (sixth edition)‚ university is defined as a high-level educational institution in which students study for degrees and academic research is done. The paperback oxford English dictionary (sixth edition) defines pressure as a feeling of stress caused
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Peer Group Since the first day of going to a park with our parents we have encountered being put into peer groups. Our parents would always push us to say hi to someone who was the same age or gender. A peer group is a social group whose members have interests‚ social position‚ and age in common. I think the reason we like to be with our peer groups is pretty obvious. I think it is because people of the same age‚ beliefs ‚ values‚ likes and dislikes‚ and above all similar attitudes is why we like
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