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    edu/cola/descartes/meditation1.html" http://www.wright.edu/cola/descartes/meditation1.html) 5 Schopenhauer. "On the Suffering of the World." HYPERLINK "http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/pessimism/chapter1.html" http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/pessimism/chapter1.html 6 Kierkegaard. "Chapter 3. Teleological Suspension of the Ethical." ( HYPERLINK "http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=2068" http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=2068

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    Beginnings While Naturalism was a philosophy‚ Naturalism in literature began in France. French critic and journalist Emile Zola is considered the founder of Naturalism. Characteristics  The main characteristic of literary naturalism is pessimism‚ emphasizes the inevitability and quality of death.  The author tries to maintain an objective tone and sometimes achieves detachment or change by introducing nameless characters.  In determinism‚ the third characteristic of naturalism in literature

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    Annotated Bibliography-Substance Abusing Adolescents Afrah F. Hassan Texas A&M University-Commerce Victor C. Strasburger‚ MD‚ The Council on Communications and Media (2010) Children‚ Adolescents‚ Substance Abuse‚ and the Media pg. 791 -799 In the journal the author causes of adolescent substance use are multifactorial‚ but the media can play a key role. Tobacco and alcohol represent the 2 most significant drug threats to adolescents. More than $25 billion per year is spent on advertising

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    Optimism as an Ideal Voltaire presents the character of the protagonist called "Candide: or‚ all for the Best" and "Candide: or‚ The Optimist." learns the principles of optimism from his teacher‚ Dr. Pngloss‚ who lives constantly in fools optimism‚ based on abstract philosophical argument rather than intangible evidence or experiment. However‚ In the chaotic world of the novel. Pangloss and his student Candide maintain that “everything is for the

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    behaviorism‚ is the social cognitive (learning/social) perspective. As the behaviorism observe from the environment aspect‚ the social cognitive focus on one’s mindset as they think and learn from their environment. Therefore‚ social cognitive theory focuses on the behavior‚ environment‚ and the person to determine their personality styles. As the behavioral and social cognitive perspective work together‚ they focus on the way people control their behavior in different environments that change who

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    As defined by Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ existentialism is “a chiefly 20th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad.” This is the main theory behind philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s work. Because of the absence of knowledge about right and

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    enlightenment. I do not believe that Voltaire intends the reader to see the world with optimism‚ but rather pessimism. I will further explain why I believe the book draws attention to the horrific “ways of the world” throughout this paper. One could not go through the multitude of misfortunes Candide did in this book without at some point abandoning his optimism. Voltaire disguises his pessimism throughout‚ by keeping Candide’s spirits higher than expected. Candide learns his optimism from Pangloss

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    measuring pessimism and optimism. The instrument is designed to be self-administered‚ or verbally administered if necessary‚ to individuals between the ages of 17 and 80 years of age and takes approximately five to ten minutes for completion. Individual’s true/false answers provide evidence to their feelings about the future‚ loss of motivation and expectations. The BHS consists of 20 statements requiring a true or false response. Each response is scored for indications of pessimism or denial of

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    iMIT Sloan School of Management MIT Sloan Working Paper 4467-04 February 2004 Investment Banking and Analyst Objectivity: Evidence from Forecasts and Recommendations of Analysts Affiliated with M&A Advisors Adam Kolasinski and S.P. Kothari © 2004 by Adam Kolasinski and S.P. Kothari. All rights reserved. Short sections of text‚ not to exceed two paragraphs‚ may be quoted without explicit permission‚ provided that full credit including © notice is given to the source. This paper also

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    Market for Loanable Funds #1 Add a Supply Curve & show the equilibrium Draw an increase in Demand (a shift in the curve‚ not a movement along the curve) & show the new equilibrium As a result of the increase in demand‚ theory predicts the interest rate should go _up__ Overall‚ investment will go __up__ This will make the economy grow more: (quickly / slowly) The reasons demand would increase: New technology Improved investor sentiments (optimism) Improved government policy towards

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