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    The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times‚ the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened‚ but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex‚ as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations‚ such as Egypt‚ Afghanistan‚ and Iran‚ concerning several subjects‚ including both civil and social rights. Thus

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    Advantages & Disadvantages of Positive Reinforcement Significance Positive reinforcement at work occurs when a person is rewarded to encourage a behavior. In the workplace‚ positive reinforcement can occur in the form of praise‚ awards and recognition‚ bonuses and promotions. The most common‚ simplest form of positive reinforcement is commending someone for a job well done. Managers may dole out praise for completing a project in a timely manner‚ handling customers well‚ rising to the occasion

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    Positive Leadership

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    Positive leadership refers to the application of positive principles and positive change. It helps leaders to become more effective in their jobs. Applying principles of positive leadership leads to extraordinary performance. Positive leadership has three connotations: 1) It refers to the facilitation of extraordinarily positive performance – that is‚ positively deviant performance. Outcomes that exceed common or expected performance. 2) Affirmative bias – or a focus on strengths and capabilities

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    congratulates him/her. This is an example of a positive reinforcement. There are four main types of reinforcement. These reinforcements are: positive reinforcement‚ negative reinforcement‚

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    Positive Woman

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    In The Power of the Positive Woman‚ author Phyllis Schlafly sets out to redefine the dogmas of womanhood and introduce the Positive Woman‚ defined as someone who recognizes that women and men are different‚ and that those differences “provide the key to her success and fulfillment as a woman.” Rather than trying to eliminate the degradation of women‚ she claims that these dogmas have the opposite effect and demean women even more. On the contrary‚ Schlafly argues that these same differences some

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    Positive Politeness

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    self-image or face wants to be respected. Face means public self image of a person; it refers to the emotional and social sense of self that everyone has and expects everyone to recognize (Yule‚ 1996:60). Face has two aspects‚ positive and negative. An individual’s positive face is reflected in his or her desires to be liked‚ approved of‚ respected of and appreciated by others. While an individual’s negative face is reflected in the desire not be impeded or put upon‚ to have the freedom to act as

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    American West Expansion

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    The two most important components in the development of the American West that took place in the second half of the nineteenth century were the expansion of the West and the decline of Native Americans. In the middle of the Civil War‚ Congressional Northerners were looking to populate the West with free labor and they developed the Homestead Act of 1862. This Act would promise settlers 160 acres of land to populate and develop and after five years‚ the land would become theirs. Almost 400‚000 farms

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    Positive Psychology

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    forgiveness are basic attributes of positive psychology. Seligman‚ (2002)‚ defines positive psychology as the psychology that is more focused on emphasizing the positive attributes of humans‚ as opposed to focusing on the study of maladaptive characters that human beings have. The pivotal role of positive psychology is to nurture happiness in human beings. The attributes; love‚ hope‚ forgiveness and gratitude help foster this aim in the society. These attributes of positive psychology also help improve

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    Positive psych

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    Abstract The emerging field of positive psychology has gained a lot of interest in the recent years. Positive psychology has been proven to promote happiness in many individual’s lives as well as reinforce their personal feelings of self-worth. The use of positive psychology can be applied to multiple aspects of an individual’s life‚ making it a universal approach to happiness and less stress. One major group of individuals that can effectively carry out the use of positive psychology is athletes.

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    Positive Attitude

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    Positive-Attitude-Can-Change-The-World-Around-You The Powers of a Positive Attitude I am going to ask you to something very weird right now. First of all‚ I want you to listen to your thoughts. Now tell me‚ what thoughts fill your head? Would you label them as positive‚ or negative? Now let’s say you are walking down the street with these thoughts. Do you think anyone who would meet you would be able to tell you what’s on your mind? The answer to number one is up to you. But‚ the answer number two

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