Malcolm Gladwell’s arguments center around an idea he calls “thin-slicing.” Thin-slicing is the concept that our unconscious can take lightning-quick bits of experiences and use preconceived notions about behaviors and situations to interpret them. Our unconscious thin-slices the world around us on a constantly– every person we meet or even already know we thin-slice. In times of panic‚ our brains rely on those split-second decisions based on what we have unconsciously observed. The reactions that
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Eth/125 Cultural Diversity Stereotyping ETH/125 Cultural Diversity Rebecca Terpstra Stereotyping Christine Miller Part 1: Definitions Stereotypes; these are unreliable and exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take in to account the individual’s differences. (Schaefer‚ 2012) Prejudice; “is a negative attitude that rejects an entire group of people‚ such as racial or ethnic minority.” (Schaefer‚ 2012) Labeling Theory; is a sociological theory that tries
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order to implement an agenda or material goal? Do terrorists even have faith? The coincidence of jihad being called ‘holy war’ and terrorists claiming to be Muslims has resulted in stereotyping Muslims as villains all over the world. Nevertheless‚ the notion of terrorism is utterly contrary to the principles of
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Waiting for Godot Absurdism What is absurdism? The belief that human beings exist in a purpose-less‚ chaotic universe. "Absurdity presents humanity "stripped of the accidental circumstances of social position or historical context‚ confronted with basic choices" [Martin Esslin] The history of Absurd Theatre Absurd Theatre emerged during a moment of crisis in the literary and artistic movement of Modernism -which itself began in the closing years of the last century‚ becoming most prominent in
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it undermines the brutality of some events by giving a somewhat private account. The book contains several mind-boggling observations throughout its writings. For instance‚ Klein observes that the sale of African for sales had little to do with the notion of the inferiority of their race. He asserts that it was a result of the market conditions of the ear that demanded a high amount of labor thus increasing the request (Klein‚ 18). Slave labor was a significant part of the developing global economy
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that Socrates believed by saying that the purpose of life was personal and spiritual growth. Considered the nature of beauty‚ knowledge and what is right. His method was to ask questions‚ to try to expose the flaws in his fellow Athenians’ preconceived notions. Socrates went on to teach Plato‚ the next great Athenian philosopher. Plato was a student of Socrates; he believed that only the wisest people should govern. His first book was: “The Republic” that described an idea government‚ not a democracy
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Orthodox‚ religion based on ancient scripture and against "Natural Religion‚" the belief that God is as natural organism‚ much like man. Blake was opposed to the idea that God is only what the church believes him to be but he was also opposed to the notion that God was here before we were. Blake believed that man’s "Poetic Genius‚" or imagination helped create the God of today. Many of the writers of the Romantic period were highly influenced by the war between England and France and the French Revolution
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Looking at the experiments in the American colonies‚ it became quite clear that religious pluralism equals peace. It was not until nearly 200 years later that sociologists‚ rather than philosophers‚ began to study this phenomenon. One duo‚ Rodney Stark and Roger Finke‚ shows in part four of their book‚ Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion‚ that when religious freedom is allowed‚ it generates a higher level of religious pluralism and participation. This is just one factor in the equation
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For much of recorded history‚ humans have fixated on the concept of mortality and of making proper use of their brief time spent on earth. These notions are evident across centuries of literature‚ the urgency of “carpe diem‚” or of seizing the day‚ originating from Horace even before the time of anno Domini. The use of these ideas persists in American literature‚ too‚ particularly in the post-Civil War era‚ its use underscoring the sense of loss and destruction felt by an entire generation. Especially
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If there is one constant in this world‚ it would surely be death. Dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed‚ everything that lives will at sometime die. The fear of death is held by everyone. Perhaps it is the correlation of death with pain or the unknown state of the human consciousness after death‚ maybe a combination of both‚ that creates this fear. The fear felt is undoubtedly universal‚ however‚ the ways in which it is dealt with are varied and diverse. The concept of human mortality and
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