Stereotype Threat BACKGROUND. Stereotype threat refers to the concern that is experienced when one feels “at risk of confirming‚ as a self characteristic‚ a negative stereotype about one’s group” (Steele & Aronson‚ 1995‚ p. 797). A wide range of stereotypes have been tested (e.g.‚ her lack of ability in math and science: O’Brien & Crandall‚ 2003; Negros’ underperformance on standardized tests: Steele & Aronson‚ 1995; White males’ athletic inferiority: Stone‚ 2002). In the current work‚ the authors
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Nuclear threat is a scary topic that no one wants to hear or read about. Yet‚ it is currently spreading all over the world through every media source making it hard to ignore. The main point of this paper is to not focus only on nuclear threat‚ but to instead pay close attention to how different authors are using certain genres to talk about the importance of nuclear threat and the different techniques they use to inform the audience. They use techniques to attract those that are interested in the
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Cloud Computing Security Threats and Responses Farzad Sabahi Faculty of Computer Engineering Azad University Iran fsabahi@ieee.org Abstract-Cloud Hybrid clouds. A public cloud is standard model which providers make several resources‚ such as applications and storage‚ available to the public. Public cloud services may be free or not. In public clouds which they are running applications externally by large service providers and offers some benefits over private clouds. Private Cloud
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It’s instinct to make quick judgments on things that are unfamiliar and new‚ it helps make life easier which in turn helps us with survival and social aspects of our lives. We organize people into many groups and subgroups with things such as outward appearance‚ socioeconomic status‚ education‚ etc. At first glance‚ categorizing others into groups can seem beneficial but there are flaws‚ power struggles‚ oversimplified views‚ and gross judgments made on a certain person or that person’s group. Categorizing
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Security threat groups or‚ "prison gangs" pose a daily problem within the walls of our national prisons and officials must constantly devise new methods in dealing with an ever growing population of inmates. The difference in dealing with multiple gangs is that prison officials focus on the group behavior rather than centering on individual involvement. With the focus on the whole group‚ one then must develop plans or procedures when controlling various threats within a correctional facility.
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From F to Faith: The Threat of Lutheranism The end of the fifteenth century had left Christendom with a Church in great need of reform. The Church had been greatly weakened by the events of the past few centuries. The fourteenth century’s Great Famine and Black Death had battered the public’s trust in the Church‚ as had the Papal Schism spanning from 1378-1417. When the ideas of Martin Luther began to spread in the early 1500s‚ the Church became afraid for its power‚ its reputation‚ and its
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WBSO GLOBALIZATION AND STATE-BUILDING NIKOLA LAKIĆ Is globalization a challenge or a threat to nation-states as a dominant form of polity? WESTERN BALKANS SECURITY OBSERVER Nikola Lakić1 1 BAMERC - Balkan and Middle East regional Cooperation Scientific article August 2011 UDK: 321.8 ; 316.334.2/.3 Abstract Contact: nl023@yahoo.com A true Nation-state has never yet existed in our diverse and vibrant world. For states to remain in the game‚ they need to understand they are no longer the only
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4 - Threat of Substitutes = HIGH Threat of substitutes is the measure of availability that consumers can purchase goods/services other than the ones provided which offer similar benefits. Threat of substitutes for Camberwell’s retail strip is quite high as there are many other possible retail strips located in other suburbs a customer could venture to; and as mentioned during the analysis of ‘the threat for new entrants’ online competition for these retail strips are also abundant. Not only that
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Megamergers a threat to society In my point of view megamergers are a threat to our society because of the growing imbalance between public and private power in society. Megamergers are a threat because they handle our economy the way they want to. For instance mega mergers can lower or higher the prices on their products whenever they want to and can produce products of low quality for a high or low cost. “Mergers could raise profits…they could improve cost efficiency‚ reducing costs per
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The mountain gorilla was first discovered roaming the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). German Captain Robert von Beringe and his African soldiers stumbled upon two mountain gorillas around the volcanic region on October 17‚ 1902 (von Beringe‚ 2002‚ p.9). Von Beringe captured and killed one of them and sent the body to the Zoological Museum in Berlin‚ Germany. Professor Paul Matschie‚ who worked with the museum‚ identified the gorilla as a new class and named it after its founder:
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