mesmerized me. “Can Machines Think?” – This question which was proposed by Alan Turing‚ has significantly advanced the field. Imagine his joy if he’d be able to witness IBM’s Deep Blue beating world champion chess player Gary Kasparov. I sincerely want to contribute to the field of Computer Science for which‚ I am more than excited to pursue a graduate degree at your university. The approach that the education system of the US follows is what I truly admire. Also studying from
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Wang What do you think art is? In my opinion‚ the major purpose of art is to influence someone. Some of the most common types of art in public are paintings‚ photos‚ and sculptures. When I go to the library‚ I would see photos of intellectual people‚ such as Gandhi‚ and Albert Einstein. These photos on the wall can greatly influence my mood and efficiency on studying. When I go to a hospital‚ I would see paintings and pictures that show life. Most of these paintings would have the color green
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Questions. a.) Discuss the problem which a researcher might encounter when conducting social surveys. Explain how to overcome the problems. b.) Explain the advantages and dis advantages of using survey method. According to chrishnaswami O.R (2003) social survey is defined as a fact finding study. It is a method of research involving the collection of data directly from a population or a sample there of a particular time. It must not be confused with the mere clerical routine of gathering and
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The problem of evil is a paradox that will never be fully understood due to the semantical qualities it possesses. Simplified‚ the problem states that if God is good how is their evil in the world? The problem was first posed by the philosopher Epicurus and further represented by the Christian apologist Lactantius: "God either wants to eliminate bad things and cannot‚ or can but does not want to‚ or neither wishes to nor can‚ or both wants to and can. If he wants to and cannot‚ he is weak -- and
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Discuss the ethical issues involved using deception in researching human behaviour When conducting any kind of research‚ one must be aware of the ethical issues involved. Almost all research in psychology studies human behaviour. Before the experiment is conducted‚ all subjects are given a brief overview of the experiment but will not be told about the entire experiment and its true purpose. This deception leaves the subjects vulnerable which may arise to ethical issues. Back in 1954‚ W. Edgar Vinacke
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Explanations of forgetting Forgetting has multiple meanings in psychology‚ in general it refers to a person’s loss of the ability to recall or a thing they have already learned. This essay will examine the different explanations of forgetting – specifically trace decay‚ displacement‚ interference and/or cue dependent forgetting. Forgetting from STM is usually explained in terms of the information being removed from a limited capacity store. This is due to a lack of availability. The capacity and
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What do you think of “Westernization” in Malaysia? Provide argument and examples. Nowadays‚ we can see there is a lot of westernization in Malaysia. People in Malaysia like to copy the style from western country because they think that country more develop than our country. From my point of view‚ westernization in Malaysia give disadvantages rather than good thing. The westernization gives bad impact to the Malaysian people especially teenagers because we can see that teenagers today have lack of
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Explain the difference between absolutist and relativist ethics. The Absolutist theory is the theory that certain things are right or wrong from an objective point of view and cannot change according to culture. Certain actions are intrinsically right or wrong‚ which means they are right or wrong in themselves. This is also known as deontological. The relativist theory is the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles. All principles and values are relative to a particular culture
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of parental guidelines already in place. Even the game consoles to play these violent games have parental controls. What I fail to understand is that some parents believe its okay to give their children 18+ rated games even though they are well under that age‚ and say that these games are the sources of violence between children. If parents would not let a 10-year-old watch 18+ rated horrors movies‚ then why would parents let a 10-year-old play Gears of War‚ or Grand Theft Auto with its gang‚ crime
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essay‚ “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem‚” in which he describes the various types of obediences and disobediences and how they are either contributive or detrimental to humanity. Fromm argues that “human history began with an act of disobedience‚ and that it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience” (246). Since the beginning of human history‚ concepts such as individuality‚ authority‚ and totalitarianism‚ have been placed side by side often for comparison
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