IB Psychology (HL) Krissy Gear Milgram’s Experiment on Obedience P. 3 July 1961‚ Yale University Psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment to test peoples’ obedience to authority figures. He wanted to see how many people would comply or resist commands by (an idea of) an authority figure. Milgram’s experiment began with two men about twenty to fifty years in age. The participants volunteered through an advertisement and a promise of $4.50 for their
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Nancy Anne Morgan Hart was a patriot and a participant during the Revolutionary War. She was well known for her skills as a hunter‚ shooter‚ herbalist‚ and her efforts against the Cherokee‚ British soldiers‚ and British sympathizers. Nancy was born in North Carolina around 1735. She was connected through family ties to the Revolutionary War general Daniel Morgan and to the legendary frontiersman and explorer Daniel Boone. She married Benjamin Hart in 1760. Hart came from a very distinguished family
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Morgan Porterfield Freeman‚ Jr. (born June 1‚ 1937) is an American actor‚ film director‚ and narrator. He is noted for his reserved demeanor and authoritative speaking voice. Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart‚ Driving Miss Daisy‚ The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits‚ including Unforgiven
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Is Stanley Kowalski simply a tragic villain? A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams in 1947 is a play that is perceived with the variance between a man and his sister-in-law. Stanley Kowalski immediately captures the attention of the audience through Williams’ excellent portrayal of the intensely strong willed character‚ furthermore Williams forms Stanley into an exceedingly masculine character who will always have his way or no way and makes his opinions vey clear to those around
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Animosity Between Blanche and Stanley In the play A Streetcar Named Desire‚ written by Tennessee Williams‚ two of the main characters Blanche and Stanley create chaos within the household. The chaos results in tension‚ which is clearly noticeable from the very beginning of the play. This tension affects others around them‚ the main effect being on Stella (Stanley’s Wife). The animosity between Blanche and Stanley is based upon their different social backgrounds‚ their complete difference in personalities
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John Pierpont Morgan was born on April 17‚ 1837 in Hartford‚CT. John was born to Juliet Pierpont and Junius Spencer Morgan. Junius S Morgan was well known banker and financier. John Pierpont Morgan grows to be another well known banker and financier like his dad. Furthermore‚ there are more roots where J.P Morgan comes from like his education. What education did J.P Morgan get? Well J.P Morgan attended Cheshire Academy‚University of Göttingen‚ and The English High School. J.P Morgan went to University
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17 January 2012 A Streetcar Named Desire: Stanley Kowalski In the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ an insensitive and cruel character named Stanley Kowalski is depicted. His juxtaposition to Stella Kowalski‚ his mild mannered and sensitive wife‚ accentuates his character flaws making them even more prominent and dramatic throughout the play. Through Stanley’s conflicts with Blanche DuBois and his rapist-like sexual advances‚ Stanley becomes the perfect villainous character‚
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“Cray Love” is an autobiography written by Leslie Morgan Stein‚ recalling her life and her struggles throughout her abusive relationship. Leslie Morgan Stein grows up in Bethesda Washington in the 1980’s‚ in a rich family. Her father is a busy lawyer‚ and mother a tragically gorgeous alcoholic. Stein graduates from Harvard‚ and soon after becomes a journalist for Seventeen Magazine‚ in New York City. All of this before she met Connor. Stein has many influences in her life that strengthened her
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For my research paper I chose Garrett Morgan‚ I chose this person because we had a list of people to chose from and we had the same name so I thought I should pick him to learn about. Garrett Morgan was born in Paris on March 4‚ 1877 and died on July 27‚1963 at the age of 86. Growing up‚ most of his teenage years were spent as a working man for a Cincinnati landowner. He also had to quit school in order to work full-time for his job. In 1895‚ he moved to Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ where he began
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Garrett Morgan The African American pioneer inventor of the 1870’s‚ Garrett Morgan‚ was responsible for the life-saving inventions such as the traffic light and gas mask. During his entrepreneurship‚ Garrett just happened to have stumbled across some of his inventions. In this informational essay‚ we will learn about Garrett Morgan’s life and achievements . Garrett Morgan was born on March 4‚ 1877 in Paris‚ Kentucky. He was the son of Elizabeth and Sydney Morgan. He was also the 7th of 11 children
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