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    Soul Food

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    Griffin Hooper English 1A 30 October 2008 Soul Food A ritual done over a specific length of time can become tradition‚ rooting itself into one’s culture and lifestyle. George Gmelch in the essay “Baseball Magic” describes rituals as being irrational and unemotional behaviors linked to an outcome. He finds when a baseball player has a good performance his rituals grow and are continued. Gmelch’s findings reflect that rituals fulfill one’s need for control over one’s environment. Similar

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    denied. Aristotle next thinks about the criteria for being a decent citizen and those for being a decent man. Even though they might sound similar they are two different scenarios. To be a good citizen is to be one that upholds and honors the constitution. However when it comes to being a good man‚ it is possible to be a good citizen without being a good man. This entitlement of being a bad man is held upon the moral aspects one may have as a reflection of ones religion or

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    Asch On Conformity

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    Evaluate research (theories and/or studies) on conformity. Conformity is the propensity to adjust one’s opinions‚ feelings or performance in ways that are in agreement with those of a specific individual or group‚ or with known standards about how a person should behave in certain situations (social norms). The recognized studies and theories on conformity are such as (Asch‚ 1951)‚ (Sherif‚ 1935) and (Jenness‚ 1932). Asch examined men in a university in the United States of America. He gave them

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    Active Passive

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    Denis Perez Espina November 18‚ 2014 Writing For College Success Active vs. Passive A student has the responsibility of going to school so they can have a career in the future. Some might think that all students who attend classes that they are paying for will do good in them. The reality of it is that some student either don’t care‚ or they just stop trying after a while due to the workload. Attending school should be the number one priority for most young adults‚ but when it comes down to

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    Virtue and Relativism

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    Discussion #1 Give an example of something that one culture might regard as a virtue that another culture might not. Explain why this could lead to relativism. Be sure to support your answer with quote from the text and/or academic resources. Responds to the question below in approx 100 words. It is important for this question that you first define the key terms here Virtue and Relativism. Define Virtue and Relativism: Relativism is the idea that one’s beliefs and values are understood

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    Dark Souls

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    people are asked about the story of Dark Souls‚ they reply with a quizzical expression and‚ commonly‚ this question. “What story? I thought it was just a hard game‚ made to be hard.” While this previous statement certainly does ring true to the gameplay of Dark Souls‚ it does not do the story justice. It is true; at first glance there is not much story to go on. You are an Undead in a land known as Lordran‚ and you are tasked with killing four lords‚ holders of souls spawned by the first flame which gave

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    Faculty Interview Fidelia Edoziem HSN/548-Role of the Health Care/Nursing Educator April‚ 28th 2015 Stephanie Vaughn‚ PhD RN CRRN. Faculty Interview with M‚ Fields. Nurse educator is someone who can inspire others to work together in pursuit of a common goal. An effective educator possess integrity‚ courage‚ initiative and ability to handle issues (Koch‚ 2014). This individual is admired in their efforts to think critically‚ set goals

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    Conformity Speech

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    remember your cowardice reason for acting as you did? The vast majority of people will recall saying‚ "Everybody is doing it" – a sentence that is one of the worst four-word combinations in the English language. (Acknowledge/greet audience) Conformity involves the changing of one’s attitudes‚ opinions‚ or behaviours to match those of the ‘norms’. The "norms"‚ established by society‚ are what we should or ought to be thinking‚ feeling‚ or doing if we wish to be accepted into a group. This desire

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    "A Good Man is Hard to Find" In Flannery O ’Connor ’s "A Good Man is Hard to Find‚" O ’Connor uses a gruesome and violent situation to reveal the true nature of her characters. In some cases‚ the natures of her characters are duplicitous to their initial descriptions in the first half of the story and in others‚ they stray very little from what is understood of them in the beginning. It can be argued that "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is duplicitous in its own right‚ beginning with a comical

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    Conformity and Rebellion

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    Rluksza Conformity and Rebellion People do it every day; following the crowd. You see it all around you; people buying the cars their friends have or people wearing the same brand of clothes as their peers in order to fit in. Conforming is a basic part of being American‚ and Americans are not the only ones who conform either‚ most societies do. The act of conforming is essentially a survival technique; it allows for anyone in a particular society to fit in with his or her peers‚ this will

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