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    Case Study: the Suds Scale

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    on the suds scale: Understanding what to look for Introduction This study is based on “Kathy”‚ an 18 year old female with a phobia of wasps and bees. She has no other health problems physical or mental. Kathy had been stung three times on three separate occasions in the past and has developed a phobia of wasps and bees. Method The study will be three sessions; each will take approximately an hour. The suds scale (subjective units of distress scale) will be used at

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    The White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) have been at the top of the social hierarchy ever since they arrived to America in the 1600s. The first wave of immigration consisted of the Germans‚ Irish and Chinese. The WASPs created a way to measure the success of each immigrant group. They acknowledged four factors of success that would show them whether an immigrant group was successful or not. The first factor of success was how much money an immigrant had when they came to America. The more money

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    they have been doing so for centuries. What makes America what it is today is it’s diversity‚ a “melting pot” of cultures and traditions coming together as one. But this is not how the White Anglo Saxon Protestants from the 19th century (WASPs) viewed it. WASPs did everything in their power to keep immigrant groups like the “dirty Chinese” and “violent Irish Catholics” out‚ giving them negative stereotypes and creating laws to mark them as an inferior race. In the political cartoons “The Irish Declaration

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    White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) had created. Some of the immigrant groups that had the same stereotypes are the Irish‚ Chinese‚ and the Mexicans. WASPs used specific Political Cartoons to stereotype the Irish‚ Chinese‚ and Mexican as inferior races because of how they looked and as violent because of their past. To WASPs‚ they believed that not only God made the hierarchy‚ but that they could prove it. To begin with‚ the first group from the first wave that the WASPs disliked was the Irish. There

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    was a rise of labor unions in the early 20th century. With immigrants and poor Americans flocking to the cities (see: Second Industrial Revolution)‚ factories had their choice of workers. They could employ women and children‚ who were cheaper to pay than men were. These poorly-paid workers were forced to labor in terrible conditions in textile factories and mines. Social critics referred to them as "wage slaves." o Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842): The Supreme Court holds that workers have a right to unionize

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    volunteering for the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs‚ later renamed the Women’s Army Corps)‚ the Navy Women’s Reserve (WAVES)‚ the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve‚ the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARS)‚ the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS)‚ the Army Nurses Corps‚ and the Navy Nurse Corps. General Eisenhower felt that he could not win the war without the aid of the women in uniform. “The

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    Taylor’s “Upon A Spider Catching A Fly”‚ he uses personification to illustrate the dance of death between Satan‚ the spider‚ and human beings‚ the wasp and the fly. Within the beginning of the poem‚ Taylor gives us the account of who the wasp is and what happened to him when he fell into the web of temptation. The spider explains‚ “I saw a pettish wasp fall foul therein‚ whom yet thy whorl pins did not clasp lest he should fling his sting.” Here Taylor is

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    stanza‚ Taylor asks why the spider doesn’t catch wasps? Perhaps‚ it is because of his the sting the wasp can provide. If the wasp were to get caught‚ the spider could be harmed in the process. “Lest he should fling His sting.” (Lines 9-10) While the fly is innocent and weak‚ the wasp is dangerous which ultimately makes it evil and bad. This view that objects that are dangerous and threatening are evil is a puritan view. But while the wasp is evil‚ it is a different evil than what the spider

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    Final Exam 12/12/12 1:05 AM Chinese • Patriarchy/Eldest Male/Clan o Clan is led by eldest male o Male won’t stop being in power until their passing o Eldest male tells everyone what to do o Clan is related by blood or marriage • Surname o Goes by last name o It doesn’t matter what your name is‚ just who your family is o Introduce last name first: Khanchaleunh‚ Sakoona • “Guadong” or Canton Province o Where most immigrants came from o Not a farming province o Located on the harbor

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    animals who acknowledge this peace are Mrs. Moore and Professor Godbole who specifically identify with a wasp extending their voluntary cognizance to Indian culture and the understanding of unity among all living creatures on Earth. "Pretty dear‚" Mrs. Moore gently refers to the wasp that she spots resting on the indoor cloak peg (Forster‚ 35). Instead of encouraging the wasp to rest elsewhere‚ Mrs. Moore‚ the idealized Englishwoman of the novel‚ sympathizes with the insect and says

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