As a result‚ Native Americans found it easier to reproduce the story‚ and European participants did indeed use their own cultural schemas to fill in gaps of the story which they could not remember accurately‚ such as filling in “boat” for “canoe”. This shows that memory is indeed susceptible to distortion caused by the culture we are brought up in‚ hence not necessarily as reliable as we think. The way this study was performed was very straightforward and highly replicable‚ meaning this experiment
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To what extent are cognitive processes influenced by emotion? The debates surrounding the argument that emotion can influence cognitive processing are a matter of contention and cognitive psychologists understanding of how emotions can influence cognition is an area of debate in its infancy. Research studying emotion was previously negligible until methods by which emotions could be measured were devised‚ such as through brain imaging techniques. The essay will discuss whether emotions can influence
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lasting benefits to women. During the 1930s‚ women were often portrayed simply as housewives or mothers. In 1930‚ only 24% of women were recorded as being in employment ‚ with many being paid less than their male counterparts. The New Deal did little to promote equal pay. Indeed‚ the policy of giving women lower wages than men was enshrined within the NRA. Even after the later stages of The New Deal had been implemented‚ figures from 1937 show that the average annual pay for women was $525 compared
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The Renaissance was quite possibly one of the greatest periods in European history. Translating literally to “rebirth”‚ it is defined as a drastic change in the lives of Europeans due to a newfound interest in the classical period of Europe’s history. Prior to this time period‚ Europe did not resemble at all the superpower we know it as today. A feudal system with a strict hierarchy was in place‚ in which a King ruled over a large territory of land named his kingdom‚ lords ruled over sections of
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be forever in the afterlife. Women were depicted as beautiful and perfectly feminine with lighter skin‚ despite Egypt being racially mixed. Women were drawn slender while elite men and pharaohs were drawn with rolls of fat over their abdomen to signify that they could afford to eat plenty and did not burn off the weight with manual labor. Women were depicted in formal paintings in relation to a man‚ such as their husband or father‚ apart from the tombs of queens. Women were often depicted as smaller
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To what extent does the language we speak influence the way we perceive the world? The most interesting question in linguistic is whether and how language affects the way we remember things and the way we perceive the world and this idea was first introduced by the influential linguists Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf (Harley‚ 2008). Statements‚ attempting to illustrate that language is the medium by which one views the world‚ culture‚ reality and thought have aroused an intense desire in
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democratically and secondly to protect the country from autocracy or the emergence of dictatorships. Although it could be argued that both of these functions of parliament have been apparent in recent history. In this essay I aim to answer the question to what extent is parliament an effective constraint on the executive. The first means available to parliament in scrutinizing the government is the debating and ratification functions of the House of Lords. After a bill has been proposed by the House of Commons
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To what extent is the commercialisation of sport a positive trend? Negative I feel that commercialisation of sports is bad as it denies the sport players of their privacy. As the players would be constantly under the limelight‚ details of their lives‚ both the good and the bad‚ are released to the public. For example‚ in the recent Tiger Wood’s scandal involving his many mistresses‚ his private life was broad casted to the public‚ attracting many criticisms. Therefore‚ the commercialization of
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Women‚ forever have been the object of desire‚ appreciation‚ and structured formality of the American household. Women were taught to observe‚ but not comment; follow their husbands and fathers‚ but not step out of line‚ and promote their perfect families. There were manuals to be followed‚ chores to be completed‚ and people to be pleased. Women‚ were models of society‚ often seen as porcelain dolls that could break at any moment in time. However‚ by the 1920’s women were starting to break out
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efficiently. As the farms were very small there was not an efficient use of tractors and fertilizers. What’s more‚ he wanted to eliminate the class of prosperous peasants called kulaks ‚ which NEP had encouraged. Stalin claimed they were standing in the way of progress and he saw the kulaks as the enemy of communism . For the Five Year Plan‚ first economic policy implemented by Stalin‚ to be successful‚ food was needed for the workers in the
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