To what extent can personality traits suggest an individual’s preference of film genre? Abstract This study investigates the relationship between personality and preference of film genre. Three scales of personality trait were selected from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) based on the revised version of the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R: Costa & McCrae‚ 1992) and were assessed using a questionnaire. To assess preference of film genre‚ 9 film trailers grouped
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To what extent do individuals in contemporary society have choice over their leisure activities. (24 marks) There is great debate about how individuals have choice over their leisure activities. I for one believe that it depends greatly on personal preference for the leisure activities we partake in. Yet class or social status can also have a slight influence upon these factors. Postmodernists‚ such as Lyotard (1984)‚ believe that the boundaries between social class and leisure have become
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At least it let the world know what happened is Africa at that time. How bad a place it was. How people suffer in that situation. It informed people what’s guilty and evil‚ what’s justice and goodness. A selfish smuggler still has love and righteous. A cold blood killer was once an innocent child and also has kind heart deep inside him. Those are all good stories we learned. Solomon Vandy had lost his family‚ and almost everything he had. That’s why he loves his family so much. When people
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in developing a competitive strategy. The concept was first introduced by Michael Porter in his 1985 book “Competitive Advantage.” A value chain is a set of activities that an organization carries out to create value for its customers. Porter proposed a general-purpose value chain in which he felt it was important for companies to examine all of their activities and see how they’re connected. According to Porter‚ going through the chain of organization activities will add more value to the product
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How can technology help small business? Innovations in technology have improved operations at companies of all sizes and helped turn small local businesses into global businesses. A number of tools and resources are available to help small business owners make the most of technology to become more efficient. It’s about taking the old way of doing things‚ and applying the power of your network to work as a team. * Communication: Cell phones have become small business necessities for owners
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To what extent did opposition to the policy of appeasing Germany increase in Britain in the years 1936-1939? The policy of appeasement had reached its heights by the period between 1936 and 1939. It was felt by many to be the best policy at the time‚ as it allowed Britain to buy herself some valuable time in order to delay the inevitable war. Opposition during 1936‚ when appeasement was first seen as really taking the forefront of foreign policy‚ was small and weak. However it was by 1939 that
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SCORE: YEAR AND SECTION: DATE: I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Circle the letter of the correct answer. 1. What is the set of procedures that can be used to explain and predict events or phenomena? A. Scientific discovery B. Scientific method C. Scientific notation D. Scientific thinking 2. Which of the following pairs of elements make up the salt compound? A. chlorine and oxygen B. oxygen and hydrogen C. sodium and chlorine D. sodium and hydrogen 3. What is meant by pH? A. power of hafnium B. power of
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It can be argued that Britain is both democratic and undemocratic; this can be shown via a range of issues relating to British politics and the society in which we live. Democracy is a form of government in which supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system. It states that all citizens have equal access to power and that all people enjoy the right to universally recognised freedoms. It is also the freedom of expression‚ speech and other civil liberties. The selection
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naval fleets known to man. As a result‚ China was able to establish many trade routes to places such as Africa‚ India‚ Singapore‚ etc If the Chinese wanted to‚ they could have sailed all the way to Europe and even as far as North America. However‚ the Chinese ran into some political problems that prevented explorations in the future. If they had continued their voyages‚ it would have been possible for them to have discovered the New World before Columbus. Had China discovered America before Columbus
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The diamond Neckless “The Diamond Neckless” is a story written with the intent of the combination of greed‚vanity‚forbidden desire and wealth. It was written by a famous writer named Guy De Maupassant. Throughout the story‚ it talked about a woman named Mathilde. She was very charming and beautiful woman who thought that she must have been born into the wrong life‚ since she had no way of getting known and married by a rich man. Instead she married a clerk in the ministry of education
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