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    He knew his pursuer was coming; he heard the thumping sound of feet on the soft earth‚ and the night breeze brought him the perfume of the general’s cigarette. It seemed to Rainsford that the general was coming with unusual swiftness; he was not feeling his way along‚ foot by foot. He saw through the bushes and thick trees‚ a small man approaching him. This man seemed a bit more rawboned than Zaroff’s larger‚ more manly build. “Rainsford?” questioned the mysterious man in a quite skittish voice

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    Have you ever wondered what it was like to be the prey‚ or what it was like to step off the path? There is consequences that were lead to being the prey. Also there were consequences from stepping off the path. The characters in both of the stories both made mistakes because they did not follow the directions that were gave to them. “A sound of thunder” and “being prey” have similarities and differences. The setting of “A sound of thunder” takes place in a prehistoric jungle. “Being prey” takes

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    Jack as an Animal William Golding‚ author of Lord of the Flies‚ intends for the reader to view Jack as an animal because the longer the boys are on the island the more they are becoming like a savage. First‚ the author uses a simile. As Jack is hunting for pigs‚ the author writes‚ “Then dog-like‚ uncomfortable on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort‚” (48). The simile in this passage is Jack on all fours like a dog. Since Jack is a human‚ he walks on two feet‚ not four legs. This gives the reader

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    known for not only being intelligent‚ but also for being sociable and able to form strong bonds with human beings: the chimpanzee. They made sure to emphasise the importance of sociability when they chose their subject‚ as it is essential for the development of language in human beings. In June 1966‚ Gardener and Gardener began to train a female infant chimpanzee named Washoe the gestural language of the deaf. They used sign language because the research done by Hayes and Hayes in 1952 had already

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    animals. Beatrice and Robert Gardner‚ two psychologists of the University of Nevada‚ realized that the pharynx and larynx of the chimpanzee are not suited for human speech. Since chimpanzees are far superior to humans in manual dexterity‚ the Garners decided to try to teach chimpanzees American Sign Language or Ameslan. The Gardners and others studied these chimpanzees‚ Washoe‚ Lucy‚ and Lana. These three chimpanzees learned to use and could display a working vocabulary of 100 to 200 words. They also

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    The Complexity of the Animal Mind Do animals think? This question has been debated for centuries and no clear answer has yet to be decided. By looking at television‚ comic books‚ and children’s literature it would seem that animals do think and act intelligently. The fictional characters are given human movements‚ behavior‚ and language. In contrast‚ science‚ philosophy‚ and many other academic fields do not believe animals to think‚ feel‚ or behave intelligently. Animals are merely machines

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    Chapter 10: Thinking HW #59: Due Date Rd: Pg. 395-Pg.401 1. Describe a life without concepts? 2. Provide an example of a category hierarchy 3. Describe the experiment concerning memory shifts conducted by Olivier Corneille 4. Why is heuristics a better strategy then step-by-step algorithm in finding another word in SPLOYOCHYG? 5. How did psychologists Mark-Jung-Beeman‚ John Kounios‚ and Edward Bowden identify brain associations with flashes of insight? 6. How is insight critical in understanding

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    10 IS LANGUAGE UNIQUE TO THE HUMAN SPECIES? Burton‚ Maurice. The Sixth Sense of Animals. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.‚ 1973. Chomsky‚ Noam. Language and Mind. US: Harcourt Brace & World‚ 1968. 95. Diamond‚ Jared. The Rise and Fall of The Third Chimpanzee. London‚ Sydney‚ Auckland‚ Johannesburg: Radius‚ Random Century‚ 1991. Dunbar‚ Robin. Grooming‚ Gossip‚ and The Evolution of Language. London: Faber and Faber Ltd.‚ 1996. US: Harvard University Press‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ 1997. Ellegaard‚ Alvar

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    Idiographic versus nomothetic approaches to psychology Nomothetic approach Idiographic approach The approach of investigating large groups of people in order to find general laws of behaviour that apply to everyone Nomos= laws in ancient Greek; this approach assumes that an individual is a complex combination of many universal laws; it is best to study people on a large scale. Quantitative Experimental methods are best to identify the universal laws governing behaviour. The individual

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    Discuss the similarities and differences between language and communication. Consider whether language is solely the property of humans. You should draw on research and evidence to support your answer. According the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary‚ the word “communication” refers to the process of expressing ideas and feelings or of giving people information through various mediums. Language is one of the most commonly used medium by people in all written‚ spoken and non-spoken form. The

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