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Tutorial on People and Prayer

acronym - prayers are ACTS of mind and heart: * A-doration and praise of God, who made us and through whom we have whatever we hav...

Smoking Contributors' Study Proposal

to begin smoking at all. The study of addiction typically has been categorized according to the type of addiction being stu...

Modern Society and Desensitization

In 5 pages the cultural and social reasons why the increase in violent behavior has desensitized contemporary society particularly...

People and Their Actions in 'Call Me If You Need Me' by Raymond Carver

In six pages this paper discusses human behavior as analyzed by Sigmund Freud and why people act as they do in an analysis of 'Cal...

Two Crime Theories

In eight pages the 1910 Strain Theory and 1939 Differential Association Theory are examined regarding theoretical answers to quest...

Health Care Alternatives

In five pages different alternative health care methods are discussed in terms of why people are exploring them and the benefits t...

Reasons for a Living Will

In five pages this paper discusses living wills in a consideration of why people compose them. Three sources are cited in the bib...

Persuasive Essay on Not Smoking

of heart and lung disease. For many, the reasons above are not "good" enough reasons for them to decide not to smoke....

Work and its Significance

In eleven pages this paper discusses why work is necessary for people from psychological, economic, and spiritual perspectives. S...

“King Leopold’s Ghost”

earned (Hochschild, 1998). But there can be no doubt that he was a historian, and a good one; W.E.B. Dubois called him the "greate...

Information Technology Projects

change. One dynamic that is often overlooked in IT change projects is the loss of productivity during and immediately after the ...

Branch Davidians and More

This essay discussed three topics. One topic is a discussion on why people violate safety rules. Another compares Waco and MOVE. T...

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Cosmetic Surgery Addiction

physician Enrique Morselli back in 1891 as dysmorphophobia, BDD has been defined as "the fear of having a deformity" (Hunt, Thienh...

Applying Ariely's Theories

Ariely offered the Fudge Factor Theory and the theory of ego depletion to explain why good people cheat. This paper provides a bri...

Arguing in Favor of Lifting the Cuba Embargo

that Cuba shares with the United States, many wonder why Cubans are flocking to Florida. The answer to that question may prove enl...

Why People Believe Weird Things; Pseudoscience, Superstition, And Other Confusions Of Our Time by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould

which has given fuel to his ability to see skepticism for its healthy aspects. In chapter one, the authors take great care in exp...

Food Preferences and the Theories of B.F. Skinner

the way (Psychology.org, 2003). Another aspect of Skinners theory was that of "chaining," in other words, the fact that te...

Cat's Perspectives on Either Hunting Birds are Watching TV

and be a potato with them. Dogs crave the attention and approval of their humans, while we cats could truly care less what people...

A Study of Boredom

viewed as a feeling or sense of disinterest or of a lack of excitement. Boredom can exist as a response to specific stimuli, or i...

4 Questions on Criminal Justice

II. HOW EFFECTIVE IS PUNISHMENT IN CONTROLLING CRIME? WHY? Warehousing of prisoners is perhaps the most prevalent of all ap...

Organ Donations and Ethical Complications

must be deemed brain dead in order for organs to be taken out. One author notes that, "Brain death and organ transplantation ar...

The Unthinkable - Surviving a Disaster

she was in the building in 1993 when another attack took place; and despite the fact that the building actually rocked from the fo...

FUNCTIONS OF THE ARDAY-VIRAF NAMA

Discusses the consoling factors introduced in the Arday-Viraf Nama and points out why people gain comfort from religion. There are...

Great Plains and Severe Weather

occur from supercells, which are rotating thunderstorms that have a well-defined radar circulation that is called a mesocyclone (G...

The Causes of the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal

The writer looks at some of the potential influences that resulted in the abuse at Abu Ghraib Prison occurring and continuing. The...

Health Data Interactive and the National Center for Health Statistics

This paper explores human longevity as pictured by government statistics. Why is human longevity increasing at the same time dise...

Higher Level Thinking

There has always been confusion between creative and critical thinking. Many people think the two cannot exist together. That is n...

Why Mandatory Public Education is Necessary in the U.S.

In seven pages this paper discusses the reasons why public education should be mandatory for people of the United States. Five so...

Why Science Will Not Solve the Obesity Problem

a medical intuitive and medical doctor, claims that a multitude of issues including psychological and emotional problems will caus...

Creativity

activity than the adults brain (Jalongo, 2003). Theta waves are those that are active during the time "between being awake and fal...