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- 18941: Living Together Before Marriage
- ... population."("Family." Comptoms Encyclopedia. 1992 ed.) Living together, more formally known as non marital cohabitation, is an emerging lifestyle. In fact, "More than one fourth of all unmarried couples living together in the early 1980's were between 25 and 34 years old, and an additional 19 percent were 45 and over."("Today's Families."Detroit Free Press 18 October 1995: B17.) Although living together is not a recent invention, the relationship has yet to be legitimized with a respectable name. Existing terms such as "shacking up" or "living ... Marriage". Ladies' Home Journal 14 (May 1993): 12-13.) If an unsolveable conflict arises, the couple can cancel their wedding plans and escape the painful exercise of divorce. Living together ultimately can test the couple's compatibility and have them really get to know each other. Although evidence suggests that "couples who live together do not necessarily have more or less successful marriages than couples who don't live together ...
- 18942: Cognitive Motivation
- ... place context. The cognitive theories of motivation aim to develop this understanding by focusing on the action and choices made in the motivation process. The focus is on the processes that occur within a person's mind, which influence their decision to act. (Wood, Wallace, Zeffane, Schermerhorn, Hunt, Osborn (1998)) They rely on the assumption that behavior is purposeful and being undertaken to achieve a desired outcome or goal. This means ... direct determinants of effort" (Klein 1991 p 231). However there is also some competing evidence (Garland 1985) which contradicted this view contending that goal attributes affect expectancy theory constructs rather than resulting from them. Klein's study hence sought to expand evidence of how the expectancy theory constructs relate to goal choice, goal commitment and performance. His findings replicated those of Garland. The perceived explanation for this for this was that ... Organisational behavior: an Asia Pacific perspective. (Aust Edn) Milton QLD: Jacaranda Wiley. Griffeth, R., Vecchio, R. & Logan, J. (1989) Equity theory and interpersonal attraction. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 3 394 -401. Tubbs, M. & Ekeberg, S. (1991) The role of intentions in work motivation: implications for goal setting and research. Academy of Management Review, 16, 1, 180-199. Klein, H. (1991) Further evidence on the relationship between goal setting and ...
- 18943: The Ineffable Aphrodite
- The Ineffable Aphrodite The Olympian goddess Aphrodite was the Greek's epitome of love, beauty, and fertility. Unlike her Roman counterpart Venus, Aphrodite was not only the goddess of sexual love but also the social emotion between a man and woman. According to the poet Homer, she was the simply the daughter of Zeus and Dione. The poet Hesiod's account is more elaborate, and considerably more gruesome. Life first began when Gaia, the Earth and mother goddess, emerged from chaos. She gave birth to Ouranos, the sky god, and began to conceive children. The ... her anger she created a sickle within her. She instructed her son Cronos to use it to drive Ouranos away. While Ouranos lay with Gaia one evening, Cronos took the sickle and severed his father's penis. Ouranos fled relinquishing his power, and Cronos cast the penis out into the sea. Years later Cronos was defeated by Zeus, and the age of the Olympians was born. Ouranos' penis floated amid ...
- 18944: The Curse Of Right And Wrong
- THE CURSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG Many people treat ethics like a good set of dishes, something to be saved just for special occasions. A monitor poll shows that most Americans think that their country s moral standards are falling and that stronger families must be the solution. Widespread evidence of moral decay can be found in nearly every American city. Things such as sleazy movies, vulgar TV shows, neglected children, and broken families are the type of things most people oppose. In every major region in the country, a majority of people polled agreed that the Nations values have weakened since the 1950 s. That view is particularly evident in the South and West. However, there is evidence that shows morality could have also been a problem in our Nations history, especially in politics. President Thomas Jefferson faced longstanding ... theater. Sines views are widely shared. More than 3 out of 4 Americans say that the values portrayed on television are getting worse. Because of this, children are much more aware of things they shouldn t know about until later in life. Effects of the moral climate also show up with children, who often reflect both physical and emotional neglect, says Ann Echard, a second grade teacher, in part because ...
- 18945: The Man And Legend
- ... community. In The Future of the Race, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West address the topic of Dubois 1903 essay The Talented Tenth. When it comes to achieving equality among all races I don t particularly agree with DuBois idea of a Talented Tenth. I believe that equality must be attained through a group effort and every individual should make decisions and choices on their own. Often this is hard ... people that violence is key in achieving equality. Malcolm X declares that if it is right for America to draft us and teach us how to be violent in defense of the country, then isn t right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country. (89) Consequently, he believed that only through revolution and force could blacks attain their rightful ... achieve equality. That is that our minds seem to support and defend our own reasoning and actions, whether they are right or wrong. We have to learn how to admit being wrong. I simply can t believe that people find racism as a way of life. However, it all comes down to what you learn when you re a child. Generations of the future must be taught how to accept ...
- 18946: Hamlet: To Kill or not To Kill
- Hamlet: To Kill or not To Kill In the play Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is the main character. Isn’t that a surprise. Not really, but what is, is the fact that he could not kill his uncle one time, but the next time he could. It is hinting that the death of his mother could have been the turning point of his decision. He killed his uncle Claudius. Hamlet’s father was killed by his uncle for the power to take over the throne. But instead of doing it the proper, moral way, he killed the king. Unfortunately for King Hamlet, he was killed with ... complete. So being the great son of a profound father, he decided that he would get the ultimate revenge. He would place death on the killer. “Your loves, as mine to you./ Farewell./ My father’s spirit-in arms!/ All is not well./ I doubt some foul play./ Would the night were come./ Till then, sit still, my soul./{Foul} deeds will rise, though all the earth o’erwhelm them, ...
- 18947: Robert Frost
- It has been said many times that all men have a common bond, or a thread that joins them together. Robert Frost¹s poem ³The Tuft of Flowers² explores the existence of such a bond, as experienced by the speaker. In the everyday circumstance of performing a common chore, the speaker discovers a sense of brotherhood with another ... Flowers,² the speaker has gone out to turn the grass. Whoever did the mowing is already gone, for there are no signs of his presence. The speaker is alone. Then, a butterfly catches the speaker¹s attention, and leads his gaze to a tuft of flowers, which the mower chose to leave intact. The patch of beauty left by his fellow worker causes the speaker to feel that he is no ... poem more charming and gives it simplicity, which adds to the overall feeling of peace and tranquility. Robert Frost provides many interesting ideas in ³The Tuft of Flowers.² Perhaps the most striking feature of Frost¹s poem is his use of a paradox to illustrate the purpose or central theme of the poem. ³Men work together,² the speaker says, ³whether they work together or apart.² The meaning is that we ...
- 18948: Creating A Culture of Peace
- ... will satisfy everyone, but it is something that we can always work on and improve. The ways in which we can improve our culture can be much easier to understand when we break down everyone’s definition of peace into separate points. By doing this we can specifically improve each aspect and in the long run we will have created a much more peaceful society. The first aspect of peace is ... part of a peaceful culture has to do with war and politics. Simply put, where there is war, there is no peace. We all seek a life without violence, and when witness violence, we shouldn’t turn our heads, but we should try to help. We want armies without guns, and soldiers that are not here to fight but to help people in need. Since war and fighting are direct resultants ... to force our opinion on others. In a situation of opposing views, never shall any kind of violence be employed , neither the threat nor the use of it. Peace is to let go of one's pride so there may be compromise. Communication, tolerance and understanding are the basis for resolving situations of conflict. Peace means to say sorry, and ask for forgiveness. It means to make up for all ...
- 18949: Nuclear Energy
- ... composed of two kinds of paticles: protons and neutrons and 2)electrons. The charge in a nucleus of an atom is carried by a particle called a proton, the number of protons in an atom's nucleus is calle the atomic number of the atom. Atomic numbers are always whole numbers such as +92. Each atomic number is always a whole number, and each chemical element has its own atomic number ... usually good safety record. Two of the most serious accidents have taken place in; 1)the United Staes, when a Unit 2 power plant on Three Mile Island, Southeast of Harrisburg, Pennysania and 2) U.S.S.R. the worst accident concerning nuclear reactors occured on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl reactor #4 lacated in a reactor complex near Kiev, Soviet Ukraine. There are advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power. ...
- 18950: Is There Evil in Lady Macbeth and Edmund?
- ... The nature of evil is shown in the plays Macbeth and King Lear. Lady Macbeth from Macbeth and Edmund from King Lear are two of the characters that show evil in the plays. Lady Macbeth's evil is shown through her actions. She is always telling Macbeth what to do so she can become the Queen. Edmund is trying to start trouble when he writes a letter and signs it with his brother's name. With these evil characters, it makes the plots more interesting. Without evil, the plays would not be as affecting or meaningful. Macbeth is a very exciting story containing all kinds of plots and murders ... by both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth just talked about committing the crime, but she never actually went through with it nor would she ever. Her talk and persuasion put the ideas in Macbeth's head and made him think it was the right thing to do. She urged him into doing it which makes her part of this crime, but she is not as guilty as Macbeth. The ...
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