...influential models than strangers (Egliston & Rapee, 2007). In Bjorn’s case it may be that he has never been exposed to models reaction to snakes. Therefore Anna’s model must have shown negative responses to snakes for her to take on the attitude that you should be fearful of snakes. Despite a slight age gap, Gerull and Rapee (2002) found that infants, 15-20 months of age, appeared to show more fear and avoidance behaviour of a rubber snake/spider proceeding observation of their mothers negative response towards it. Vicarious learning has shown to be an influential part of learning, and a strong theory for Anna’s fear of snakes, it has also been suggested as a more efficient way of learning, as much or more than hands-on learning (Stegmann 2012). Vicarious learning explains...
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...Snakes Suits When Psychopaths Go To Work Book Review by Antoinette Foster-Shaw EDD 9100 Leadership Nova Southeastern University April 19, 2011 1 Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go To Work (2007) is a compelling and realistic book that openly discusses corporate psychopaths. This book also helps the reader go beyond the stereotypes placed on psychopaths. The authors are two psychologist; Dr. Robert Babiak and and Dr. Robert Hare who both have performed extensive research in psychopathy. These authors have displayed how psychopaths slither not only their way into people’s personal lives but also the workforce with devious methods and strategies. The main tool of a psychopath is disarming charisma with the lack of empathy, remorse, and shame. Their mind is constantly searching for angles to start the games of deceit. They also represent confidence, strength, calmness, and always seem right for the job offered. Assessment, manipulation, abandonment, and ascension are the phases of psychopathic behavior which are concisely explained in very simple terms for easy understanding. The phases enable the reader to clearly understand each phase that is relevant in a psychopath’s process towards their main goals of accomplishment. The authors have clearly demonstrated...
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...semantic role is a relationship that a participant has with the main verb in the clause. While syntactic analysis focuses on sentences and all the function words in a sentence, the semantic analysis focuses primarily on meaning, i.e. on the proposition expressed in a sentence. A proposition is meaningful and it can be expressed either in different sentences or in parts of sentences. In order to do semantic analysis, we have to distinguish inflection from a proposition. (Kreidler,46) For example: 1a Linda bought a shirt to her mother. 2a Linda buys a shirt to her mother. These two sentences have the same proposition, i.e. Linda, buy, shirt, and mother. In the first sentence, we see that past tense is added to the proposition; while in the...
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...one hundred thousand, giant 18 foot snakes roaming around the Everglades. Maybe even somewhere you live! Eating the poor animals living there and destroying its population. The Burmese pythons are slowly destroying the Everglade’s ecosystem. They’re even in Key Largo! The Burmese python is a beautiful yet powerful creature. It has an eye-catching pattern on its back. The Python can grow to be a whopping size of up to 18 feet. The biggest ever caught was 18 feet and 6 inches! The Burmese python is originally native to Southeast Asia. The python mostly eats small birds and mammals. Its jaws can unhinge to eat something 5 times wider than its own head. They can basically eat you whole! The python kills its prey by first biting it with its back-curving teeth which if the animal tries to escape, it just rips deeper into the animal’s flesh. After, the python coils itself around the animal with its enormous and powerful, muscular body. It then squeezes the animal and suffocates it to its slow, painful death....
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...not in equilibrium? 2) What are some reasons that can cause an ecosystem to no longer be in equilibrium? 3) What happens to the prey when there are too many predators? 4) What happens to the predators when there is not enough prey? 5) What happens to an ecosystem when the plants have been removed? 6) What impact do you think humans have on ecosystems? 7) What impact do you think diseases can have on an ecosystem? 8) Why is it important that each organism maintains its role in the ecosystem? 9) What would happen to an ecosystem if an entire species of organism was removed? Food Chain Gizmo Go to www.explorelearning.com Click Login User name: mrmorantz Password: morantz Using the find gizmo browser on the website, search for Food Chain Select the Food Chain gizmo Click on the gizmo tab and wait for it to load Assessment Questions (5): ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1. If a disease strikes the snake population in the food chain shown, what will be the initial effect on the populations of hawks and rabbits? * A. The populations of hawks and rabbits will decrease. * B. The populations of hawks and rabbits will increase. * C. The population of hawks will increase. The population of rabbits will decrease. * D. The population of hawks will decrease. The population of rabbits will increase. 2. In the stable food chain shown below, what would you expect...
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...readers about problems that the drover’s wife met and she tried to deal with without husband’s assistance. One day, there was a snake in the house. To protect her children, she stayed awake all night to guard her children while her children were sleeping on the table in the kitchen. At the end, she and her snake-dog killed snake and burnt it in the next morning. Among all characters represented in the story, I am interested in Drover’s wife the most for three main reasons. First, she was a clever and patient woman, for the fact that she had fought all difficult tasks without husband’s help. For example, she was used to being left alone because after she married to drover, they met drought of eighteen months that made her husband leave home. Therefore, she did all tasks in family such as looking after cows, taking care children and so on. She is also bright because during snake in her house it was sunset and thunderstorm was coming. She could not stand outside her house, and then she quickly decided to pick up several armfuls of firewood into kitchen and took her children there. Finally she made table in kitchen as bed for children sleep. Second, she was not only a protective wife but also a good wife because one day after there was snake in her house, all night long, she kept her eyes open wide to make sure that her children were safe and the snake would not bite her children. She also neither complained about living condition nor her husband’s absence, but she worried and...
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...“Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston is filled with many religious symbolism. Good versus evil plays a large role in the development of Delia and Skype Jones, as characters. The story is about Delia, an African American woman who is a washwoman for whites. Delia consistently looks to her religion for guidance and support as she endures the many hardships that she faces because, which are caused by her abusive husband and unfaithful husband, Sykes. Delia and Sykes Jones is a couple that have opposite moral values, but yet they are tied together through marital vows, that no longer have much importance or value. Delia Jones is portrayed as the Protagonist and a very modest woman of weakness who later gains the strength to stand u to her abusive husband Skyes. Delia looks to God and her religion to help her build the strength she needs, so she can continue to be protected from her husband who is both physically and emotionally abusive to her. However, Sykes Jones, is every bit the opposite of Delia Jones. He has neither religious values nor any important moral standards. He is an adulterous, who takes Delia’s hard working money, and spends not on his wife but on his mistress Bertha. Delia who relies solely on her faith and continues to stay contempt, no matter how her husband treats her, but Delia warned him that in the end, Sykes “sometime or ruther, Sykes, like everybody else, is gointer reap his sowing (par. 26).” The white clothes that Delia washes are a symbol of Delia’s...
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...Rainforest Animal Survival Methods Creatures of the rainforest have lived for a long time, and with this comes survival methods developed overtime as well. The tropical rainforest is known for many different creatures, but some are not known for their remarkable talents. These creatures with remarkable survival adaptations are: plants, ants, frogs, bats, and some snake species. The species listed can play a major role in keeping the order in a rainforest with their abilities. Though life in the rainforest may seem hard, plants, insects, frogs, bats, and snakes have found complex survival methods. Apart from other species of animal, plants have found ways to outsmart other creatures of the rainforest. An orchid can have a “slippery...
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...Snakebites are often treated by administering specific “anti-venom”. Explain how “anti-venom” may work. Snakes are cold blooded animals that are found in tropical and subtropical countries. Snakes have some glands in their mouth that produce very poisonous substance and its even worst through their bites. The seriousness or extend of the poison depends on various factors. One is the body tissue where the venom is injected. It’s more serious when the poison is injected directly to the blood vessels meaning it spreads very quickly through blood transmission in the rest of the body. The extent of the poison also depends on the part of the body where the snake bites. Snake bites that occur on parts of the body with a lot of adipose tissue are less poisonous than in the parts with less adipose tissue. This is because these tissues are low in blood supply hence they end up delaying transmission or the spread of poison to the rest of the body (Timbrell, 2009) Specific anti-venom is used in treating snake bite since the severity of the poison depends on the snake type and other factors. Since the venom is injected in the blood the anti-venom should also be administered to the blood In order to neutralize the poison. This means that it might have some side effects if not well used since its injected directly to the blood. The anti-venom neutralizes the poisonous venom injected by the snake hence causing venom release from the receptor site. Since venom causes blockage of these receptor sites...
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...In Angelina Weld Grimke’s “The Closing Door”, Jessie Redmon Fauset’s “The Sleeper Wakes”, and Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat”, the roles most often appear to have men as dominant, or in charge, figures. However, the typical view of the male figure being dominant and the female being submissive may not be quite as distinct in the above three texts, as first thought. It is even possible that the roles of the dominant and submissive parts are actually switched. The following will show how both the male/female and dominant/submissive combinations may be interchangeable, depending on which aspects are considered. In the stories “The Closing Door”, “The Sleeper Wakes”, and “Sweat”, male figures appear to be the ones that are in control, or dominant, in the situations. The women take direction from men. Throughout their stories it is pervasive that society is male dominated. Although there are many similarities between the stories in this regard, some of the differences are due to social, economic, physical, and moral divisions. These divisions, or aspects, become important in how one may look at domination in these stories. In the story “The Closing Door” by Angelina Weld Grimke, the two divisions that become important in respect to who controls things are physical and economic. Grimke describes the male character, Jim Milton, as being a “brown, good-natured giant” and also “He would reach her, it seemed, in one stride and would pick her up bodily, apron, money and all” (Grimke 94)...
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...aspects of ones life, and ones family. A number of sources both written and archaeological have provided today’s society with facts and evidence of the household Gods and foreign cults in Pompeii and Herculaneum. The home played a vital role in Pompeian religion, as it was “the most sacred..hallowed place on earth” of every citizen in the city. The household gods also known as the guardian spirits of the family, called the Lares were the central factor of household religious practices in Pompeii. Every home incorporated a shrine dedicated to the Lares, the Lararium which was a mini-temple of sorts that housed the statues or painted images of the Lares. These Lararia were usually set in the Atrium, though others have also been found near the kitchens and in the gardens. Source 1 shows a lararium found in The House of the Vetti, this provides an example of what these household shrines were like. In Source 1, there are the Lares surrounding the paterfamilias above a snake. The Lares themselves represent the spirits that guard the family. The paterfamilias, the central figure, is the leader of the family who carries out the religious practices. The snake beneath is believed to be the protector of the household, genius loci. The role of the snake was to keep vermin away from food sources. The continuous occurrence of lararia and Lares in the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum provides itself as evidence of strong values of religion in the home. Source 2 is a picture...
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...imagery of unnatural birth, animal motifs, and the actions of Macbeth. Throughout Macbeth, images of unnatural births help fuel an unnatural atmosphere. In act four the witches brew up a potion consisting of different parts of living things. One of those things is a “Finger of birth-strangled babe/ Ditch-delivered by a drab” (IV,i,30-31). This contributes to the atmosphere of the play because during the Elizabethan time period, grueling births were not common. The fact that a prostitute gives birth to a baby on the side of the road, foreshadows that the baby will bring evil upon society; ultimately creating an unnatural and eerie atmosphere. Also, the fact that Macduff is “…from his mother’s womb/ Untimely ripped” (V,viii,15-16) plays a role as to how an unnatural atmosphere comes about. Imagery of Macduff’s birth causes a dark and unnatural atmosphere. Macduff is born from a sea section because Shakespeare tries to appeal to the senses of the crowd. Sea sections were not commonly used during the Elizabethan era. The dark image created by Shakespeare goes a long way to create an unnatural and dark atmosphere. Unnatural births were a sign of the devil and were deeply frowned upon during the Elizabethan time period. Lastly, the third apparition is a child crowned with a tree in his hand. The apparition confuses Macbeth...
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...Biology 160 Lecture 1 Introduction, Chemistry and Molecules Introductory Concepts for Studying Biology & Science • Chapter 1 What is science? • Knowledge gained through careful observation, experimentation and reasoning. • Science is: – Explanatory – Testable – Reproducible – Predictive – Tentative Questions of Science Scientific discoveries create complex questions: – Ex. Atom – Should scientists be free to pursue any research? • Cloning/Stem cell. – Should government control scientific progress? – Progression of science. • Research normally follows a logical progression. • Interest focuses on problems that impact humanity. The Importance of Publication • Results of research are submitted for publication. – peer review by other scientists. • Publication and peer review establish the legitimacy of scientific progress. What is a Hypothesis? • A tentative statement that proposes a possible explanation to some phenomenon or event. – A useful hypothesis is a testable statement which may include a prediction. – Stated simply and concisely • At the end of your experiment you will accept it or reject it. Hypothesis-based science • Pose and test hypotheses – Hypothesis-based science involves • • Observations, questions, hypotheses as tentative answers to questions Deductions lead to predictions, and then tests of predictions to see if a hypothesis is falsifiable. Scientific Method. • – In experiments designed to test hypotheses •...
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...The Burmese Pythons “Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous,” Chanakya one said. The Burmese pythons are superb, superior, and striking species. Anywhere the pythons go they are going to make their selves known. The presence of the Burmese python is ruing the environment of the Everglades in To begin with, Burmese Pythons can grow up to 23 feet long! Even though they don’t have venom, their heat signals and their chemical receptors do the trick just fine. When the python catches its prey, it bites down into the prey’s skin. When the prey tries to escape it only causes the snake to bite down even more. “Many people have chosen...
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...In any story the ending always play an important role in the whole story. The ending concluded the incident occurred. It shows the story will be a happy ending or not. Same as other stories, in this story, the author explained how things happened to Sykes, after all the behaviors, attitudes, and scornful that he did to her wife Delia. In this short story, Delia fully confident that anyone doing something wrong will often pay back for their actions. She says, “Oh well, whatever goes over the Devil’s back, is got to come under his belly. Sometime or ruther, Sykes, like everybody else, is going to reap his sowing” (Hurston...
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