motivate performance the best. Specific means measurable somehow. Difficult means that people need to exert some amount of effort over what they are used to doing. Accompanied by feedback means telling them how they’re doing. o It works because it focuses attention. They tend to work harder. BUT they may try to achieve these goals to the exclusion of other important things. So be careful that things don’t work to well. § Reinforcement Theory o Types of reinforcement: § Positive-
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us. We have become dependent on it. Could you imagine a day without your cell phone or computer? These devises have become, “attached to our hips” so to speak. I have heard plenty of people say, “I could not live without my cell phone” or “I would be lost without my computer.” Right now this is not something that people do not take very seriously, it is just an expression they us to express how important these devices have become to them. We all have become dependent on technology; most everything
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Power abuse happens a lot in our society. As the most powerful members in a family, parents always make the choice for kids or impose their thought to kids. In Rodriguez early life, he had a very bad experience for being a dark skin Mexican. His mother would get angry and yell at him if he doesn’t take care of his skin. His mother also tried to prevent him from either labor or lower class out of her purpose. Rodriguez experience showed Broody’s theory are well seen even in family. People who have power
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Are human beings good, bad, or a combination of both? This is an age old question that I believe still has not been fully decided on. I want to say that when we are born it should be instinct for everyone to be good. I do not believe that bad people start out being bad. I think that this behavior occurs as when certain things happen to people. I do not believe religion should have any part in the factor of someone being good or evil. Everybody has different beliefs and should be able to practice
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would sing in competitions much like todays televised singing contests, but the top prize was a goat. Because they were a popular offering. Aristotle was a famous greek philosopher who had good ideas why people enjoyed tragic plays, he believed they were important because they show how good ordinary people can make terrible mistakes that can lead to their downfall. These events cause the protagonist to suffer or gain insight. The goal of the tragedy is to evoke fear and pity to the audience. Why
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Cigarettes Are Bad In today’s world you see cigarettes almost everywhere. There are cigarette breaks at work, and people saying “Man I really need a cigarette after that.” This is great for the big tobacco companies, but not for the cigarette smokers themselves. More people become smokers every day, which means more and more people die each year from smoking cigarettes. Smoking can cause multiple different cancers. Smoking also increases heart rate and blood pressure, and strains the heart, which
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humans cause it, and if it is happening naturally. Humans could be causing it by the many things we do, but the earth could be going through natural cycles which is causing climate change. There is evidence to support all of these arguments. Even scientists are having arguments about whether it is occuring or not. It’s weird to think that so many people, like scientists, disagree on one thing. Some people think that climate change is caused by humans. Some ways humans can cause climate change is
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Everything happens for a reason, but it would be nice for once to know what the reason is. When love disappoints you.. dare to love again. Avoid being bitter and dare to make it more better like a new chapter. Ang pride pinapairal sa trabaho at hindi sa relasyon, Dahil hindi ka magiging Masaya. Some people create their own storms then get upset when it rains. "Happiness is always a matter of choice. If you want to feel it, then choose the one that will perfectly define it". Sacrifice
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positive or negative outcomes. It shows that fear embodies us to take actions which could either make things for the better or for the worse depending on the situation someone is in and put through. Fear can make people act
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was smart, pretty, had a boyfriend, all was good. All was good but one thing, a stereotype. This stereotype was she was bound to be pregnant before she was out of high school, just like her mother, sisters, and her brother getting a girl pregnant before they were out of high school. “People always seemed to expect that I'd follow the same path just because I'm Latina and a part of this family” (Rodriguez). All things Gaby wanted to prove wrong, but things don’t go as planned. After thinking about
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