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After one year’s work experience as a teacher assistant for the New York City Board of Education, I decided to pursue my undergraduate studies in Psychology at Hunter College. It was clear to me that to be able to help my students in my best capacity I needed to expand my education. By the beginning…

Speech titles are only needed in certain situations. The title of your speech may appear in a printed program, for example, or someone may be introducing your presentation, in which case it’s worth investing a little time in making your title as powerful and memorable as possible!If your speech is to be given publicly then…

Overview In this assignment, students will analyze two possible career choices [Healthcare I.T. (Systems Analyst) and Database Administrator], and then write a formal analytical report effectively presenting a recommendation to pursue one of the careers. This assignment has two parts: Part one, the Table of Contents and Introductory Section. [Which I have completed already and…

The powers of perception Robbins, Judge, Adenoidal and Rood (2009) define perception as a process by which individuals organism and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment. In other words, perception is the way we “see” the world not in terms of our visual sense of sight, but in terms…

Among numerous changes which take place in the contemporary world changes in pedagogical area are also rather considerable. Estimating the whole situation in the world it can be said that the contemporary school became more free and liberal. The teacher in today’s pedagogical structure isn’t just an executor but an important participant of collective project….

Victimology: neither a victim nor an offender be. Caution is a parent of safety. Victimology is the scientific study of victimization, including the relationships between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal-justice system, and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions. Victimology as an academic term contains two elements:…

Behaviorism is a theory of learning in animals and humans that emphasizes observable behaviors and disregards mental processes. According to behavior theorists, learning is simply the acquisition of new behaviors. Experiments conducted by behaviorists identify conditioning as a universal learning process, with two distinct types producing different behavioral patterns. Classical conditioning occurs when a natural…

As the third most populous country in the world, the American educational system is posed with a large and challenging task: schooling millions of children, and raising the next generation of American adults. The establishment of this system is, by some means, miraculous, and its history is considerably rapid and storied. However, as long as…

ABSTRACT This study of armed conflict includes wars, civil wars, revolutions and revolts, rebellions, secessions, coups, genocides, ethnic and political violence, and terrorism worldwide. It also provides the readers with histories of documented conflicts occurring between 1800 and 1999 where about 1500 conflicts have been documented. This essential background information gives researchers insight into the…

According to Alfred North Whitehead, “all subsequent thought is a footnote to Plato” (qtd in Honderich 284). The importance that Whitehead ascribes to Plato is a result of Plato’s development of a philosophical system that was able to tackle issues within the fields of epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, and social and political philosophy. Although Plato did…