...Color Psychology Paper Research Question: How does color affect one’s mood? Review of Literature: Colors may just seem simple and unimportant, but they affect our daily lives more than we may know. If someone is feeling angry, it could just be because they’re angry, or it could be perhaps that they are surrounded by or looking at the color red. That’s right! People’s moods can change just because they are looking at different colors! There are many theories on how just a simple color can change one’s whole mood. According to Johnson (2007), color does affect mood by producing certain chemicals and stimulating different feelings such as hunger. For example, blue can make one feel calm because it releases calming chemicals, and red can make one hungry because it is an appetite stimulant. Yellow can make one feel irritated, and it is a fact that people lose their temper most in yellow rooms. However, pink is tranquilizing and can make one feel weak. In conclusion, Johnson says that depending on the color, one’s body can do things (like producing chemicals) that cause a certain emotional reaction (mad, sad, etc.). Another idea, by Smith (2007), is that the effect color produces is based on what one’s body does in response. For example, yellow is mentally stimulating, and activates memory, whereas red increases confidence. Also, brown can make a person feel orderly and stable, while a dark blue can make one feel sad. Therefore, Smith says that different colors do in fact change...
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...Kamal Namou Comp. Lit. 121 Response Paper The short story of A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane has meaning even before the story begins, its creative title brings to mind a dark brown dog who represents a man just being freed from the chains of slavery. The author, Shane Crane, uses his own experiences of owning a dog as a young boy and how the dog reacted to that. This makes symbolism the main literary element used throughout this story. Being written in 1890 the story is a response to the reconstruction era in the Untied States shortly after the time period of slavery was abolished known as Jim Crow. This was a time here in the United States after the civil war when slaves had been emancipated, and equality was supposedly underway. Unfortunately as we all know that was not the case, many blacks were still subjected to slavery in different ways across the country. In the story the dark brown dog takes on the role of a former slave, the symbolism then begins with a rope tied around the poor dog. It shows how yes the slave may now be “free”, but what can he do with that freedom when he has nowhere to live so the dog is forced to walk the long lonely path hoping someone will come and save him. When the dog is explained to be stumbling and awkwardly moving it resembles that of a being not knowing what to make of its newfound freedom without guidance. Then a little boy is introduced showing the new generation of southerners in the United States. When the two meet they...
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...He builds upon this idea by describing an experiment between two young boys, Dan and Mark, who were faced with the dilemma of being rewarded with an uneven amount of erasers for doing the same amount of work. He thoroughly articulates the popular responses that were received; as stated, “Children overwhelmingly reported that the experimenter should throw away the fifth eraser… It might seem as though these responses reflect a burning desire for equality, but more likely they reflect a wish for fairness.” It is evident from this simple situation that fairness is the ideal that most naturally try to achieve. Had Dan and Mark done unequal amounts of work, more erasers would have been given to the boy who completed the most to make the situation fair rather than equal. It has nothing to do with having each boy treated in the same manner, but rather ensuring that they are properly kept on the same playing field. Such an event is quite similar to the Black Lives Matter Movement, which is centered around ending the violence and systematic constantly inflicted upon black communities. If the supporters of this movement attempted to make its main focus on equality for blacks among other races, there would be an allowance of racial violence and discrimination against those people too. Clearly, this is not the goal; instead, they fight for fairness and justice for blacks who suffer from such bias. They continue to strive towards ensuring appropriate and...
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...Republic of the Philippines POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES Don Fabian St., Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City Campus _________________________________________ “How Color Psychology affects Consumer Behavior” Term Paper in General Psychology _________________________________________ Submitted to Prof. Artemus Cruz _________________________________________ Submitted by Michelle P. Garcia BSBA MM 3-1 _________________________________________ March 26, 2013 I. Introduction Colors play an important role in our lives. It gives meaning to everything we see. As Human our color vision influences everything from our art and poetry to the colors we paint our homes and the clothing we choose to buy. Colors distinguish a thing from the other. Colors determine our emotions. Pablo Picasso once quoted, “Colors like features follow the changes of the emotions”. Do you feel happy in a yellow room? Does the color blue make you feel calm and relaxed? Artist and interior designers have already proven how color can dramatically affect moods, feelings and emotions. Color is a powerful tool when it comes to communication and can be used to signal action, influence mood and cause physiological reactions. How color affects the effectiveness of the business? Marketing is a science of satisfying human wants and needs. When this filed acquires the principles of color psychology, it would...
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...Response Paper #1: Race in Theater The issue of race was prevalent in society during the times when theater first came about. It is only natural that this way of thinking would push through in different plays, whether it being Greek or African American. When people hear about ‘race issues’ they tend to automatically think of black and white racism. Of course this is one of the main segregations, but race issues can be seen in many different circumstances and cultures. For example, there was some type of discrimination shown in the play, Medea. The film, Master Harold and the Boys definitely brought to light another aspect of superiority issues; as well as the play, Death and the King’s Horsemen. Stereotyping is a very common way in which racism is perpetuated in theater. The Minstrel shows, which were performed in the 1830’s, were a major way that people stereotyped blacks. The whites would dress up with black masks and portray dumb characters. This was purely for entertainment but it affected our culture and how people view African Americans. Even cartoons in the earlier days would have characters with huge lips or black skin that were always the dumbed down silly characters. This just made racism worse by displaying it on television, making it a part of our culture. In the play Medea, Euripides portrays Medea as being a foreign woman, barbaric, and not as important as the Greeks. This shows how racism exists in all types of cultures. The play, Death and the King’s Horsemen...
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...Prof. Adam Pfleegor Professional Enhancement Response July 2, 2012 Reflection Paper Response to “Hoop Dreams” Many things in this documentary stood out to me involving the culture of this ethnic group in Chicago. The people’s lives covered in this film were portrayed to be extremely simple, but complex. The film provided public exposure to the myriad problems of race, poverty, parenting concerns, coaching motives, and the amount of emphasis a young black gentleman places on sport. Encompassed by all of these issues was always disregard for one another, as well. Throughout the whole film, I could not help but notice the painful trend of negligence and carelessness towards black individuals. This black culture addressed in the Chicago area didn’t seem to give one another much value either. For some reason there is a lack of motivation to succeed early on unless it is sport. The parents do not seem to enforce a positive work ethic, honesty, and respect. It is no wonder that there was so much violence, drugs, premature pregnancy, and academic drop-outs. From generation to generation in that community, parents fail to teach their children high standards. It could be that children are raising children, which was the issue in William Gates case. In addition, if all they know is basketball growing up and before they reach 16 years old they have a baby on the way, they surely didn’t have enough time to retain anything in their short life before parenthood other...
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...in 1964. Rosaleen, both perverse and determined in nature, goes into town, accompanied by fourteen year old Lily Owens. As the two are curtly greeted by a posse of local authoritative racists, Rosaleen proudly declares “I’m going to register my name so I can vote” (31). Her action, while legal on documented paper is regarded as felonious to most white men of the region. The men mock Rosaleen until she “lifted her snuff jug, which was filled with black spit, and calmly poured it across the tops of the men’s shoes, moving her hand in little...
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...St. Paul University Quezon City Aurora Blvd. Corner Gilmore Avenue A Research Study on how does skin color affects child’s perception towards a person Submitted to: Ms. Amy Corado Submitted by: Bilano, Clareze Bonina, Mary Isabelle Bustamante,Clarenz CHAPTER I Introduction Most people assume that they see the same thing as other people, taking into account corrections for refractive errors with eyeglasses. However, there is now substantial evidence to suggest that this is not the case. Namely, we do not see exactly what others see. Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. Even though race and color clearly overlap, they are not synonymous. Thus, color discrimination can occur between persons of different races or ethnicities, or between persons of the same race or ethnicity. Racism and discrimination have been used as powerful weapons encouraging fear or hatred of others in times of conflict and war, and even during economic downturns. Racism is also a very touchy subject for some people, as issues concerning free speech and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights come into play. It may be a factor contributing to poor health and health care disparities in minority children through multiple mechanisms, including effects on psychological and physical well-being. Little is known about the experiences of racism that...
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...AS Media Studies Assignment AS Media Studies Assignment Week 2, Task, page 15 (Genre) Description of Law and order In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses such as rape, torture, pedophilia and child-abuse are dealt with in New York City, by a special unit of detectives of the police department known as the Special Victims Unit. These crimes are then passed on to the courtroom for prosecution. Description of Law and order In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses such as rape, torture, pedophilia and child-abuse are dealt with in New York City, by a special unit of detectives of the police department known as the Special Victims Unit. These crimes are then passed on to the courtroom for prosecution. Law and order is a crime-based drama, with a mixture of ‘court-room’ and ‘detective’, TV series, mainly shown on channel five. By reading the description of the show, I immediately realised that this is a show that is based around the world of crime and how the crime is dealt with within the city of New York. It starts from finding who the criminal is and then we follow the story up to the prosecution in the court room. Words such as ‘courtroom, ‘rape’, ‘victim’, ‘detective’ immediately grabs the reader’s attention, giving us the impression of the type of genre this TV series is. The picture that accompanies the description also shows that the genre of this series is crime as the main detective is pulling out her police badge and is what the...
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...Worksheet 3 Nadine Gordimer Biography Gordimer was born near Springs, Gauteng, an East Rand mining town outside Johannesburg, the daughter of Jewish immigrants. Her father, Isidore Gordimer, was a watchmaker from Lithuania near the Latvian border, and her mother Nan was from London. Gordimer's early interest in racial and economic inequality in South Africa was shaped in part by her parents. Her father's experience as a Jewish refugee in czarist Russia helped form Gordimer's political identity, but he was neither an activist nor particularly sympathetic toward the experiences of black people under apartheid. Conversely, Gordimer saw activism by her mother, whose concern about the poverty and discrimination faced by black people in South Africa ostensibly led her to found a crèche for black children. Gordimer also witnessed government repression firsthand when yet a teenager; the police raided her family home, confiscating letters and diaries from a servant's room. Gordimer was educated at a Catholic convent school, but was largely home-bound as a child because her mother, for "strange reasons of her own," did not put her into school (apparently, she feared that Gordimer had a weak heart). Home-bound and often isolated, she began writing at an early age, and published her first stories in 1937 at the age of fifteen. Her first published work was a short story for children, "The Quest for Seen Gold," which appeared in the Children's Sunday Express in 1937; "Come Again Tomorrow...
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...such as emotional, physical and psychological changes in their development stages. The human development in mind starts right after fertilization and continues up until the person dies. This paper is a study on the development of human mind and the physical growth. A human mind identifies as the cognitive faculties that help people in perception, thinking and effective judgment. Additionally, the human mind is also attributed to the consciousness and memory ability. However, it is true that both the physical and mind development differs between boys and girls where their developments depend more on the gender that one holds. During the development stages, children's bodies tend to develop making them look less like an adult. In the womb, male babies are born with as much as testosterone as a 25-year-old man (Black, 2003). Alter after birth. The testosterone plummets until the boy reaches the age of puberty. The testosterone is responsible for shaping the males developing brain, which helps in improving the spatial reasoning ability. On the other hand, girls also make some testosterone before they are born; the degree is, however, low as compared to boys. Girls produce the female hormone named estrogen which seems to have a little of absolute no effect on their brain development. After boys and girls are born, their brains...
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...Charismatic and Transformational Leader, whose masterful rhetorical skills and personalized leadership empowered many Americans to stand up and claim their rights as American citizens. This paper will provide an analysis of Martin Luther King’s leadership style, and speak briefly about its development. We will discuss his background and the factors that greatly influenced his success as a leader. We will also cover Martin’s application of influence tactics, such as rational persuasion and inspirational appeals, and reveal an almost textbook ideal of leader, follower and situation dynamics. In general, we will discuss his vision and finally pinpoint the factors that ultimately led to his rise in power. “Always bear in mind that your resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.” Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Introduction Of all of the leadership styles that have been studied, observed and researched throughout the ages, Charismatic and Transformational Leadership, are cited as being the most powerful. Martin Luther King Jr. is definitely one of the most charismatic and transformational leaders of all time. His journey, struggles and triumphs, many of which were recorded, reflect an almost “textbook” definition of what charismatic leadership looks like. In this paper, I will discuss the origins of his leadership style, his mentors and influences, as well as his majestic rise in social and political power against all odds; amidst severe opposition by those...
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...A Girl in the Box Wind in the Box, Terrance Hayes’s third book of poetry, is mainly about how heritage, race, and spirituality play a part in shaping a person’s identity. The poems in Wind in a Box cover a wide variety of topics The poems in this book cover a vast array of topics and emotions, but they all have one thing in common, they all are colored by Terrance Haye’s experiences and his perception of the world. In the two poems, “Girl in the Woods” and “Wind in the Box”, Terrance Hayes tells the story of two victims of traumatic experiences and their response to that experience. In the first poem, “Girl in the Woods”, the story teller describes the story of a girl who catches a ride home with some of her friends and ends up getting raped. After being raped, the girl is brought home and does nothing to her attackers. In the second poem, “Wind in the Box”, the speaker of the poem contemplates how he feels after killing someone that wronged him. Both poems make references to traumatic experiences. These two poems are different because of the way that the subject of the poem reacts; in the first poem the subject takes no action against her attackers while in the second poem the subject kills his enemy. Both poems have a clear meaning: while traumatic experiences happen in life, different people respond very differently. Hayes is a poet that has the great talent of conveying the emotions from a traumatic experience very effectively. He paints the picture of the experience using...
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...dissatisfaction in the hearts of many non-white Bahamians. Prior to 1838, slaveholders who were mostly white were prescribed by law to own black slaves but after emancipation in 1838, Bahamian society was reorganized in a three tier system, the white elite, the coloured middle class and the black masses. Although this system was similar to the model of The British West Indian colonies, The Bahamas, due to its proximity to the United States, was influenced by The Jim Crowe laws existing in The Southern United States which discriminated against African Americans in an effort to control their movements. The white elite, being the former slave holders used any means necessary to maintain their status as the ‘master class.’ This included economic control through the use of the truck, share and labour tenancy systems, which ensured that black Bahamians were in debt, legal means which prevented them from not acquiring land, and social means by using the coloured middle class to create social divisions among the black Bahamians. Bahamian society in the early 1900’s was characterized by entrenched white social and economic rule and advantage so much so that according to Bishop Gilbert Thompson segregation was a social norm and an accepted part of everyday life. Blacks were discriminated against in almost every sphere of society. He recalled blacks entering establishments like Jas. P Sands Co. and having to stand off to the side until...
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...exposed to them. According to Tylor (1871), a British anthropologist, culture is that complex whole, which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, custom, and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. These influences are conveyed from generation to generation through the learning process. Every culture is unique, but similar in many ways. No culture is like another culture. Some areas that are similar I have noticed are their commitment to their families, religion and education. Some differences that I have noticed are language barriers and family values. This paper will emphasize the various sources that play a part in my cultural background. I was born in the state of Mississippi in a small town where the population was a mixture of White, Black and Hispanic. Everyone seems to get along. My father and mother raised six girls and two boys with me being the next to the oldest of the siblings. From the age six through twelveth grade I attended the Tylertown public school. In 1988, I graduated from Tylertown High School. After graduation my life’s journey began. My family, religion, customs, and traditions definitely played a fundamental role in my beliefs, ethnics, and behavior. I was grounded with firm beliefs in the Pentecostal faith. As in my teenage years, I participated in religious activities and traditions in the home. These activities challenged me to become a devoted follower of that doctrine and incorporate it into every...
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