...Fear can influence decisions and corrupt ones morality. The fear of death, judgment and isolation all have the capability to make good people do bad things. Arthur Miller portrays this phenomenon in his book The Crucible. In The Crucible there are distinct examples of fear debilitating ones ability to make the right decision. Mary Warrens fear of death resulted in many deaths. John Proctor’s fear of judgment kept him from revealing the truth. Lastly, the fear of the unknown, in the mind of the townspeople, set off a series of devastating events that transpired throughout the book. Furthermore, fear darkened their conscience, and as a result, self preservation became prioritized above all else. Mary Warren, naturally a honest women, wanted to confess to the dancing and conjuring spirits in the woods. However, Abigail disagreed and threatened to kill her and, consequently, fear overtook Mary until she was Abigail’s slave, or rather, a slave to fear (Miller, pg.19). Mary knew the truth, the truth that could have saved lives, but withheld it. She lied and became dishonest, for the reason that she was afraid of being hung as a witch herself. Therefore, she accused John Proctor, an upstanding man, and in doing so, she put him to death (Miller, pg.118). She was terrified of death, and Abigail made that horror something real that she couldn't overcome. So in turn, she took the pressure off herself and took a mans life to preserve her own. Abigail was a dishonest and deceitful...
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...How far do you agree with the view that McCarthyism had little impact on US society in the years 1950-54? It is argued that McCarthyism had a vital impact on US society in the years 1950-54. This can be seen through the knock on effects it had on the people in America, as the fear of communism was rising as McCarthyism triggered a panic all across America during this period. The USA was already feeling very vulnerable after War as they feared communism would spread just the way It did in China, thus McCarthyism was significant as many Americans were scared that their society would come under the influence of communism. However, many historians argue that the impact John McCarthy was only short term as soon; the Red Scare was falling apart as everyone was being accused of being a communist. McCarthy influenced many Americans through radio and press and caused many Americans to panic from Communism. He raised the awareness of the impact that communism could have on American society and how it could change the American way of life, and during this period many Americans did not want any significant change as the economy was booming and prosperity was flourishing all over America, which was a major change. Therefore, people had a reason to fear Communism as Americans were living a better and more affluent life and they did not want their privileges to be taken away from them. McCarthy took advantage of this and manipulated the press, and released as many accusations as possible...
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...The Impact of Media on Fear of Crime among University Students: A Cross-National Comparison Article Summary This article comparatively examines the impact of media on fear of crime among university students in United States and Canada. Survey Data based on samples of university students has been used to study the relationship between media and fear of crime. The fear of crime refers to the fear of being a victim of crime as opposed to the actual probability of being a victim of crime (Hale C., 1996).Behaviors induced by fear include avoidance , movement restrictions and constraints on socialization. Fear of crime has three dimensions: * Cognitive (Focuses on citizens ’estimation of their likelihood of victimization; * Behavioral (which focuses on how people respond to fear of perceived risk of victimization) * Emotional (which focuses on individuals’ feelings about crime) A different approach towards understanding fear of crime includes vulnerability (i.e. Ability of the individual to escape or defend himself/herself from an attacker). However, several researchers argue that fear of crime is a distinctly affective – thus emotional – and physiologic response to perceived danger (Ferraro 1995; Warr 2000). Studies suggest that fear levels have not changed among citizens of both the countries despite decreases in crime rates. It is assumed that increased levels of fear are the result of individuals’ perception about his/her vulnerability to crime which can...
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...1. SS Notes 7: Iraq-Kuwait conflict Causes of conflict Factors: Economic problems, oil production and dispute over territoryEconomic problems: Iraq had previously fought a war with Iran, which drained its reserves. As aresult, Iraq’s economy was severely weakened. Iraq also had debts to other countries such as the USand France. For example, Iraq owed about US$80 million in debts. Iraq thus had to find ways to payoff its debts and saw Kuwait as a potential solution. Thus the economic problems of Iraq are animportant cause of conflict between Iraq and Kuwait.Oil production: Iraq’s main source of income is through the sale of oil. Oil production wasmaintained by OPEC, to prevent a decline in oil prices. However, Kuwait ignored its quota, thus theprice of oil dropped from US$18 to US$7 per barrel. This loss of revenue for Iraq meant that it wasunable to pay off its debts through the sale of oil. This prompted Iraq to look for alternative ways tosettle their debts and looked to Kuwait as a potential solution. Thus oil production is an importantcause of the Iraq-Kuwait conflict.Territorial dispute: Some borders in the region were not well defined as both Iraq and Kuwaitinherited their borders from the British. There were thus clashes between the two countries as theyboth wanted certain territories for themselves. An example is the Rumaila oilfield. The Rumailaoilfield was shared between both countries as its borders were not clearly defined. However in 1990,Iraq claimed that Kuwait...
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...remained a devastating predicament that impacts negatively the lives of children, women and men. Rape is one of the crimes that go unreported because the data that is available does not estimate the real magnitude of the heinous act. Sexual assault victims often suffer from injuries that are inflicted by an executor of the act, or end up dying. Statistics confirms that in the US, one in every 34 men and a fifth of the women experienced either completed or attempted rape in their lives. Some researchers report that after every 3 minutes, someone suffers sexual assault in America. The effect of sexual assault does not only affect emotions but also financial, social, physical and interpersonal domains (Fisher, 2010). Groth (1979) establishes that sexual assault victims may experience many, none or some of the likely repercussions of an attack at different given times. There are certain effects of rape that researchers have never fully identified. Some researchers allege that there is no known way that an individual can apply to identify a sexual assault victim by just looking at them. They allege that effects are not signs of weaknesses, deficiencies or illness, nor are they an individual’s characteristics. Researchers deduce that they are mere responses to events that are traumatic (Fileborn 2011). An array of long-term and short-term emotional and psychological impacts has been attributed to sexual assault: Short-term and Immediate Impacts During the attack, the victim...
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...2. What psychological impact does workers’ compensation have on injured workers? What accounts for these impacts? Workers can experience many emotions when going through the WCB system. Fear, anxiety, depression, and shame can compound to have a lasting psychological impact on the injured worker. These stresses can be put upon the employee by disability caseworkers, employers, health care professionals, friends and colleagues; yet all are a result of the attitudes that the WCB system has perpetuated. The actual process of submitting a claim and going through the steps as outlined by the WCB can lead to a myriad of emotions. First- will my claim be approved or denied? The fear of claim denial can lead to other thoughts such as how will I pay my bills, and how will I find the money to get the treatment I need? This fear is perhaps founded on the WCB’s reputation for denying claims or providing less than adequate financial support. If the claim is accepted, workers can feel fear with the process. Fear or uncertainty of the unknown can lead to worries about if the treatments prescribed by the WCB will be appropriate or painful or dangerous (Lippel, 2007). Employees can look towards the future with worries such as what will my abilities be after the injury, what if I develop a new injury after I return to work, and what will my employer think of me (Lippel, 2007). These worries can stem from the lack of information about the WCB process or caseworkers that are not pro-active...
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...Analyse the effects of crime on communities and individuals (M2) How Anti-Social behaviour effect the public? The anti-social behaviour impacts negatively on all people, young, and old in all communities. It reduces the quality of life for all residents. For example, a rowdy family can have a big impact on the nearby community and can ruin people's lives because of their intimidation, harassment or criminal damage. Graffiti and fly tipping doesn't look good and has a huge impact on our communities and how happy we are in them not to mention the costs of cleaning up. What does Violence against the Person includes? * Actual Bodily Harm * Assault on a constable and Resisting Arrest * Common assault * Grievous Bodily Harm * Conspiracy * Cruelty & Child Neglect * Harassment * Murder * Possession of weapons offences * Threats to kill * Violent Disorder What is public’s perception of crime? There has been research on public knowledge which has found that the public knows little about crime of the criminal justice system including crime related statistics such as crime rates, recidivism rates, and average sentences. It can be said that there is a tendency for the public to overestimate the scale of youth crime however this is also true for crime generally and members of the public have little familiarity with specific laws or with their legal rights. Although some research shows that most people favour the imposition of...
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...conditional fear), and fewer studies on the fear memory extinction as a treatment for psychiatric conditions based on learned fears Such as phobias, PTSD, and general anxiety. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it. Pavlovian conditional fear is widely used as a model for stress induction and anxiety disorders. The induction of conditional...
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...Executive Summary The present study investigates how mergers and acquisitions impact the morale of employees in the banking sector. This report recognizes the lapse in research in this particular area even though mergers and acquisition are some of the most common means used by banks to pull resources together and enjoy economies of scale. Indeed most of the studies that were done in the past were actually outdated, and the most recent ones did not effectively explain the impacts that mergers and acquisitions had on the morale of employees working in the banking sector. Based on this realization, this study sought to deal with all the foregoing issues by generating new information that would point the exact impact mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector had on the morale of employees in the banking sector. By using qualitative research methods, this study seeks to provide answers to three research questions. The first question that this research seeks to answer is the kinds of impacts that mergers and acquisitions on the morale of employees working in the banking sector. Secondly, this study aims to provide an understanding of how employees think the negative effects of mergers and acquisitions can be dealt with. The last research question is what happens to employees during the processes of merger and acquisition. The study is designed to provide deeper understanding on the sort of impacts that result from bank acquisitions and mergers, particularly from the perspective...
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...This paper addresses the gender gap disparity between levels of fear of crime. Researcher Diedrik Cops, introduces the “fear of crime paradox,” in which those groups that reported the highest levels of fear (women and elderly), in reality have a lower risk of actually being victimized (Cops, 2010). Research taken from National Victimization Surveys (NCVS) indicated in Crime and Criminals, explains that crimes typically occur intraracially, meaning between races and the characteristics of victims tend to male; young (between the ages of twelve and twenty-four); and more likely to be African American than white; more likely to be Hispanic than non-Hispanic (Crime and Criminals, 44). Researchers Kathleen Fox, Mat Nobles, and Alex Piquero, use...
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...educated. These approaches are frequently known as classical learning, operant learning, and associative learning. These approaches may sound similar, but they have slightly differentiated steps towards how behavior can be learned. Operant and classical learning styles can help a person stay positive within a society. Two concepts are known worldwide to also have negative impacts on a person’s emotional and physical state, phobias and addictions. Feeling uncomfortable, or feeling fear about something, may mean you may bear a phobia. Conferring to Merriam-Webster (2013) “Phobia is defined as an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation.” During the beginning of a life phobias may not be present, but they may be learned throughout a period of time. A stimulus can be joined together with an opposing stimulus that can change the original response, this can happen when looking at phobias with classical conditioning. An example of this can be arachnophobia, fearing spiders. Comparing this to Pavlov’s dog experiment, the spider has no knowledge of fear through itself. For here, another stimulus must be present in order for classical conditioning to occur. In Pavlov’s experiment, the dog’s second stimulus was food was added to the sound of the bell, in order to make the dogs start drooling. The dogs would hear the bell, and start to...
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...experience of discovery, whether it’s physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual or creative. This is reflected in Ivan O’Mahoney’s documentary Go Back to Where You Came From where six Australians are forced to confront the emotional and provocative issue of asylum seekers. Comparatively in Ernest Hemmingway’s short story Indian Camp we follow the adventure of a young boy named Nick who accompanies his father to a Native American camp to assist him in the delivery of a child, while there he experiences both life and death and through this discovery develops a new perception about the damaging impact of fear on the human spirit. In “Go Back to Where You Came From”, Raye, Racquel and Roderick visit the Masudi...
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...Rosen, 2003). The reopening of the plant would have had significant effects on the area resident’s psychological health, wellbeing, and the area community’s cohesiveness and stability. Reopening the plant would have led to the area residents having to live with trauma and fear. Immediately after the incident, the federal government ordered the evacuation of all children and pregnant women from within a 5 mile radius of the Three Mile Island Facility. A day later, the federal government increased the radius to 20 miles (Osif, Baratta & Conkling, 2004). More than 140,000 people had to vacate their homes temporarily because of the incident. This had an impact on the area resident’s state of psychological health. Even after they had moved back from the voluntary evacuation, they had to live in constant fear that there might be another nuclear meltdown. They also had feared that the radioactive elements released into the environment could have an impact on their health (Gray & Rosen, 2004). The people, consequently, had to live with the fear that their health and wellbeing was under threat from nuclear emissions and a probable meltdown. The psychological fear and trauma, because of the accident had a direct impact on the...
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...Communication Process and Effects Term Paper Evaluation of a Public Service Announcement in Hong Kong Web Link of Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Bsu_TB0Ug&feature=related Name: Mok Sin Yi, Sindy Student ID: 0045024 Date of Submission: 4th January, 2012 1 This paper discusses about the intended message, and various persuasive strategies being adopted in a public service announcement produced by the Hong Kong SAR Government. This selected public service announcement was produced for the Gambling Counseling Hotline Service (1834-633). It is a hotline service provided by the Hong Kong Home Affairs Bureau. The target audience of this PSA video is the problem and pathological gamblers. The PSA is produced in a hope that gamblers will call the hotline to seek for assistance in helping them to quit gambling. The underlying persuasive message of the PSA is that gamblers will disappoint and lose their family if they continue to be obsessed with gambling, they should call this hotline for assistance in quitting gambling. The PSA was creative in using metaphorical comparison to create irony in a gamblers’ confession. The man was portrayed as having more concern over gambling than his family. Different kinds of gambling, such as cards, horse racing, and soccer are used to correlate with his family members. The “Q” in the cards is compared with his wife, the horse is compared with his father, and the soccer player is compared with his son. Although he confessed...
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...0.0677 1.0000 dist | 0.6236 0.0000 1.0000 passen | -0.1363 0.0344 -0.0930 1.0000 bmktshr | -0.1907 -0.0282 -0.5283 -0.0894 1.0000 y98 | -0.0259 -0.2582 -0.0000 -0.0137 0.0334 1.0000 - Correlation coefficient between fare and year is 0.0067 - Correlation coefficient between fare and dist is 0.6236 - Correlation coefficient between fare and passen is -0.1363 - Correlation coefficient between fare and bmktshr is -0.1907 - Correlation coefficient between fare and y98 is -0.0259 We can see variable dist (0.6236) has strongest impact to dependent variable or moving distance has strongest impact to average fare on one way. Positive sign show positive relationship. In other words, if the distance increases, the average fare will increase too. Variable y98 has very weak impact on variable fare ( -0.0259). Negative sign show that the relationship between y98 and fare is reverse....
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