Essays on Personality Psychology

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The Concept of Confirmation Bias and Its Consequences

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A) What is confirmation bias? Confirmation bias, literally the preference for confirmation. A more extensive description is, confirmation bias is a way of thinking or behaving, by which people have the tendency to confirm their own opinion or thought. Furthermore, people will only search or...

Bias Confirmation Bias

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My Motivation to Pursue a Graduate Program in Business Analytics

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Being academically excellent, my GPA is “4. 0” as per WES Online calculator. The undergrad courses that I have done, have all played a crucial part in the development of fundamental concepts necessary for pursuing Business Analytics. Throughout the same, I have come to appreciate...

Academic Interests Motivation

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The Five Factor Personality Traits in Selling Position

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Many contemporary personality psychologists believe that there are five basic dimensions of personality, often referred to as the “Big 5” personality traits. Trait theories of personality have long attempted to pin down exactly how many personality traits exist. Earlier theories have suggested a various number...

Big Five Personality Traits Personality

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Why I Want to Be a Mental Health Counselor

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Delving into the heart of why I want to be a mental health counselor is an extension of my educational journey, which includes an impending graduation on December 15, 2018, with a Bachelor of General Studies. My academic pursuits in Mass Communication, Sociology, and Philosophy...

Academic Interests Motivation

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My Motivation to Study Biomedical Engineering in The Netherlands

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I am writing this letter with a strong will to apply for the PhD position in UMC university. The reasons that motivated me to choose this program is, due to both the educational quality of Dutch institutions and the cultural aspects of The Netherlands. In...

Biomedical Engineering Motivation Study

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My Motivation to Become a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeofficer

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As we all know the crime rate in Surrey has really spiked in the last few years. There is gang violence and drug trafficking on the streets and involved in these crimes is this generation. The reason I want to become an RCMP officer is...

Canada Motivation Police Officer

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Bringing Difference in People’s Life – My Motivation to Pursue Medicine

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Hearing my heartbeat for the first time through a stethoscope at the age of ten provoked my curiosity towards learning more about the functions of our complex human body. Our human body is composed of many different systems yet they work cooperatively together. This fact...

Motivation

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Motivation Through Failure: My Life Experience

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I have encountered many obstacles and have suffered through many failures. The failure I would like to explain is one which I experienced recently.The sentence can be revised to “The failure I would like to explain is one that I experienced recently.” Fall semester, 2017,...

Failure Motivation Personal Experience

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My Motivation to Be The Part of Maternity Care Field as a Midwife

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My ambition to become a midwife began in 2014, whilst embarking on an extraordinary Gap Medics expedition to Tanzania. It was here, after holding an interest in the profession for some time, I was inspired by my experiences, and the midwives who worked there to...

Motivation

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Applying Work Motivation Theories to Business Situations

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My selection of the topic, Applying Work Motivation Theories to Business Situations, has many directional reasons why I chose this topic for my paper. This theory is very interesting as Industrial Organizational Psychologists must match the right motivation tactic to the right field of work,...

Motivation Workplace

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The Article on Body Image Criticism of Serena Williams

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The advocate’s claim is that Serena Williams is getting criticized because she does not look like the typical white, skinny, tennis player. The person making the argument is the author, Elizabeth Newman, and she is a writer for Sports Illustrated and an advocate for Williams....

Body Image

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Negative & Positive Ways Food Affect Our Health

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Your body is like a machine with many parts working together to make that machine run smoothly. Your brain is the central part of your machine. It’s only 2% of your body weight, but it uses over 20% of your body’s energy. While it may...

Body Image Body Modification Health Care Policy

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Pros and Cons of Boot Camp Weight Loss Program

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In spite of the intimidating image of a drill sergeant yelling at a bunch of people who look like they’re all about to faint from exhaustion, boot camp classes are actually quite fun and exciting. And they’re more effective than just sweating it out at...

Body Image Weight Loss

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The Effects of Social Media on Female Perception of Body Image

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Media has changed the way African women look and feel about their bodies. Consequently, this has led them to transform themselves to reach certain body goals. The society standard of how women should look like has led them to develop eating disorders, low self-esteem, anxiety...

Body Image Digital Era Social Media

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Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose: Motivation

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The debate on how to motivate students has been a topic that has been wildly discussed since education was created. Modern education has attempted to rely heavily on immediate concrete rewards based off productive and success. Dan Pink, in his Ted Talk called “Puzzle of...

Motivation Personal Goals

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Healthy Body Image on The Person's Value

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The Influence of Propaganda on Body Image There is a significant amount of propaganda nowadays promoting skinny bodies, weight loss, and the notion that being thin is attractive. However, if you consider the origins of this narrative, it becomes evident that it’s not entirely truthful....

Body Image Collaboration

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The Problem of Cyberbullying Through The Form of Bodyshaming

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As technology, social media in particular has advanced, it has be used in tremendous ways. Through it, childhood friends have been reconnected, important news has been shared, and wonderful ideas have been spread. But like many tools when placed in the wrong hands, technology can...

Body Image Cyber Bullying Society

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Learning Styles and Motivation Reflection 

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Introduction With this section, it instructed me that my primary learning style is the reading and writing learning style. I also use audio and notes, but those are primarily used when I am learning a new style. By and by, that is gainful to me....

Learning Styles Motivation Self Assessment

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Theme Artificial Intelligence Methodology

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The Gatekeeper Between Brands and Consumers All four articles share the same main theme, artificial intelligence: on people, the government, and the workforce. An article on Forbes magazine revolves around the importance of trust between AI and the consumer, and how trust will play a...

Artificial Intelligence Bias