C. R. Snyder Essays

  • C. R. Snyder's Approaching Hope

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    can be had or that events will turn out for the best" (dictionary.com). What comes out of this definition, is the word hope. Hope is one of the positive constructs in psychology. C.R. Snyder wrote an article called "Approaching Hope" and it best describes the word and how it can be measured. According to C.R. Snyder, hope is reflected as an outlook from a desired goal. He uses the example of a college student stating "I hope to graduate in four years" (Approaching Hope). Another example could be

  • Use of Language in Journey's End by RC Sheriff

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    The Use of Language in Journey's End Journey’s End was R.C. Sherriff’s only major theatrical production and had had relatively little experience of playwriting before. However, the language in the play does not show any evidence of this. Being set in the trenches in the Great War, and being with a serious, ingrained message, the play needed to be presented to the audience powerfully and effectively. The language needed to show the characters and their language as they would have been had

  • A Comparison of the Techniques Employed in Portraying the Horror of War in Regeneration and Journey's End

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    A Comparison of the Techniques Employed in Portraying the Horror of War in Regeneration and Journey's End "I chose the First World War because it's come to stand in for other wars… It's come to stand for the pain of all wars." Pat Barker wrote "Regeneration" in the 1990's and R.C. Sherriff "Journey's End" in 1927, the quote is from Barker and illustrates the magnitude of the effect of the First World War, and expresses the appeal of the subject. Both works use different techniques in their

  • Stress and Fear on the Western Front, Illustrated in Sheriff's Play, Journey's End

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    'Journey's End' by R.C. Sherriff is filled with very tense scenes throughout the play one in particular and the focus point on this essay is Act Two scene One, which endeavours to educate the audience about the true horrors of life at the front. Sherriff, who was wounded at Passchendaele in 1917, wrote from his experience of the war. He creates scenes that are very realistic, and because of his experiences, it helps the audience to believe the play more and understand the difficulties the soldiers

  • Journey's End by RC Sheriff

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    Journey’s End R.C Sheriff wrote Journey’s end in 1928. The play was written 10 years after the war had finished to let people’s emotions feelings and emotions about the war settle down. The play is set near the end of the war, in 1918, along the western front in France. Sheriff set the whole play in one setting so it is easier to stage, it personalizes it, and it creates a sense of entrapment. The whole play is set in the trenches, which are very confined, damp and cold. They were

  • Business For the Glory of God

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    God. References Blosser, D. M., & Kreider, G. R. (2008). Free of charge: giving and forgiving in a culture stripped of grace. Bibliotheca sacra, 165(660), 504-506. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Borkowski, M. (2007). Is business forgiveness profitable? Motor Truck, 76(3), 12.  Retrieved June 29, 2011, from Career and Technical Education. (Document ID: 1299445921). Packer, J. I. (1996). Growing in Christ. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books. Sproul, R. C. (1996). Following Christ. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House

  • Joseph C. R. Licklider

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    Joseph C. R. Licklider died when he was 75, on June 26, 1990. His death was caused by a heart attack that followed because of complications from asthma. Licklider was born in St. Louis, Missouri and educated at Washington University and the University of Rochester. There he received his three bachelor's degrees in math, physics, and psychology. Licklider was well liked and had a very good reputation for being very humble, often letting others take credit for his ideas. Licklider humility and good

  • The Internet

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    V. G.-M. (2013). Internet Society. Retrieved March 08, 2014, from http://www.internetsociety.org/internet/what-internet/history-internet/brief-history-internet: http://www.internetsociety.org/get-involved/spread-word/sharing-our-content Museum, C. H. (2004). Computer History Museum. Retrieved March 08, 2014, from http://www.computerhistory.org/terms/: http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/ QuinStreet.Inc. (2014). The QuinStreet Enterprise. Retrieved march 08, 2014, from http://www

  • Point of View of David Brion Davis, C.L.R. James, and Orlando Patterson Regarding the Abolishment of Slavery

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    The abolishment of slavery, no matter what country it took place in, was a significant turning point in world history. Due to this it has become the discussion of much scholarly debate. There are three historians to highlight that provide key points to why slavery needed to be abolished and the significance of it. David Brion Davis, C.L.R. James, and Orlando Patterson all share similar and differing viewpoints for why slavery needed to be discontinued. This is important to discuss so we as humans

  • The Modernist Attributes of C.L.R. James’s Minty Alley

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    The Modernist Attributes of C.L.R. James’s Minty Alley Born in Trinidad and later expatriating himself first to London and then the United States, C.L.R. James was a key figure of the West Indian literary scene during the 1930s. Today he is primarily associated with his nonliterary writings in sociology and politics, and his fiction seems to have dropped from critical attention. Part of this shortsightedness stems from the fact that little of his fiction is readily available to a reading public

  • J. C. R. Licklider: The World Connect

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    The World Connected Born in the mind of an MIT professor in the early years of the 1960's, "the internet-or net, for short"(Jonscher,154)-has been maintained as the information-technology center throughout the closing of the twentieth century connecting people and ideas throughout the world in little more than the stroke of a key and faster than the blink of an eye . Imagine the possibility of transferring one bank account to another with the click of a mouse-from New York to Hong Kong, or buying

  • Ignorance Is the Lock, Knowledge Is the Master Key

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    Throughout childhood to adulthood, one may oftentimes hear the quote “knowledge is power”. It is a quote usually drilled into the heads of elementary to college-aged kids in order to encourage his or her pursuit of an education. As much as privileged students roll his or her eyes at the utterance of this quote, it is hard to deny the weight of truth in this quote when examining the history of many countries. This is especially true during times of oppressive rule. Freedom of press, information, and

  • Rumination and Depression

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    The Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. The Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977) is a 20-item self-report questionnaire that is used to assess the number of depressive symptoms that an individual may have experienced over the past week. Sample questions of the CES-D include “I was bothered by things that don’t usually bother me” and “My sleep was restless”. Participants were asked to rate each item on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (less than

  • Pressure Peer and Agressive Behavior

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    the natural environment. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17,215-237. Snyder, J., Horsch, E. & Childs, J. (1997). Peer relationships of young children: Affiliative choices and the shaping of aggressive behavior. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 26, 145–156. Sroufe, L. A. & Rutter, M. (1984). The domain of developmental psychopathology. Child Development, 54, 17–29. Werner, N. E., & Crick, N. R. (2004). Maladaptive peer relationships and the development of relational and physical

  • Marriage And Family Therapy Case Study

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    set of concepts which researches the family system as a whole. References Chabot, D. R. (2011). Family systems theories of psychotherapy. In J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, D. K. Freedheim (Eds.) , History of psychotherapy: Continuity and change (2nd ed.) (pp. 173-202). American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/12353-006 Gurman, A. S., & Snyder, D. K. (2011). Couple therapy. In J. C. Norcross, G. R. VandenBos, D. K. Freedheim (Eds.) , History of psychotherapy: Continuity and change (2nd

  • First Amendment and Free Speech

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    This paper will examine the first amendment’s right to free speech based on three different Supreme Court cases and how there are varying examples of free speech. In the case of Snyder v. Phelps, Snyder sued Phelps, the Westboro Baptist Church, for intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy by intrusion upon seclusion, and conspiracy because the church set-up protest outside of his military son’s funeral service (Chen et al., 2010). Another side of free speech involves a

  • Instruments for Classroom Observations

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    computerized systematic observation instrument. Journal Of Sports Sciences, 30(2), 201-216. Snyder, P. A., Hemmeter, M., Fox, L., Bishop, C., & Miller, M. (2013). Developing and Gathering Psychometric Evidence for a Fidelity Instrument: The Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool–Pilot Version. Journal Of Early Intervention, 35(2), 150-172. doi:10.1177/1053815113516794 Stearns, L. M., Morgan, J., Capraro, M., & Capraro, R. M. (2012). A Teacher Observation Instrument for PBL Classroom Instruction. Journal Of

  • Strategies to Deal with Homelessness in Tempe, AZ

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    the problem of homelessness among the residents. Although several proposals have been instituted to address the problem, this paper only looks at three of them: the National Coalition for the Homeless (2006), Lois M Collins, Desert News, and Fehr-Snyder, The Arizona Republic. The paper seeks to explain why the National Coalition for the Homeless is the best among the three strategies. The National Coalition for the Homeless (2006) is the most effective strategy as it seeks to address the problem

  • Stereotypes

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    190-206. * Snyder, M. & Miene, P. K. (1994). Stereotyping the elderly: A functional approach. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 62-82. * Tajfel, H. (1969) as cited in Haslam, S. A., Oakes, P. J., McGarty, C., Turner, J., C., Reynolds, K., J. & Eggins, R., A. (1996). Stereotyping and social influence: The mediation of stereotype applicability and sharedness by the views of in-group and out-group members (1996) British Journal of Social Psychology, 33, 369-397. * Tajfel, H. & Turner, J. C. (1979)

  • I/O Psychology: Functionalism and Technology

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    Psychological Record, 60(4), 699. Ployhart, R. E. (2012). The psychology of competitive advantage: An adjacent possibility. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 5(1), 65-81. doi:10.1111/j.1754-9434.2011.01407.x Reiter-Palmon, R. (2011). Introduction to special issue: The psychology of creativity and innovation in the workplace. Psychology Of Aesthetics, Creativity, And The Arts, 5(1), 1-2. doi:10.1037/a0018586 Rupp, D. E., Gibbons, A. M., & Snyder, L. A. (2008). The role of technology in enabling