The Corrs Essays

  • Family and Community Ties to Irish Music

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    It Takes a Village: Family and Community Ties To Irish Music “There was music before me and after me.” These powerful words open the book The Living Note: The Heartbeat of Irish Music, and encompass the “living” nature of musical traditions in Ireland. As I come to a close on my semester in this module I have latched on to the important and reoccurring role of “Family” in the Irish culture, and specifically the arts. Each week I found myself engaging with the word family whether it be from films

  • Case Notes for Corr v IBC

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    Case Note: Corr v IBC 1511 words • Parties Mr Thomas Corr represented by his dependent widow (Plaintiff) seeking action against IBC Limited (defendant). • Facts The plaintiff, Mr Thomas Corr was an engineer employed by IBC vehicles Limited. Thomas who was 31 years of age at the time was working on a machine, when it threw a metal plate towards him without warning. It hit the right side of his head cutting off some of his ear. Due to the injury, Mr Corr had surgery on his right ear in order

  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Paper

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    drug that acts to correct this mutation, Corr-4a, rescues the protein via two mechanisms [2]. First, small amounts of CFTR-ΔF508 are corrected, allowing some of the protein to be normally inserted into the membrane [2]. In addition, Corr-4a also “tricks” the ERQC into inserting the mutant CFTR-ΔF508 into the membrane where it still functions, albeit not at the same level as the wild-type [2]. In addition to allowing the insertion of the ΔF508 mutant, Corr-4a also allows the insertion of a variety

  • African-American Cultural Beliefs

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    have their bodily needs met, they differ on how physical distress is viewed. American culture often wants to minimize the distress and discomfort felt as a way of coping. However, some cultures may ignore the natural desire to minimize discomfort (Corr, 2009). The African-American culture is one such culture. African-Americans who are making end of life decisions of... ... middle of paper ... ...urce for bereavement support. Journal of Pastoral Counseling, 3847-57. Retrieved from Academic Search

  • The Reflection Of The Behavioral Approach System

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    construct (Jackson, 2009; Reuter, Cooper, Smillie, Markett, & Montag, 2015: Smederevac, Mitrović, Čolović, & Nikolašević, 2014; Torrubia et al, 2001) others have made a persuasive argument for it being multidimensional (Carver & White, 1994; Corr, 2013; Corr & Cooper, 2015; Kenrick & Shiota, 2008). Hence, selective choice of one questionnaire may lead to different theoretical

  • The Film My Girl

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    ways to discuss death. Also important for professionals to realize is the potential for children to become hyper aware of the body’s delicate nature and ultra sensitive to otherwise minor bodily sensations following a death, as has been cited in Corr and Corr (1996). A key term here is hypochondria; though perhaps a rare response to death, it is a possibility, and both therapists and medical professionals must try to determine effective ways of dealing with it. Similarly, parents of a child experiencing

  • Death In Children's Literature Essay

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    Death in fairy tales occurs frequently (Corr, Nabe and Corr 335). In an interview, Maria Tatar, a scholar on fairy tales with books such as Off With Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood, discusses why she, when reading to her children, avoided tales such as the ‘Little Match Girl’ by Hans Christen Andersen: ….But it is not really a story for young children, particularly since it ends with the image of the girl’s cold corpse, found on the sidewalks of the city on New Year’s Day.

  • Test Anxiety and Emotional Reactivity on Test Outcome

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    During studying students are experiencing varieties of emotions. Test anxiety and emotional reactivity to test outcome are one of most frequent and the strongest stressors for students during their college days (Pekrun, Goetz, Titz, & Perry, 2002). Various studies have shown that test anxiety correlate negatively with cumulative grades-point average (Diener, Schwarz, & Nickerson, 2011), academic performance (& Elliot, Pekrun, & Maier, 2009) and students’ health (Conley & Lehman, 2012). Test anxiety

  • Neuroticism and The Five Factor Model

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    performance: A meta-analytic investigation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(1), 162-176. doi:10.1037/a0013115 Lahey, B. B. (2009). Public health significance of neuroticism. American Psychologist, 64(4), 241-256. doi:10.1037/a0015309 Perkins, A.D., & Corr, P.J. (2005). Cognitive ablilty as a buffer to neuroticism: churchill’s secret weapon? . Personality and Individual Differences, 40(0191-8869), 39-51. Tamir, M., & Robinson, M. D. (2004). Knowing Good From Bad: The Paradox of Neuroticism, Negative

  • The Benefits of Hospice Care

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    emotional and physical needs so that patients/clients will be comfort. Hospice specialized in pain and symptoms management as well as support services proving counseling and education. Hospice is not a place patient receive hospice care the home (Corr, Vol 17, NO 1). Care is open to people of all ages including children but many times, it elderly people who have being diagnose by physician with terminal illness and have approximately six months to leave. Medications and customary equipment’s such

  • Scorpio Races Movie Vs Book

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    Why The Scorpio Races Will Make a Great Movie By: Tom The Scorpio Races is a book about a girl named Puck who lives on an island where legendary water horses live. Despite the water horses being the fastest living things on land, they are extremely dangerous. In fact, they can often kill or eat people. Puck’s father died because of water horses. Puck is an orphan, but she lives with her two brothers. The older brother Gabe wants to leave the island. Even though she doesn’t know how to deal with

  • Argumentative Essay On Nature Vs Nurture

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    motivation (Corr, DeYoung, McNaughton, 2013). The classical behaviorist believes that rewards will cause an increase of behavior, while punishments decrease the occurrence of behavior (Corr, et al, 2013). Essentially a ‘reward’ is what a person will try to obtain; while a ‘punishment’ is something a person will try to avoid (Corr, et. al, 2013). Extraversion and Neuroticism of the Big Five is what appears to mainly effected in personality with the awareness and relation to reward and punishment (Corr, et

  • Film Analysis Of The Movie 'Tuesday's With Morrie'

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    The theoretical framework provides five stages coined by Kubler Ross as: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance (Corr,2015). The stages may interrelate with each other at the same time and there is not a certain order for the dying or bereaving person to go through the stages. Denial is conveyed by Mowry when he mentions to Mitch that he often asks “why me? What did

  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

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    Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Many questions about the causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as “crib death,” are still unresolved. The mysterious and elusive nature of SIDS creates problems, doubts, and more questions. This paper will present some of the most commonly asked questions as well as the answers that have been uncovered by scientists after years of research and study. In 1969, researchers agreed to define SIDS as “the sudden death of an infant or young

  • Corrosion Control Of Corrosion

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    Corrosion is the deterioration and undesirable scale formation in metal by either chemical attack or reaction with its environment. Corrosion control of metals involves technical, economical, environmental, and aesthetical significance. The use of corrosion inhibitors constitutes one of the most economical ways to protect metal surfaces against corrosion and preserve industrial facilities [1, 2]. The study of corrosion of mild steel is a subject of incredible theoretical and practical interest and

  • Cell Phones: Evolution Or Revolution?

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    The FCC governs the airwaves of the United States. When concept of cell phones started, AT&T recognized the need for more radio spectrum frequencies. They proposed the FCC allocated more airwaves so that widespread cellular service would be feasible (Corr 121). This would give AT&T the drive to research the new technology.

  • Conscientiousness Case Study

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    Numerous studies have been conducted on each factor and their subsets within the Five Factor Model; however, most studies have focused on extraversion, neuroticism, and their contributions to understanding an aspect of personality due to the ease in which each factor can be observed. The study of the Five Factor Model personality trait, conscientiousness, and its sub factors began to gain recognition as a meaningful and practical personality trait in the 1990s, and have been extensively studied

  • Transition To Middle School Summary

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    This summary is regarding article “Source of Stress and Support in Children's Transition to Middle School: An Empirical Analysis” by Elias, M.M., Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 1985, vol 14 No.2 112-118. Middle school students deal with stress issues as they transition from elementary school; these students are exposed to a new educational system. The academic structure is and can be overwhelming for the students; changes in childhood friendships are lost, peer pressure, teachers, school

  • Managing Groundwater Sustainability

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    onto land surfaces and flows back int... ... middle of paper ... ... recycled water or treated domestic wastewater (Clapp, Corr, Dennehy, Mace, Paque, Parker, Tyrrell). Works Cited Appendix A — Evaluation of Groundwater Conditions in Borrego Valley, (2010). County of San Diego, Department of Planning and Land Use, General Plan Update Groundwater Study. Clapp, L., Corr. E., Dennehy, K., Mace, R., Paque, M., Parker, M., Tyrrell, K. (2005). Groundwater Quality and Desalination Questions. National

  • The Mini-IPIP Personality Scale : A Test Critique

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    Use of the 50-item International Personality Item Pool-Five Factor Model measure (Goldberg, 1999) can be a hindrance for researchers when dealing with participants that are less than enthusiastic about completing long questionnaires. The Mini-IPIP scales was developed specifically for this purpose. This newly developed assessment has been shown equally reliable and valid across the five measures in only 20-items. General Information The Mini-IPIP Personality Scale (Donnellan et al., 2006) is