Recall College Essays Samples For Students

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Nokia was one of the largest mobile phone companies in the world. It operated in 120 countries and posted a profit of more than $10 billion in 2007. The biggest market for Nokia was China followed by India. Indian market was growing at a faster rate, and Nokia had a 70% market share in the Indian market. During the early part of 2007, Nokia came to know about a defect in BL-5C batteries. It wanted to replace all the defective batteries at free of cost. Nokia India faced this huge task of replacing the battery with maximum logistics efficiency so that the cost ...

During the 1960s and the 1970s, there was high demand for compact, low cost cars in the US. Ford Motor Company was threatened by stiff competition from Volkswagen Beetle. Consequently, it rushed its then newly designed Ford Pinto into the market with blatant disregard for the safety of its customers. The car became notorious for accidents occasioned by rare-end collisions at a speed of over 30 miles per hour. The fuel tank would rupture and burst into flames leading to casualties and in some cases fatalities among the passengers (Tenbrunsel & Bazerman, 2011). It took so long for the decision ...

GM Recall and its Implications to the 2st Century Management

Introduction
In every business, challenges are bound to occur. One of the challenges bound to occur is customer complaints. Whether in the hotel industry, communications industry or the banking industry, customers will come to complain about one thing or another. However, what makes the difference is the manner in which an organization addresses the customer complaints. For some companies, customer complaints provide the best opportunity to carry out self-examination and address the issues raised; however, for other businesses, customer complaints are normal experiences hence business continues as usual. This is not the best way to run a business especially ...

The first scenario involves Tesco, a multinational company that increased its state in 2012 by 5 percent. The increase raised a strong message that the firm would rebound from the aggressive attempt to compete with US companies. The company estimated profits to be over £ 250 million. The move was a timing issue that meant that price could be booked at a later time and related to the recognition of cost and revenue on deals with the company’s suppliers. The company wrote off 26 million pounds of total profit, but only £ 118 million related to the previous financial years. The finance director asserted that a ...

Introduction

Takata Corporation is a Japanese company that conducts production out of four continents. The company was founded in 1933 by Takezo Takada and started with the production of parachutes. In the 1950s, the company started production of seat belts. The company currently employs 35,000 employees worldwide and 11,000 in Europe. They current operate 46 plants in 17 countries around the world. They consider themselves to specialize in automotive safety. Today, their current production consists of: occupant classification sensors, side airbags, curtain airbags, child seats, vision sensors, pop-up hood devices, steering wheels, rear seat belts, and knee airbags (Takata.com ...

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The research was conducted to address a conflicting situation that seeks to find out between male and female who are more intelligent? The research was not that broad but pursued to deal with school going teenagers and check on their recall capabilities, basing on their gender. The research has been conducted several times before with different researchers yielding different results. By doing the research, we used direct observation from the available specimens. Observations were made on the answers given by the respondent in the interviews that were conducted by the research team. Through the research, several results were obtained. Among ...

Psychology

In a study published in the Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, researchers worked on the importance of the prior knowledge before facing the present situations or conditions (Bransford, and Marcia K Johnson 717). Research shows that subjects usually develop semantic thoughts joining the present information and prior knowledge. Therefore, researchers studied the role of prior knowledge and its importance in comprehending the present information. They were trying to show that prior knowledge is not only involved in comprehension but is also necessary for the meaningful information. They also studied the effect of prior knowledge on subjects by ...

Memory Olympics is a set of mental games that aims at exercising the mind and showing how well an individual may recall certain numbers of elements. The games are psychological tools useful in defining the memory of an individual. I undertook the speed cards, Numbers Marathon, and mental additions in the competition. The games were equally challenging but a reliable test for the soberness of the mind.
The speed cards were extremely challenging, and I could not easily recall the 52-card deck. I could only recall 7 of the cards in the game. It was a challenging game, and I had a ...

Analysis on toy safety in regards to the recall of toys manufactured under Mattel Corporation in 2007

Introduction
The toy industry is a large industry which generates about $71 billion in the business market. The toy companies need to generate toys that are suitable for the children to play with and will not cause any hazards to the children. China and USA are in the worlds spotlight when it comes to the toy industry. About 60% of toy manufacturing happens in the China. A lot of companies manufacturing toys in the U.S. have established subsidiaries in China. Mattel Corporation is one of these companies. Mattel Inc. was started by Elliot Handler and Harold Matson at a garage ...

Writing Assignment: Crisis Communication

Toyota is a global leader in the manufacture and sale of a wide range of cars. The business of Toyota was lucrative, comfortable and very successful for many decades until 2009 when the business was hard hit by an unfortunate violent wave that nearly tainted the company’s historical reputation. The business cycle is defined by frequent ups and downs, Toyota suffered from a down crisis in 2009. The company, however, managed to survive the test of time to prove its effectiveness in crisis management, and regain its market reputation and competitiveness through appropriate communication, proper planning and execution. ...

Ethical Dilemma Paper

Introduction
In these two preliminary pages, I will describe my personal experience that is related in the workplace. I have experienced and witnessed indirectly decisions and actions that were taken by various stakeholders. I will not divulge the identity of the individuals and company given the confidentiality of the information. Although there could be hints as to the nature of the problem because of the omnipresence of information in the World Wide Web, I would still leave to my readers to find out for themselves who these stakeholders were. Hence, in case some of the personalities were similar to ...

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The essay discusses short-term memory (STM) and other aspects that are related to it. There has been considerable research done on STM, however, a lot more needs to be done in certain areas. The short-term memories carry a different process related to long-term memories. Short-term memory is often used in place of working memory, but the two are different. Short-term memory refers to only the temporary loading of information while working memory refers to not only temporary storage, but also manipulating information. The paper looks at different experiments related to STM, the impact of word-length effect and the distinctions between STS ...

Introduction

The principle of democracy and promoting the rule of law are two aspects modern constitutions seek to achieve, whether at state or federal level. Democracy connotes majority consensus on the part of the citizens in defining and shaping key issues. It would be inaccurate to assume that the American constitution is inherently democratic (pure democracy for that matter). Essentially, elections are carried out by the majority of the citizenry who choose officials (Chiappinelli, 2007). These officials are given the responsibility of determining the country’s direction. This way, democracy is transformed from the determination of many to where few ...

It is widely accepted that a sufficient food and water consumption is an integral part of living and health promotion. Food safety and quality are therefore considered to be a major concern for food manufacturers, policy makers and general public. Although there is a significant progress in advisory labelling practice, undeclared allergens can sometimes be added into food as a result of a manufacturing process. Allergens can be defined as a substance capable of triggering immediate hypersensitivity (AAAAI, 2014). Food Standards Agency (FSA) (2014) has calculated that each year approximately 10 people die from food-induced anaphylaxis. Poorly controlled production of food also damages socioeconomic status ...

Human Resources Task II

Toy Company
1234 Toy Alternative Drive,

Ideal Strategy, HR 10100

Success in any business organization can be attributed to integration and streamlining of effective practices within the organization. Time and resources must be invested in each individual practice to create a strong and efficient organizational front. One important component of good company-wide investment would be the public and private ethical image of the company. The reputation of the organization as ethically superior should be thoroughly established in order to create an impression of trustworthiness and reputability in the minds of consumers.
In regard to issues surrounding the Toy Company, there are three alternatives ...

Psychology: The Multi-store model of memory

Overview of the concept of memory
Memory is the description of the ability to accumulate and retrieve data (personal experience, facts, skills, emotions, habits, etc.). Processes involved in human learning are always subjects of interest for educators and scientists. The way people acquire new information and retain previous knowledge became the focus of numerous researches and studies. A couple of influential researchers in perception Lutz, & Huitt (2003, pp.1) defined it as an investigation of how individuals convert, construct, collect, recover, use or manage to learn abilities.
Ever since the development of psychology, memory has always been used to refer ...

Abstract

The much-publicized quality issues caused massive damage to Toyota’s legendary image which resulted to various management crisis. How could this crisis happen to a world- class automaker? Analyst believed that the Japanese secretive corporate culture is a stumbling block in managing corporate issues. In a traditional Japanese culture, business is usually run by corporate leaders who are treated like powerful rulers and are not subject to admit mistakes in public. Employees are hesitant to relay any critical information to their superiors for fear of rejection. Toyota has a strong corporate culture as seen in their continuous drive for innovation to produce world-class and ...

Introduction

The strategy of globalization comes with the advantage of price competitiveness and a challenge of management issues. The ability of management to anticipate envisions and maintains flexibility with the changing and demanding markets is paramount to the success of the company. Efficient and effective use of available resources through planning, organizing and putting structures that will ensure the same is significant. The overall goal achievement of a large company like Toyota is based on the management styles of the people in charge of the processes. Toyota admitted that the recent recall was because of defects from the America assembling plants. Compared ...

Introduction

Ethics is a broad concept that impacts individuals and organizations alike. Over the years, many scholars have tried to study ethics and determine its importance in organizational settings and most agree that there is a strong link between ethics and organizational success. Ethics is especially significant in the context of the hospitality industry due to the nature of its operation. The hospitality industry, for instance, deals directly with different types of people in the delivery of their products and services; people who have different sets of values that can impact the company’s operation and culture. In the face ...

According to Fagan (1974) memory is the ability to encode information, store and retrieve the encoded information. Therefore memory is what determines what we know and it makes us. Because if we can’t retrieve the information stored in our memory we are not going to recall anything. There are three classification of memory depending with the length that the information can be stored. Sensory memory is the first classification, and this is the ability of a person to remember what he/she has looked at with just a second of observation. This memory fades so quickly and it includes the iconic ...

I. Title/citation
Menz, M.M., Rihm, J.S., Salari, N., et al. (2013). The role of sleep and sleep deprivation in consolidating fear memories. NeuroImage, 75(1): 87-96.
II. Summary

Research questions: What is the role of sleep and sleep deprivation on the consolidation of fear memories and neuronal mechanisms?

Significance of the study: Due to the critical contribution of fear learning mechanisms to anxiety disorders and the involvement of the amygdala in transforming stressful events into fear memories and anxiety, this study determines the possible influence of sleep and sleep deprivation on the consolidation of fear memories.
Hypotheses: Primary hypothesis: Sleep and sleep deprivation affects fear memory consolidation. Secondary hypotheses: (1) Sleep deprivation affects anxiety and ...

There is a time when advertisers need more than descriptive research to understand consumers current behaviors and attitudes. They sometimes require an understanding of cause and effect, which is obtained through experimental research in which an advertiser alters something in the consumer’s environment, or product in order to see what would happen. The goal of an experiment is usually to determine the effect of changes in one area on one or more other areas. An experiment is used to vary the amount of advertising placed in particular markets to determine how advertising weight affects target audience, advertising awareness and ...

Analysis of a Negligent Tort

Introduction
On December 13, 2014, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) posted information concerning a recall for UVEX bicycle helmets. According to the CPSC, the helmets, under the recall number 15-045, have been recalled by their German manufacturer UVEX Sports GmbH due to a risk of head injury. More specifically, the reason for the recall states that there is a problem with the helmets chinstrap which is used to secure the helmet to a riders head. The chinstrap can fail allowing the helmet to slip or fall off the rider’s head. The potential risks of this are that it may ...

Personal History

Thesis
This paper is on the topic of personal life history reflection paper. This paper is divided into five sections that are namely; birth and infancy, elementary school, junior school, high school and university. I will cover this paper will memories from my different parts of my life and I will include personal and emotional experiences that I have gone through from the day I can remember.

Introduction

Growing up in capital city of China, Beijing I always wanted to come to United States for my University education. Looking back at my early life in Beijing where my family ...

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Volkswagen Ethics

Hotten. R. (2015). Volkswagen: The Scandal Explained. BBCNews.com.
Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34324772

Volkswagen Ethics

The Automobile industry like many others prides itself in its quality manufacturing processes, adherence to compliance norms, innovation and customer satisfaction. However, over the last few decades the industry is plagued with myriad cases of ethical misdemeanors. Some of the unethical behavior probably arises from pressures of business, profits, shareholder value and competition (Bazerman and Tenbrunsel, 2011).
In some cases, leaders turn a blind eye to unethical practices. In one of the older cases from the 1970s, ...

Introduction

Examinations are an essential form of assessment utilized in monitoring a student’s progress. The feedback generated from these evaluations give the teachers, guardians and any other concerned party an overview of the student’s progress in the academic field. Proper interventions are made as per the grades scored by individual students. With this in mind, it is imperative to acknowledge the fact that grades are an influential aspect of the learning process as they give an overview of the student’s academic progress. However, they do not measure the overall student’s intelligence. As such, assumptions should not ...

When the Martha Stewart insider trading scandal broke, many had suspected that her company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, a lifestyle company, would go down with her. However initially it didn’t happen and even after she was sentenced to federal prison, her company was still going strongly.
Recently though, her company has suffered huge financial problems due to declining sales and rising debt and had to be sold at a much lesser valuation than what it was at the peak. But this downturn can be attributed more to the decline in the fashion industry and lifestyle business in general ...

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AFL or assessment for learning is a critical tool for teachers in gauging the level of student’s knowledge in particular area of learning. It also determines the key areas that the student’s needs to improve on and at the same time assist the teacher in creating learning strategies that would address the perceived weaknesses. AFL is being undertaken in all areas of learning including mathematics and MFL (modern foreign language). However, AFL practices was had not introduced a gold standard that can be put in practice for all learning areas as there are ...

In the article “Thanks for memories” permanence of memory is not only questioned but also demonstrated through ingenious experiments that memory changes due to intervening external factors. There is a strong belief among common people that eye-witness reports are accurate and the narration by them is precise account of events that they have seen. Elizabeth Loftus is the pioneering psychologist who has demonstrated that human memory is not static, but a changing cognitive phenomenon having application in many fields, especially eyewitness testimony.

The research article is an attempt to illustrate that the questions people ask to a person can alter his or ...

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The product disaster has become a reality in the controversial world of the marketing science because the managers have to deal with newspaper staff that is looking to settle a quick score in order to give their publication a high jump in the eyes of public, and with the passage of time, the marketing agents working in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry came under heavy fire as the staff reporters have managed to dig out evidentiary materials those substantiated the presence of malpractice in the ranks of the most respected industry in the world so the newspapers take a wild guess about quality ...

Reflection Paper Based On a Real Interview of an Older Adult

Introduction
As one grows older, there is a stark difference in one’s nutritional needs. This is chiefly because of the changing physical condition of the body, resulting in changes in many bodily functions (1). Additionally, their ability to perform tasks that they performed erstwhile is greatly reduced. This is either due to reduced convenience or decreased mobility. Whatever the reason may be, it is important for clinical staff in addition to family members to show concern and sensitivity to the unique needs of the elderly population. This can only be developed by attaining an understanding about their needs ...

Question one

- -Incitement- the speech is not protected when one intends to produce lawless action or is likely to produce such actions.
-Untrue statement of facts- the first amendment does not protect anyone who makes a speech that make false statement of facts.
- Child pornography- if the speech visually depicts who falls under the age of minority, exhibiting children’s genitals or even performing sexual acts.
- Obscenity – the speech is not protected if it does not meet the community standards in regards to sexual conduct.
- Speech owned by others- any speech that falls under ...

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The food imports from China are significantly growing in the US. Between 2001 and 2008, the quantity of food imports from China has tripled in the US making China the third largest source of food imports in the country. USA spends billions of dollars every year in importing foods from China. Apart from importing some select vegetables, fish and seafood for humans, USA also imports dog treats from China. Statistics show that in last ten years, especially between the periods of 2003-2011, the volume of pet food imported from China to USA has increased by 85% (Huehnergarth, 2014). In ...

In the Child's Mind: Language Acquisition and Mastery

Besides birth itself, there is no other event in a child's life that is more significant or elicits the excitement of proud parents more so than the utterance of his first words. Whether those words are "mama", "daddy" or "baba" is significant in itself, but the remainder of childhood will be spent adding to, and honing early language skills during the voyage through adulthood. Language acquisition and its mastery entail a vast array of cognitive processes -- ones that continually shape and re-shape the human brain until death.
While language acquisition as a part of cognitive development still largely remains a mystery, ...

Life is a journey that is marked with challenges, and obstacles, but one should strive overcoming them at whatever cost. We are born and raised in different environments; an aspect that defines and shapes our personality, behavior and identity in life. Based on the challenges one goes through in life, we tend to develop, and subscribe to certain philosophies, which define, and shape our thinking, and I am not an exemption. My past life was marked with numerous challenges because I was born, and raised by a single parent (mother) in my home country; Kenya. Life was hard because my mother ...

The status of immigrants, especially “illegal aliens” is a controversial topic in the USA. Even the word “immigrants” can lead to an explosive discussion because people have become so divided on the issue. Immigrants and those perceived as immigrants, illegal or not have found themselves having to put up with being called names and worse.

Lourdes Medrano, a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, has written an article titled “Russell Pearce, father of Arizona immigration law, now facing recall.” She was reporting from Phoenix, Arizona. The article was published on August 9, 2011.

Russell Pearce is an Arizona Senator facing a recall ...

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The comparison of the attentiveness and performance of teenage boys and girls in school

Quasi-experimental design and the topic
The Quasi-Experimental research design is that method that can be used in the study of groups in the comparative approach. This methodology is tested on the basis of how it can be used to achieve the provided goals. It also limits the biasness that can be associated with the research. What makes this methodology to be better suited to the topic is that it is used to test the causal hypothesis (White & Sabarwal, 2014). It can therefore provide a better way of studying and understanding the topic.

Research Question

How do the levels of class attentiveness ...

Insomnia

Introduction
Insomnia is the condition in which sleep disorder takes place and reduces the tendency to fall sleep. It also effects the duration that an individual is required to stay asleep in order to stay healthy. This condition occurs due to the daytime sleepiness, anxiety and depressed mood. However, scholars have also argued that the frequency of inadequate lifestyle can be a cause of the increasing rate of insomnia. It is observed that the occurrence of insomnia can range from short-term, long-term and periodic basis, and can result in life threatening situations if it is left untreated (Bonnet & Arand, ...

Konstantine Stanislavsky was a Russian actor in the late 19th century who revolutionized the way that actors approach their characters. In an era when what constituted good acting was typically melodramatic and departing from realism, he introduced the concept of method acting, which is still in use today, which stress realism and believability in performances. His approach, known today as simply “The Method” or the “Stanislavski system” has a variety of strength that have led to its continued application for acting, because of how the system works.
Generally, however, when considering overarching strategy, most of the specific methods that ...

1) listening to a lecture in class, taking notes, and reviewing the notes later you study for an exam;
When a person is listening to a lecture in class, all of the information is going to enter into our ears so that it can be registered into our sensory memory. Then we are going to write down this information so that the can be bought into our short-term memory. Once all of this is done, it is important that we use the information in the exam. Therefore, you need to review all of your notes and try to memorize ...

In the Confessions Book X, St. Augustine depicts the reality of confession on memory and cognition, continence, and moral vices and sin. Cognition can be defined as the process of thought or thinking. Memory can be defined as the process of creating, storing, and recalling information or experiences on a daily basis. This paper will consider the concepts of memory and sin, along with the possibility of moral transgression and the remedy of continence.
The nature of the power of memory is evident when an individual travels through their memory by looking into its roomy chambers, with countless images ...

Communication

Introduction
It can be recalled that Nissan along with other vehicle manufacturers faced worldwide scrutiny because of incidents involving faulty airbag mechanism that killed several people. Nissan calls it a crisis stemming from inadequate communication between the company and the consumers. The short discussion will highlight the strategies that Nissan employed to overcome and recover from the crisis.

Overcoming Crisis Through Communication

Nissan recognized that crises are attributed to the lack of communication with the consumers who found out about the problem (Jie and Horie, 2014). It is communication crisis that Nissan addressed by strengthening its public relations arm and implement an integrated ...

Human Resource Management

Rights of Workers and the Consequences of Unfair Labor Practices
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was enacted in 1935 by the Congress to protect the rights of both employers and employees, to encourage collective bargaining and prevent unfair labor practices that may harm the welfare of workers and the country’s economy (National Labor Relation Board, 2016). The NLRA assures employees of the private sector the rights of being able to organize into trade unions, participate in collective bargaining to champion for better conditions at work and better terms, and take collective action (strike) when necessary. Under the ...

This myth is very popular. It is not surprised that I used to believe in the myth about left and right brains. It seems to me that almost all my friends, relatives, acquaintances believe in the idea that people who have more developed right hemisphere are more talented, creative and even genius.
I do not remember when I learned this myth the first time, but I know that even some of my school teachers hold this myth. I used to believe that left-handers are very special or that to be left-hander is better than to be a right-hander.
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We could describe memory as the ability of our brain to not only store but also retrieve the information when needed. The memory could be explained under several different types, and there are also a few categories to the anomalies that could be associated with the human memory. One of the memory types is the Sensory memory which we are going to look into in detail in the following few paragraphs.

Sensory Memory

Any memory before being committed to our brain has to be first picked up by our senses which are our sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. The storage ...

The beginning of the XX century is known as Progressive Era in the American History. Many important historical changes and reforms took place at that time. The reforms have shaped the American society for the next century.
Three important reforms of the Progressive Era are the expanding of democracy, women’s suffrage and the creation of the Federal Reserve Board.
Expanding democracy was an important process that shaped the political and electoral climate in the United States for decades. At the beginning of the XX century, many common citizens were dissatisfied with the level of accountability of the government ...

In working on this project I am having the hard time of approaching my parents to ask the questions that are required for the lesson. The Japanese culture is not one that is showing so much emotion among husbands and wives or children and parents. Instead, there is a very strong sense of focus and value for obedience that I have learned in growing up. After asking my parents the list of questions, there are many parts of myself and my emotion that I am now feeling more understanding of. It is from the dialogue with my family that ...

In order to address the issue of defective products to the CEO, directors and managers, I should ensure I have all of the facts to describe the issues. Addressing the issue of the defective product, it would be in the best importance for the company to find the ways of resolving the issue first instead of our consumers. Therefore, this meeting is a great opportunity for to share my knowledge of the defective products being sold to consumers. Even if am not sure whether CEO, other executives and managers are informed about ...

Section A: Learning Theories in the Big World

During the course of this semester, the process of gaining insightful information regarding the different learning theories allowed me to appreciate the different techniques used to facilitate learning. During the first part of the course, I was able to learning five learning theories which enable me to see how learners process insights and gain knowledge from them through the techniques proposed ...

Introduction

In the modern business world, people are competing to ensure that their products are leading in the market. Market competition is getting dynamic with the entry of new producers in the market. Business brands that have been in the market for long has been able to set standards that new emerging businesses are finding difficult to cope with. Business competition is now taking new trends and traditional business methods are slowly fading away, with the entry of new market competitors and much business market shifting to the open market policy and monopolies’ slowly fading away, business competition is expected ...

Vygotsky and Luria: Soviet Psychologists

Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria were two Soviet psychologists that were rejected their own country, and it was only in the 1970s when it began to be taken into account in the United States of America, mostly due to Cold War prejudices. Thus, their theory has not been so profoundly studied. Also, many researchers have questioned the authoritative nature of the available translations, which could be obscuring the comprehension of what these researchers were truly proposing, which is usually called cultural-historical psychology. This label, however, “does not reflect the genuine self-concept of the respective researchers. Rather, both designations originally ...

VARK is an acronym for (Visual, Aural, Read/White and Kinesthetic). It is a learning style which illustrates various ways in which individuals take information, process, and store and later recall what they have gathered and learned from the exercise. It is a special model that focuses on the superlative way in which students learn and retain information they have acquired in various forums. VARK model is ideal in enabling one to identify the best learning style that suit their personality, skills, preferences in studying and also their level of understanding. Notably, learning styles can be identified as aspects consisting of multimodal ...

Introduction

During a legal trial several evidences are presented to the jury in order to prove a case. One of the types of presenting evidences involves witnesses recalling from their memory of the event under trial. In legal terms, this is called eyewitness testimony.

Eyewitness Testimony as Evidence

Eyewitness testimony is a legal account given by witnesses of an event (McLeod, 2009).For example, a witness (or group of witnesses) may present the series of events in a crime based on what they have seen and heard. Details regarding the crime like the identification of perpetrators, the dialogue they heard, and setting of the crime are important facts retold ...

According to this research, the research question posed was, “How Can We Help Witnesses to Remember More?” The research tries to find a way in which they can help a witness to recall more things that might be much helpful for forensic analysis. The methodology used was the conduct of interviews and experimentation. They conducted several experiments to establish the different ways in which a witness may be helped to recall more things.
After the research, they found out that telling the witness to close their eyes to try to remember more things is much helpful. It came out that closing ...

Nelson, K. M., McFarland, L., & Reiber, G.

Research Article Critique

The ability to locate and critique relevant research evidence is an essential evidence-based practice (EBP) skill (Titler, 2008). This paper will critique a research article on a pertinent health issue that is diabetes care amongst veterans by Nelson, McFarland, & Reiber (2007). The article is entitled “Factors influencing disease self-management among veterans with diabetes and poor glycemic control”. The critique will focus on the various sections of the article with a bias towards the methodology section.

Overview of the Article

The problem noted by the authors is the relative lack of research on diabetes self-management amongst veterans. The author cites ...

There was once a very elaborate way to thinking and coming up with ideas when we had little to rely on except for our thinking ability. We used to travel through a number of thought processes that guided our way to the correct answer, and the thought process used to be an integral part of this tedious exercise. Through this thought process, however, we were able to shape and organize our ideas into a form that used to make more sense to others. For me personally, the thinking process was quite remarkable and provided greater opportunity to exercise my mind. Today, we ...

Julie ThérondManagerial Decision MakingSebastian Krook17 October 2014

How can Ethical Decision Making be Achieved

Ethical decisions play very significant role in success of any business. Managers who make ethical decisions may not appear making huge financial gains instantly but these decisions ensure long-standing success of companies. Managers make a positive image and reputation of a company through taking ethical decisions. Managers ensure a huge and loyal customer base by taking ethical standards which ultimately garners monetary gains. Such gains sustain for a long time and managers, through skills of taking ethical decisions, benefit their organizations in several ways.Ethical decision making impacts all stakeholders directly or indirectly involve with the ...

Many college students listen to music while studying for a test. Some studies have found music to impede studying such that students did poorly on tests and other studies showed just the opposite. Another factor that has been examined in relation to learning is state dependency. For example when you study and are in one mood you do best on the test when you are in the same mood. This study was designed to determine whether listening to music while studying affected test scores and whether state dependency i.e. taking the test while listening to the same music that was ...

Q1. Example of interaction is drug dosage vs. task (simple or complex). In the case above, for the simple task, the higher the dosage, the shorter the time to accomplish the task, while for the complex task, the higher the dosage, the longer the time to accomplish the task. The statistical display of the effect of interaction between two or more variables is termed “factorial designs”.

Factorial design

Q2. Interaction occurs if the effect of one or more variables differs depending on the level of the other variable(s).

Q3. Examples of threat to internal validity

- Maturation effects: This occurs when changes in a score over time are ...