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The paper examines the character of Norman Bates played by the actor Anthony Perkins in the movie "Psycho". The writer evaluates this character in terms of his extraversion, how open to experience he is, his conscientiousness, his neuroticism and his agreeableness. The paper notes that he would be considered a sociopath in modern psychology.

From the Paper
"Norman Bates is a young man that suffers with what seems to be an Oepidus complex. He dwells in a mansion which is adjacent to his family owned motel. The motel is in a quiet area which is located on a deserted road far away from any urban society. A secretary from Phoenix Arizona, Marion Crane (Lila Crane) runs away from her ordinary life while holding a stolen sum of $40,000. She decides that The Bates Motel is a desirable location because it is secluded.
"When Marion checks into the motel, she meets Norman. He seems rather shy yet shows that he yearns for company. He invites her to sit down and have a talk. She obliges but it is apparent in her demeanor that she senses Norman is eccentric and socially awkward. During her gathering with Norman, she becomes aware that his mother resides in the mansion that is located on the property. She can hear arguing between Norman and his supposed mother. She confronts Norman about his poor relationship with his mother. This conversation causes him to become uncomfortable and visibly angry. Marion decides to retreat to her room. She eventually meets her demise when Norman murders her in the shower."

Tags:extraversion, experience, conscientiousness, neuroticism, agreeableness

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The paper discusses four attributes that are necessary to acquire to become a successful leader, namely, surgency, dependability, openness to experience and agreeableness. The paper focuses on three world leaders that exude these qualities; Colin Powell, Peter Jackson and Aung San Suu Kyi. The paper discusses how Powell, Jackson and Suu Kyi also follow good models of leadership, such as the normative decision model and the path-goal theory. The paper emphasizes that leaders are not born and positive behaviors can be learned.

From the Paper
"Leaders come in all shapes and sizes with various backgrounds of experience and culture. Stodgill's (1948) research proved that it is not qualitative differences such as height and weight that separate leaders from followers (as cited in Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2006). Yet, it is not intelligence alone that separates the two either. There are other qualities that have been found to make a difference as well. None are absolute, but some show more positive correlations for leaders than followers. Surgency, dependability, and openness to experience are all personality traits that can create distinctions. Also, agreeableness as a feature can not stand alone, but few successful leaders are made without it. Those who possess these characteristics and follow good models of leadership are more apt to be successful leaders."

Tags:leadership, models, surgency, dependability, openness, agreeableness

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This paper is an extensive analysis of the five-factor model of personality theory. Using different sources, it relates these five factors to an individual's sense of self-esteem. The model's main goal is to identify which personality constructs shape self-esteem on both the individual and the global levels. The author suggests that extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability, agreeableness, and openness to experience are associated with high (as opposed to low) self-esteem. The paper then offers a ten-item personality test that can be used as a means with which to measure self-esteem in terms of the five factor model.

From the Paper
"Self-esteem is widely viewed by personality theorists as a multidimensional construct of an individual's universal emotional orientation toward the self (Farmer, Jarvis, Berent, & Corbett, 2001; Robbins, Tracy, Trzesniewski, Potter, & Gosling, 2001). Self-esteem can be predicted in research settings by evaluating how much importance an individual places on self-evaluations (Farmer, et al., 2001). Based on such predictions of an individual's self-esteem, researchers can then use the five-factor model of personality (FFM) as a framework for organizing the central paradigms involved in global self-esteem (Robbins, et al., 2001). The FFM has been very useful in determining which of the five personality correlates--extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability, agreeableness, and openness to experience--are associated with high versus low self-esteem."

Tags:agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional, experience, extraversion, openness, psychology, stability

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This paper discusses how the author's big 5 personality test resulted in a very accurate measure of his true personality. It briefly examines some of the author's traits that were ranked such as extraversion, neuroticism and agreeableness. In conclusion the author attempts to determine which of the major personality theorists has the best explanation for how his personality has developed.

From the Paper
"Although there are traits of my personality that are not necessarily desirable, there is nothing that I would change about my personality. I think that I work very well with my personality traits to create a happy environment for myself. For example, my high degree of neuroticism makes me worried about attention to detail, which I think contributes to my reliability and ability to get things done. Likewise, I think that the fact that I am uncomfortable in social interactions with strangers pushes me to make a greater effort to try to make others comfortable when they are the new person in a situation. Furthermore, the fact that I know that I have a tendency to be critical of other people forces me to ignore my first impressions of people and make an effort to get to know someone before judging him or her. Therefore, I would not change my personality. "

Tags:rogers, freud, jung

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This paper examines how the impact that personality has on the ability to forgive has been a topic of much debate for many years and how many experts believe that certain personality traits can make an individual more susceptible to forgiveness. The investigation explores the type of research that has been done and what is currently being studied in this subject area.

Outline
Importance of Forgiveness
Forgiveness and Personality (Current Studies)
Agreeableness: Empathy and Altruism
Emotionally Stable
Religion and Spirituality
Personalities and Forgiveness (Future Studies)
Discussion and Conclusion

From the Paper
"According to the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, Forgiveness plays an important role in ensuring the mental stability of individuals. The journal reports that people that practice forgiveness are able to improve their well being and have more meaningful interpersonal relationships. Much of the scientific literature pertaining to the subject of forgiveness indicates that practicing forgiveness can result in less guilt, anxiety, anger and remorse of fear. (Harrington et al 2000) Harrington et al (2000) also reports, that the positive impact of forgiveness can be found amongst large and diverse populations that contain everyone from incest survivors to the families of individuals that have been murdered. (Harrington et al 2000)"

Tags:empathy, altruism, mental, stability

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This paper examines the functioning of the federal budget process and explores the barriers involved. The paper explains that federal budgeting can also be split up into its basic standards of activity and measurement. The expenditure process involves three different stages of budget authorization, obligation, and outlays. The paper discusses the various parties involved in decision-making regarding the federal budget from Congress to the president. The laws pertinent to the federal budget process are presented in the paper. The paper contends that the federal budgetary procedure is required to endorse specific and apparent information on budgetary alternatives, to provide the lawmakers with a structure for arriving at agreeable conclusions on expenditure and receipt strategies, and to facilitate those policies to be implemented.

From the Paper
"As is with any complicated strategy, the federal budgeting can also be split up into its basic standards of activity and measurement. The expenditure process involves three different stages of budget authorization, obligation and outlays. The Budget authority is bestowed by the Congress and President within the legal framework. It generates the legal base for federal units to make the financial responsibilities enforceable in terms of the obligations. The activities of the federal agencies in form of executing contracts, appointment of personnel and executing orders for goods and services give rise to generation of such obligations. The outlays follow when the obligations are settled down. The outlays are normally in shape of the checks, electronic fund transfers and other payments effected to by the Treasury Branch. The budget authorities mostly are provided to the agencies every year being excerpted from the legislations made during the previous Congresses. The funds are provided without the legislation by the Congress. (Keith, 1996)"

Tags:expenditure, money, finances

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This paper explains that "Antigone" and "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" share a common theme that civil disobedience is valid and agreeable for individuals to conduct because the moral law and the conscience take precedence in a human's priority over legal laws imposed by "mortals" only. The author points out that the function of literature as the mirror of the society is illustrated effectively in the most popular and well-known literary work of Sophocles, the play "Antigone". The paper relates that Henry David Thoreau's discourse on the nature of government and its functions and dysfunctions in the society is discussed thoroughly in "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience".

From the Paper
"People do not only experience governments and the political state of societies, because political institutions are also illustrated and mirrored effectively through literature. Although considered an art form, literature also provides people with insights and subjective reflections of individuals about specific issues that the author deems important not only for him/her, but also for the society s/he lives in. More than anything, literature is an effective medium through which irregularities and conflicts that happen between the government and society or individual is reflected and informed to other people as an issue of public interest."

Tags:discourse, mirror, dysfunction, validity, moral

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This paper examines the various ways in which women used magic in the Norse Sagas using examples taken from English translations of the original sagas. The change in society's attitudes towards witchcraft, from an agreeable and accepted part of society in the early sagas to one of contempt, is looked at. The paper traces the process of how witchcraft was eventually outlawed in the later Sagas. The paper links this change primarily to the introduction of Christianity and its attempt to undermine pagan religions.

From the Paper
"Magic is a central theme of the Norse Sagas. Entire sagas have been written about battles with ghosts and the influences of witchcraft on battles and bad luck. Magic was practiced by both men and women. Women, however were considered to be more adept than men and were often called upon by men to cast spells for them. Magic was incorporated into women's daily activities such as brewing, spinning, and weaving. Women used magic for both healing and causing harm. The belief in the power of sorcery was so powerful that it was outlawed after the arrival of the Christians (Gtettir's Saga, Ch. 84). This paper will examine the various ways in which women used magic in the Norse Sagas using examples taken from English translations of the original sagas. Societies' attitudes towards witchcraft changed from an agreeable and accepted part of society in the early sagas to one of contempt and was eventually outlawed in the later Sagas. This change was primarily due to the introduction of Christianity and its attempt to undermine pagan religions."

Tags:society, attitude, witchcraft, witch, outlaw, criminalize, Christianity, pagan, sorcery, role, power

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In this paper the author takes an in-depth look at Ethanol. The author makes mention of the different ways that it can be produced, its various characteristics, chemical composition and uses. The paper concludes with various arguments as to why ethanol has so many benefits and is so useful and argues why it may well be the ?fuel of the future?.

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?Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol) is a clear, colorless liquid with a characteristic, agreeable odor. In dilute aqueous solution, it has a somewhat sweet flavor, but in more concentrated solutions it has a burning taste. Ethanol, CH3CH2OH, is an alcohol, a group of chemical compounds whose molecules contain a hydroxyl group, ? OH ? bonded to a carbon atom.?

Tags:fermenting, distilling, starch, sugar, manufacture, solvent, ethanol, acetaldehyde, ethanoic, acid, acetic, ch3ch2oh, molecules, chemical, hydroxyl, c2h4, ethene, h2o, steam, c2h5oh, yeast, zymase, enzyme

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This paper is on the meaning of "serendipity". The phenomenon of finding something valuable or agreeable things not sought for is called serendipity.