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Judee K. Burgoon's Expectancy Violations Theory and proxemic zones

Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT) begun by Judee K. Burgoon, concerns the way in which people interact with each other in a non-verbal way.

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Emotional intelligence as a core component of effective leadership

There are many different styles and aims of leadership that have been identified in both professional and academic literature.

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Essentialist philosophy and the role of teacher understanding in education

When it comes to my philosophy of education, I lean more toward essentialism. Essentialists believe that there is a common core of knowledge that needs to be transmitted to students in a systematic, disciplined way.

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Family intervention case study of Cody's behavioral problems

Cody is a nine-year-old boy, enrolled in the local elementary school. Cody exhibits antisocial behaviors at home and at school at least 2-3 times a week. Cody's mother is 26 years old and has been married three times.

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George Orwell's Animal Farm as critique of Soviet communism

Animal Farm is one the most widely read books by George Orwell. Interestingly most people do understand the political significance of the book and know that it was written as an attack on totalitarianism.

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Playground cheating and social rejection in children

For my paper, I decided to do a case study of an arena in which I am most familiar with cheating, that of the playground.

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Clifford and Descartes on evidence and belief

To a large extent, Clifford's and Descartes' points-of-view regarding evidence and belief could not create a more stark contrast.

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Conflict management as a learned skill for diverse workplaces

Conflict management may sound like an oxymoron, an inherently contradictory phrase like 'jumbo shrimp.' But some amount of conflict is necessary for all organizations to thrive.

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Tom Kinder's wrongful termination and ADA compliance issues

company may be faced with a number of problems concerning the methods used to both determine that Tom Kinder should be fired as well as the fact that he was even fired at all.

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Pilot fatigue as a cause of aviation accidents and safety risks

Fatigue may affect many aspects in an individual's life, especially a person whose livelihood is in aviation. Medical experts have called fatigue by other names such as exhaustion, lethargy, languidness, languor, lassitude, and listlessness (Caldwell & Caldwell, 2003).

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