Short
Essays

The Effect of Acqua Alta on the Venetian Tourist Trade

The desire to control outcomes and determine destiny is ubiquitous within the human family. From the sailor to the artist there is a clear need to control the outcome of highly unpredictable processes.

Markel's "Toward a Sense Ethics Technical Communication" McBride's "An Ethical Imperative

This essay examines the reasons why individuals might volunteer to help others by comparing experimental results with the self-reported motivations of Teach for America volunteers. Ultimately, the study demonstrates that volunteerism is rooted in self-interest, and this is evidenced by not only the experimental data, but by the actions of Teach for America as an organization as well as the self-reports of individual members. Although this does not help explain why volunteerism is held in such high regard, it does serve to demonstrate that volunteering and ostensibly altruistic actions are not as difficult to explain as one might think.

The paper considers two major directions in psychological theory, including cognitive behavior therapy and psychodynamic theory. The major points of contrast between them are the time spent in therapy and the focus of the therapeutic process. The former can be completed much more rapidly than the latter and focuses on conscious thought processes rather than the unconscious.

Finding and Filling Used Car Buyers' Needs

Counseling and the Egan Model: A Case Study

¶ … physiological and biological effects of alcoholism on the mind and body of a drinker, in light of medical and factual details. It explains the various health perils susceptible to various organs of the body such as…

On the Borders of East Asia and the Russian Federation

Fall of the Soviet Union: Internal Causes Were to Blame, Not External