How was it possible for those individuals to deal with all the incoming information and decide on information that was relevant to them? ... The cocktail party effect is an example of how unattended information can gain a person's awareness. ... This operates on the basis of a second attenuating filter and a dictionary analysis unit. ... The filtering analysis by the threshold settings in the dictionary units selects messages also based on its meaning and pertinence to the person. ... In demonstrating this Corteen and Wood paired electric shocks with certain words in order to achieve a co...

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The role of a teacher, as defined in the Oxford Online Dictionary is to 'impart knowledge to or instruct (someone) as to how to do something'. ... They reason that students should be taught disciplinary norms, in line with the principles of pragmatic EAP in order to excel in their academic courses. ... Ultimately, this type of pedagogy seems ideal with its 'best of both worlds' approach but it could be argued that it is instead hypocritical. ... For example, a Bachelor of Commerce graduate is expected to thoroughly 'understand the workings of the economy and busines...

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Sociology of education overlaps with other subfields such as ethnicity, race, religion and stratification. ... The sector of sociology of education keeps growing with a rapid speed in many countries. ... According both Webster and Cambridge dictionaries, Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share the same aim - to define, defend and establish equal rights and opportunities for women within political, social, economical and cultural spheres of life. ... As an example, it can be backed on biological factors, where woman's essence is assumed to be given and universal, as...

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