Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Ridiculousness and Reality

Ridiculousness and Reality:

as Presented in Jane Austen’s Novel Pride & Prejudice
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The prejudice that lies between those who are privileged versus those who are not as fortunate is an ancient battle.

In Jane Austen’s celebrated novel, Pride & Prejudice the reader is privy to see the interworkings of such a prejudice.

An excellent showcase of this kind of prejudice occurs in the novel when Lady Catherine Du Bourgh goes to visit Elizabeth Bennet in Longbourn.

Although Mrs. Bennet is absolutely delighted with the arrival of Lady Catherine, it is only because she is ignorant to the reason of her visit.

Ignorance truly is bliss since Mrs. Bennet is convinced that Lady Catherine’s travels were merely to inform them that the Colins’ were in good health and Elizabeth does not give her any reason to believe the contrary.

Seeing as though Elizabeth is of lower gentry than Lady Catherine and particularly Lady Catherine’s nephew Fitzwilliam Darcy, Lady Catherine takes it upon herself to impede any romantic interaction or even worse, a marriage engagement of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth.

As soon as Lady Catherine arrives, Elizabeth is cognizant of Lady Catherine’s discourteous demeanor and muses as to what could warrant her arrival. Once the two aforementioned women journey out into the garden it is not long until Lady Catherine begins to illustrate her distaste towards the Bennet family and further insists that Elizabeth not marry Darcy and if he proposes the idea, to deny him out front. It is at this moment that Elizabeth rises from not only being the main character of the novel but the heroine.

Elizabeth does this and Lady Catherine’s illusions of power are deflated in an abrupt yet seemingly polite way. The contrast between Elizabeth as the heroine and Lady Catherine is so delightful because Elizabeth is drawn with an extreme consciousness of her verisimilitude. Elizabeth is “presented as an undistorted portrait”(NCE 298).

Elizabeth’s untainted image is much different than the character drawn for Lady Catherine, since it is as if Lady Catherine seldom displays redeeming qualities and moreover has a tendency to lack rationality.

This is particularly important because, as Harding argues his text, Austen chooses to depict many of the other characters in the text as caricatures. That is, exaggerating one or more of their qualities for dramatic or comic effect.

Austen uses the aforementioned device exceptionally well and also “tells the story with an exquisite sense of its ridiculous side”(NCE 292). T

his is especially evident in the case of Lady Catherine’s visit, the differentiation between Lady Catherine’s rudeness to the unselfish hospitality of Mrs. Bennet. The narrator is very clear in explaining just how impolite Lady Catherine is and chooses to set one extreme next to the other, the other being the excessively polite Mrs. Bennet. The readers may find both the women to be just outside of the realm of verisimilitude and as a result, a source of comic relief.

Elizabeth acts as the only seemingly believable of the characters in the seems and because of this solidifies her role as the natural protagonist. Lady Catherine serves as the “ungracious”(NCE 229) antagonist as we the reader witness Elizabeth’s rise to a new dimension of character.

Elizabeth has developed from the witty and sociable girl at the onset of the novel into a self-respecting and unwavering woman. When Lady Catherine’s obstinate manner and self-serving cause for a visit challenge Elizabeth, she does not cower in the face of adversity. Instead, she returns the favor to the proud and prejudiced Lady Catherine and refuses to oblige to her wishes.

It is Lady Catherine’s refusal to reason and obstinate character that paints her as that much more of a caricature. However, this instance allows the evolution of an at first likable character to a character who instills a sense of hope in the reader.
In relation to the rest of the novel, this tête-à-tête serves as an inspiration for Elizabeth’s actions in the remaining chapters. One could argue that because of the obstacle that Lady Catherine presented Elizabeth is now only more desirous of Darcy. Elizabeth stands- idly by as the hurdles to her and Darcy’s relationship manifested, but after this last one she becomes proactive. Later, when Darcy expresses his affection once more, Elizabeth is only too happy to declare that his feelings are mutual.

In conclusion, it is because of the presence of exaggerated characters and also because of the light-hearted, bordering on ridiculous, nature of the scenes that Austen creates that allows the Elizabeth to rise quickly as the heroine of the novel.

In addition, Elizabeth’s contrast to the majority of the other character’s in the novel furthers her movement in to the affection of the reader and only contributes to the readers amusement of the trials the other character’s face.

Austen’s characterization of the cast in the novel make is quite simple for the reader to root mainly for Elizabeth because her character, through it’s undistorted representation, is received as the most real, and thereby easiest to sympathize with.

what is your !!! THEORY

Theory
· What is the definition of a theory?

A theory is an interrelated, coherent set of ideas that helps to explain and to make predictions.

· What are the qualities of a good theory?

Internally consistent, falsifiable, supported by data

· Describe Freud's 3 structures of personality.

Id-subconscious, animalistic drives; ego-demands of reality, rational component; superego-conscious, true moral center

· What is Freud's 5 stages of psychosexual development?

The oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latent stage, genital stage
· What happens if we do not complete a stage of Freud’s theory?

If we do not complete a stage, we can become fixated at that stage
· What are Piaget's 4 stages of his Cognitive Development Theory?

Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operations
· What are the main ideas behind Vygotsky's socio-cultural cognitive theory?
o Children actively construct their knowledge
o Emphasizes developmental analysis, the role of language, and social relations
o Cognitive development is shaped by the sociocultural context in which it occurs and grows out of children’s interactions with members of their culture.

· What are Erikson’s 8 stages of psychosocial development?
Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs. identity confusion, Intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair

· How do the theories vary on issues of passivity/activity,
universality/contextuality, and continuity/discontinuity and nature/nurture?

Frued- people have passive role; depends on context: id and social demands come into conflict (ex: early experiences within the family); discontinuity- people start and stop stages at different times; emphasized nature over nurture

Piaget- constructivism: children actively construct new understandings of the world based on their experiences; all children go through same development; continuity;

Vygotsky- children actively construct their knowledge; cognitive development not the same universally, it varies across social and historical contexts

Erikson- people are active in their development
· What are the components of conditioning?

· How does classical conditioning differ from operant conditioning?
Classical conditioning- a stimulus that initially no effect on the individual comes to elicit a response through its association with a stimulus that already elicits the response
Operant conditioning- a learner’s behavior becomes either more or less probable depending on the consequences it produces
· What are the differences between Piaget’s Pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational stages?
Pre-operational- (2-7) capacity for symbolic thought but not yet capable of logical problem solving
Concrete operational- (7-11) use trial-and-error approach to problem solving and do well on problems that involve thinking about concrete objects
Formal operational stages- (11-12 and older) able to think more abstractly and hypothetically
· What are Assimilation and Accommodation?
Assimilation is incorporating new info into our existing knowledge, while accommodation is adapting one’s existing knowledge to new information. Examples;
· What are the epigenetic theory and the ethological theory of development?
Epigenetic- once a path has been started upon it is harder to change course.
Ethological- our behavior is evolutionary inspired, and the human species ha evolved to reinforce certain behaviors

What’s Bandura’s reciprocal determinism idea? How does this interact with contextual systems?
Human development occurs through a continuous reciprocal interaction among the person, his or her behavior, and his or her environment. People choose, build, and change their environments.

· What where Bronfenbrenner’s contributions to the study of development?
Systems perspective on development: the individual is embedded in and interacts with four environmental systems.

· Can you expand Vygotsky’s theory?
Each culture provides its members with certain tools of thought. The ways in which people in a particular culture approach and solve problems are passed from generation to generation through oral and written communication. Culture shapes thought. Children are social beings who develop their minds through their interactions with parents, teachers, and other knowledgeable members of their culture.

· Can you expand on the Zone of Proximal development?
It is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help of a skilled other/
· In what ways is development multidimensional? (examples, etc.)

· How do we know which type of theory to use?

You don’t have to choose one theory and reject others. Because different theories often highlight different aspects of development, one may be more relevant to a particular issue or to a particular age group than another.

· What are some examples of qualitative /cross sectional / longitudinal designs ?
Qualitative- Do you get mad? Why?, Cross sectional- A group of 10, 13, 16, and 19 year olds to study adolescence, Longitudinal- measure person’s vocabulary at 2, 3, and 4.

Methods
· What are the key differences between experimental and correlational design?
Experimental design: allows us to address issues of causality, independent variables are manipulated, random assignment with control groups and experimental groups
Correlational design: correlation does not equal causation,

· What are the key aspects of experimental design?
Manipulation of variables, random assignment, experimental control

· What would be a good example of a case study?
Studying people with schizophrenia

· What are the pros and cons of each of the observation methods (naturalistic, structured, etc.)?
Naturalistic

Pro: the only technique that can reveal what children or adults do in everyday life

Cons: some behaviors occur too infrequently and unexpectedly to be observed in this manner, difficult to pinpoint the causes of the behavior or any developmental trends because many events are usually happening at the same time, presence of observer can sometimes make people behave differently than they otherwise would
Structured

Pro: permits the study of behaviors rarely observable in natural settings

Con: conclusions may not generalize to behavior in natural settings

· Why do ethics need to taken into consideration when conducting an experiment? Give an example of an experiment that is now considered unethical
To protect research participants from physical or psychological harm
Unethical study- study by Hubbard and colleagues (2002) in which 8-year olds were deliberately provoked to become angry after witnessing another child cheat them and win a board game unfairly

· What are the different pros and cons of different research methods?
Cross-sectional designs compare age groups but confound age effects and cohort effects. Longitudinal designs describe age change but confound age effects and time of measurement effects

· What are iatrogenic effects (definition, examples)


· What are the differences and advantages/disadvantages of longitudinal, cross sectional and cross sequential designs.

· What is the difference between correlation and causation? How do we estimate correlations?

· What is a heritability estimate?
The proportion of all the variability in the trait within a large sample of people that can be linked to genetic differences among those individuals.

· Within a situation, how much of a chance does an offspring have of getting a dominant or recessive gene from their parents?

such as "spineless Gutless Wonder..."

Dominant- 100%, recessive- 25%
· What are the differences between dominant and recessive genes?
· How do we draw a Punnet square?
· What are the three types of genotype environment interactions and how do they vary?
Passive- children receive genotypes correlated with their environment
Active- Individuals seek or create environments correlated with their genetic proclivity
Evocative- Individuals are reacted to on the basis of their genetic propensities.
· What are behavioral genetics focused on?
The study of individual differences
· What are contributions make individuals different from each other?

· What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?
Genotype is the combination of one’s genes, while phenotype is the observed trait of interest.
· What effect can interactions with the environment have on someone's
genotype?
The environment can either cause the genetic potentials to be realized or stifled
· What are genetic potentials? (ex: IQ)
· What are some X-linked inheritances?

· Can we go over Polygenic inheritance again?
Multiple gene pairs interacting with the environment lead to a phenotype
· What are the 3 contributors to individual differences?
Heritability/genes, shared environment, non shared environment
· Concordance and reaction ranges of genes.

Pre-natal development
· What 2 tests are given to identify at-risk infants? Describe them.
Apgar test- it assesses health at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. It evaluates infants’ heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, body color, and reflex irritability.
Brazelton neonatal exam- performed within 24-36 hours after birth to evaluate neurological development, reflexes, and reactions to people.
· What is the difference between a mutation and a teratogen?
A mutation is a change in the structure or arrangement of one or more genes that produces a new phenotype, while a teratogen is any disease, drug, or other environmental agent that can harm a developing fetus.
· What is important about the Fetal Period?
During the fetal period, limbs, bone structures, and the brain develop.
· What are the three stages of pregnancy and how do they differ?
The Germinal Period- fertilization occurs, single-celled zygote begins to divide, an inner cell mass forms
The Embryonic Period- rate of cell differentiation intensifies, support systems for the cells form, organs appear (look more human)
The Fetal Period- limbs, bone structures, and brain develop
· What specifics stages in fetal development are most affected by teratogens? And what effects do specific teratogens have?
Specific stages: during organogenesis in the embryonic period (3-8 prenatal week). Specific teratogens do not udually cause a specific birth defect.
· How are teratogens introduced to the prenatal environment?
Numerous teratogens exist, thus almost every fetus is exposed to at least some.
· What are the cell layers of the embryo and what do they do?
Endoderm- inner layer
Ectoderm- outer layer
Mesoderm-
· How does the placenta keep the blood types of a mother and baby from mixing?
The placental barrier allows the oxygen and nutrients to pass through, but it prevents the large blood cells of embryo and mother from mingling.
· Can we talk more about RH factor and +/- blood-types?


Physical Development

· What is an example of each of the 3 types of development (physical, cognitive, psychosocial).
· What are the key processes in physical development across the lifespan?
· What is myelination?
· What are the patterns of growth in the human body?
· How does our physical development related to sexual functioning?

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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BANNACH, CHRISTOPHER


Alias(es):

TID-00004803


County of Residence: ANDERSON Supervision Site: OAK RIDGE PD
Race: W Sex: M Date of Birth: 06/25/1966

Home Address: 179 JOHNSON ROAD

OAK RIDGE, TN 37830

Offense(s): 01/11/1985 TEXAS-SEXUAL ASSAULT
Offense(s):
Offense(s):

Works or Attends Higher Education:
Last Registration/Report Date- 09/02/2008
Last Date Information Updated-09/02/2008







*NOTE: Last Verification Date-Not Available indicates The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has not received offender information as directed by T.C.A. 40-39-201 et. seq. The Website is updated daily based on information submitted to the TBI.

BANNACH, CHRISTOPHER
BANNACH, CHRISTOPHER
179 JOHNSON ROAD

OAK RIDGE, TN 37830
County Residence-ANDERSON
Offense(s)
01/11/1985 TEXAS-SEXUAL ASSAULT



Last Date Information Updated-09/02/2008
Last Registration/Report Date- 09/02/2008
TID-00004803

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