Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Chapter 5 Analysis

The initial chapter covers two central ideas. The first is that God is the sole source of being. Reasoning that God is the progenitor to all existence, nothing, other than God, exists as an unique creation whose creation is due unto itself. Nothing an entity has is from itself, so everything it has is from God. Simply put, being originates from God. If He is the only reason something comes into being, and all entities have nothing from themselves, a concern arises over how the Devil came to sin. It seems that perseverance could have been given by God and the Devil would not have sinned. Furthermore, God alone could have given that perseverance, presenting God as the singular entity that is culpable for the Devil’s sinning.

This report aims to examine and show how economic factors and housing policy have affected provision of affordable housing in Dundee from mid 1900’s to present day. It will show evolution of

[]In “Finding Flow” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi explores the idea of what it means “to live” (544). Csikszentmihalyi compares living with his idea to flow. Throughout the “Finding Flow” excerpt, Csikszentmihalyi discusses the idea of flow is to have a clear and concise goal, provide immediate feedback, and to balance skills and action opportunities (548).

In Chapter 2 of Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs, he discuses how to distinguish the difference between an argument and a fight, and to decide what you want out of an argument. The key point of an argument is to win over the audience to your point of view. In order to win an argument, you need to persuade them. You want your opponent to be persuaded using subtle logical tactics not power and intimidation. Using power and intimidation is the characteristics of a fight. This is when one person takes out his aggression on another, which does not persuade them but initiate’s revenge or rejection. During a fight, the key objective is to win by attacking and belittling your opponent, paying no attention to getting them to change their mind.

The first piece of writing was called “Two Questions” by Lynda Barry. The visual story is about a girl who finds it hard to make quality stories like she uses to. She gets very stressed out and overwhelmed. She feels that people negatively judge when she makes a “bad” writing piece. So, she stops. Then, one day she feels that she wants to start writing and drawing again. She then realizes that its okay to become stressed out by writing and that it's apart of the process. With that in mind she embraces it and gets her writing mojo back. I think that the visual story tries to convey the theme of never giving up on writing. This story speaks clearly to confused English students.

The article by Manzano et al, "The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing" attempts to conduct empirical research to validate physiological responses to the concept of flow. Flow is the notion that there are certain exercises that people engage in which are so demanding and enjoyable that their attention level is lowered, and a cognitive form of expertise takes over so that they lose awareness of time and self-consciousness while achieving a high degree of proficiency at that activity. The flow state is defined within the article as one which combines a high state of arousal with a positive valence (Manzano et al, 2010, p. 302).

Chapter 25 discusses the United States and the Second World War from 1939-1945. The United States wanted to stay out of international affairs but the newly elected Roosevelt advocated for an active role in it. Though he wanted a role in this, his priority was to attack the domestic causes of the depression which appealed to many poor Americans who were suffering from the Great Depression and had just lost everything. During this time, fascist governments threatened military aggression and the rise of Hitler created a controversial and war-like atmosphere. Hitler had a goal to avenge the defeat of WW1 which lead to the accusations of Jews, and the eventual full-blown Holocaust. Neutrality acts were put into place during this time to prohibit the exchange of arms to nations during the war.

The article by Manzano et al, "The psychophysiology of flow during piano playing" attempts to conduct empirical research to validate physiological responses to the concept of flow. Flow is the notion that there are certain exercises that people engage in which are so demanding and enjoyable that their attention level is lowered, and a cognitive form of expertise takes over so that they lose awareness of time and self-consciousness while achieving a high degree of proficiency at that activity. The flow state is defined within the article as one which combines a high state of arousal with a positive valence (Manzano et al, 2010, p. 302).

Israel maintains the longest current military occupation of a sovereign territory. In 1948 Britain withdrew its mandate from Palestine causing the United Nations to split the area into two separate states, creating Israel and Palestine. Being the only Jewish state in a region of Muslim controlled governments, this was the cause for decades of conflict between Israel and various Muslim states. The outcome of these conflicts was Israel occupying East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and the West Bank since 1967, making these territories the longest current military occupation of any sovereign land. This military occupation has caused havoc among the region due to many conflicts and wars. (CIA Factbook,

In Chapter 3-Control the Tense of Thank You for Arguing, we are shown how changing your argument to a different tense can give you the upperhand. This is the task presented by the rhetorical lab on page 29. The directions tell to examine the tenses if we “find ourselves a victim” in an argument, and to then switch from the past or present tense to the future. I tested this technique on my brother, whom I have years of fighting with under my belt, but very little experience arguing with.

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The eight-part collection for various combinations of trumpets and trombones, Canzona septimi toni no. 2 by Giovanni Gabrieli, employs antiphony as a means of taking advantage of church acoustics. His strategic separation of two instrumental groups illuminates the dialogic structure of Gabrieli’s composition. It’s meter alternates between duple and triple, finally returning to duple meter pending the completion of the piece . In terms of harmony, the work contains mainly homophony, again, alternating between both instrumental groups placed antiphonally within the church. The through-composed canzona exhibits Gabrieli’s cultivation of musical material in dialogue between instrumental groups. The timbre, meter, and antiphony utilized in Gabrieli’s

As an adult student without any academic intellectual stimulation for the past two decades, I consider the best moments of happiness by advancing to the next level of courses towards the end of the semester, not to mention the bonus of making to the HCC’s dean's list. However, the circuitous path towards that academic path described includes many sleep nights, no weekends off and holidays spent on studying. An illustration of optimal experience wherein intellectual capacity is stretched to its limit that makes an accomplishment feels even more special. Thus, what Csikszentmihalyi described in his theory on optimal experience wherein the laboring experiences may not be as pleasant at the time of occurrence, yet in stretching ones limit to accomplish a difficult and worthwhile task, it’s those same difficulties that makes the experience more

1. In the first half of the Eagles game are team was playing out of the back a lot but there could have been times where we played the ball in the middle and split the other teams. There was a play in the video were Less had the ball and Jenna opened up and received the ball from Less and Jenna gave a good ball to me but, I looked around my shoulder and saw pressure coming so I quickly gave the ball back to Jenna. When I gave the ball back to Jenna I should have opened up and tried to receive it back from her so that I could try to change the point of attack.

Is this coverage stating the newborn’s care is covered for 31 days (wording states during 31 days after birth) after birth?