Perception Matters Analysis

The unconditional support from alliances can be blamed to cause World War I. The nature of the alliances is laid out in the alliance document. The alliances stipulated assistance and contribution of the signing parties in the event of conflict. It can extend from money or logistic sponsorship, similar to the supply of materials or weapons, to military activation and a statement about war. Partnerships might likewise contain currency components, for example, trade agreements, investment or loans. It is best known to cause World War I. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, European nations formed, abolished, or restructured their own alliances. By 1914, the Great Powers of Europe split into two opposing alliance blocs. For quite a long time Europe had been a mixture of ethnic and regional competitions, political interests, contending desires, military dangers, suspicions and disorder. France and England were antiquated foes whose competition ejected into open fighting a few times between the fourteenth and mid nineteenth hundreds of years.

I really enjoyed reading the chapter about interpersonal perception. I didn’t realize until after reading chapter four there were so many different aspects to the interpersonal perception process. It was really interesting figuring out some of these interpersonal perception aspects that apply to my life. The three terms I would like to discuss in this paper are overattributing positively bias and negativity bias.

Alliances were formed with the European countries formed partnerships to protect each other. There were two different alliances, one was the Triple Alliance was between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. Then there was the Triple Entente was and alliance between France, United Kingdom, Russia. In the midst of all the war the nations that remained Neutral were Spain, Portugal, Greece, Serbia, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Romania, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, and Montenegro (Doc. D). In document E it states that France and Russia have both equal desires to preserve peace, and only want to make sure that they meet the needs for a defensive war. Then in Document G shows a comic of how the different Allies had “ganged up” on Germany and Austria, then there was Italy that had been

Great Britain is a country founded by a union, the Act of Union, of 1707, states that England and Scotland should be united into one kingdom which they named Great Britain! Even though it has been many years since the 19th and 20th century many facts have not changed from that time. Great Britain till this day is part of the greatest powers of allies of the world. In this paper we are going to talk about the alliance system and about the new imperialism in Great Britain by answering a few questions. First, what alliances did Great Britain belong to and who were their primarily allies and what were

Prior to 1902, Great Britain had never made a military alliance and remained isolated from Europe and it's political affairs. In 1902 an alliance was made between Japan and Britain regarding development in Russia. They agreed that should one of them go to war with more than one power, the other would back them up. This was the start to the end of their 'Splendid Isolation' as they would find themselves more and more involved with Europe by 1907.

In the article Appearances Are Destructive by Mark Mathabane, “the author claims that public school children are more familiar with Nike, Calvin Klein, Adidas, Reebok, and Gucci than Zora Neale Hurston, Shakespeare, and Faulkner.” Mathabane states that students are more focused on what is on their bodies than what is in their minds. I agree with what the author claims on how public school children are not focusing on what is important. For example, if someone was to compare Calvin Klein and Gucci the one that would be the best would be Gucci, because it is more expensive than Calvin Klein. During my years of high school, I would notice students focusing allot of their time on their appearances than what they could be learning in class. Students

France and Russia had never been friends, but Germany’s new alliance had left both Russia and France in a vulnerable spot. France recognized the opening and “offered Russia financial and technological assistance in exchange for a military agreement.” France and Russia were able to overcome their differences to band together to protect themselves from the increasingly more powerful Triple Alliance. Great Britain had also had a rocky history with France. Both empires were competing against each other for colonizable land in Africa, and in 1898, “the conflict at Fashoda in North Africa nearly brought them into a war.” Plus Britain wanted to keep a policy of ‘splendid isolation’ in order to avoid being involved in European affairs. However Great Britain soon realised this was no longer a practical policy, as she was losing respect when it came to world politics. With Germany’s naval expansion threatening their own, France was the most likely ally, despite their past conflicts. France was willing to comply since she realised that her greatest enemy was Germany. France and Great Britain then solved their conflicts in Africa peacefully through a series of agreements. This entente, or friendly agreement, although not an alliance in name, soon became something like one. These ‘permanent’ alliances and the looming threat of a unified central Europe were able to resolve past conflicts between Russia, France, and

Perception is a reality, it is the framework for understanding issues that are common to all humanity, such as veneration of death, freedom and responsibility, isolation, and meaninglessness, as these worries are a function of existing, or being in the world. Another interesting perspective taken by philosophers of Existentialism is the idea of the other and the look. The other is how another perceives you and look is more like a kind of conscience or constant awareness of oneself or one’s actions as another might consider them. This is one of our greatest challenges in life is to find and make meaning of our own reality, often in the face of an apparently meaningless world.

The Sixth Coalition consisted of the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia and Prussia, who were recognized as the “Great Powers.”

How does one align perception so that it best matches reality, and why does one need to do so? Imagine a scenario where a customer confronts a retail worker. The customer wanted to return her bed set because it did not meet her expectations. However, per store policy, the employee is not to process this returns due to sanitary reasons. The customer refuses to accept defeat and continues to argue with the employee for what it seems like 2 hours. In the end, the worker concluded that the customer was an overall rude, stubborn, and disrespectful human being. However, that perception was far from reality since the customer was affected by her bipolar disorder. Normally, the customer is as sweet as can be. Perception, in this case, does not have the full context and is based on only a few factors.

Why does the presence of others improve performance? This is the very question that sparked one of the first experiments in the field of social psychology. Norman Triplett was a psychologist who enjoyed watching bicycle races. While observing the races, Triplett noticed that cyclists who competed against other cyclists finished with faster times than cyclists who competed against the clock. Triplett used this observation to launch a laboratory study in which he had several kids wind a fishing wheel as quickly as they could both in isolation and in the presence of others. What Triplett observed

My first official Monday on CTS campus began as a mixed bag of chips, coupled with what seemed like amazing ah-ha moments, bouts of kindness and unbelievable attacks. I sat in my class gently wiping the fingerprints from the lens of my glasses, and then returned them to my face. The professor began to talk about “function” and “over-functioning” in our prescribed communities. I laughed quietly to my self, as I thought of my less than perfect vision and it’s adjusted functionality made possible by scientifically prescribed alternatives. This thought then causes me to meditate on the Apostle Paul. I am reminded that this pharisee (then named Saul) was confronted by Jesus on his way to Damascus, because he continued his quest in persecuting Christians which ultimately persecuted

the body that most resembles one’s own body. Precision is evaluated by the degree of

During the day, today, I was left with one eye to perceive the world around me. It was not as difficult as I thought it would be.

Many, on the other hand, blame the flaws in the world's alliance systems for the war. Development of political and military alliances caused tension and hostility among nations leading up to World War I. Two major alliance systems developed due to conflicting national interests, which had been evident during the past two decades throughout Europe. These were the 'Triple Alliance' of Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy and the 'Triple Entente' of Britain, France and Russia. Also several smaller countries became indirectly involved in the alliances, which effectively divided Europe into two 'Armed Camps'. Russia pledged to support Serbia in order to prevent further Austrian-Hungarian expansion into the Balkans. Germany stated its support for Austria-Hungary and Britain had given its support for Belgium's independence in 1839. However, historians such as A. J. P. Taylor argue that 'Pre 1914 alliances were so precarious and fragile that they cannot be seen as the major cause of war'. This points to the fact that it should also be stressed that even a formal alliance in 1914 did not guarantee support for war, therefore not being a significant factor.