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    Michael Scott, sometimes also known as Prison Mike or Ping, is the regional manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. He is a lonely man, and is seen as using his employees as a substitute family. Due to this, Michael often acts inappropriately around them. Furthermore, because of a distinct lack of self awareness, his behavior is frequently offensive or rude. However, when outside a leadership position, Michael is quite competent. For example, he is an excellent salesman. He also has a wide range of behaviors, likes and dislikes, and fears, which the learning perspective is equipped to handle. The learning perspective of personality psychology is focused on how individuals learn new behavior and new knowledge. Due to the many ways in which an individual can learn, the learning perspective contains many facets. To start, there is classical conditioning. It is also known as “Pavlovian conditioning,” and is simply the action of passively associating one stimulus with another. There is also instrumental conditioning, also known as operant conditioning, which differs from classical conditioning in that it is active.…

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    "The Office" is effectively a standout amongst the most well known shows on TV. Some portion of its fame is because of the occasionally uncomfortable jokes and circumstances that emerge out of Michael Scott's ineptitude and obtuseness. These unbalanced minutes regularly include sexual introduction or race, yet gender is additionally a subject that is investigated by Michael and his staff. "The Office" does its part to propagate sexual orientation generalizations, yet it likewise demonstrates to…

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    an issue that will only get worse as time goes on until it eventually just blows up. That is why Michael Scott has taken a stance on this subject. He argues to American citizens that the government is not doing enough to stop illegal immigration. Scott concernedly explains that by not controlling illegal aliens, it will propagate issues in the United States. Furthermore, the government needs to do more to stop illegal immigration by taking control of the issues. To begin, Scott tells his own…

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    Schrute (Rainn Wilson), Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer), and Michael Scott (Steve Carell). Dwight Schrute works at Dunder Mifflin as a sales representative. He wears the same type of clothes everyday, a mustard-colored dress shirt, dark tie, and a brown suit jacket. He is a tall, skinny, white male, and he has short brown hair. Dwight does not have much of a social life, and he spends most of his free time on his beet farm. Another character is Jim Halpert. He is also a…

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    Movie Analysis: The Office

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    Professor Michael D. High Television Comedy and American Values 17 October 2016 The Office: A Critical Analysis The Office, an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from March 24, 2005 to May 16, 2013, depicts the mundane lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It takes on the style of the mockumentary, with Michael Scott (portrayed by Steve Carell) as the leading character of the series, who serves as Regional Manager of…

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    The Office is an amazing TV series. This sitcom follows the daily life of Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. Watching the characters interact and react to different situations is truly hilarious. Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell, is the manager. His crazy personality made so many fans fall in love with his priceless character. In season six, Steve Carell left the show. Ratings dropped significantly. While the show was still good the last 2 seasons, it suffered. Like Michael Scott is to The Office, so…

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    The office is a tv show that takes place in Scranton Pennsylvania. The show is about a failing branch of the Dunder Miflin Paper company. The show revolves around Michael Scott who is the regional manager, Dwight Schrute who is the top salesman, Jim Halpert who is the office funny guy and Pam Beasley the uncomfortable recipcinist. The first concept is Race and Ethnicity. The first example is a part of an episode where Michael holds a meeting where he has everyone put a card on there head…

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    Michael Scott Professor Gamel REL 1350 3 October 2014 The Michael Scott Confession of Faith During the sixteenth century, Europe and the church went through what is called the Radical Reformation. This movement was supplemented by some of the founding church leaders, such as Martin Luther and many others. The Schleiteim Confession itself comes from a sect of Christianity called Anabaptists. This denomination was persecuted and during the sixteenth and seventeenth century by the Protestants…

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    Jim Halpert: A Tragic Hero

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    school, Pam appreciates this dearly because the men in her past have not been supportive. Aside from being self- sacrificing and appreciative Jim acts for the good of The Office. Jim Halpert acts for the good of all, he mostly always has a solution to a problem. This is why Oscar Martinez calls Jim on his honeymoon to ask him how he should approach the situation of Michael being possibly involved with the mob. All these actions show that he is self-sacrificing, appreciated, and acts for the good…

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    From the beginning, Dwight tries to plan ways to attack Jim and get him fired because he believes that will solve the problem. Everything Jim does to Dwight, he immediately runs to Michael Scott, the manager, to tell on Jim; almost as if he was a little child tattle telling. From a behaviorist’s point of view, I think Dwight has learned this response of telling on Jim because he had a brother and a sister. Telling on his siblings when they did something to him has become a learned response, or a…

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