Word: beep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...electrodes on a young volunteer. In a moment he will think about a hurt that has been done him and then "actively rehearse" it for 16 seconds. At the sound of a tone, he will escalate his thoughts to "nursing a grudge" and making the offender feel horrible. Another beep will cue him to shift gears and "empathize with the offender." Finally, he will imagine ways to "wish that person well." Throughout the two-hour session, the four responses occur in different sequences, and Witvliet, a professor of psychology, will measure his heart rate, blood pressure, sweat and muscle tension...
Once you are authenticated by the system, the swipe machine emits a loud sound--one beep for first-years and a series of beeps for upper-class students...
According to Cuppett, the long beep sequence for upper-class students was implemented to allow dining hall checkers to see the students' house affiliations on-screen so that students and dining hall staff could get to know one another...
Plus, "the number of freshmen and the constraints of moving them through the dining halls fast" prevented HUDS from giving first-years a long-beep sequence...
...preconceived notions about what a Muslim is supposed to be like--especially a Muslim woman. They assume I'm going to be either quiet and subservient or violent and terrorist....In airports, they check my bags three times over. Even when the metal detector doesn't beep when I go through it, they scan...