The term "psychological trap" is relatively new to me. The term bears resemblance to the notion of "psychic prisons" which I recently studied in Structure & Theory of Organizations. While the two ideas are not synonymous, they do share an overarching characteristic. Both are derived from personal frames of reference, our corporate cultures, occupational ritualism, and interaction with others. Further, depending upon the mindsets of individual employees and the evolution of their corporate culture

The Jihad Trap The war America is engaged in after the attacks on the WTC, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania is a war for the hearts and minds of average Muslims around the world. Bin Laden, if indeed he is the mastermind behind the attacks, has set a trap for the US into which it must not fall. By attacking the US as part of a jihad ("a holy war"), Bin Laden is in fact claiming to Muslims to represent their grievances and to represent real Islam. He is in effect saying: "Muslims, I share your grievances

but a story about obsession. So by the time the reader realizes this, it is too late. The book's plot has trapped not just the main character, but the reader as well. In a way, the reader is easily comparable to the protagonist. The bait of the trap is the simplicity of the opening which makes the reader feel like the book is completely upfront with it, just like Blue thought with White. It introduces you to all the important characters right off the bat with "First of all there is Blue. Later

The Technology Trap The term technology has more than one meaning. If you look at the world twenty years ago, technological advances were meager concepts. Today, all of these concepts are become reality. When a country depends on technology to survive, there may be a problem that could be devastating if it is not dealt with. The children in the 1950's looked at reality the same as the children of today do, only their eyes were not seeing virtual reality. They dealt with schoolwork as well as

The Trap Motif in Hamlet Hamlet, William Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, is a story of murder and deceit. The "trap" is a major motif in Hamlet because it is set by various characters, it is motivated by a variety of reasons and the results are often ironic. The first trap is set by Hamlet for the king. Hamlet is enraged by his fathers murder and is seeking vengeance. Hamlet sets a trap by persuading the actors to re-enact his fathers murder on stage. * He sets this trap because he

skillfully and successfully employed hundreds of thousands of booby traps to weaken the attacking American Forces.4 The production of both explosive and non-explosive booby traps coupled with the efficacy of the techniques employed by the Viet Cong when using these weapons allowed the North to gain a significant upper hand when combatting the United States Armed Forces in Vietnam.5 Furthermore, for all the success that the booby traps had in wounding and killing, these found success in inflicting psychological

Parked Cars Can Be Death Traps for Kids Imagine sitting in a hospital waiting room anticipating the results of the tests being run on your only child. You were lucky though; at least he is alive. You had no idea that he was in your car. You can not imagine how traumatic it could have been for him to be trapped in his own car. Finally the doctors come to tell you the news. He has brain damage, and he will never fully recover. He may never walk again and he will never live the life of a normal

rodents is to create and innovate mouse trap, PVC mouse trap, the used materials are simple, manufacturing is easy, cost is low, carrying and using are very convenient, high efficiency and environmental friendly .the reliability is good, non-toxic, environmental protection, sanitation and safety, therefore a good placement prospect is achieved. Compared with a traditional and baiting mouse device. OBJECTIVE: The main object of the present invention is to trap a mouse alive in a PVC tube. Another object

The Poverty Trap Economist Jeffery Sachs says we should think of poverty and development as a ladder, with developing nations at the bottom and wealthy nations at the top. However, far below that ladder is the is a trap, the poverty trap, “any self-reinforcing mechanism which causes poverty to persist” (Azariadis & Stachurski, 2004, p. 33). The trap not just what happens when nations fall into poverty, but rather a cycle where once you fall into deep enough poverty it becomes nearly impossible

In the memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, Morrie an old man who has a terminal illness ALS in his last months teaches Mitch a man who has been half sleep all his life as Morrie would say, many life lessons, but one that really got my attention was that Money cannot buy love or happiness. Morrie would say that materialistic people think that money can buy love and happiness, but it is not true, neither of those things have a price. The importance of materialism in Tuesdays with Morrie. Many