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Burton Nathan Raffel (April 27, 1928 – September 29, 2015) was an American writer, translator, poet and professor. He is best known for his vigorous [ 1 ] translation of Beowulf , still widely used in universities, colleges and high schools.
Coercion involves compelling a party to act in an involuntary manner through the use of threats, including threats to use force against that party. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It involves a set of forceful actions which violate the free will of an individual in order to induce a desired response.
Studies show that most mental health professionals use informal coercion daily in routine practice. [1]: 20 Practitioners use informal coercion more than they are aware, and a study showed it is underestimated. [1]: 26 29–59% of service users report informal coercion, according to studies spanning different regions.
Controlling behavior in relationships are behaviors exhibited by an individual who seeks to gain and maintain control over another person. [1] [2] [3] Abusers may utilize tactics such as intimidation or coercion, and may seek personal gain, personal gratification, and the enjoyment of exercising power and control. [4]
Biderman's Chart of Coercion, also called Biderman's Principles, is a table developed by sociologist Albert Biderman in 1957 to illustrate the methods of Chinese and Korean torture on American prisoners of war from the Korean War. The chart lists eight chronological general methods of torture that will psychologically break an individual.
Coercion is a form of persuasion that uses aggressive threats and the provocation of fear and/or shame to influence a person's behavior. [9]: 37 Systematic persuasion is the process through which attitudes or beliefs are leveraged by appeals to logic and reason.
Coercion in the Pustejovsky framework refers to both complement coercion and aspectual coercion. Complement coercion involves a mismatch of semantic meaning between lexical items, while aspectual coercion involves a mismatch of temporality between lexical items. [4] A commonly used example of complement coercion is the sentence "I began the ...
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