...The theories of communication are many people’s opinions on how communication works within healthcare settings. Bales’ theory is based on how behaviour is listed and explain under 2 main categories. These are the task based people and the socio-emotional ones. He believes those who are tasked based are the ones who want to get the task completed as soon as possible, without asking other team members how they want things done. Whereas those who focus on the socio- emotional section are those who aren’t too fussed on getting the work complete but are there to motivate the other members into completing the work. An example of this is in a school during group activities. If the pupils have to do a group activity for a project, then certain pupils are more focussed on getting the work done and ensuring they complete it to a good standard, whereas other group members are more focussed on having a good time and motivating them to the work that they can not be bothered to do themselves. This can be seen as useful within health and social care settings because it helps us to understand how people think while working in group tasks and it gives us a reasonable explanation to why certain group members also do more work than others. It would work in most if not all group settings as this tends to always happen. Overall Bales’ theory is useful to some degree in health and social care settings as it gives us an overview to the structure of group tasks and how people work while situated...
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...discovering Language as a freshmen here. A first I didn’t know what to expect from the course, but I learned some pretty interesting things. And some not so interesting things. I would have to say the most surprising thing I learned from this course was when we talked about peoples feelings towards people speaking different languages aside from English. After watching the videos and actually interviewing a few people, I was surprised to learn that so many people really are against foreign languages being spoke in a public setting. One of the most meaningful articles assigned to read in this course was the article on the Chinese students who came to America and tried to learn English. Before reading that I never understood how difficult it would be to come to a different country and try to learn the native language, without really any help at all. We learned a good amount of useful things in this course. It is hard to really pick out what I feel was most useful but if I have to choose I think the most useful thing we learned was the different dialects that are spoken around the United States and around the world. I think it is useful to know how people from different areas other than the one you are from speak. Although I believe this subject was the most useful one taught, I also feel it was the most difficult to accept. It was hard to accept the many stereotypes against people who speak in a southern, or a New England or midland accent. It was also very difficult to understand...
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...This class has helped me learned many things about what to expect in college. The first thing I learned in class was the location of the Writing Center. When I moved to college, I did not have a clue where any of the buildings were located. However, I soon learned where the Writing Center is located because we had a class there. It is important for me to know where the Writing Center is located because it is likely I will need to go there while I am in college. Another thing I learned in class was how to form an appropriate email. In class we had an etiquette email assignment. I always knew how to write an email, but I never knew how I should address a professor in college. I learned that for this class I could say “Dear Kate”, but if I emailed...
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...spring of a graduating college students last semester, many look forward to summer relaxation or starting a new career, for Tim O’Brien, he received a draft notice. O’Brien, like the majority of college students in the country opposed the war in Vietnam, but against his own personal beliefs, laced up his boots for his country and touched down in Vietnam in the winter of 1969. As a young man who was dropped dead center in a war he did not even support, the twenty-two year struggled in every sense of the word. Luckily for generations to come, O’Brien keep journals of the horrific daily situations soldiers had to endure. The short story collection of The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien is regarded as one of the most important...
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...guide users to potential careers (O*NET). It could be used as a useful tool in conducting job analysis, and a useful tool for HR personal. Given that “The O*NET program is a primary source of occupational information and it contains information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors” (O*NET) I was able to find the comprehensive information about the position I searched. Finding the information was very easy and I must say that I really enjoyed how well the website is working, it is very user friendly and within few clicks I found out every little bit of info that I was looking for. The information provided about my occupation was on point and very comprehensive and I was little bit shocked how many little things is included in this particular job description. I mean at my last job I did lots of different things related to this position, but thanks to this website “O*net” I realized what skills are crucial in that position and how long is the list of all other things that make someone a recruiter. The occupations suggested by O*NET are very accurate because it matches skills, personality traits, and interest. For example, I believe my strongest side is that I am a very conventional person. Therefore, the list of occupations I got was that I could use my skills to be: Accountant, city & regional planning aides, credit analyst, auditor, budget analyst, clinical data manager, and many more (O*NET). The position of accountant interested me the most...
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...early computers. They are now very powerful machines that are able to do billions of calculations every second. Most people have used a personal computer in their home or at work. Computers are useful for many different jobs where automatic tasks are useful. Some examples are controlling traffic lights, vehicle computers, security systems, Washing machines and Digital Televisions. A person (called a user) can control a computer by telling it to do things. Some ways of controlling a computer are with a keyboard, mouse, buttons, touch screen. Some very new computers can also be controlled with voice commands or hand gestures. Computers can be designed to do anything with information. Computers are used to control factories, which in the past were controlled by humans. They are also in homes, where they are used for things such as listening to music, reading the news, and writing. Modern computers are electronic machines. A computer is only useful if it has both hardware and software. Hardware is the physical parts the computer is made of - for example keyboard, mouse, screen, tower, and the circuits inside it. Software is the computer programs (mathematical instructions). The software uses the hardware, when the user gives it instructions and changing it in to useful output. Many modern computers do billions of calculations each second. They do mathematical arithmetic very quickly but computers do not really "think". They only follow the instructions in their software...
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...Capers May 25, 2014 Identify Eight of the Useful Ancient Chinese Inventions 1. Alcohol, the earliest alcohol makers in Chinese legend were Yi Di and Dukang of the Xia Dynasty (about 2000 BC – 1600 BC). 2. Mechanical Clock, the mechanical clock is an invention we all use today. 3. Tea Production, according to Chinese legend, tea was first drunk by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nong around 2,737 BC. 4. Silk, it is silkworms that naturally create silk, however, it is Chinese people that invented how to harvest the silk and use it in clothing and paper thousands years ago. 5. Iron and Steel Smelting, it has been confirmed by archaeological evidence that iron, made from melting pig iron, was developed in ancient China in the early 5th century. 6. Porcelain is a very specific kind of ceramic produced in the extreme temperatures of a kiln. 7. Compass, the earliest Chinese compasses were probably not originally invented for navigation, but to harmonize environments and buildings in accordance with the geometric principles of Feng Shui. 8. Gunpowder, known since the late 19th century as black powder, is a mixture of sulfur, charlcoal and potassium nitrate. (Lin Liyao, 2011) The 4 most useful Inventions of Ancient Chinese Culture 1. The invention of the compass 2. The invention of paper 3. The invention of gunpowder 4. The invention of alcohol Why these 4 inventions are most useful from the Ancient Chinese Cai-Lun’s invention...
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...Top 10: Greatest Inventions Of All Time Inventions are pretty useful things, in fact, inventions are very useful things. People are inventing new things all the time - unfortunately, the vast majority of inventions tend to be utterly useless; but every now and then someone comes up with something that completely changes the world and it is these few ideas that this hub is about. Now, there are, undoubtedly many equally great inventions as those on this list, but unfortunately it's had to be cut down to just 10. Things such as language have been omitted from this list for, while they are, indeed, quite useful, they were more developed out of necessity than invented; the same applies to fire - it has always been present on this earth, all we did was work out how to create it on a whim! So what are they? Read on.... 10 - The Wheel: I know what you're thinking: "what, those round things?" well, the short answer is "yes", the long answer: "yes it is". Point is, the wheel is the simplest invention in the universe - you need only scoop up a handful of mud, pat it into a circle and leave it in the sun to dry! So what's so great about it? Well, almost every land vehicle in existence uses wheels as do many many other things like anything with a belt drive (car engines, conveyor belts etc.) In fact, life would be pretty hard without it - but not impossible. The Incas and Aztecs, for example, despite coming up with fully working calendars and a vast knowledge of astronomy, didn't use wheels...
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...early computers. They are now very powerful machines that are able to do billions of calculations every second. Most people have used a personal computer in their home or at work. Computers are useful for many different jobs where automatic tasks are useful. Some examples are controlling traffic lights, vehicle computers, security systems, Washing machines and Digital Televisions. A person (called a user) can control a computer by telling it to do things. Some ways of controlling a computer are with a keyboard, mouse, buttons, touch screen. Some very new computers can also be controlled with voice commands or hand gestures. Computers can be designed to do anything with information. Computers are used to control factories, which in the past were controlled by humans. They are also in homes, where they are used for things such as listening to music, reading the news, and writing. Modern computers are electronic machines. A computer is only useful if it has both hardware and software. Hardware is the physical parts the computer is made of - for example keyboard, mouse, screen, tower, and the circuits inside it. Software is the computer programs (mathematical instructions). The software uses the hardware, when the user gives it instructions and changing it in to useful output. Many modern computers do billions of calculations each second. They do mathematical arithmetic very quickly but computers do not really "think". They only follow the instructions in their software...
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...environment in which we chosen. Also, it needs us to identify and describe the conditions of the elements, structures, components and its accessories. In addition, it aims to improve our analytical and communication skills. As a result, I was inspired from the objectives and get a lot of useful information from my buildings of the project. There are 3 main types of data in which I collected from the project. First is the basic information of the building. We went to the place for site visit. Then we use ruler or tape measure to indicate the parts of the building, such as the height of door of building, the length of the stair, the height of the staircase, etc. Next is the survey result of the building performance. We need to design a survey in which aims to investigate the opinions of the residents of the building, it is about their feeling of building performance. For example, we looked into the barrier free access in which at there is enough or not, or the noise problem at there. Also, we have asked the extra opinions of the residents that in which part of the building need improvement such as its finishes of the building. After the group project and the presentation, I have learnt many useful things that I never met before. At the beginning of the project, I think it is just a simply task for me to do, like in the secondary school. No matter the school report or the school assignment before, all the information are searched from the Internet, and I just collect these information...
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...After learning about this song I looked up multiple sources on questions that bob Dylan is asking in this song such as why is there war? Why should we accept it? These sources that I have looked up are very useful to gather more information on the main topic of this song. I found 4 articles that talk about war and explaining reasoning behind war. The first article that I used was an article called “Why is...
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...know what stories and myths are but what some of us might not know is that many stories and myths have meanings behind them. Stories as well as myths teach us a lot about ourselves, the stages of our life and many other different things. Toni Morrison and Leslie Marmon Silko both provide stories which provide guidance and meaning to the characters and to the community. In The Power of Myth, Campbell states “Mythology teaches you what's behind literature and the arts, it teaches you about your own life”(15). Campbell explains to us myths aren't just myths, they can teach us many things about our own life. We can all learn something from a story or myth. Stories can be told to find importance or meaning behind them and they can also...
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...admit that I have learned many useful things form CS class. It will help me to study and work in the future. My some strengths/weaknesses change. My strengths improve and I corrected some weaknesses. All changes happened after I learned CS class. I learn many useful things and help me to know my strengths and weaknesses clearly, then I can improve or correct it. I think I have many skills improved in the CS class. Firstly, manage time, it is a very important skill. Before I learn it, I always keep the works on deadline. Sometimes I must finish the works quickly, I can not finish it well and feel satisfied. But now, I learned how to manage time, I try my best to manage my time, I can do all the works before deadline and try my best to do it well. I also learned some new skills. For example, group work, we do not have many group works in high school, so I never learned it before. After my first group presentation, I know how to do a effective group member. I know the importance of team work, I want to learn more form each group works. I will keep do time management and improve it constantly, I learned that make plan before I do it. when I make a progress on the skill I feel so proud. I enjoy that feeling, so I will study hard to improve my skills. Even though, I still have some shortcomings should be change. I should be organized. It is help me save time and good for my life. I have know CS more, want to learn more, learn more useful skills to help me study and...
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... Movietone News, FMN, April 30, 1931. I found this source important to my research due to the fact that it’s a firsthand interview with Mahatma Gandhi and it shows his values and beliefs during that time period. Also within the video he says what his “plan of attack” is which is useful to hear from Mahatma Gandhi himself. However since this picture is a newscast they could have taken things out that they didn't want other people to hear or didn't believe themselves which is a negative. Another negative is that it doesn’t show the peoples beliefs at the time it just shows Mahatma Gandhi’s. Gandhi, Mahatma. "Mahatma Gandhi." Speech, Mahatma Gandhi from India, London, October 17, 1931. I found this source useful due to the fact that is a speech and it shows Mahatma Gandhi’s views himself and it’s not an interview its him speaking to a crowd, However due to the fact that during a speech you’re trying to persuade a group of people. Mahatma could’ve said some things that he really didn't mean and he could've said it just to have people agree with him. Also it could be considered unreliable because it’s on YouTube and someone could have edited it and took things out. Gandhi, Mahatma. The Labor Monthly. Vol. 14, April 1932 I found this source important to my research due to the fact that it’s a firsthand interview with Mahatma Gandhi and it shows his values and beliefs during that time period. He talks about what he believes is right and even...
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...and to remember, and associate it with related information. For example, in my personal life, this strategy would be useful for sorting and saving important emails whether at home or at work. There are times when my inbox is full of information - inspirational, motivational, tips, and up-coming events. At work, information on new banking policies and procedures or product launches are all usually filtered down via email. It is sometimes difficult to refer to the information quickly when you can’t remember when the email was sent or who sent it. Since reading this chapter, I have started to save specific email information as word documents grouped under different folders. This has proven to be effective for linking related topics in the respective folders which makes locating the information quicker. In my academic life, I will first note the topic to be studied and pay greater attention to the learning objectives. This would then make it easier to skim through the chapter and specifically note the more important material and review that first as well as to research any related topics by using other resources. The chapter also noted the importance of paying attention to any information in bold type and any illustrations. This strategy would greatly increase my knowledge of the topic and improve note-taking. It would also assist in remembering the useful information. Therefore, this would be effective for review and preparation for exams as well as being in an overall position...
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