...Negative effects of Friendship Speech Though there are many positive aspects of friendship there are several potential negative effects of having friendships that are not 100% genuine. The first and perhaps most obvious negative effect of friendship is the risk of having ‘false’ or ‘bad’ friends. There are several signs of a potential bad friend including: belittling your accomplishments, ignoring you and unhealthy competition between you and your friend. There are 6 types of ‘bad friend’: the promise- breaker, the double-crosser, the self-absorbed, the discloser, the competitor and the fault finder. Having any one of these types of friends in your life can have a strong negative impact. The second effect of having a bad friendship is the potential for peer pressure to occur. Peer pressure is caused by the social desire to fit in and be accepted by peers, that forces a person to change their personal habits and personality.The effect of this pressure, in turn, can cause a group mentality. Which then continues the cycle. What causes this pressure is the desire to define normalcy. This may have the effect of your friends pressuring you into actions that you would not normally engage in. These activities can range from trivial things like: a change of hairstyle to more dangerous acts like: drug use. Examples of activities that the influencing peer pressure party may want you to involve yourself in include: * Encouraging you to gossip about your other friends * To gamble...
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...(battering) and Nicole (situational couple violence) Sexual Coercion: John (rape, sexual coercion) and Kim (unwanted sex) Conclusion: Rachel Topic: Relationship Threats (challenges that are most likely to negatively impact relationships and have serious effects) (Kim) Hi everyone. We will start off by introducing ourselves. Today we are going to talk about relationship threats, which are challenges that have negative impacts and serious effects on relationships. Specifically, we will talk about relational transgression, interpersonal violence, and sexual coercion.. It’s important to learn about this topic because all of us have experienced it at some point. We also have done research outside from the textbook. (YAN) According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, one out of ten women has been raped by an intimate partner, and one out of ten men has experienced physical violence. This pie chart shows the distribution of threats, and according to the survey, we can see that 42% of all threats come from physical violence and rape. Moving on to our first main point, relational transgression. Relational transgression takes place when fundamental relationship rules are violated. In romantic relationships, relational transgressions can include flirting, wanting to date others, forgetting special occasions, or committing infidelity. Within friendships, transgressions include betraying a confidence, dating a friend's current or ex-romantic partner, deception...
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...Harvard Daniel Vorhaus As we follow Kathy, Tommy, and the rest of their clone cohort from their early days at Hailsham to the “completion “of their lives, it is painfully obvious that these clones carry unique names, faces, and personalities. By the time Ishiguro lets us in on his dirty little secret—that society has created these children to serve as biological vessels intended to exist only long enough to reach maturity before their organs are harvested through forced donation. It is too late the as the clones have already established themselves as ordinary people. They laugh, cry, squabble, reconcile, grow old, and they ultimately fall in love. While Ishiguro’s tale has unmistakable air of science fiction to it, it is difficult for the reader to view it as. It should not be a surprise that society that view them as clones, are anything but normal. Tommy and Kathy are every bit the intelligent, compassionate human beings that you and I are, exactly the sort of people that you would want to be friend. If they differ from the society surrounding them it is because of their society’s inability to conceive of them as anything more than “shadowy objects in test tubes”;not because of their conception in a laboratory. Despite this, even those that know them best remain afraid. Review on Never Perspectives Marvin Mirsky growing practice of familial decisions to have an “extra child “for use as a source of organ transplants when needed for earlier or favoured children, has...
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...she transformed from a young girl into a married woman. The narrative structure will appeal to a young adult audience as they will be able to relate to many of Griet’s experiences, especially the encounters she had with men. She was hired as a maid by a rich and famous painter, to help her impoverished family. Vermeer allowed her the privilege of working as his assistant in the studio, which caused much turmoil with his wife. This tension between the characters reads like a modern day soap opera. Vermeer was a gentle and respectful master, and Griet became devoted to him. Her secret admiration of him became increasingly intimate and loving, but not sexual. Vermeer’s friend, Van Ruijven requested him to paint Griet. Van Ruijven had several unwanted sexual encounters with her. Griet had to deal with the nervous emotions of a young girl learning to cope with...
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...When it comes to colors, you may wish to have a variety on hand for different magical purposes. Typically, color correspondences for candle magic are as follows: Black – Freedom from evil. Transformation. All new Black life begins in the dark. Creates a void and vacuum that you can fill with another wanted energy. Black represents fertile, rich black soil. It represents mystery and secrets, the planets Saturn and Pluto, the direction is North. You can use it to clear away blocks, break unwanted patterns, and understand your karma, for releasing energy or exorcisms. In healings, it can be used to cleanse a condition. It may represent cancer for example, but should be used with another color. Red for a protective surge of energy, or pink for self-love and forgiveness....
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...Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is an anxiety disorder that causes unwanted and intrusive thoughts or feelings that cause an individual to feel driven to do something. OCD affects one in every 50 individuals in the United States. Often times, OCD begins in childhood or adolescence and if untreated, will continue into adulthood. This research paper will address the symptoms of OCD and the current counseling techniques used to treat it. Keywords: obsessive compulsive disorder, rituals, obsession, exposure and response prevention, compulsions, obsessions Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Individuals with OCD are often plagued by persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images, or by the urgent need to engage in certain rituals. Patients with OCD usually recognize the fact that their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors are extreme or illogical, but this awareness does not help control their symptoms. An equal number of men and women are diagnosed with OCD, however, men tend to develop it earlier than women. Clients with OCD tend to suffer in many areas of their lives because so much of their time and energy is spent doing their rituals. For more than 7 out of 10 patients, the disorder severely impairs their family relationships, and 6 out of 10 have impaired friendships because of their OCD. Nearly 60 percent of OCD suffers experience...
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...Artifacts 9. b. The Pre-arrival stage 10. d. Leadership style ================================================================================= Part Two: ================================================================================= 1. Informal groups. A group that evolves out of the formal organization but is not formed by management or shown in the organization's structure. An organization’s informal groups are groups that evolve to meet social or affiliation needs by bringing people together based on shared interests or friendship. Thus, informal groups are alliances that are neither formally structured nor organizationally determined. These groups are natural formations in the work environment that appear in response to the need for social contact. Many factors explain why people are attracted to one another. One explanation is simply proximity; when people work near one another every day, they are likely to form friendships. That likelihood is even greater when people also share similar attitudes, personalities, or economic status. A group consist of two or more individuals who have come together to form a an interactive and interdependent relationship to achieve a particular group objective. Such groups may be formed as per the formal requirements of organizations such as businesses or other institutions. Such groups are defined by organizations structure and often characterized by designated role in the group work and nature of...
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...2010 National Psychology Week research project Online social networking has proliferated as a communication tool. For many people it has become an integral part of daily life offering new and varied ways of communicating with others. Both positive and negative outcomes have been reported from involvement in online social networking, although recent studies indicate that internet communications may supplement traditional social behaviour rather than increase or decrease it. Increasingly, studies are indicating that social networking has a positive impact on social connectedness and wellbeing (Valkenburg & Peter, 2009; Ofcom, 2008). However, negatives are evident (Cross et al., 2009), with much media attention focused on the ‘dangers’ of online social networking such as bullying and inappropriate use of personal information. The 2010 National Psychology Week (NPW) research project sought to explore the social and psychological impact of online social networking in Australian adults with a focus on: 1. patterns of online social networking across age and level of sociability; 2. the effects of use of online social networking on face-to-face relationships and social connectedness; and 3. the negative impacts of online social networking. This article presents the findings of the research project, which generated a large amount of attention during this year’s National Psychology Week. A set of tips to promote positive online social networking were developed to accompany...
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...Essentially, the film criticizes the idea that if an individual or a group of individuals has enough money or media support, they are given the complete freedom to do whatever they want entirely under their own discretion, despite the possibility - the high probability - that it may not always be moral. Regarding its influence on society, the production is also critical of the media. For example, the director had brainwashed its viewers into believing that the purpose of the show was to give Truman the opportunity that no one in the real world may experience - the chance to live a perfect life. As a result, the viewers found it impossible to even attempt to conceal their effervescence as they were reassured that the existence of the television show was for the sole benefit of Truman, not the corporation. In short, the idea of media influence on viewers is...
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...Social Biases Paper Psych 555 May 5, 2013 Dr. Anthony Social Biases Paper Bias is generally described as favoring thinking of particular way, or something to watch. Being biased means attitude of that person or behavior is particularly prejudice. The person may be aware of that he is bias. Social prejudices are a social problem, because a group is looking at another individual or group as the group feels that they are superior to others. The social interaction among some groups might have to create common biases. Social biases may be very harmful and can interfere with human interaction (Fiske, 2010). Define the concepts of prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination Prejudice means feeling or having attitude towards members of a group, established solely on the basis of membership in this group. Stereotypes dealt with generalizations regarding others that usually cause display of others group predictable and typical characteristics. Discrimination means an act of a group or person against another group or person who is the prejudice subject. Stereotypes put people into groups having similar attributes or characteristics. Stereotypes have the ability to distort the perspective of a person. As soon as a stereotype becomes active, the features belong to the group, either positive or negative, they are easy to remember. Stereotypes can influence social judgments on how much a person loves another, and this behavior is normal. There was a time when because of the stereotyping...
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...The Impact of Gender Identity and Sexuality has on Adolescents Holly Kidd Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to not only to identify how and why gender identity and sexuality has such a huge impact on many of the lives of adolescents but also how they tend to deal with each. The period of adolescence tends to be a difficult time for many teenagers because of all the physical and even some emotional changes they experience through the adolescence period and unfortunately some tend to keep experiences and are even affected long after the adolescence period. In order, to identify how and why gender identity and sexuality but also note all the possible affects each one has on adolescents and how to deal with each situation. Finally, offer suggestions (such as identify ways to love one's self to showing one how to express themselves in a positive ways but also by offering counseling sessions to continue to learn how to understand themselves) for better solutions, which would benefit the lives of adolescents for many years to come. In the typical life of an adolescent it supposed to be the best years of that adolescent's life. But unfortunately that is not the case for many adolescents because many of them become victims of different types of bullying, which includes the impacts of Gender Identity and Sexuality. The word adolescent means becoming an adult (Isaacs, 2013 p.881), in which, all adolescents look forward too. However, some adolescents...
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...Demonstrative communication Bcom/275 10/13/2011 Demonstrative communication Demonstrative Communication is communicating with nonverbal or unwritten techniques. Examples of Demonstrative communication can be seen by facial expressions, hand gestures, eye contact, tone of voice and body language. Smiles, frowns, and rolling your eyes at someone are some of the most common forms of demonstrative communication. All of which are used to set a tone, whether positive or negative. Demonstrative communication can also be used to help bolster verbal communication. Most speakers intend on setting a positive tone so they would dress professional, and use good posture. Being prepared on their topic, and having a commanding presence could also be seen as a form of demonstrative communication. The speaker is letting the audience know he is serious about what he’s there for and it helps get his point across. How a message or presence is received by the audience is the second part or effect of demonstrative communication. The way the audience responds will show if they are interested or not. Applauds are usually a positive demonstrative communicative reaction towards a good speaker. A negative example of audience members showing uninterest could be watching them simply getting up and leaving. Body Gestures and signaling is another very common form of Demonstrative Communication. Military troops standing at attention is a body...
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...Cyberostracism: A Paradigm Shift For Social Exclusion Timothy Burke Colorado State University Almost everyone experiences ostracism at some level and at some point in their life; either as sources or targets. To be ostracized is to be socially excluded, rejected or ignored and is a distressing and often times a profoundly painful event (Williams, 2007). Ostracism threatens our sense of belonging and connection with others and at deeper levels our perception of existence. (van Beest, Williams, 2006). The increasing popularity in the use of the Internet as a form of social communication can provide gratifying opportunities for social interaction it also embodies a salient form of ostracism (Williams et al., 2002). This proposed study is interested the effects of online ostracism. Ostracism is capable of threatening four fundamental needs (Williams, 1997); the need for belonging is threatened because it segregates an individual from a social group. Self-esteem is threatened because the interpretation of the individuals’ exclusion may be the result of being undervalued (van Beest, Williams, 2006). Our need for control is threatened because the individual being ostracized has little power to affect a change. Finally ostracism affects an individuals’ perception of their existence (Williams, 1997; Williams et al., 2002). The effect of ostracism is strong enough that Williams, Cheung, and Choi (2000) discovered participants ostracized in the virtual ball toss game cyberball...
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... “‘Yeah?’ said Crooks. ‘An’ where’s George now?’” (Steinbeck 76) This passage shows how Lennie is not the only one noticing George’s absence; others on the ranch see it as well. In the barn after Lennie has killed his dog and Curley’s wife, Steinbeck hints to the reader that all of these tragic events connect back to our main idea; loneliness and the need for companionship. Lennie says, “ ‘I don’t want ta hurt you,’ he said , ‘but George’ll be mad if you yell.’” (Steinbeck 91) Lennie tells us here that even though, time after time George just leaves him by himself, Lennie still strives to impress George all the time. When Lennie runs away to the forest and arrives at the same spot in which they were earlier, it shows a flashback to the unwanted feelings towards the start of the book. “If George don’t want me … I’ll go away. I’ll go away.” (Steinbeck 100) While sitting and waiting, Lennie recollects the memories from this spot earlier on in the book, strongly feeling his isolation from all others. The setting in Of Mice and Men is used to show...
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...girls to believe that is what a woman should look like. As a young woman who grew up with images like these as inspiration for beauty, I know what it is like to compare body images. It is a harsh reality knowing just how much editing goes into making the people we know as celebrities even more perfect and desirable. Photo shop is giving a false perception on what is actually considered beautiful in today’s society. No woman can say they have never looked at an edited picture and felt less of themselves immediately afterward. Using before and after pictures is a perfect way to show exactly how much editing is made to a photo. The editing done can be as simple as erasing acne to dramatically changing the models hair or eye color, for example, Tyra Banks. Tyra’s eye color is changed from dark brown to light green, this tiny adjustment makes the whole image appear lighter and more enhanced. When editing is taken to an extreme, they can cut off thigh fat, stomach fat, or extra skin in an unrealistic fashion, as shown in the images of Kim Kardashian, a naturally full-figured woman. Thus, making models look...
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