...Sibling Rivalry Assignment A Summary: The text ‘’When the Bully Is a Sibling’’ writing by Anahad O’Connor is about how a sibling is a bully. The text shows different opinions on how these skirmishes between siblings needs recognition. Corinna Jenkins Tucker thinks that bad behaviors among siblings that are crossing the line into being abuse deserves more attention. New research is showing that sibling conflicts can cause psychological wounds as damaging as the pain caused by bullies in school. The reason why the bullying between siblings have not been studied so much is that everyone thinks it is ordinary for siblings to fight and is widely considered as a harmless rite of passage. Parents have an incredible big influence on the sibling’s behavior. The problem with parent is that they favorites their children, and puts them into categories like ‘’the smart one’’ and ‘’the atlete’’. That was some different reasons and opinions on bullying between siblings. Outline: In two different texts, we are seeing some positive and negative aspects of sibling rivalry. In the text ‘’A nasty case of sibling rivalry’’ we hear about Joanna Briscoes relationship to her little brother, and how they actually saw the conflict as being a matter of life or death. It was a fight between aggression and strategy. The psychotherapist Philip Hodson says: ‘’they have entered an evolutionary struggle for the milk supply (also known as the love supply)’’ according to Phillip Hodsons saying, we are...
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...The Most Unwanted Blessing A sibling relationship is hard to describe in a single word other than the word confusing. They are the few individuals in life that you classify as the walking devil. The one that eats the food you had in the fridge with your name on it, the one that steals your charger in the middle of the night leaving you with no phone battery for the next day; they are the only ones in life with the single most goal — to irritate you beyond words. On the flip side, their presence comforts you; they know exactly what you are feeling without you saying a word; they inspire you, and above, all they are your best friends. Although some may argue that they wish their parents would have never had children besides themselves, having...
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...Stephen Mannar Instructor: NRS -433V Nursing Research December 11, 2011 Caring Science | Sources 1. Legitimizing basic research by evaluating quality.Abstract:The aim of this study was to use ethical arguments to strengthen the relationship between the concepts of legitimacy and evaluation. The analysis is based on the ethics of Levinas and Buber and is motivated by a sense of responsibility using dialogical ideology as a mediator. The main questions in this study consider the following: Does caring science as an independent academic discipline have the moral responsibility to develop a theory for evaluating the quality of basic research? and Will such a quality evaluation theory have a reasonable probability of introducing legitimization into caring science? On an ethical level, this study introduces a meaningful interaction inspired by social demands and is linked to the concept of research justification. Legitimization turns from an abstract idea to an achievable entity by an act. The act of evaluation has the likelihood of delegating legitimacy and empowers the foundation of caring science, which in turn will become a cornerstone of nursing. At this stage there is no intention to develop an evaluation theory, rather to create a meaningful discussion for the future development of an ethics-based theory.2. Watson's caring science as a framework...
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...There is nothing ethical about being able to essentially manipulate the genes of a fetus to reflect characteristics deemed suitable by the parents. The characteristics chosen by the parents, such as a medical miracle match of genes to another sibling, set the child up to become what the parents want and not necessarily what the child wants to be. Genetic alteration of the baby also contributes to the unfairness that is gender preference and gender based discrimination. The possibility of genetic hierarchies, to which those that are not genetically enhanced are considered inferior, will increase tremendously because of the increasing gap between classes. It is understandable that technology is moving humanity towards a better more advanced future, but what shouldn’t be forgotten is that some things created in nature cannot be replaced by technology. Designer babies are just one of the few gray areas in which science infringes upon the way of nature. Scientists claim that not everything about genetically altered test tube babies can be considered bad. Science has been able to manipulate fetuses to be born with distinct genes and traits that are considered “savior” because everything about them can be used to help an ailing sibling. The process of selectively screening certain genetic traits and then re-implanting them back into the mother is called Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis. The term designer is derived from this process because the process...
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...2015 Let’s Talk About It Communication is a very complex topic, in that it has many definitions, interpretations and models that guide us through our world. It has been studied over the centuries by historians, and rhetoricians, from Aristotle, Plato, and Dance. They have studied and taught communication theory and correct speaking techniques from Ancient Greece to Modern colleges today. Communication theories seek to inform us of our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, but it also studies and examines why we have certain thoughts about objects in our environment, why we feel a certain way about people in our interpersonal relationships, groups or organizational structures. Communication teaches us how to use our social and cultural perspectives, such as psychological, social constructionist, and the pragmatic, all of which are a coherent set of assumptions about the way a process operates. (Trenholm, 2011) The psychological, gives us an insight as to what the sender or receiver of the communication process is thinking. The social constructionist model, allows one to adjust their cultural or learned behaviors to any given situation. The pragmatic, can be like a game, if one gets stuck in a game of chess do they just quit the game or continue on? Communication can help us deal with other people individually and in groups, it can also help us to identify if our behavior remains the same or changes once we find our “self”,i.e., being judgmental, are we easily persuaded, when do...
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...Lifespan Development Paper Developmental psychology is unit or branch of psychology which is concerned with the study of progressive behavioral changes in an individual from birth until death.Developmental psychology seeks to address various aspects of human development, including physical, cognitive, social, moral, and personality development. This paper will focus on the developmental psychology as it relates to infancy. Infancy is the time from birth until the age of one year old. What factors affect physical development? A baby; a precious new life is brought into the world and what an amazing and wonderful first year of life is in store for not only this child but his or her parents as well. During their first year, babies start to develop skills they will use for the rest of their lives. The normal growth of babies can be broken down into the following areas: Gross motor skills such as controlling the head, sitting, crawling and maybe even starting to walk. Fine motor skills like holding a spoon, picking up a piece of cereal between thumb and finger. Sensory skills are learning to use our senses in seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling. Language development skills are starting to make sounds, learning some words, understanding what people say and Social skills is learning the ability to play with family members and other children. Culture has a major influence in regards to a child’s development. If a child is overstimulated or even under stimulated;...
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...Theory of Individual Psychology Diana Dias Brandman University Individual Psychology Personality Theory The theory of individual psychology is based on Alfred Adler’s individual psychology proposal. Adler’s personality theory, individual psychology is a theory of human behavior stressing the attempt to overcome feelings of inferiority by benefiting the commitment to accomplish personal goals that have a purpose in the community (Schultz, 113). From his perspective he saw everyone as being social. We are all different individuals but our personalities are different based on our communication with others and our surroundings (Schultz, 113). He also thought the route of our personalities was based on the conscious versus the unconscious because more importantly we are always working on ourselves and managing our future. Summary of major principles One of the first major principles of individual psychology is “The Source for Human Striving.” Due to Alfred Adler’s early experience with his illness he felt he provided more on the inferiority and superiority complexes. In individual psychology inferiority complexes are a natural circumstance of all individuals or otherwise known as all humans striving (Shultz, 116). To overcome the inferiority complex you need to have compensation, which are the effort people need to conquer the feeling of inferiority and to tackle for more high levels of development. According to the individual psychology theory this action starts from...
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...Many people in today’s society take a lot of things for granted. Do they realize that they are ungrateful or not? Why does society act like this? We are blessed to have a lot of tangibles, but yet we are never satisfied with what we own. The word “more” and “better” runs across our minds daily. I was given an opportunity to talk to Ana Dang about how her life changed after attending a mission trip to Cambodia. Traveling to an area that she had never been to, she laid down her pride and sacrificed precious time to serve children in unbearable weather. There she learns to appreciate what she has, and learns to be thankful for every little thing she owns. As she begins, she talks about how life was before going to Cambodia. Her daily routines were attending school, church, and hanging out with friends. She always wanted the best of the best and everything had to be the newest. She wanted everything and she couldn’t stand not acquiring a certain thing that someone else had. Because of her need of materialistic items, her priorities were not what it should have been. All of her life, she had been sheltered by her parents and given almost anything she wanted. Even when it came to going to college, she did not have to pay for her education out of her pockets. Instead, she received money back and that became her downfall. Never working a day in her life, she never knew the value of hard earned money. She squandered literally thousands of dollars away of useless items that today she...
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...The Scarlet Ibis is an abbreviated adventure by James Hurst aberrant the adverse adventure of Doodle, a debilitated kid and his sibling, the storyteller. Doodle's activity has been a progression of a breast calamities; the capital acumen he is animate is the admiration and tirelessness – and alternate remorselessness – of his sibling. Sibling's just afflatus is to access Doodle to like altered accouchement befitting in apperception the end ambition to advance a cardinal ambit from the abasement of accepting a six-year-old affinity who can't walk, abacus up to what is, generally, an action with his own accurate self-image. As the adventure gain with, Brother tries to achieve the hopeless aperture in his affection acquired by his abasement and...
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...When one thinks of family composition and the unity between family members, it is automatically assumed that a family’s intimacy is comprised of genuine and wholesome love. However, in some families that is not the case. Some family members experience a completely different and most often, unwelcomed and inappropriate type of closeness called incest. Incest is basically described as closely related members within the same family line who are engaging in sexual behaviors. Caruso (1987) defines incest as: • Sexual contact or interaction between family members who are not marital partners; • Oral-genital contact, genital or anal penetration, genital touching of the victim by the perpetrator, any other touching of private body parts, sexual kissing and hugging; • Sexually staring at the victim by the perpetrator, accidental or disguised touching of the victim's body by the perpetrator, verbal invitations to engage in sexual activity, verbal ridiculing of body parts, pornographic photography, reading of sexually explicit material to children, and exposure to inappropriate sexual activity (as cited in Incest, 2008, para. 4). This type of abuse is considered more complex and disturbing in nature; however, it is increasing and becoming more apparent in families who experience domestic/physical violence or sexual abuse within the family unit. Most often these families are considered to be broken and dysfunctional which results in a higher risk of abuse which then leads to the...
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...about life and death. His lyrical ballad “We Are Seven” looks at these issues from the perspective of both an adult and a child, posing the question of whether death truly separates the living from the departed. Wordsworth had a strong family tie with his sister, Dorothy, and an affinity for the world of nature, in which he spent much of his childhood. The happy memories of playing in and exploring the natural world inspired him throughout his life, and he maintained a close relationship with Dorothy. This feeling of family closeness, combined with his vision of children as creatures attuned to nature and untouched by the cares of adult life, is evident in “We Are Seven.” The poet begins by juxtaposing the attributes and promise of a child’s life with the specter of death: A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? (Wordsworth 1-4) Wordsworth presents the image of an innocent child, an eight-year-old girl that he, as the poem’s narrator, encounters on a walk through the countryside. By describing her as possessing “a rustic, woodland air” (9), he evokes a feeling of the unadulterated innocence of the natural world, unspoiled by the interference of civilized society. The narrator, who is evidently a practical-minded gentleman, questions the little girl about the size of her family, particularly the number of her siblings: “Sisters and brothers, little Maid, How many may you be?” “How many? Seven in all...
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...Contrast Between Siblings, Walter Versus Beneatha In reading the play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, one can almost get the feeling they were there in Chicago in the 1950’s. The Younger’s are an African-American family whom live in a small, dilapidated two-bedroom apartment in Chicago’s south side. The play opens up with the struggling Younger family barely making it through life, but then surprisingly find out they are receiving a life insurance policy from their father; whom previously passed. The inheritance left behind by their father equals ten thousand dollars, but with this money comes sibling rivalry between Walter and his sister Beneatha. Walter, the only son of Lena Younger “Mama”, is the typical African American man from the 1950’s who is trying to support the family with his job as a chauffeur. He believes everything revolves around him and his opinions are more important than the women in his family. Walter is constantly arguing and fighting with his wife Ruth, Mama, and his sister Beneatha. He blatantly disregards his family’s concerns, more specifically, Beneatha’s concerns, and always feels like he must have the final word in any argument that unfolds. In Walter’s opinion, much like most men from his decade, he believes that the man of the house is the ultimate decision maker. Walter thinks he is realistic with his dreams, while “living in a white man’s world”; however, he is an idealist who believes that a future full of money will bring him and...
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...James English 1301.201 Jealousy Jealousy is one of the most prevalent areas of psychological ignorance about yourself, about others and more particularly, about relationship. People think they know what love is and they really don’t know. And their misunderstanding about love creates jealousy. By `love' people mean a certain kind of monopoly, some possessiveness without understanding a simple fact of life: that the moment you possess a living being you have killed him. Life cannot be possessed. You cannot have it in your fist. If you want to have it, you have to keep your hands open. But the thing has been going on a wrong path for centuries it has become ingrained in us so much that we cannot separate love from jealousy. They have become almost one energy. For example, you feel jealous if your lover goes to another woman. You are disturbed by it now, but I would like to tell you that if you don't feel jealous you will be in much more trouble then you will think you don't love him, because if you loved him you should have felt jealous. Physically, it can strain your body trying to fill in the jealously, such as getting hurt trying to get over it. Mentally, your mind can become obsessed on it and in the end never be able to recover. And emotionally or spiritually this can leave devastating effects on both your state of being and the being of others around you. Therefore, jealousy is not great emotion. Also Children compete with one...
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...Biological Theories In psychology, biological theories of prosocial behavior explain why we help others through an evolutionary perspective placing greater emphasis on natural selection. The kin-selection theory is a well known biological theory. According to the kin-selection theory, individuals are more likely to sacrifice themselves for relatives than non-relatives. The kin-selection theory states that individuals choose to help blood relatives rather than non-relatives because by doing so, we maximize our fitness and therefore are more likely to pass our genes on. (Hamilton, 1963 as cited in Hannibal, 2012, p. 103) A study by Simmons et al. in 1997 investigated whether close relatives would be more willing to donate a kidney than non-relatives....
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...Factors Affecting Study Habits and Academic Performance of Students Thesis Student: I. Introduction Study skills are fundamental to academic competence. Effective study skills are associated with positive out comes across multiple academic content areas and for diverse learners. The purpose of this is to describe an information-processing perspective on the contribution of study skills to academic competence, and to identify evidence-based strategies that are effective in helping students to improve their study skills. Study motivation and study skills exhibit the strongest relationships with both grade point average and grades in individual classes. Academic specific anxiety was found to be an important negative predictor of performance. In addition, significant variation in the validity of specific inventories is shown. Scores on traditional study habit and attitude inventories are the most predictive of performance, whereas scores on inventories based on the popular depth-of-processing perspective are shown to be least predictive of the examined criteria. Overall, study habit and skill measures... II. Study Habit as viewed by A. Department of Education B. Letran de Davao High School III. Advantages and Disadvantages of study habits\ Having effective study habits creates a more efficient academic environment. Planning your study schedule in advance and faithfully sticking to it saves time. Even giving consideration to small details makes a difference. Developing...
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