...58 PsychSim 5: All Stressed Out PsychSim 5: ALL STRESSED OUT Name: __________________________________________ Section: ________________________ Date: 9/17/12 This activity examines the way that psychologists conceptualize stress, emphasizing that stress is a biopsycho-social process. You will explore the sources of stress in your own life, review your body’s response to stress, and then learn how cognitive appraisal dramatically affects how much stress you actually experience. Checking the Level of Stress in Your Life • What was your “Stress Test” score? ____39________ • Do you think that such a test accurately captures your experience? What other stressors should be included? I think it give you a general idea of the amount of stress your under, also adding something about your children should be included. Stress, Stressors, and Coping • Psychologists differentiate stressors, strain, and stress. What does each of these terms mean? A stressor is an externalsituation or event that triggers coping adjustments in a person. Stress is the process in which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors that we believe to be threatening or challenging, and coping is the cognitive, behavioural, and emotional ways that people handle stressful situations. The General Adaptation Syndrome • Describe Selye’s general adaptation syndrome. Selye argued that every organism has a state of internal...
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...Name: Hakima Missbah PsychSim 5: ALL STRESSED OUT This activity examines the way that psychologists conceptualize stress, emphasizing that stress is a biopsycho-social process. You will explore the sources of stress in your own life, review your body’s response to stress, and then learn how cognitive appraisal dramatically affects how much stress you actually experience. Checking the Level of Stress in Your Life • What was your “Stress Test” score? __23__________ • Do you think that such a test accurately captures your experience? What other stressors should be included? No, because I think its normal to get stressed because of my high expectations, that doesn’t mean I have problems because of it. Stress, Stressors, and Coping • Psychologists differentiate stressors, strain, and stress. What does each of these terms mean? • Stressors: prediction of someone’s health based of on stress levels. • Strain: The resulting damage of object • Stress: process of coping with environmental factors that threaten you’re life. The General Adaptation Syndrome • Describe Selye’s general adaptation syndrome. The depleting energy to overcome the stress and harms of environmental aspects that limit someone’s ability to progress. The Biology of Stress • Although both men and women experience the fight-or-flight syndrome, some scientists argue that women also can experience stress differently (tend-and-befriend). Briefly explain...
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...What are the reasons that cause college students to feel stressed out? Gaining education is not simple and stressful for most of the college students. The German Institute of Public Opinion made an investigation on the nowadays students’ problem with stress. Approximately 1000 students were questioned and the results were shocking! The results of the research showed that 50% of the students most of the time feel nervousness and anxiety, while 25% of them are in deep desperation and other 25% have to rely on medicines and drugs to reduce stress. There are many reasons that can explain why college students feel stressed or depressed. For instance, high flow of new information, deficit of time, conflicts with teachers, big amount of assignments and quizzes, poor performance, difficulties with exam and list can go on. But in this essay I’m going to stress importance on some of the main factors of students’ stress. First major reason of stress is an endless assignments and quizzes. Definitely any student ought to manage his time and finish all the given tasks on time. But because there are so many assignments and quizzes to do from different courses, it’s difficult for the student to find some time for relaxation. Subsequently this causes the deficit of time. The lack of sleep is also usually spread among college students. From my personal experience I can say that even when I find some free time for relaxation I can’t stop thinking about a particular home work to do or...
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...Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success Up until a few months ago, I thought my formal educational challenges were behind me. As I draft this first paper of my continuing studies, I look back to those nights I spent in the computer hall at the University of Maryland in the early1990’s, waiting for an open computer and writing paper upon paper. I remember the stress, tears, and heartache, but I also remember my achievements, and the sense of accomplishment I felt when I finally earned my degree. There were many challenges back then, but I achieved my personal and professional goal of becoming a Medical Technologist and working in the laboratory field and this has served me well. Now begins a new chapter of my life, with new goals, new strengths and weaknesses, and a fresh understanding of what I need to do to move forward in both my life and my career. Personal and Professional Goals My personal and professional goals are intertwined, and motivation is what drives those goals in order to help me succeed. Scientists have observed and documented “reasons why individuals choose to engage or disengage in different activities, and how individuals’ beliefs, values, and goals relate to their achievement behaviors” (Eccles & Wigfield, 2002, Conclusion, para. 1). I have experienced first-hand what it felt like not to have a goal when graduated with my Bachelor’ and entered the professional...
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...Adunni Easton University of Phoenix Comm/215 Version 10 Virginia Peralta August 30, 2011 Introduction: The case study of Carl Robbins reveals how a company and one of its employees who was unprepared to welcome new employees properly into the companies environment in spite of having been on the job for only less than six months. Background: This case study shows the obstacles that will pose a threat with the new campus recruiter Carl Robins. Most of which Carl Robins can only blame himself for. He failed to pay attention to important details and follow up on things in a timely manner which placed him in a bind. Although he was in a difficult situation, he should have taken his time and not rush which made things worse for him. He should have allowed himself enough time to examine the problems first. He never took interest in the important information and the views of the other employees. Carl Robins recruited fifteen new trainees for Monica Carroll. Monica served as one of the Operation Supervisor for ABC, Inc. This case study focused on Carl's main issues, his poor planning, and his inexperience on how to hire new recruits. Carl was not aware of the length of time it was going to take in order for him to complete his task...
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...Open for Business the challenges of running a casual fine dining establishment. Boxer, Naor- Panther ID 1228549 “FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management- HFT4413 RVC/RPC” July 16th 2015 Abstract In this paper I talk about how a young man from Israel who really grew up with very little worked his way up in the restaurant industry and I go into detail on his many struggles and his many triumphs. I speak about how he worked his way up from line cook to restaurant owner, and what he is doing now in his own restaurant after working many years in other people’s restaurants. I speak about what he is doing to become successful and how he was able to turn his knowledge of the restaurant industry into a flourishing business. I go deep into the understanding of a kosher restaurant and how there is certain guidelines in the kosher food industry. I speak about his competitors and what he can do to overcome his short comings. Mikes burgers is a unique blend of fast food and fine dining and I go into that as well. The restaurant industry is changing. As the world speeds up, people have less and less time to sit down and enjoy a meal with their families. What’s more, they want the food they do order to be cheap and quickly prepared. At the same time, there are dozens of restaurants opening all of the time, each looking for a competitive advantage over the other. Restaurants post deals on Twitter, and reach new potential customers on Facebook. They advertise on...
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...SWOT Analysis : Strengths Firstly I think that our major strength is the fact that ”G” is an innovative concept; Indeed this is the first restaurant in the city that offers a complete takeaway meal made of salted and sweet waffles and at a competitive price, we offer meals at 8 euro for a salted and sweet waffle and a drink. In addition to being innovative, we found a local in a mall, this ensures the visibility of our restaurant and influx is a real advantage for us. Ideally, it would also be the place where the merchants would eat at lunch before getting back to work for example, so it would be our first customers. “G will insists on the fact that it is a French cook, and the waffles are made according to the French tradition and they are directly made in the restaurant in front of the customers so they can see how we wade them and what products we use. It is important for us to install trust between the customer and us. Besides, G is willing to buy local products and organic products which is also a financial advantage since we won’t have any transport fees, the products we are looking for are available in every supermarkets in France and are not expensive at all. Fianally we are also willing to offer a high-quality service so we will recruit our waiters mainly on the basis of their motivation, and of their personality. They will only need a couple hours of training in order to be efficient at work, but the most important for us is that the customers...
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...Gitanjali (Song offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore Formatted for Rocket eBook by: Kirby A. Heintzelman - June, 2000 Rabindranath Tagore(1861--1941), was the first non-White to receive Nobel prize (1913) for Literature. The event of course caused some furor at the time. New York Times in its prodigious generosity consoled its readers by alluding to the fact that after all Tagore was of Aryan Stock. It was first published in 1913 as a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali (a language of India) Poems. Evidence does indicate that the poet W.B. Yeats had a hand in editing and publishing it! GITANJALI 1 Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable. Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill. 2 When thou commandest me to sing it seems that my heart would break with pride; and I look to thy face, and tears come to my eyes. All that is harsh and dissonant in my life melts into one sweet harmony---and my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea. I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I know that only...
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...Worldwide Equipment Case Analysis Discussion Weimin has not performed up to Worldwide Equipment standards. He is lacking in all aspects outlined by the company for position advancement: seniority, sales performance, sales leads generated, and team spirit. This is understandable for someone who is new to the sales position, but Weimin has shown little to no improvement. He was recently hired, so he certainly doesn’t have any seniority. Since being hired, he has generated 17 sales leads, and none of those have resulted in any sales. Both of these statistics are lows within the sales force. Weimin is also hugely lacking in team spirit; according to Wang, he is very “silent and introverted” and has “little ability to engage with people at all.” Wang hired Weimin on the basis of respecting his boss’ recommendation, but he also felt that his knowledge and connections within the textile industry could be beneficial. This is a unique characteristic that could set Weimin apart from the rest of the sales team, but he has not taken advantage of it. He has many connections within the industry, but he views them as friends, and he does not wish to mix his personal life and business life, so he neglects capitalizing on them. This is honorable, but if he doesn’t choose to find leads elsewhere, his potential for success is minimal. At one point, he tried to do business with one of his personal connections, and when it didn’t produce a sale, he burned a bridge by becoming deeply...
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...Personal Dilemma Paper Nancy A. Rishavy University of Phoenix Ethics in Criminal Justice CJA 413 Matt Giordano September 12, 2010 Personal Dilemma Paper I haven’t worked for quite some time and I am at home 99% of the time so I really haven’t had any moral dilemmas to speak of but I do have friends that have served our country that have just recently retired or are still enlisted that have moral dilemmas on a daily basis. Here is the dilemma of one of my friends. On Feb. 2, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told members of Congress that "allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do." He spoke words that she has waited years to hear: "We have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. For her personally, it came down to integrity -- theirs as individuals, and ours as an institution." She had joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps as a freshman at the University of Michigan. In her junior year, she fell in love and realized that she was gay. This was all a bit preoccupying, but what overwhelmed her most was the weight of having to lie to the military. "Don't ask, don't tell" is a federal law that prohibits military service by openly gay Americans. It requires the nearly impossible of those who still want to serve -- that you be celibate and completely closeted. Anyone who knows you're gay is a risk, so the closet often extends into...
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...Friday’s initial plan when they first started out was to have a place where single adults can go and enjoy themselves. They first started out as a bar and only later on became a restaurant. Said to offer a casual dining experience unlike any other where not only can you expect great food and drinks but also plenty of fun to go around. T.G.I. Friday’s marketed a casual dining restaurant is a restaurant that serves moderately-priced food in a casual atmosphere which targeted the middle income population which was a big majority when they first started out. They targeted their market with different types of promotions and programs such as:- Give Me More Stripes This program offers specials to customers that sign up and can redeem points that will be added into their card whenever they head on to T.G.I. Fridays and dine there. After collecting over a hundred or more points, one would receive a bonus or a special. This way customer would be lured in by the bonuses or specials with the mentality to earn more points every time they dine it so they would be offered the multiple opportunities for the specials BINGO Menu T.G.I. Friday’s has a large enough menu to put together this program. Basically, A BINGO Menu would consist of twelve different items on the T.G.I. Friday’s Menu, ranging from appetizers to entrées and finally a couple desserts. It can be any sixteen items on the menu and even after a few months or after a new menu comes out, they can remake a new BINGO card. The key...
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...mainly for a Prelude in C Sharp Minor which he wrote as a boy, while the works of his maturity never got into the programmes. Kids cut their pianistic teeth on a Minuet in G which Beethoven composed only so that he could detest it. I have to go on living with A Clockwork Orange, and this means I have a sort of authorial duty to it. I have a very special duty to it in the United States, and I had better now explain what this duty is. Let me put the situation baldly. A Clockwork Orange has never been published entire in America. The book I wrote is divided into three sections of seven chapters each. Take out your pocket calculator and you will find that these add up to a total of twenty-one chapters. 21 is the symbol for human maturity, or used to be, since at 21 you got the vote and assumed adult responsibility. Whatever its symbology, the number 21 was the number I started out with. Novelists of my stamp are interested in what is called arithmology, meaning that number has to mean something in human terms when they handle it. The number of chapters is never entirely arbitrary. Just as a musical composer...
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...addiction to cocaine. Kristina was no longer Kristina, she was Bree, whoever that was. By the end of Crank, Kristina ends up pregnant and swears she will sober up for her son. In the beginning of Glass, Hopkins second book of the series, Kristina does everything but turn her life around and she's bringing her baby into the mix. She leaves home and starts doing illegal things to keep up her habits. She moves from home to home, with man to man, and drug to even more serious drugs. Kristina, or Bree, finally gets to point where her child is taken away from her. By the end of the book, Kristina is completely out of control and is now pregnant again. Fallout is the third and final book of the Crank series. I had been greatly anticipating this book since I am a huge fan of Hopkins and her fans have been waiting since 2004 to see Kristina's fate. So, when the book finally came out, I couldn't put it down. It wasn't because it was fantastic like I had hoped, but I felt like I had to finish it to finish the series. The book was told from the perspective of three of her five children. Hunter, who is her oldest and who we learned about in the first two books, Autumn,...
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...over and unable to perform Monday morning for PT will be unsatisfactory. We will take you to the MP station and have you breathalyzed to see if you are drunk on duty. Men it's not worth it. * Don't beat your spouse and don't let your spouse beat you. If you and your significant other begin to have an argument, walk away. Your career is on the line and your chances coming out a victor after an altercation where MP's are involved, you will be sadly mistaken. Call your first line supervisor immediately and they will help you out. * Guests on post and at the barracks. If you call the front gate and sponsor someone coming on post you will be held accountable of their actions. Remember to abide by the rules for signing in guests at the barracks. Failure to do so will be lost of visitor privileges on post/barracks. * Be careful out there - travel in buddy teams. I understand we are stuck in a desert but we are surrounded with a lot of good places to visit. Single soldiers, get with someone who has a vehicle and has plans to leave off post. Married soldiers, take your spouse out to see something new. Go out to dinner and get them off post. You all can get with the MWR center and the BOSS representatives to see what is coming up in...
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...Strategy Identification Template MAN 374 Summer 2012 NAME: Last: Tamayo First:Fransisco Link to Article (if available): http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-02/darden-sees-olive-garden-red-lobster-making-new-revenue-retail Strategy Article Illustrates: Concentric Diversification/ Market Development What leads you to believe this is the strategy illustrated? Both restaurants are known for their casual dining atmosphere in suburbia America. What a lot of people do not know is that the same company, Darden, owns these companies. The article states that the company will begin offering a both Red Lobster and Olive Garden under the same roof, a strategy often used by fast-food restaurant chains. This move leads me to believe that Darden is trying to implement a, much like their restaurants, a combination strategy. The new combination restaurant exemplifies the concentric diversification strategy by taking the two individual restaurants and evolving them under one roof. They will continue to capitalize on each of the restaurants specialties while minimizing the cost of two separate buildings. Additionally, they will use the strategy of market development to nicely complement concentric diversification. The article continues to explain that Darden has chosen to use the Red Lobster-Olive Garden restaurant fusion to reach potential customers that live in rural areas. Why has the company decided on this strategy? ...
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