...‘How do adults perceive that significant others in their lives (i.e. people who are or have been important to them) have affected their development?’ Abstract John Bowlby’s theory of attachment asserts that in childhood attachments are formed between the infant and the caregiver. It also asserts that these attachments form the basis of adult relationships. This qualitative thematic analysis of an interview with Chloe attempts to show how early attachments form a framework of later development. This study shows some support for Bowlby’s theory of the continuity of attachment behaviour but also shows that the nature of attachments can change throughout life in particular due to adult relationships and life experience. Introduction The field of developmental psychology is concerned with understanding how our mental outlook can change over the course of a lifetime. It considers both the effects of cultural and environmental factors and the internal motivations of the individual. One of the main area of research is understanding the degree of continuity in how behaviour is formed and to what degree it can be influenced by past experience. In the area of human relationships, Attachment theory (as cited in Wood et al., 2007) explores how relationships develop. Bowlby (as cited in Wood et al., 2007) proposed that we have a basic biological drive to form an attachment to a ‘mother figure’ at birth. The nature of the attachment gives rise to a ‘internal working model’ in...
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...Case Analysis 5 Analysis: Summary of Chapters California Intercontinental University Introduction This case analysis explores chapters thirteen and fourteen for the particular week. Case analysis introduces the business research and scientific investigation chapters. This paper meets the Course Objectives/Learning Outcomes in the syllabus. Qualitative Data Analysis Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA) is the range of processes and procedures whereby we move from the qualitative data that have been collected into some form of explanation, understanding or interpretation of the people and situations we are investigating. QDA is usually based on an interpretative philosophy. The idea is to examine the meaningful and symbolic content of qualitative data. For example, by analyzing interview data the researcher may be attempting to identify any or all of: • Someone's interpretation of the world, • Why they have that point of view, • How they came to that view, • What they have been doing, • How they conveyed their view of their situation, • How they identify or classify themselves and others in what they say, The process of QDA usually involves two things, writing and the identification of themes. Writing of some kind is found in almost all forms of QDA. In contrast, some approaches, such as discourse analysis or conversation analysis may not require the identification of themes. Nevertheless...
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...INTRODUCTION This essay is a critique based on a pilot study carried out on ‘patient stories of living with a pressure ulcer’ and I will be using Caldwell, K. et al. (2005) as a structured research framework to carryout the evaluation on this study. First and foremost a definition of what research, (nursing research in particular) and research critique entails will give a greater understanding of what this essay aims at addressing. On one hand, Polit and Beck (2006, p4), defined research as a systematic inquiry that uses disciplined methods to answer questions or solve problems, while on the other hand they define nursing research as a systematic inquiry designed to develop knowledge about issues of importance to nurses, including nursing practice, nursing education and nursing administration. The importance of having research carried out in the nursing field can only be emphasised as it is the key element in generating and guaranteeing evidence to guide nursing practice and improvements to care and quality of life of both clients and service users as claimed by Polit and Beck (2006, p4). However once the research is undertaken and published, great emphasis is placed in finding out or identifying the strengths and weaknesses through critique. Polgar and Thomas (2000), point out that critiquing research entails identifying the strengths and weaknesses of research publications to ensure that patients/clients receive assessments and treatment based on the best available evidence...
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...An analysis of the Role of Family Disappointment in Joyce’s Dubliners James Joyce, an Irish modernist writer and influential author in the twentieth century, wrote the story collection named “Dubliners”. This collection consisted of fifteen short stories and carried a naturalist style. In “Dubliners”, Joyce rarely uses metaphors, relying on simplicity and attention to detail to create an authentic setting. Joyce often carried hidden similarities throughout each of his novels and poetry. This is seen true within Joyce’s collection, “Dubliners”. A close analysis of “Dubliners” reveals an excellent example of the role of family disappointment as shown in each of the short stories; “Araby”, “Eveline”, and “The Dead”. A direct example or claim of family disappointment can clearly be seen within each of these three short stories. Theses examples will be laid out and explained throughout this essay. Each example having varying circumstance, and outcome. Displayed from the point of view of the characters, to be taken inside their heads, and be shown a different aspect of what family disappointment means to the characters. The theme of disappointment in “Dubliners” is all about the painful experience. Ambiguity so to speak, the misconception of life being grand, only to face the troubles of reality. The characters determine that their own families don’t always have their best interest at heart, that their wives were deceitful, and that the world of business can be bitter...
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...The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien is a postmodern novel that details the daily activities of Alpha Company (a platoon of soldiers) throughout the Vietnam War. O’Brien depicts the harsh realities and terrors associated with war and the harsh effects soldiers are faced to deal with on an ongoing basis. Given the time frame and settings of both these chapters at first glance, “The Lives of the Dead” and “In the Field” appear to be critically different, but after further analysis one can easily fathom that they are in fact quite similar. O’Brien emphasizes these similarities by using the theme of death and the effects correlated with it, regardless of the situation. The effects of death are then identified by studying several characters reactions to the death of various platoon members and key people within their lives. By doing this O’Brien is able to connect these chapters seamlessly, and thus strengthen the theme of death throughout his novel. “The Lives of the Dead” is an unique chapter as it not only captures what it is like to be a soldier in the Vietnam War, but it also focuses on the experiences one faces with death. Furthermore, how it doesn’t matter your age, gender or status death will ultimately play a key role in your life. After Lieutenant Jimmy Cross sent in an air strike on a seemingly deserted area that resulted in the death of one old man, the members of Alpha Company are forced to cope with the death. Once again, the majority of them take it as a joke...
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...On the heels of the Starbucks is killing Christmas contrivers that started several weeks ago the events in Syria spiral down, a Russian passenger aircraft with 224 onboard was by most reports brought down by a bomb, attacks in France and relation between Russia and Turkey spoil due to a Turkey down one of their Fighter jets. All of these events aside from the attacks in France had a shorter life in the media then the Starbucks controversy. So does that means the Starbucks thing was or is more important? It started with a tweet on November 5th by Joshua Feuerstein, a evangelist and social media personality. He shares his messages through the internet to his over 1.8 million Facebook fans and almost 8300 Twitter followers. In his tweet, he shared a video of him being angry about the red cup from Starbucks. He claimed that they removed the Christmas logos from their normal winter cups. So let us look at the cups form the last few years to see if there is any truth. In 2014, the cups had illustrations of snowflakes on...
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...Kamryn Frazier Mrs. Foster 10th Honors Lit/Comp Summer Reading A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by: Ishmael Beah Chapters 1-4 Quote Selection and Theme Analysis Theme: The Horrors of War “The sound of the guns was so terrifying it confused everyone. No one was able to think clearly. In a matter of seconds, people started screaming and running in different directions, pushing and trampling on whoever had fallen on the ground. No one had the time to take anything with them. Everyone just ran to save his or her life. Mothers lost their children, whose confused, sad cries coincided with the gunshots. Families were separated and left behind everything they had worked for their whole lives”(p. 23). This quotation...
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...Foils in King Lear: Kent and Oswald Matin Shariatian Shakespeare’s plays are always rich in complex and interconnected characters which compare and contrast in such a way that an analysis of these characters reveals the themes of the play. King Lear is no exception to that. This play’s foils reveal the main themes carried in the story such as loyalty, nature, identity, love, etc… This essay will focus mainly on the theme of loyalty as it is the main theme carried by the characters that will be compared and contrasted in this text, Kent and Oswald, two servants with mostly, but not always, opposite natures. Kent and Oswald’s characters quite clearly contrast each other in many levels. Kent’s line “No contraries hold more antipathy/Than I and such a knave” (7, 84-85) is well representative of the connection of these two characters in the play. The most obvious contrast between the two is the people they serve. Kent’s master, King Lear, and Oswald’s master, Gonoril, are enemies in the story as the motivations and actions of one bring the other one down. This marks the most superficial difference between Kent and Oswald. Another aspect in which these two servants differ is their morality and values. Kent, an extremely loyal servant, motivated by defending his values, confronts Lear after the King banishes his daughter for being truthful. He explains “To plainness honour’s bound/ When majesty stoops to folly” (1, 139-140) meaning that he honors his value, plainness,...
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...the Rising: William Butler Yeats was an Irish author, who participated in the Irish freedom´s movement. He is considered to be one of the most important authors of the seen victoria time. He studied poetry in both Dublin and London. Around 1916 the nationalism was widespread in Ireland, because England settled Ireland with dominance and made them to one of their many colonies. A lot of Yeats poetry was about the complicated present or uncertain future, as well as freedom form oppression and social division. We see in Yeats poetry “Easter, 1916” how he has captured the conflict of a nation with a social and political poem. It expresses Yeats’ feelings for the War of Irish Independence, through imagery, symbols and themes. – This should be a part of your analysis, as you are, in fact, analyzing. In The Rising, the Irish people aim at creating a home rule parliament, as a kind of an even regime. I august 1914 the war begins, the nationalist leaders by Ireland, John Redmond and hos colleagues in the Irish party, encouraged their supports to follow them in the war of effort. A lot of people join, more than 200.000 and upon 50.000 lost their life, but in effort to challenge the British imperium’s regime in Ireland. On Easter Monday 1916, they capture buildings, and declared an independent Irish Republic. The rebels stood in 6 days before they surrendered to the British army, because they were considerably superior them. After the restlessness, the leaders of the Rising...
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...“All of us, I suspect, can imagine beholding things we ought not to have beheld. All of us can understand such pain” (O’Brien 4). Pain is universal but it is difficult to describe pain to someone who hasn’t experienced it in the way you have. Events affect people differently and without stories it would not be possible to even try and comprehend the pain of others. How a story is told changes the emotional response of the audience and with that their understanding of the events. Tim O’Brien explores the necessity of ambiguity between fact and fiction in order to create a visceral response to war in his short story “How To Tell A True War Story” which is a chapter in the novel The Things They Carried. O’Brien is able to examine this more thoroughly through the use of irony in title, the narrator’s internal conflict with truth and fiction, juxtaposition of writing styles and the nature motif. Margaret Atwood also investigates how real stories are portrayed in her poem “It Is Dangerous To Read Newspapers” by utilizing juxtaposition. Internal conflict is the basis of this entire story; O’Brien is struggling with how to tell his story and whether the things he experienced really are true to others. The style of this piece is similar to that of a debate with the evidence, or war story, being presented and then explained as to why it is correct. The critical essay “Metafiction in The Things They Carried” also references this writing style: “By defining a war story so broadly,...
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...INTRODUCTION This is a report analysis of Hong Kong Disneyland. This analysis will examine the effect of the national culture of the Hong Kong in relation to the business operation and other several various factors of that affects the business conduct of chosen industry. The industry chosen by the writer is Hong Kong Disneyland (Disney, for brevity). Hong Kong Disneyland was a theme park built and operated by a new-joint venture company, the Hong Kong International Theme Parks Ltd. (HKITP), as formed by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Walt Disney Company. The author uses Disney as the subject of the paper as it is a new in the business industry. It has been conducting business since the year 2005, hence, assessment and analysis about the company is still few. This report will give a brief background about Disney. The analysis portion applying the different methods for strategic analysis in order to examine the remote and close environments of the subject company will follow the background. The paper will use some cultural theories in order to provide a comprehensive background as to the cross cultural awareness of the company with the culture of a state. BACKGROUND Hong Kong Disneyland is built and operated by a new-joint venture company, the Hong Kong International Theme Parks Ltd (HKITP), as formed by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Walt Disney Company. It is the fifth (5th)...
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...“Beyond the Traditional Analysis” In his play, The Tempest, Shakespeare conveys themes through different character pairs. Each pairing is a guise for a different theme in the play's plot. For instance, Ariel and Caliban are thought to be grouped together because they show two contrasting sides of servitude. Other examples lie behind Miranda and Ferdinand's "love at first sight", as well as the forgiveness that Alonso, Antonio, and Prospero receive. Each grouping of characters is placed strategically throughout the play by Shakespeare to exemplify different themes. Ariel and Caliban are both under Prospero's servitude, and are actually foils for one another. However, while Ariel abides by Prospero's rules willingly, Caliban only serves Prospero out of fear. They are both obligated to serve Prospero and do his bidding, but while Caliban is only trusted to do the simplest of tasks, Ariel is the equivalent to Prospero's second in command. He is constantly a major aide in Prospero's grand plan, and he is privy to Prospero's secrets. "All hail great master! Grave sir, hail! I come to answer thy best pleasure,"(Shakespeare 14). Ariel says this to his master, living with the hope of soon being free. He could behave as Caliban, but Ariel is trusted enough to help Prospero complete his master plan. Ariel even influences Prospero's decision on whether to forgive the ones who have wronged him. At the end of the play, Prospero's other servant Caliban, turns out to be one of the ones who...
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...publicly traded on May 6, 1991 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company has come under some criticism for its productions, which are mainly targeted towards children, for having overt sexual references hidden among them. Other accusations made toward the company include human rights violations for its various employees that manufacture millions of the products the company sells in its stores and theme parks. Despite some of these negative occurrences, the company brought in over $42 billion in revenue in 2012 and also employs almost 200,000 people. CURRENT MISSION, GOALS, AND STRATEGY: Walt Disney Corporation has one of the most diverse venture portfolio of any company today. They own production studios, theme parks, television networks, radio stations, retail establishments and other things in all corners of the globe. The company maintains what can be considered as “modest” goals for themselves, which is to continue the Disney brand around the world, with a strong emphasis on the Asian market, which is not as strong as the company would like. EXTERNAL ANALYSIS: See attached EFEM Disney is a moderate company externally with an EFEM score of 2.92 FINANCE: Disney is in a very strong financial position. With revenue totaling over $42 billion dollars and total assets over $75 billion, the Disney Corporation has a plethora of leverage to work with should it ever find itself with the need to. MANAGEMENT: The number of employees taken care of by the Disney...
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...to achieve both short term and long-term goals in the time frame available with the organization. There is a precision factor of being at the core, while there is definite delegation of work but details on performance and its evaluation at regular intervals is also mentioned. The management plan gives the basis of the philosophy, which governs the working of the organization and helps to create and implement the mission statement (Morgeson, 2010) In this paper, the analysis provided is for a strategic management plan, which will look into the four basic functions of the management plan and will ensure to create an appropriate consultancy plan to help the organization in concern with their management issues. The Outdoor Paint Ball Park is a co-operative venture between Mike, Ethan and Daisy. Brief about the Organization Outdoor Adventure Paint Ball Park is one of the most recent tech savvy adventure theme park started by three budding and entrepreneurs. The theme park is a cooperative venture wherein the...
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...Subject name –strategic business management Topic name - The adidas company analysis Submitted by- Sohail yousaf Registration number-(MAF 051-23-074) Submitted to – Sir ahmad shahzad The MS Model The MS model is a method through which we identify human and material resources and how they are applied in particular industry or sector. Following is the detail provided of the adidas company how they applied MS model. Machinery As a part to initiate and implement better technology, such as computer stitching and high cutting frequency and automated production line across factories and to provide technical training to the staff across the factory. Make up Being a large organization the company has also made the policies to maintain its cutler, by keeping high value to its employees, and management. As we know that being a large organization the company has also protected its good will and patents therefore the company has also developed anti-counterfeiting programs. Management & Information To become a leading organization management is the the back bone of the organization. The company has hired most skilled and computable management in order to get the best and unique product. In this process a lot of work Is done at R&D department. Markets Being a large organization it is necessary to maintain...
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