...Judgmental Scrutiny In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the cottagers, the creature, and the Frankenstein’s judge others due to appearance resulting in a change of behavior and causing people to perform good or bad actions. The appearance of a person drastically changes how others interact with him or her. Throughout the novel, the characters judge others by their appearance and change their actions accordingly. The people that meet the creature interact with him offensively due to his appearance. For example, when the creature abducts a young child, William, the child screams, “Let me go monster! ugly wretch! you wish to eat me, and tear me to pieces— you are an ogre—let me go, or I will tell my papa.”(Shelley 141). This suggests that appearance affects how a person interacts with others without regard to his or her age. This also shows that even though the child was not familiar with the creature, the innocent child still judges him due to his appearance. In addition, after two years of intense labor, Victor completes the creature and infuses life into him; in his reaction to the animation of the creature victor states, “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.” (Shelley 55). This indicates that appearance drastically changes the behavior of people without regard to the relationships they share. This also shows that even though Victor spends countless...
Words: 678 - Pages: 3
...The Past Born into a relatively normal middle class family in the March of 1978, my dad was English and my mom Afrikaans. We were two siblings with me being the eldest, with a younger brother. I was blessed early on in life as I had both sets of grandparents on both sides as well as one great-grandmother on my mother’s side until I was twenty. My dad’s side of the family was from Irish decent and my great-grandmother from German decent. I grew up loved, and I adored my dad, for the most part we were a relatively normal suburbia family (Robbins & Judge, 2015). My grandparents on both sides where hardworking South African, my grandfather on my mom’s side worked for the Department of Trade and Industry as Head of Strategic Industries, while my grandfather on my dad’s side worked for Safair as an Area Manager. My dad didn’t pursue further education (Robbins & Judge, 2015) after school and started working in the sales. My mom pursued a diploma in art as she and her whole side of the family had that natural artistic flair. My dad and mom met when he was in the military service stationed in Upington, and strangely he first had eyes on my mom’s sister but after meeting both my mom and her sister my dad said that my mom was the girl he was going to marry after their first date. My brother and I were very different from an early age, I believe that due to the fact that I realised early on that my parents had to work really hard to keep the household together I...
Words: 3330 - Pages: 14
...would be okay with it. So is killing others right or wrong? Even in enlightened cultures, wars happen and people kill each other. These questions always come up when people talk about morality. In any debate, the arguments tend to take two extreme sides, which means there is not much middle ground left for the discussions. The slippery slope fallacy is often used to talk about morality. According to Richard Nordquist at about.com, the slippery slope fallacy is “A fallacy in which a course of action is objected to on the grounds that once taken it will lead to additional actions until some undesirable consequence results” (para. 1). In other words, we say something is right wrong because it can lead some something bad, not that the one behavior by itself is bad. The abortion debate in America is one of the most controversial, and it is full of people using slippery slope arguments. People who believe abortion should be illegal often say that people who believe abortion should not be illegal are anti-religious and evil, and they believe in killing...
Words: 2323 - Pages: 10
...The Unseen Mockingbird Actions seen as normal by one may seem obscene or even radical to others. That’s because “normal is only the prejudices and reality you have taken in as a child” – Albert Einstein. In Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird there are many characters with odd personalities and are seen as bad people that are killing mockingbirds, when in fact they are the mockingbird that no one sees. Bob Ewell is unfairly judged by the characters in the book as well as the readers of the book. Bob Ewell is an unseen mockingbird. As a child Bob Ewell was more than likely was beaten and abused by his parents; and this reality was passed down to him because that reality was passed down to him. So the behavior seen as horrific by other characters may...
Words: 574 - Pages: 3
...Abnormal behavior can be explained as behavior that significantly differs from some consensually agreed upon norm and is in some way harmful to the person or to others (Meyer, Chapman, & Weaver, 2009). If the stress of your daily active lead you to drink, some may see it as abnormal. When you consider killing yourself because life is too stressful. It will be label as being abnormal. A Normal behavior is a behavior that allows you to function in a natural way that does not interfere with your daily life. When you are able to do day to day task without letting it affect you. That is considered normal. If you go along with everything others are doing. That too is considered normal. To be normal you have to be able to adapt to what your environment or situation you are in. In life we do not know what tomorrow may bring. Normal and abnormal behavior is determined in consideration of the continuum between normality and abnormality. You also have to keep in mind that social context or historical context must be taken into account when answering the question as each culture and social structure has its own consideration of the two different facets of human behavior or thinking. 1. Help seeking- Abnormality can be identified by simply seeing who seeks treatment for emotional problems. 2 .Irrationality/Dangerousness-Mental illnesses is often associated with irrational, dangerous, or out-of-control behavior. 3 .Deviance-This refers to differentness, which is behavior or feelings...
Words: 877 - Pages: 4
...Grabiela Juarez Mr. Draney An expression that is widely known is not to judge a book by its cover. In relation to that, people judge and criticize the appearance and behavior of a person without knowing that person’s side of the story. Different people have been socially constructed to believe what is acceptable and what is not pertaining on how they grew up. People are judged by what they wear, and focus on what is appealing to them as an individual, as well as society. A generalization of a person, who would be considered taboo, is all black clothing, black hair, and black lipstick. A person like this would be considered: emotional, demonic, anti-social. This is the quote on quote “judging a book by its cover”. Fact could be the person is the sweetest. What prevents us from getting to know people? Why do we often automatically go for the stereotype, instead of learning something about the people we meet? What could be viewed in one culture as normal, could not be viewed in another the same, and could even be discriminated against. For example, other parts of the country wearing rings around their neck to elongate it, would show beauty. In the United States it would be considered taboo. There are many things society has considered taboo just for the fact that it is queer to them. The biggie socially constructionism would be religion. It affects the views of so many people. If a religious person, says they do not like tattoos, because god brought us onto this earth, without...
Words: 979 - Pages: 4
...century. Mental illness was approached from a spiritual point of view. Individuals of certain beliefs would misdiagnose others from the spiritual perspective and would assume that evil spirits controlled his or her’s physical, mental, and observable world (Tyrer, 2010). The following will be covered in this document: the origins of abnormal psychology, classification of normal and abnormal behaviors, how abnormal psychology evolved into a scientific discipline, and the theoretical models related to the development of abnormal psychology. The practice of trephination, a procedure that bore holes in a individuals skull to release evil spirits, was taken place in 3000 B.C. in Peru and Bolivia (Tyrer, 2010). Hippocrates was the first to approach abnormal behaviors from a biological perspective. He believed, “When the fluids were out of balance, this was the cause of mental illness” (Tyrer, 2010, para. 6). His theory was considered and almost close to the truth, in time his theory was proven to be inaccurate. Years later, Freud suggested the idea of conscious and subconscious processes to be the explanation of odd behaviors. He continued to suggest ideas from a psychodynamic perspective, but in the end lacked evidence in his theory. Freud’s theory inspired Wilhelm Wundt to elaborate on his theory. He began the scientific clarification of many psychological abnormal medical conditions, in 1879. G. Stanley Hall released the first diagnostic manual for mental disorders, in 1952 (Tyrer, 2010)...
Words: 979 - Pages: 4
...Legal and Ethical Environment of Business Thomas Matthew October 9, 2013 American InterContinental University Eric Baime * Analyze and explain the state of our legal system in terms of ethics. The basis of our legal system was and is to protect the wealth of a very few by imposing laws on the less fortunate class of society. Tribal leaders and kings that were capable of forming armies to their benefit developed this system years ago. They formed this cartel and enforced their rules upon a society who lacked the power to contest the laws imposed on them. This system has evolved in our society in the form of a government who utilize the police and military to dictate the lives of the public. They inform the public that these laws exist to protect the interests of the people within the society. If these laws were actually created for the overall good of humanity then indeed they would be ethical but in reality people in power abuse these laws for their benefit. The laws within our legal system do consist of some ethical components and are considered either valid or invalid. Since our legal system was created by the wealthy they essentially do have opposing ethical views. The conflicting viewpoints exist in the legal system because the laws strip freedom and justice from one person in order to provide it to another. This implies that unethical laws are present giving power to more and limiting it to some. The legal system consists of laws that prohibit ethical...
Words: 1075 - Pages: 5
...prejudice is more commonly known as a negative attitude towards people who belong to different social groups. It is usually a biased, and unfair judgment. Prejudice exaggerates the ideas of the social group segregation, and how people from different social groups behave differently. Discrimination is known as a behavior that is a prejudice based on the person’s membership in society. The word discrimination is often associated with the idea of derogatory prejudice, especially when it comes to class and race. The difference there is between stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination is that stereotyping can both be negative or positive, while prejudice and discrimination are usually assumed to be truly negative point of views. The idea of stereotyping is the belief to categorize people, prejudice is the negative views, while discrimination is the prejudice with both mental and emotional judgment served negatively. Take the example of job interviews. Anybody can apply for jobs interviews. The person may be of normal weight and of overweight, though there never was a written rule regarding normal weight people being more preferred, recruiters tend to be more biased to the normal weight people, especially when their job is to interact with customers. They want someone who looks “nice”, needless of their efficiency while doing their job, especially if the job requires a lot of dealing with people. The bias people have based on their body weight is usually...
Words: 529 - Pages: 3
...his scandalous behavior. After the court case of the United States vs Nixon, there was a decrease in the executive privilege because Nixon greatly abused his authority. So how was the Supreme Court put into action? It was all thanks to the Constitutional Convention. The Constitutional Convention was a meeting with fifty-five delegates from twelve out of thirteen colonies to make a government and rules that suited all the colonies. This took place between May 27th and September 17th, 1780 in Philadelphia. There was...
Words: 1503 - Pages: 7
...challenges in defining and classifying normal and abnormal behavior. There are several challenges that arisen when defining and classifying normal and abnormal behavior. The challenges that will be elaborated will be situational context, culture, and mind and body. Efforts to understand, clarify and control challenging behaviors can be found back to more than a few years. Influences can range from age and gender to culture and situational contexts. When bearing in mind the age of an individual, experts have their work cut out for them, anyone from any age group can experience from abnormal behaviors, this makes it challenging to make a diagnosis Certain cultures have what some would think of being odd or “abnormal” customs. Even with each of these concerns taken into account, mind, body, culture, and situational context, trying to determine if a person is displaying normal or abnormal behaviors can still be challenging. Many human behaviors can follow what is known as the normal curve. Looking at this bell-shaped curve, the majority of individuals are clustered around the highest point of the curve, which is known as the average. People who fall very far at either end of the normal curve might be considered "abnormal” (Sherry, K., N.d.). Situational Context Situational context is a social situation, behavioral setting, or general circumstances in which an action takes place. If the situational context is not considered in determining a person’s behavior it will affect one’s judgment...
Words: 1424 - Pages: 6
...mind and behavior. It seeks to comprehend people by understanding mental functions and social behavior. It also explores neurobiological and physiological processes that can drive cognitive functions and behaviors. It is this drive to understand mental processes that pushes psychologists to want to learn about what is normal and abnormal behavior. People have tried for thousands of years to understand and define abnormal behavior. In the past 100 years it has undergone “tremendous change, progress, and controversy”(Hansell, J & Damour, L., 2009, p.3). Throughout the modifications certain principles have remained which are known as the core concepts. These core concepts are what define abnormal behavior. There is no clear precise definition for abnormal, which gives rise to challenges in classifying abnormal and normal behavior. Abnormal psychology is a scientific discipline, in which a person acquires information on a person’s behavior and then measures the behavior to hypothesize a cause and treatment. There is a core concept that says that there are multiple causes to abnormal behavior, understanding this can lead to learning about and treating abnormal behavior. These multiple causes can be comprehended by learning about the psychosocial, biological, and sociocultural theoretical models related to the development of abnormal behavior. Abnormal The study of abnormal behavior began early in time when people tried to explain deviant behaviors. Abnormal behavior may have...
Words: 1597 - Pages: 7
...actions. Having said that, it is important to determine what traits a person must have to be a good leader. Based off of Dr. Donald O. Clifton’s study, there is not one single leadership characteristic a person must possess but rather that the best leaders must know their strengths and use them when they are needed most (Rath & Conchie, 2008, p. 13). There are many different styles of leadership but the two concepts that support my definition are charismatic and transformational. While uniquely different, they have the common theme that leaders are “individuals who inspire followers through their words, ideas, and behaviors” (Robbins & Judge, 2011, p. 387). Charismatic leaders are visionaries willing to take higher personal risks while motivating their followers through the “heroic or extraordinary leadership abilities” they posses (Robbins & Judge, 2011, p. 388). Their personalities allow them to “inspire or captivate” their followers and communicate with them more directly while addressing their needs (Bass & Bass, 2008). Through their words and actions, they convey a set of values inspiring the willingness of their followers to go above and beyond what is required of them (Howell & Avolio, 1995). In setting a tone of “cooperation and mutual support”, it creates trust, faith, and a belief in their leadership abilities. In order to demonstrate “courage and conviction” they...
Words: 1267 - Pages: 6
...depend on finding individual needs as well as to change his or her behavior. The Process theories look closely at the thought processes that affect the ability to make decisions. Maslow’s hierarchy need theories of motivation look at peoples needs as operational. Maslow uses a five-step hierarchy beginning at physiological, which is (lowest), to safety, to social to esteem, and ending with self actualization. Alderfer’s ERG theory puts the five needs into three sections growth, relatedness, and existence. Alderfer theory believes two or more needs can be used together. McClelland’s theory looks at the needs for strength, association, and achievement. It looks at needs as simply an ongoing process. Herzberg’s use two factor theories that connect motivation factors and job satisfaction together, one factor is responsibility the other is challenge. This is part of the job content; it connects job dissatisfaction to hygiene factors, such as pay. Organizational Behavioral According to Robbin, & Judge, (2009) many insights of great value comes from the power of knowing different behavior. Organization behavior is the research devoted to understanding individual and group ways and action. It helps to understand the interpersonal relationship and organizational dynamic between humans as well as motivating the ability to improve the performance of the organization and the people in them. The organization behavior help the organization defines workers personality so that it will...
Words: 848 - Pages: 4
...defendant’s fault. Therefore, the defendant is the reason he did not get the promotion. The plaintiff argues if the defendant had not been inappropriate at work, he would have been given a promotion. He now believes the last four years of working there has been for nothing. The defendant does not believe she was in the wrong for what she did. The defendant states the plaintiff never complained in the past and participated in previous pranks or office jokes. The defendant was under the impression that the jokes were a part of the office atmosphere. The defendant also explains there were never any discussions between the plaintiff and other co-workers regarding the inappropriate acts. She states if the plaintiff had expressed concern for the behaviors, the other colleagues would have respected his...
Words: 793 - Pages: 4
