...EFFECTIVE INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS Effective interpersonal interactions are not only enriching but essential. Interpersonal interactions influence everything from the happiness of your family to the closeness of your friends and the success of your job. Unfortunately, effectively communicating your needs, feelings and opinions can be difficult at times. There are a number of different types of barriers that influence one's ability to have and sustain interpersonal interactions. Understanding those barriers is the first step to overcoming them. Physical Barriers While physical barriers to effective interactions may seem obvious, their implications should not be ignored. Physical barriers to effective interpersonal interactions can include a lack of personal proximity to the person with whom you trying to communicate and technical barriers, such as a lack of communication devices. Additionally, immediate physical barriers, such as a shut door to a boss's office, may be present. The implications of physical barriers can be far-reaching, even going so far as to create emotional barriers which prevent effective interactions. Emotional Barriers Most emotional barriers to effective interpersonal interactions are motivated by fear. Lessons learned from negative childhood socialization experiences can cause excessive fear, mistrust and nervousness when attempting interpersonal communication. An example of a learned emotional barrier is an inability to trust someone with...
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...An Experiment on Public Speaking Anxiety in Response to Three Different Types of Virtual Audience David-Paul Pertaub*, Mel Slater*, Chris Barker** *Department of Computer Science **Department of Psychology University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT 2 An Experiment on Public Speaking Anxiety in Response to Three Different Types of Virtual Audience Abstract This paper describes an experiment to assess the anxiety responses of people giving five minute presentations to virtual audiences consisting of eight male avatars. There were three different types of audience behaviour -an emotionally neutral audience that remained static throughout the talk, a positive audience which exhibited friendly and appreciative behaviour towards the speaker, and a negative audience, which exhibited hostile and bored expressions throughout the talk. A second factor was immersion: half of the 40 subjects experienced the virtual seminar room through a head-tracked head-mounted display and the remainder on a desktop system. Responses were measured using standard Personal Report of Confidence as a Public Speaker (PRCS) which was elicited prior to the experiment and after each talk. Several other standard psychological measures such as SCL-90-R (for screening for psychological disorder), the SAD and the FNE were also measured prior to the experiment. Other response variables included subjectively assessed somaticisation and a subject self-rating scale on performance...
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...Social Phobia Psychology 201 Sec. 03 April 27, 2005 Social Phobia Did you know that over 7% of the population suffers from social anxiety disorder (social phobia) right this very minute? Social Anxiety is the third largest mental health care problem in the world today. Social anxiety is the fear of social situations and the interactions with other people that can automatically bring on feelings of selfconsciousness, judgments, evaluation, and criticism. Social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, and depression. Social anxiety disorder is a much more common problem. People with social anxiety disorder do not believe that their anxiety is related to a medical or physical illness or disease. This type of anxiety occurs in most social situations, especially when the person feels on display or is the center of attention. The socially anxious person has extremely high anxiety when they are put into a position to make small talk to a stranger or interact in a group. The anxiety becomes worse when the person fears that they are going to be singled out. People with social anxiety find it to be a terrifying experience to interact with unfamiliar people, give any type of public presentation, or even be publicly noticed. In public places, such as work, meetings, or shopping, people with social anxiety feel that everyone is watching, staring, and judging...
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...THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF SOCIAL PHOBIA AMONG THE ADOLESCENT IN SELECTED COLLEGE AT TUMKUR WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP A HEALTH EDUCATION MODULE .” PERFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECT FOR DESERTATION MR.PRAVIN RAMESH GHOLAP. PSYCHIARIC NURSING ARUNA COLLEGE OF NURSING RING ROAD, TUMKUR 2009-2010 RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA. PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECTS FOR DISSERTATION 1.NAME OF THE CANDIDATE: MR. PRAVIN RAMESH GHOLAP. AND ADDRESS ARUNA COLLEGE OF NURSING RING ROAD, MARALUR TUMKUR-572105 2. NAME OF THE INSTITUTION: ARUNA COLLEGE OF NURSING RING ROAD, MARALUR TUMKUR-572105 KARNATAKA 3. COURSE OF STUDY : 1 YEAR M.Sc. NURSING AND SUBJECT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING 4. DATE OF ADMISSION : 10.06.2009. TO COURSE 5. TITLE OF THE TOPIC : “A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF SOCIAL PHOBIA AMONG THE ...
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...Anxiety (Symptoms of anxiety and the appropriate treatments): Anxiety Vs Phobia Phobia is a kind of anxiety What is anxiety? It refers to several disorders that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worrying. In particular, it arises when something is out of a person's expectation in certain situation. * very common * mild (give rise to slight unsettling) * severe (Can interfere a person's ability or daily behavior ==> disorder) Common disorders concerning anxiety: * Generalized Anxiety Disorder(non-specific) * Phobia (avoidance of certain objects) * Social Anxiety Disorder * Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (need certain actions to relieve their anxiety) * Separation Anxiety Disorder(form a place or person) * Post-traumatic Stress Disorder(from previous trauma) Symptoms of anxiety: * symptoms can vary from adult to children, male to female, person to person as well. **anxiety symptoms are symptoms and sensation of stress, instead of harbingers of something more serious Process of anxiety: When we are anxious, our body changes how it functions (fight or...
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...repulsive automation he lodged had developed consciousness of its own”. Pnin has also kept track of and noted down the date of all those time he got the same anxious feeling and he's very specific about it. He seem like a very fidgety and a nervous person as a whole. The narrators of this story sounds like he is also in the same state of mind as Pnin's because of the way he ponders about life, death and the world. Pnin seems very confused, lost and very easy to manipulate and also naive. He seem terrified on many occasions through out this excerpt. His character is very endearing while the narrator explains Pnin's mannerism in a rather harsh manner. If people look at Pnin as an outsider, they will come up with a conclusion that he has an Anxiety disorder because of the way he behaves. He is frantic, terrified, nervous,...
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...Essay Title – Using the case study provided at the end of the module identify and explain the client’s issues and devise a course of treatment for him, taking in to account any ethical issues. Word count – 2422 Introduction This assignment is based on a case-study of Mr X who attended an initial consultation presenting with several concerns and issues. Most of the client’s self-referred problems appear based on his perception of the world, people around him and his relationship with these, probably related to low self-esteem. I shall explore the issues presented by the client and base them on a theoretical framework. The client reveals many strengths in his life and character, which I shall highlight, and will serve as basis for a positive formulation into his needs. I will also explore appropriate therapeutic approaches for this client and suggest a course of action based in theory and clinical applications. Client initial presentation During the initial consultation it was evident that Mr X was looking for some change into his life. He disclosed a deep wish to move on but he also felt that he was being held back by his insecurities and fears. The main issues highlighted by Mr X were :- Wanting to apply for the job promotion, feeling he is able to do the job but insecure of applying for it; Feeling that his work colleagues find him boring, because he does not go out with them for a drink; Desire to improve his ‘relationship’ with his work colleagues, by proposing another...
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...powerless to do anything to change their responses. I learned to use this in my everyday life when it comes to FEAR which I came up with False Evidence Appearing Real which I love using and letting others know what the meaning means to me. Therefore, the feared situation – such as presentations, speeches, and meetings are avoided or else endured with intense anxiety or distress. In Bill’s situation, he suffers from intense fear of intense fear of public speaking and finds new ways of avoiding situations that involve speaking in front of audience, until his recent promotion at work. Two helpful techniques to reduce nervousness I would do is take a deep breath which is a powerful anxiety-reducing technique because it activates the body’s relaxation response. Last I would question my thoughts because when your anxious, your brains start coming up with all sorts of outlandish ideas, many of which are highly unrealistic. Anxiety is interesting, because it tends to get worse when you try to fight it. It's not clear why that occurs, but most likely the stress that your body goes through in order to control the stress of anxiety only makes it worse, as does the effort it takes to try to not feel your natural...
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...------------------------------------------------- Workshop Two BIBLICAL WISDOM Proverbs 15:1 (NIV) “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Mark 11:25 (NIV) “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins." Bobby Knight, the former coach of Indiana University’s basketball team, had an angry outburst and assaulted one of his players. The university sent him to “anger management” treatment. He subsequently had another major angry outburst and was fired—despite having been one of the most successful college basketball coaches in history! The correct way to stop the whistling teakettle is to turn off the burner. Likewise, the answer to ending angry outbursts is to find the root cause of the anger, and then “turn it off.” Forgiveness will turn off the burner. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES By the completion of this workshop, the student will be able to: * Evaluate scenarios in which listening has been compromised. * Examine conflict management in the workplace. * Describe barriers of effective listening. * Compare ambiguous and specific language. * Investigate the use of praise and criticism in the workplace. * Create slides using a professional design selected in PowerPoint. ------------------------------------------------- Workshop Two Assignments The following assignments will be submitted prior to Workshop Two. Individual...
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...a. Tharah Somas is a 16, year old. She was diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder. She has been experiencing high feelings of stress when she is surrounded by other people. Due to her lack of sociableness. This has always been a problem but increased ever since she took AP Biology. Even the thought of being around people or going to events makes her break out in hives and prompts her to cancel. After she started getting sick when her mom would invite people over she knew it was time to seek help for her problem. Since then she has started seeing doctor Mount and quit her AP Biology class. b. Baley Hryant is a 16, year old. She was diagnosed with Hypochondriasis. She first started showing symptoms after she got a stomach bug. She had a stomach bug for a few weeks so she missed quite a bit of school. After this she started assuming that everything was wrong with her. If she would get the slightest headache she would go home from school. Then she started not coming to school at all fearing that her life would be taken by the germs that the kids bring into the school. She decided to seek help after she shaved her head because she thought that she had cancer and thought this was going to be inevitable. She has been seeing Dr. Gabbard for 6 months and is continuing school...
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...Dealing with anxiety is like going through a whirlwind of your own thoughts. They crowd your mind leaving little or no room for rationalized focused thoughts. It creates unwanted behaviors that take over our lives. Making you uncommunicative, antsy, controlling, or just nervous all of the time. Everything is Worst Case Scenario even if your rational brain knows everything will be fine. It can feel like a huge cluster of negativity hanging over you. No matter how severe or what part of your life anxiety controls it takes a toll on your everyday life. The two S’s or Social interactions and your school life are all controlled by over analyzation and thoughts of ‘what ifs’ creating stresses and struggles throughout life whether at home, school,...
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...Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is commonly defined as “persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people or to possible scrutiny by others” (“Social Anxiety Disorder”). It is an expanding public health concern in the United States due to its debilitating characteristics that have largely affected the population. According to author Falk Leichsenring et al., “Social Anxiety Disorder is one of the most prevalent mental disorders, with a lifetime prevalence of 12% and a 12-month prevalence of 7%” (1074). Research has shown that excessive use of social media, environmental factors, and are key causes of SAD. To begin with, in today’s day and age, technology has become highly advanced...
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...Introduction: The purpose of this assignment is to critically discuss the literature on groupwork, and its relevance in occupational therapy with children. I will discuss some of the current literature surrounding groupwork and the merits of its use in occupational therapy. I will then analyse and discuss some of the factors in groupwork which influence the outcomes and effectiveness of the group including the group composition, the establishment of long-term and short-term goals, and the therapist’s style of leading the group. I will apply these factors to a specific condition for the purpose of demonstration. Finally, I will reflect on my learning of groupwork and how it will influence my future practice. Groupwork theory and use in therapy: Groups are defined by Mosey(1973) as ‘an aggregate of people who share a common purpose which can be attained only by group members interacting and working together’( as cited in Finlay, 2001, p.3). Acording to Blair(1990, as cited in Finlay, 2001) groups are ‘intrinsic to existence’. We are involved in family groups, classroom, peer, sport, work tasks and other groups. Group work is an approach that is widely used across occupational therapy and healthcare settings. ‘Only in more recent times have group practitioners and researchers begun to explore the use of group activities as a therapeutic approach’(Barnes, Howe & Schwartzbeg, 2008). This is in line with the renewed focus on occupation-based, client-based and evidence based...
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...Mental health concern | Symptoms | Causes | Treatment | Services available | Shyness | Symptoms for shyness could be:- Few friends- Reduced participation in activities- Feeling of loneliness, unimportance- Reduced self- esteem- High anxiety levels- Physical affects such as; blushing, stammering and trembling | -Genetics: personality traits can be decided by the inherited genetic make up-Personality: babies that are more sensitive and easily intimidated can grow up to be a shy child.-Learned behavior: children learning by intimidating their role models eg mum and dad. Shy parents may teach child to be shy.-Family relationships: children experiencing inconsistent care giving and don’t spend much time with their parents, may feel anxious and prone to shy behavior. However on the other hand, it parents are over protective, this can cause their to feel inhibited and afraid of new environments.-Lack of social interaction: if children are isolated from others for their first few years of living, this reduces their chance of having good social skills.-Harsh criticism: Children that have been bullied by their parent, sibling etc. may cause them to feel shy.-Fear of failure: Children who have been pushed to do well to many times may be fearful of failing, which can cause feeling of shyness. | There are ways in which you can help a child who has shyness characteristics.- Labeling a child as shy should be minimized as children a lot of the time live up to their labels people have placed...
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...Nothing will relax you more than to know you have properly prepared. The stage fright or speech anxiety felt by many speakers is due to not knowing enough about the speaking environment or the audience. The more you know about your speaking environment and your audience, the more relaxed you will be when delivering your speech. Many speakers, however, often overlook the need to include any kind of audience analysis as part of their speech preparation. Proper audience analysis will assure that you give the right speech to the right audience. Most professional speakers send their clients a multi-page questionnaire in order to gather enough information about them and the speaking event to properly customize their speeches. Using the word "A-U-D-I-E-N-C-E" as an acronym, I have defined some general audience analysis categories that these surveys should include. A nalysis - Who are they? How many will be there? U nderstanding - What is their knowledge of the subject? D emographics - What is their age, sex, educational background? I nterest - Why are they there? Who asked them to be there? E nvironment - Where will I stand? Can they all see & hear me? N eeds - What are their needs? What are your needs as the speaker? C ustomized - What specific needs do you need to address? E xpectations - What do they expect to learn or hear from you? Develop specific questions which fit into each of these eight categories and ask the client or audience to tell you what they...
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