...Personal Responsibility Courtney Cerniglia GEN/200 December 02, 2013 Lisa Foster Personal Responsibility Imagine your life if you did not take any responsibility. You never turn anything in on time, you don’t feed your cat, and you do not wash your socks. You would fail your class, your cat would be hungry, and you would stink. That life would be a chaotic one, so while it may seem difficult to learn personal responsibility, it is most important because the choices you make early in your education, influence your success in your academic career. Everyone needs clean socks, right? “Response-ability” Personal responsibility is simply a person’s “response-ability,” that is, the ability of a person to maturely respond to the various challenges and circumstances of life (Thomas, 2012). Look at it this way, if you are not willing to take personal responsibility, your giving up your opportunity for personal growth. Personal responsibility is also taking responsibility for your actions. In an article written by Ron Haskins, who is a senior researcher in economic studies, he stated “students accept the responsibility to study hard and to learn as much as they can in courses that press against the limits of their capacity” (Haskins, 2009). We as a student need to realize that we control what grades we make, what and how much information we take in, and how much time and effort we want to put into our academic careers. Life Experience Let me give you an example of this...
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...psychological transference especially by a psychotherapist during the course of treatment, the psychotherapist's reactions to the patient's transference, and the complex of feelings of a psychotherapist toward the patient. (Merriam-Webster, 2012) The APA defines countertransference as the conscious or unconscious emotional reaction of the therapist to the patient which may interfere with treatment. (APA, 2012) These definitions provide black and white textbook offerings to the meaning of countertransference, but to experience countertransference firsthand brings the concept to light in an irradiating spectrum of colors and intensity. The APA’s definition captures an event of countertransference as being at both conscious and unconscious levels. I believe it’s imperative to acknowledge that during countertransference, the counselor can be both aware and unaware of their reaction(s) to a client’s appearance, tonality, mannerisms, religion, nationality, etc... In the struggle to maintain objectivity, the counselor is obligated to practice self-awareness and recognize (a) when they may be experiencing countertransference and (b) how they reacted to the countertransference. How can you recognize when you have reacted to countertransference? My thought here is if objectivity was lost with the client, then a reaction contrary to benefiting the client took place. In an article by Stephen Reidborg, he states that “Freud realized that transference is universal, and therefore could occur...
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...transactions”. Journal of Banking and Finance. Available from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MiamiImageURL&_cid=271679&_user=910074&_pii=S0378426611002147&_check=y&_origin=gateway&_coverDate=31-Jan-2012&view=c&wchp=dGLzVlS-zSkWz&md5=54991a8cb4d588bf972621a486af094a/1-s2.0-S0378426611002147-main.pdf In merger prospective, acquired company offers a payment package to its target depends on the target’s value. Company has its own private information about its value which can act as competitive advantages and they do not share to other parties. Then medium exchange is chosen my both parties as a tool to solve asymmetric information. In last article, we mentioned that acquired company can choose between cash and stock payment to pay for its target. However, it cannot solve both bidder and target asymmetric information. In this article, they introduces us a new payment method which extends medium exchange method, convertible securities method. Convertible security contains a debt payment and stock payment. Debt component helps to separate higher-value bidder from lower one, and then signaling its true value to target. The lower-value bidder cannot follow higher one by issuing the same convertible security because it can lead to bankruptcy cost. As a result, using debt component, acquirer can eliminate mimicry, then resolve for bidder asymmetric information. Besides, equity component help higher-value bidder to share cost of overpayment with its target by keeping share price...
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...Developing Your Annotated Bibliography READING CRITICALLY Here are some general questions to help you with reading journal articles critically in order to develop an annotated bibliography. 1. What is the larger context of why this article was written? To what is the author responding? I hope that you will begin to ask this question for everything you read. All perspectives are partial and you need to not only know where the article is situated in the larger sociopolitical debate but also what it is saying and not saying or implying about a specific issue. This question may best be answered last after you understand the author's main argument. This question is about the larger debate that the author is engaged in or the implication of his/her work given his/her thesis. The author’s own background is mostly a factor in the reason for the essay. [e.g., The article is about “lazy welfare mothers” and thus it contributes to the debate for welfare reform.] 2. What is the author's main argument? Search the reading for the thesis statement and either quote or paraphrase it with citation (page number, and location in page if reference is assigned reading). Explain clearly what the main argument of the author is. If question #1 is about motive, this question is about what the crime is. [e.g., The main argument by the author is that welfare mothers are lazy and just abusing taxpayers’ generosity.] 3. What are the evidences the author used to support his/her argument? Good...
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...Summary: This short article briefly explains the effects of the bushfire in Australia had on Sydney harbour’s iconic ‘opera house’. The smoke is said to have ‘overshadowed’ the harbor, turning day into night. It then goes on to saying climate change is not only worsening in Australia, but also affecting throughout the world. Personal Reaction: Firstly, I found the topic intriguing. The fact that huge, dark clouds had turned day into night, was somewhat sort of exciting. However, as I kept on reading, the reality of it kicked in. Climate change is in issue which we all are facing, and this is just one of the many effects of climate change. I am worried about what will happen next, if something is not done immediately. Summary: This short article briefly explains the effects of the bushfire in Australia had on Sydney harbour’s iconic ‘opera house’. The smoke is said to have ‘overshadowed’ the harbor, turning day into night. It then goes on to saying climate change is not only worsening in Australia, but also affecting throughout the world. Personal Reaction: Firstly, I found the topic intriguing. The fact that huge, dark clouds had turned day into night, was somewhat sort of exciting. However, as I kept on reading, the reality of it kicked in. Climate change is in issue which we all are facing, and this is just one of the many effects of climate change. I am worried about what will happen next, if something is not done immediately. Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com Date:...
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...The Wall Street Journal Miami Condo Project Looks to Lure Chinese Buyers ARTICLE BY: ROBBIE WHELAN December 16, 2014 roobbie.whelan@wsj.com Bibliography - http://www.wsj.com/articles/miami-condo-project-looks-to-lure-chinese-buyers-1418765925 - http://miamiworldcenter.us/the-building/ - http://www.ctbuh.org/News/GlobalTallNews/tabid/4810/Category/45/language/en-US/Miami.aspx Introduction International investors, especially the high-net-worth ones, always seem to have a spot reserved for them when it comes to the ever growing market of real estate. As location varies, a different assortment of ethnicities gather to become one with the elite distribution of properties found throughout the United States. As such, the demand for luxurious homes will continue to rise in the near future; for those who are able to afford a secondary residence tend to focus mainly on elegance and style rather than capital and finance. Location Diversity Miami is largely known for its beautiful beaches and diverse population, now holding a vast of amount of Latinos as its primary international race. However, the Asian population has accounted for 8% of Florida’s international property buyers in the year of 2014, of those, 2% belong directly to the Chinese economy. On a much larger scale though, the entire Chinese market for international buyers within the United States comes to a staggering 16% according to...
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...“Navigation My Eerie Landscape Alone” is the title of a brief article by Jim Bobryk which is about behavior people from outside who are so afraid of doing the wrong things that they prefer to do nothing at all. The Author tells us that a few years ago all his life was completely changed. He had battled glaucoma for 20 years, but one day after lunch he recognized that his eyes had hemorrhaged. Jim Bobryk describes how different vision in his eyes helped him as "a navigator in this eerie landscape". Except his feelings, the Author writes about reaction of people of different ages from the street when they seen the human as wielding his stick. Also, the article is about how the Author builds relationship with his friends in new situations. The article "Navigation My Eerie Landscape Alone" involves an important topic because strangers do not really know how to keep balance of not to offend blind people. From my experience, I had the same questions: “Will my friendliness be misconstrued by the disabled as pity? Will an offer of help sound patronizing?” If I do not know the human personal, I will never know his reaction and I will prefer to “do nothing rather than take the risk of offending the blind.” Of course, if I will see that such people need help or if they are in a dangerous situation, I will not wait one second to help them. The problem is some of these people do not want to feel that they are different and they often become upset very quickly. Strangers often try to...
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...Title: That’s Not Fair! How Personal Value for Diversity Influences Reactions to the Perceived Discriminatory Treatment of Minorities Authors: Marı´a del Carmen Triana, Marı´a Fernanda Wagstaff, and Kwanghyun Kim Date: January 10, 2012 Source: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 Summary: This article describes a study regarding the correlation between a person’s personal values of diversity, in relation to how strongly they react when learning of discriminatory treatment of minorities. Triana et al. (2012), describe their findings by stating, “Through a field survey of 190 employees, we found that observers high in personal value for diversity have stronger negative reactions to the mistreatment of women and racial minorities than observers low in personal value for diversity.” Strengths and Limitations: The main strength of this study was that they surveyed a wide variety of participants, from different ethnic groups and backgrounds. It was also very evenly distributed among the two sexes. The main limitation that I observed was that the results of the study were fairly predictable. In my opinion, it only makes sense that people who have higher levels of personal value of diversity would have the strongest negative reactions to acts of discrimination against women and minorities. On the other side of the spectrum, people who have low personal values and opinions of diversity would be expected to not react very strongly to the mistreatment of minorities and...
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...A Critical Review Of An Academic Article Concerned With Certain Aspects Of New Issues Of Work |Course |Bachelor of Science (HONS) In Business Management | |Module |The Transformation Of Work | Table of Contents Reference-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3 The summary of the article----------------------------------------------------------4 An assessment of the methods used-----------------------------------------------5,6 Articles’ findings about the Transformation Of Work-------------------------------7,8 Strength and weaknesses of the articles-------------------------------------------9 References Books ．Price,Alan (2007), Human Resource Management in a Business Context 3RD Edition, Thomson Learning (Pp.400-12.) ．Torrington,Derek , Hall,Laural & Taglor,Stephen (2002), Human Resources Management 5th Edition, Pearson Education Limited (Pp.268-73.) ．Stone,Raymond J (2010), Managing Human Resources 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Son Australia (Pp.386-78.) ．Stone,Raymond J (2006), Managing Human Resources 1st Edition, John Wiley & Son Australia (Pp.312-8.) ．Mills, A.J, Helms Mills, J. and Miller,G.E. (2010), Introduction: gender and diversity at work II—Making...
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...Environmental Psychology Article Analysis PSY/460 March 26, 2012 Environmental Psychology Article Analysis Catastrophic events are incidents that have a sudden and powerful impact that elicit a reaction from people universally (Arkkelin & Veitch, 1995). These kinds of incidents can include nuclear disasters, natural disasters, or terrorist attacks like the attacks that took place on September 11, 2001 (9/11). The examinations of the psychological phenomena that occur from these events are crucial for the understanding of how people experience, respond, and perceive global threats (Hipp et al, 2009). Specifically, the attacks on 9/11 were actions of terrorist and exposed the weaknesses of the nation, and specifically Washington DC. The article that will be scrutinized by Bornstein & Hendricks (2007) attempts to analyze the stress responses of adolescents in the Washington D.C. area within an ecological structure including, adolescent perception, maternal personal characteristics, and adolescent personal characteristics. The Theoretical Basis of the Article Bornstein & Hendricks (2007) use, “…a developmental, multivariate approach that allows for the evaluation of interrelations among variables as well as the unique contributions of each…” (p. 72). The extent of this study is distinctive because few studies have investigated the effects of disasters and war on adolescents from an ecological viewpoint. The article reflects upon the adolescent...
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...would use for protection "The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals, a basic component of human nature". (Bowlby) Sometimes this is not always provided to an infant, and if it isn’t, it will supposedly affect the individual later in life. According to Bowlby "The operation of this system is affected by an individual’s social experiences, especially with early caregivers, resulting in measurable individual differences in attachment security". Attachment is a special emotional relationship that involves an exchange of comfort, care, and pleasure. Not only does attachment security aid in survival but it also has a huge influence on development, our behaviors and relationships later in life. In the article Attachment Security, Compassion and Altruism a series of studies were done by which it is claimed that compassionate feelings and values, and altruistic behaviors are also affected by the "attachment behavioral system." What I understand from this is if you are neglected of care as an infant it will affect how compassionate or altruistic you are later in life. Theoretically wanting to enhance compassion and altruism in the real world....
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...ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY – SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE | Reaction Paper | FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES AND ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR SUBJECT | Mariane P. Salmasan 10/21/2013 | Why Do Employees Resist Change The normal and natural reaction to change is resistance. Every individual has a threshold for how much change they can absorb. This resistance is inevitable and that management must be prepared to respond to it. In his article on why do employees resist change, Paul Strebel described that managers and employees view change differently. Both groups know that vision and leadership drive successful change, but far too few leaders recognize the ways in which individuals commit to change to bring it about. Managers see change as an opportunity to strengthen the business by aligning operations with strategy. However, employees see change as neither something to sought after nor welcome as it is disruptive and intrusive. It changes the balance. In order to fix this difference, managers must put themselves in their employees’ shoes and examine the terms of the personal compacts between the employees and company. Personal compact is the reciprocal obligations and mutual commitments, both stated and implied, between employees and the organization. It has three major dimensions. The first one is the formal dimension wherein employees capture the basic tasks and performance requirements for a job as defined by the company. In return, managers convey the authorities...
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...allergic dermis reactions which can outcomes in an itchy penis, swelling, and a global of affliction and distress. Heading off these substances is, of direction, the primary line of defense in coping with a penis hypersensitivity, however this isn't at all times viable. When an allergic reaction happens, some penis care pointers can help to soothe the anguish; and being mindful of some long-established culprits in terms of allergic reactions can help guys to lead clear as frequently as viable. Latex - the highest contender within the penile epidermis allergic reaction category is latex, which is discovered no longer best in condoms, but also in many articles of apparel; latex and identical supplies are more commonly added to other material to help prevent stretching and lack of form of a designated garment. Even guys who've now not previously experienced allergy symptoms to latex may strengthen an immune response to this material. For many who experience itching, redness, swelling and irritation of the epidermis, an alternative condom material reminiscent of polyurethane is also a greater choice....
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...1. What was your initial reaction to Limbaugh’s claim that “feminism was established so that unattractive women could have easier access to the mainstream of society?” I’m blown away by the stupidity of this article. That’s my first reaction. The more I read the more I felt that he was talking about some personal experience. His initial statement was about feminism being established for unattractive women but throughout his article all he talked about was rape and how it shouldn’t be different types of rape, just one. 2. What are two of Limbaugh’s main points? One main point he tried to make was the fact that women have the overall power to control man when it comes to men pursuing women and how we (man) has no chance in this and will be looked at as predators. The second point is rape should not be categorized into different areas, it should be just called rape. 3. How does Limbaugh support these points? Limbaugh gave the example of Fred Savage from the wonder years show. He stated how Fred Savage who was 16 at the time was hit with sexual harassment because he showed a 33 year old woman a little too much affection in trying to ask her out and touched her hand. I don’t condone the act of rape, sexual harassment or any other type of sexual innuendo towards the opposite sex or same sex for that matter, but I fail to see how this point has anything to do with EXTREMIST FEMINIST! 4. How would you answer Limbaugh’s points if you were arguing for the opposition to each...
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...sexual identity could be a life-long process and as such that many changes happen over time. This theory taps into a concept called “developmental plasticity” which revolves around human responsiveness to environmental and biological changes. In 1994, D’Augelli’s theory was presented. It borrows much from the life span model meaning that “identity is a ‘social construction,’ shaped by varying degrees by social circumstances and environment and changeable throughout life” (Evans, et. al, 2010, p. 315). This type of timeline leaves room for individuals to move through the stages at their own pace. The theory has three variables that are involved first in identity formation. The three are personal subjectivities and actions, interactive intimacies, and sociohistorical connections. Personal subjectivities and actions ties to how individuals perceive and feel about their sexual identities; Interactive intimacies includes how family, peers, significant others, close friends, etc. influence an individual; and Sociohistorical connections revolve around socially accepted norms, laws, policies, etc. This variable also has to do with where one is located geographically, culturally and within time (Evans, et. al, 2010, p. 316). What is most interesting about this theory is that D’Augelli’s model puts the majority of the...
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