...Socratic Seminar Reflection Before the seminar, I liked the text The Scariest Thing I Know. I liked it since the text was descriptive and interesting to read, I also thought that there was a lot of hidden metaphor in the story which was interesting to decipher. My thoughts immediately after reading the text were that Kid Death was really a metaphor for Nick who had always hid behind a mask to appear frightening and cool but once you “took off his mask.” He was just another Geek like Kid Death. I also thought that the Angel must also be a metaphor for something, and I realized that it was a metaphor for the angel that had saved Nick. I thought that Kid Death and the Angel bundled together represented what we perceive as the “Devil and Angel on our shoulders.” The Devil is Kid Death and the angel being the angel. This showed nicks inner battle to either remain behind a mask and be cool like Kid Death and make Bad things happen. Or be good like the angel and not be so cool but still be good, in the end he chose the path of the Angel and this changed his life since he started being good and not always acting tough since he knew what happens if he does. Before the seminar, I had a pretty clear idea of what the subject of the story was. I remembered the general area of the subject of the story was to constantly travel the good path in life. In the scene near the end of the text where Nick was “frozen in time” and was looking at the angel saving his brother. He could choose...
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...Characteristics and Behaviors of Effective Counseling The counseling profession is a broad landscape with many paths, directions and journeys. When one decides to expand on their personal or professional lives by delving into the helping profession, many questions arise to help make an informed decision as to where their efforts will be more useful. Even taking into consideration their own history, personality and desires. These attributes, when looked at from an informed perspective, allow individuals to put forth their best and become effective counselors. But what does being an effective counselor look like? For one, being an effective counselor begins with the question “what is motivating me to be a counselor?” (Sheperis & Ellis, 2014, pg. 162). According to the media provided, Gail Mear, Bob Walsh and Norm Dasenbrook explained some of the characteristics they thought are used during therapy sessions. These characteristics ranged from being a helping person, being able to set boundaries, being empathic so you are able to understand your client’s feelings and grasp where those feelings are coming from and collaboration. This paper will expand on some of those characteristics and also provide critique on a session to help understand not only those characteristics which are effective, but those that may be ineffective during a counseling session. Effective Characteristics Kottler believed that the professional counselor should inhabit characteristics in order to...
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...INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & TECHNIQUES Collected by MBA Dept General Advice Before you go for your interview you need to find out everything you can about the company. Reread your application/CV/covering letter, so that you can think about your skills and qualifications, and also questions that you might be asked. In order to do well in the interview you need to be able to convince the interviewer that you have the right skills for the job, this will include your motivation towards the job, how well you will fit into the company, along with meeting their academic and skills requirements. You should dress smartly and appropriately and should leave in plenty of time allowing for possible delays, so that you are not late. Remember first impressions last! Tips It's a good idea to ask for a glass of water, as you will be doing a lot of talking, but it’s also good to take a sip if you want a few seconds to think about the question asked. • Ensure that you are sitting comfortably in a position where you can address all the interviewers. • Make sure that you remember the names of the interviewers, and take note of their various roles. First Impressions Most people make an initial opinion of a stranger within the first five minutes of meeting them. According to research employers' impressions are made up of the following: Body Language and image (70%) Tone of voice (20%) What you say (10%) As soon as you enter the building you need to be polite to everyone...
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...“Tell me about yourself” You’ve just arrived at your interview. You shake the interviewer’s hand. He motions for you to sit down and you make yourself comfortable. Then he pops the question: “Can you tell me a little about yourself?” It seems like a simple request, but “tell me about yourself” often trips people up because of its openended nature. “Most people prepare to answer pointed questions, but with this one you’re not exactly sure what the interviewer wants,” says Brad Warga, vice president of talent at Harrah’s Casino. On one hand, you could spout out your entire life story, from conception to your breakfast that morning. On the other, you could give a straight list of your qualifications. But employers are really looking for an answer that falls in the middle of this spectrum—an introduction to how your background, passions, and personality led you to the interview and shaped you into an ideal candidate for the job. Coming up with that answer isn’t always easy, so we’ve compiled a list of the essential elements your response should include. Passion “When I ask the question, I’m looking for the candidate’s motivation,” says Warga. “I’m really saying ‘Tell me how you ended up sitting across from me today.’” To answer, you need a handle on the reasons you’re passionate about the job. Maybe you’ve always been fascinated by the inner workings of computers, and that’s why you’re trying to advance your career in computer programming. Maybe you fondly remember going to baseball...
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...Behavioral Interviews General Tips Most candidates approaching finance interviews stress over the technical questions. However, answering a behavioral question in a “less than desirable way” or fumbling around without a legitimate answer can do even more damage than missing a technical question. Analysts will spend 80+ hours per week with their co-workers, so proving you are someone they will enjoy being around is more important than proving you know how to work your way through a discounted cash flow model. That does not mean that we suggest you not thoroughly prepare for the technical aspect of the interview as well! Once you get the job, your firm will put you through a rigorous training session. Your company will assume you have little prior financial knowledge so they are not looking for the next finance wizard or CFO — they are looking for someone they will be comfortable working with for the next two years and who will be able to handle the demands of the job. First impressions are crucial so as you walk through the door and give your interviewer a firm handshake, make sure to wear a friendly smile and relax if you are nervous. You won’t die, we promise. Try to turn any nervousness into positive energy that can be interpreted as enthusiasm for the position. The person across the table could be sitting there for eight straight hours interviewing 16 kids in a row. He/she will get bored if there is no passion in your voice and no conviction in your speech. This...
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...Human Resource Management, 12e (Dessler) Chapter 7 Interviewing Candidates 1) Which of the following is the most commonly used selection tool? A) telephone reference B) reference letter C) interview D) personality test E) work sampling technique Answer: C Explanation: Interviews are the most widely used selection procedure. Not all managers use tests, reference checks, or situational tests, but most interview a person before hiring. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 229 Chapter: 7 Objective: 1 Skill: Concept 2) Which of the following refers to a procedure designed to obtain information from a person through oral responses to oral inquiries? A) work sample simulation B) writing test C) interview D) reference check E) arbitration Answer: C Explanation: An interview is a procedure designed to obtain information from a person through oral responses to oral inquiries. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 230 Chapter: 7 Objective: 1 Skill: Concept 3) When an interview is used to predict future job performance on the basis of an applicant's oral responses to oral inquiries, it is called a(n) ________ interview. A) verbal B) group C) selection D) benchmark E) background Answer: C Explanation: Selection interviews are designed to predict future job performance based on the applicant's oral responses to oral inquiries. Interviews may be one-on-one or may be conducted in group settings. Diff: 1 Page Ref: 230 Chapter: 7 Objective: 1 Skill: Concept 4) Which type of interview follows a performance appraisal...
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...CONFIDENTIAL BM/APR 2011/MGT534/532/531 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION COURSE COURSE CODE EXAMINATION TIME ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR / ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOR MGT534/532/531 APRIL 2011 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts : PART A (4 Questions) PART B (5 Questions) 2. Answer ALL questions from PART A and any three (3) questions from PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of: i) the Question Paper ii) an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty 3. 4. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO This examination paper consists of 4 printed pages © Hak Cipta Universiti Teknologi MARA CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PART A CASE STUDY 2 BM/APR 2011/MGT534/532/531 You are in charge of a small department and have three subordinates - Mudzfir, Ammar and Amzar. The key to the success of your department is to keep these employees as motivated as possible. Here is a brief summary profile of these subordinates. Mudzfir is the type of employee who is hard to figure out. His absenteeism record is much higher than average. He greatly enjoys his family and thinks they should be central to his life. The best way to describe Mudzfir is to say that he is a kind of a character who believes deeply in the family values...
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...Chapter Two Reflection Questions 1. Dr. Blau emphasizes the importance of understanding the “whys” of a client’s experience and behavior. What advantages and disadvantages do you see in this focus? Dr. Blau provides a good reasoning behind his importance of wanting to understand the “whys” of a client. I see that this can help us get much of the questions answered for a therapist with all the input from the client. The advantages could be that why questions can allow clients to think deeper about their problems they are discussing as well as get a better idea of the cause of an event. The disadvantages I see which could result from asking so many “why” questions would be frustration from the client because they would not know how to answer a question. We often do not understand why we commit a certain act besides the fact that we commit it. Also, emphasizing why a client did a behavior will eliminate any other reason to why a certain issue occurred. 2. Dr. Blau suggests that the psychosexual aspects of Ruth’s relationships with her parents, and possibly her siblings, still represent key conflict areas in her present behavior. In what ways may her early experiences be having a significant impact on her life today? How might you explore these dynamics with her? Due to the early experience she had with being caught by her father while playing doctor has left a lasting impact in her life. She felt that she committed a sin that she is unable to take back, despite her...
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...“Problems to solve by lucy kellaway & the Financial Times” Do I have to invite co-workers to my wedding? This is a very interesting question. When you see it if no one asks you to think about it one is likely to think “what a stupid question, that has an obvious answer”, but you would be wrong. A person that works in a company will most likely spend more time there then at home. It shouldn't be to much of a predicament if the person holding the wedding gets is friends with everyone at work, which might happen if you work for a small company, and the work space consists of a small work force. What if you don’t like some one in your work place? or even if one feels that the time they spend with their colleagues is more then enough? It really depends on the person who is about to take the ultimate step in a relationship. One can invite everyone and just have to deal with those who are not to their liking, which will prevent any future resentments. One can invite just the ones they get along with, this with the notion that others will find out about the happening, and might result in future quarrels in the future. A politically correct approach can be taken by not inviting their co-workers to the wedding using the expenses as an excuse. As a person that has never worked in an office environment, and hasn’t even pondered on the idea of getting engaged, it is hard to considered the approach that I would take. Based on school environment birthdays, I believe if I was eccomicly...
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...Doan Chi Co Assignment- Annotation responding “The pursuit of happiness” Eng101-AC17 September 25, 2015 Matthew F. Adams The Pursuit of Happiness Mark Kingwell is an author of the book In pursuit of happiness: Better living from Plato to Prozac (1998). The reading is about the happiness, and this is the philosophical question "what is happiness?” In general, he wants to show the reader how to identify, to pursuit happiness? But he shows happiness is an essentially contestable concept. By many ways, he tries to define the meaning of happiness by taking another author’s idea about happiness. Firstly, he chooses to explain by a New English Dictionary, for example, the famously unhelpful state of pleasurable content of mind, which results from success of the attainment of what is considered good. And the he called a universal definition of happiness “a mug’s game”- that is the game no one can win. He states that the search for the happiness is one of the chief source of unhappiness”. Base on the Psychological Science money, education, and family background are less important in determining one’s level of happiness than basic genetic. What is happiness? Happiness is really easy to answer someone if there happiness is simple. Or it might be a confusing answer. Henri de Montherlant said “happiness write white when it comes to literature or it’s just a banality of contentment”. The author knows that is an impossible answer but he wants to show that every people want to search for their...
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...Interview Question 1: How would you explain the nature of the panel interview Maria had to endure? Specifically do you think it reflected a well thought out interviewing strategy on the part of the firm or carelessness on the part of the firm’s management? If it was carelessness, what would you do to improve the interview process at Apex Environmental? Answer: The overall expression of the interview was so stressful. This is because Maria Fernandez was a bright popular and well informed mechanical engineer, who graduated with an engineering degree from State University in June 2003. As she was a bright and intelligent engineer she always expected a job which can evaluate or where she can implement her working capability and exclusively one her technical skill expertise. So a firm likes Apex Environmental which is a well known and structured firm where Maria most wanted to work. This can evaluate her working ability perfectly. That was her expectation. But the interview was a disaster for her because it was an Stress interview. The interviewer seeks to make applicant uncomfortable with occasionally rude question. The question ranged from unnecessarily discourteous to irrelevant and sexist such. This it reflected a well thought out interviewing strategy on the part of the firm because it helps to identify hypersensitive applicants and those with low high stress tolerance and Maria was selected because of her responsible and mature behavior. To respond the question whether it...
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...receive the question,”Who are you?” at some point in time. Out of all those people that were asked this question, almost all of them will answer with their name, but that is wrong, they are more than a name, a label, a signature on a paper. The real answer is revealed in a conversation between Every Hammond and V from V for Vendetta: “‘Who are you?’ asked Every Hammond.’Who? Who is but a form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask,’ V replied.” The face is a mask used to cover one’s soul and the eyes are the only true way to see someone’s true colors, and as seen in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph and Jack are hidden behind their mask. We can see through their masks by staring deeply into the...
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...Unit 10 Spelling Three people faced impending doom. One of them was quite personable, but her personality had many whimsical quirks. The second person was constantly devising new ideas for their works. They were a dexterous carver. The third person was quite rude, and scoffed at the others in the room. They didn’t know what was happening. They all just knew they were stuck, and something bad was very likely to happen. The first person kept her vitality, and asked the others questions. Her upbeat personality eased the second person’s trepidation, but only vexed the third person. “Let me habituate myself to the idea of death in peace, and think on what I may rue in the afterlife. You shouldn’t force your happiness on people,” the third person...
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...Candidate Signature Candidate Number For Examiner’s Use Examiner’s Initials Question Mark General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination June 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Psychology (Specification A) Unit 2 PSYA2 Biological Psychology, Social Psychology and Individual Differences 9.00 am to 10.30 am Thursday 10 June 2010 You will need no other materials. 10 11 TOTAL Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. Answer all questions. You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). Information The marks for questions are shown in brackets. The maximum mark for this paper is 72. Question 3 should be answered in continuous prose. You may use the space provided to plan your answer. In Question 3, you will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. (Jun10psya201) G/T52601 6/6/6/ PSYA2 2 Section A Biological Psychology Answer all questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box Total for this question: 6 marks 1 The following data show the results from a study into different...
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...Interview Questions • • • • • • • • • • Why have you selected to join us? I always longed to work with a company. I am familiar and whose products I have used and trusted. (Narrate briefly how you can prove your statement. Do good research on the company before facing the interview) Where do you want to be in 5 years? I would like to be frank. Judge me from the work and I am sure you will put me right where I want to be. Note : Do not over ambitious and speak in a way that you are not satisfied with your current job which you have applied for. Describe your ideal career? Talk of what you enjoy most your skills and natural talents. Do not specify your goal and any job title. Tell me something about yourself Do not just repeat what you have given in your resume. Be ready with the answer, a talent or something you did out of the ordinary. You can sound it as unique or give it a touch of your personality. How did you apply for the job? Be specific and give a straight answer of how you came to know about the vacancy. If it was advertised specify how you came across it. Why do you want to work here? Have a research done about the company / organization Give just one or two reasons why you are interested. You can add these points (1) company's reputation(2) desire to join the specific field of interest. Don't you think that you are over qualified for this job? (This question is put to you to puzzle a candidate. Be calm and answer the question with a positive...
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