Essays on Distancing

Liu, T., Moeller, S. K., Ode, S., & Robinson, M. D. (2013). Neuroticism as Distancing: Perceptual Sources of Evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104(5), 907-920.

Which perspective of personality did the authors take?

In both study 3 and 4, the researchers focus on how neuroticism (one of the five traits according to Eysenck) influences individuals’ perceptions of stimuli with positive or negative valence. A biological perspective is also evident in the fact that high neuroticism is dependent on an individual having an overactive sympathetic nervous system, thus a higher tendency for anxiety. The biological factor influences how each participant responds to the stimuli presented in ...

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between social networking and face-to-face communication with respect to their influence on the social interaction skills. The first aim of the research has to determine whether there is a causal relationship between use of social networking tools and face-to-face communication behaviors. The research aims to investigate the hypothesis. There will be a statistically significant difference in change/gain scores for communication behaviors between the experimental group and the control group; Face-to-face communication is associated with the students’ social media networking habits (i.e. time spent on social media networking). There will ...

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW OF RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS

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Thesis

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Anxiety has an intriguing way of dealing with people. In fact, most persons find it difficult handling this individual due to the impact he has on their performance. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact he makes one feel uneasy, worried and afraid of what is about to happen. He blends in with the emotions and physical sensations that we constantly experience while we are nervous or worried about something. In most cases, having to deal with this person is quite an unpleasant experience that requires a great personality to overcome. However, when anxiety and other ...

Chang, N.-Y., & Liou, T.-Y. (2009). A study of Latino parenting culture and practices: listening to the voices of Latino parents. Hsiuping Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 12, 1-36. Retrieved from http://ir.hust.edu.tw/bitstream/310993100/1599/1/12-01.pdf The article studies culture and practices of childrearing in Latino families. As the authors write, “Traditional Latino parents, in general, may have more rigid parenting values compared to their Caucasian counterparts” (Chang & Liou, 2009, p. 1). The conducted study is based on the qualitative research. First, the authors provide a complete literature review regarding the main values of Latin culture and historical background of their living in ...

Like a topology of narrative, Gerard Genette theory of narratology is regarded by most specialists in the field of literature as a reading tool that articulates an important milestone in the nurturing of the literary theory. By using narrative voice as a tool through which all the other categories are joined, Genette engages the context of production as an important element. Christian wolf is one of the withstanding novelists from the former East Germany. Cassandra, a very intense, difficult and prolific book was first published in 1983. The book was authored from inside a repressive regime, and its figurative function tends to cover its ...

Assignment 3 Essay—Using Primary Sources

Purpose of the Research The purpose of the research was to compare the level of stress between nurses and salespersons. The research sets out to prove that nurses are more prone to experience interpersonal stress because they frequently interact with patients who are the main cause of stress. The study also attempts to show how salespersons and nurses cope with interpersonal stress at their respective workplace. Consequently, the study endeavors to show that the coping behavior of nurses is a potential safeguard that can diminish their psychological functioning and welfare effects that can result from work related stress. Further, ...

For this essay, I have chosen to formally compare The Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist at Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey and that which is at the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul Naumburg, Germany. These two sculptural art works present the same iconography – one of the most important events in Christian history, which is the crucifixion of the Christ. It will be argued and discussed henceforth that the sculpture in Constantinople presents the event from a more philosophical perspective, while that in Naumburg presents the event on a more emotional perspective. That is, while the former appeals to ...

In the United States groups formed for the sole purpose of advocating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual(LGBT) rights did not come into being until after WWII. These groups were created to bring homosexuals in a show of support to one another and also to educate the legal authorities and legislators. The first organization created for gay men was known as the Mattachine Society and it was founded in 1950, followed shortly thereafter by the organization known as the daughters of Bilitis. This was a society created as a support system for lesbian women in America. These organizations attempted to secure social ...

Annotated Bibliography – Lesson 7

Green, C. Shawn, and Daphne Bavelier. "The cognitive neuroscience of video games." Digital media: Transformations in human communication (2006): 211-223. C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier are experienced scholars in the field of video game neuroscience, having previously written papers on the cognitive effects of video games on visual selective attention. In this article, the authors explore the theory that video game playing provides practical gains in enhanced perceptual capabilities, including hand-eye coordination, faster reaction times, benefits in peripheral vision and more. Evaluating the literature on hand for this type of neuroscience, the authors determine that ...

Executive Summary

This paper is aimed at exploring key professional techniques used in today’s narrative therapy while understanding the purpose of each. This paper starts with defining the research question and explaining the research methodology used for answering the research question. Then it proceeds to presenting the literature review of the sources searched. In the same literature review, the answer to the research question is presented while citing the sources; however, the answer is not declared as the answer to the research question in the literature review. Findings of the research are presented after the literature review in which the ...

When discussing about urbanization, an immediate association with industrialization, economic potential and employment opportunities arises. This also brings into discussion a focus on diverse population seeking employment and looking to integrate in the cities’ mechanism. Cities represent places where diverse population coexist, sharing urban transportation, residential properties/rent, or workplaces among many others, and within these places the diversity and difference among people is likely to be tolerated (Pratt-Adams, Maguire & Burn 31). But considering the fact that people with diverse background are activating in the same economy, this implies that they are competing for the same employment opportunities, the same housing ...

- Society’s thoughts. Opposing the thoughts about divorce some decades ago, today’s society faces the idea of divorce in a much lighter and one can say even natural way. This happens because of an increased focus on the ideals of one being autonomous, working on their personal growth; marriage ceased to be so imperative to maintain as it was before, it “is no longer a social obligation” (Introduction to Divorce, 1). Instead of this, inside the society’s self-fulfillment perspective is merely one of the many possible ways to achieve such goal. Society also changed the ...

Introduction

This is a case of a Chris’ family. Chris has a wife named Ann and a son named Alan. They are an independent family living in New York. They live inside a two-story house. Each has their own separate rooms and they are able to communicate and talk with each other at least two to three times per day. Chris is currently 40 years old, Ann is 38 y/o and Alan is 12 y/o. This paper aims to examine the communication patterns present in Chris’ family and check their use of body language, other communication skills, if they are using negative communication styles and ...

Abstract

In the present paper, the issues of female sexuality and abuse in the framework of generational development are analyzed. The studied topic refers to the characters of Tyler Perry’s screening of the famous feminist play of 1970s “Four Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange. In this context, the main aim of the present essay is to make psycho-social analysis of the one of the main characters named Tangie in respect to her relationship with her mother Alice and sister Nyla. In this context, all three characters and their interconnection are ...