Essays on Downplaying

History of Psychology in Autobiography by Robert Yerkes, was an interesting read filled with insight. Personally, I found much of the overall writing style to be dry and lacking in narrative quality. It was stale and difficult to get through. However, this was not the general point of the reading and, if one kept this in mind and focused on the material, it made the reading more enjoyable. I must say I agree that the author’s father sounds like a bad influence, but I cannot understand why an individual who chose psychobiology as a career and studied it ...

Examination of Performance Review Conflict

Examination of Performance Review Conflict Performance review conflict can create serious problems in the public sector. In reviewing an employee’s performance, the supervisor considers self-reported performance assessment, his/her observations of an employee’s work, and feedback from other supervisors and peers who had the opportunity to oversee or observe the work of the employee. However, ratings for each criterion depends, in part, on the subjective interpretation of the supervisor. Rater bias and favoritism based on gender, race, age, physical appearance or attractiveness, personality, and personal relations or interests may influence supervisor ratings. Evaluation results become the basis of ...

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Introduction A recent news about the United States lifting its arms ban in Vietnam have circulated on many major online news worldwide. Considered as a landmark occurrence in the bilateral relationship between the two countries, the lifting of the U.S. arms embargo towards Vietnam is seen by different news groups in many perspectives. It should be recalled that the United States and Vietnam had a turbulent relationship that originated when the United States intervened in the Vietnam War; a conflict that lasted for more than two decades, resulting to numerous loss of lives between the two countries. ...