Essays on Emotionally

1.0 Introduction
Behavioral, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD) are a collective term that comprehensively describes a wide range of complex and chronic disorders suffered by many people. The most comprehensive definition of BESD is enshrined in country’s special education law; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA defines BESD as a condition exhibiting one or more of the characteristics described below over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
These characteristics are: first, the inability to learn that is unexplainable in terms of intellectual, sensory or ...

Article Summary

Kuo, J. R., & Linehan, M. M. (2009). Disentangling emotion processes in borderline personality disorder: physiological and self-reported assessment of biological vulnerability, baseline intensity, and reactivity to emotionally evocative stimuli. Journal of abnormal psychology, 118(3), 531.
Borderline Personality Disorder is defined as “A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.” The essential features of a personality disorder are “impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits” (APA, 2013).
In 1993, Marsha Linehan proposed a theory of ...

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is defined by DSM-V as a developmentally inappropriate and disturbed attachment behavior that is characterized by underdeveloped attachment towards the primary caregiver. RAD was introduced in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition (DSM-III) in 1980 and is considered as one of the disorders of infancy as it is thought to occur as early as 9 months of age (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Attachment could be defined as a predisposition of an infant or child to seek comfort from a specific attachment figure, whom they consider as their primary caregivers. RAD ...

Brief synopsis of the storyline

“Ordinary people” is a simple, but painful emotional story evolving around an upper-middle class family residing in Lake Forest, Illinois. This film tells of the crumbling of this family after the death of the eldest son in a boating accident. It goes in-depth to tell us of Beth, a profound perverse narcissistic mother who tries to find success only in the social custom of appearances and their approval by hiding behind her mother status. Beth, who is the family mother, has installed coldness of heart, ostentation of feelings and lack of empathy as the usual mode of living in ...

Chapter I

The stereotypes and micro-aggressions suffered by a Black woman in a toxic workplace leads to deleterious effects. The effects reported here include oppression, shame, and isolation. Internalizing these feelings of isolation systematically caused the body, mind, and spirit to suffer physiologically and psychologically. The overall strategy is termed disconnection; this concept is reinforced by the “power over” (Jordan, 2010) by a dominant group who wantonly exercise shame and isolation to discourage mutually empowerment relationships (Jordan, 2010, p. 105).
This Black woman is me. The terms Black and African American are used interchangeably. It is my preference to identify with ...

Chapter I

The stereotypes and micro-aggressions suffered by a Black woman in a toxic workplace leads to deleterious effects. The effects reported here include oppression, shame, and isolation. Internalizing these feelings of isolation systematically caused the body, mind, and spirit to suffer physiologically and psychologically. The overall strategy is termed disconnection; this concept is reinforced by the “power over” (Jordan, 2010) by a dominant group who wantonly exercise shame and isolation to discourage mutually empowerment relationships (Jordan, 2010, p. 105).
This Black woman is me. The terms Black and African American are used interchangeably. It is my preference to identify with ...

Leadership in retail in part marketing, and part management. It involves both encouraging consumers to make purchases, and encouraging employees to create a retail environment in which the customer can have a pleasant retail experience and is more likely to be convinced into upsales, buying newer or more expensive items, and act as return customers. This is especially true of cellphone and technology sales that are always changing, but which may encourage less frequent new purchases than other industries.
One way to improve both employee behavior and consumer satisfaction in the retail market is by increasing emotional intelligence. Emotional ...

Gulan’s article “what makes a leader?” offers critical insights regarding the most outstanding leadership trait. In fact, the article notes that leadership success is primarily based on an individual’s emotional intelligence. Gulan offers five critical elements of emotional intelligence. Above all, self-awareness is one of the most comprehensive trait of emotionally intelligent leaders. Self-awareness allows leaders to identify their strengths and weaknesses. As such, they can maximise their strengths will streamlining their weaknesses in order to create ample opportunities for success. The second remarkable trait of emotionally intelligent leaders is self-regulation. This attribute allows leaders to manage ...

Every time people opt to enter some conditions and to stay away from others. This results to situation selection which can hinge on personality traits and how people view other people and things. Social selection pervades daily life. Social selection provides a vivid example of people’s mechanism since by making choices one selects his social action that he will experience and the network of people in which the acts will be carried out.
For instance, people may have personality characteristics that they may desire in the marriage partners. Following mutual attraction, personality characteristics emerge largely in the mate ...

Introduction

Motor vehicle crashes are responsible for the death of many teens in the US. Many of these are between the ages of 15 and 20 years. The minimum age of acquiring a driver’s license in Alabama is 16 years. This means that any person who is under the age of 16 years cannot be issued with a driver’s license. With more teenage drivers getting involved in car crashes, more teens perish in these crashes than people in other age groups. With the rising number of deaths and injuries that results from these accidents, programs such as Graduated ...

In such scenarios where families seem like collections of individuals, in this case the mother and grandmother, the elder and young sisters, family therapy can be tricky because all of them are ultimately affecting the 7-year-old child in unpredictable ways. A structural family therapist would view the child’s school phobia rooted in the dysfunctional structure of the family. Based on the unique features of the structural family therapy, the therapist’s main goal would be to focus on restructuring the structure of the family and offering a framework that restores order and meaning to system of transactional rules ...

Believe it or not, the present world is mushrooming with information and knowledge revolution. In this era of knowledge sharing and information explosion, the role of change and transformation due to the evolution of internet in in all walks of life has revolutionized the society and life of the people. No matter what we do and where we go, there is a tangible impact of internet on every layer of life. And this is a challenge before us to adjust or customize our style of action and reaction to suit the need of the situations or circumstances. But, the ...

In modern times, we have witnessed a significant shift in the view of health and wellness. This has mainly been as a result of the awareness that has been created by various organizations championing for healthy living as well as our experiences. In this assignment, we shall discuss the aspect of human health and wellness, the various dimensions of health and wellness, factors that affect this issue, importance of being healthy as well as ways of maintaining health and wellness.
The world health organization defines health as a state of complete mental, social and physical wellbeing and is not ...

What are human and organizational costs of emotional labor and /or toxic emotions?

Discuss and illustrate how organizations and individuals should handle these challenges.
Emotional labor is a type of emotional management, which entails the management of emotions in the workplace. The management of emotions in the workplace is extremely important especially when an individual is working in a service based industry. The three main aspects of emotional labor are; planning, effort, and control . The events at work place have real emotional impact on the employees. However, negative emotions, such as, sadness, stress, hostility, guilt, fear, and anger, increase the predictability of workplace deviance and how the outside environment views the organization. ...

Abstract

Engagement is a fulfilling job related state of mind that makes employees feel connected with their workplace on an emotional level. The key drivers of workplace engagement for employees include career opportunities, communication, brand alignment, recognition and appreciation, compensation and workplace relationships. Highly engaged employees are beneficial to the growth of business because they add to the innovation and overall profitability of the organization. They promote customer loyalty, employee retention, growth of revenues and higher profitability. However, engaged employees might turn disengaged if they are overburdened with mounting work pressure and stress. In the competition to retain and attract ...

Introduction

The trend of online businesses or e-businesses has been growing throughout the world. Low startup cost has been among one of the most motivating factors for the entrepreneurs to setup their own e-business. The personality traits of the individual play an important role in influencing and encouraging individuals to start their own businesses. Women play an important role in any society and contribution of women in the economic development help the overall economy to improve. According to Sandhu, Sidique, & Riaz, (2011) in UAE, women are also making their mark and starting their own businesses. Sandhu, Sidique, & Riaz, (2011) have ...

The personal theories try to bring the concept of the behavioral cord of an individual in relation to the various issues presented before them. It brings the individual interaction with the immediate environment. In this context the results of the test illustrates a high emotional stability.

The score at a glance is;

The theory is the emotional stability report that keenly elaborates in the tendency for one to emotional state. The theory highlights on the issue that both the negative and positive relevant situational cues. The results bring the context that the percentile achieved is 88%, which bring the response illustrated in then context of ...

Effects of Domestic Violence on families and Marriages

Domestic violence has got negative consequences to the victim, family and marriage. According to Kaspiew (43), it is evident that domestic violence leaves trauma in lives of the victims. Domestic violence has been established as one of the causes of divorce and family chaos. For instance, if one of the partners chooses to be abusive, the relationship loses its building units and the abused partner starts to tolerate the abuser. However, when the trauma is too much to take, the partner can choose to walk out of the marriage or to look for help from the friends. Sometimes, following ...

Suicide refers to the action of an intentional ending of oneself through self-inflicted death. Different societies have a varying understanding of suicide; the differences occur because of religion, culture or the nature of the society. For example, the western society as well as the Judo-Christian religion’s view of suicide is mostly negative. Certain societies, particularly in the East can have exceptions for suicide depending on the context. When carried out as a form of political statement as in the case of the Tunisian youth who set himself on fire to spark the Arab revolutions or the Japanese fighters ...

Leadership Traits and Ethics

Leadership trait and ethics is a very broad area of study. While leadership is differently defined by different scholars, most of them seem to accommodate the essentialities of ethical leadership. The center for ethical leadership (2012) defines ethical leadership as the act of knowing one’s core values living them as part of your daily activities for the common good. Leadership therefore entails the acts of being in lead to guide or set an exemplary pace for others to follow; more often on the right part and leading to greater returns other than when there would be ...

Sociology: Black and Blue

Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen expresses the traumatic physical and emotional encounters of a nineteen year old woman; by the name of Fran who helplessly fell in love with Bobby Benedetti subsequently becoming his wife. Domestic violence entered the relationship very early intensifying after marriage and birth of a handsome son. The situation became catastrophic. Interestingly, opens the novel with Fran at a Philadelphia train station making her way out of New York into Florida.
After years of battering inclusive of verbal and physical abuse Fran was forced to make the hard decision of running away from Bobby ...

Introduction:

In this paper, the significance of good quality early childhood education has been discussed, along with the teaching strategies which encourage multicultural education. The relationship and interaction between the teacher and parents is shown to be of vital importance, in order to make a child’s learning successful and meaningful in every aspect. Some light is thrown on how a teacher can motivate children in the classroom and ignite their interest in various activities. Various assessment methods have now been developed and implemented which mainly focus on recognizing and nurturing a child’s strengths and strengthening the weaknesses or ...

Introduction:

In this paper, the significance of good quality early childhood education has been discussed, along with the teaching strategies which encourage multicultural education. The relationship and interaction between the teacher and parents is shown to be of vital importance, in order to make a child’s learning successful and meaningful in every aspect. Some light is thrown on how a teacher can motivate children in the classroom and ignite their interest in various activities. Various assessment methods have now been developed and implemented which mainly focus on recognizing and nurturing a child’s strengths and strengthening the weaknesses or ...

Norman Bowker symbolizes the alienation that veterans of the Vietnam War felt within their community, consequently, this alienation illustrates the struggle they faced to be integrated back into the society.

Norman Bowker, a veteran who returns home, feels alienated from the other men in his hometown. “Speaking of Courage” chronicles the alienation and remoteness he feels in his hometown; though a deep desire to tell his story, he refuses to talk to Sally “… there is really nothing he could say to her” (O’Brien 133) as they both come from different worlds, one of war and the other of ...

The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) was passed to provide a free and appropriate education for children with disabilities. IDEA is constructed from six pillars that ensure educational opportunity for children with all types of disabilities: cognitive; physical, mental and emotional. The six pillars are: zero reject; nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation; least restrictive environment; free and appropriate education; due process safeguards and parent and student participation and shared decision making (Heward 2006).
IDEA was first passed by the Congress in 1975 as PL 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children and signed into law by President Gerald Ford (Office of ...

Introduction

Human sexuality is how human beings express themselves sexually. Usually driven by desires of sexual pleasure, human sexuality has physical, biological, and emotional aspects. Biologically, human sexuality refers to the reproductive system as well as fundamental biological drive which exists in all the species and can include sexual contact and sexual intercourse in all forms (Birnbaum et al, 2001). Emotional aspects deal with deep emotions relating to social bonds and associated sexual acts. Physical aspects around sexuality range from medical considerations to physiological or psychological and even sociological aspects of sexual behaviors. In this paper, I will strive to ...

A job loss can mean a nightmare to any parent. Its implications are severe because of the devastating fall in income and economic security for a family. It has an impact on the parents’ mental and physical health. In addition, it affects family relationships and can result to marital conflicts.
When a person is laid off, economic concerns come up. He starts to ponder on how he will be able to sustain his family without any job. In a case where an individual has savings, his main worry will be how long the savings will sustain the family.
An ...

With time organizations are realizing the importance of Emotional intelligence and that traditional types of intelligence, such as IQ, fail to fully explain cognitive ability. As a child we are encouraged to work in groups. We are taught that by working this way we can learn quickly and always put our learnings into practice. By working together we learn more quickly and become more emotionally intelligent.

Emotional Intelligence

The term Emotional Intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to first recognize our emotions and then control them. It also refers to understanding the emotions of those around you (Mayer, et.al, 2004). Some ...

Introduction

Careers in human services continue to increase, and numerous Sociology and other Social Sciences majors decide on a career within the human services field. Most often, professionals within this field aid others with community, health, and individual services. In addition, many human services professionals find their careers rewarding considering they are able to serve the people of the communities in which they reside. While there are an abundance of appealing careers within human services, the five selected for this essay include: social workers, social and human services assistants, rehabilitation counselors, mental health counselors, and probation officers.

Social Workers

When people think ...

Literature review

The relationship established between the teachers and the students in of paramount importance in the success of any learning institution (Mujis & Reynold, 2010). The teacher plays a significant role in the establishment of this productive working environment that will make the students perform in the best way. Mujis and Reynold say that efficient management of a classroom entails proper discipline, sufficient motivation of students and class preparedness among others. They say that the success of any teacher is dependent on classroom training, organization and management as they help in planning hence preventing potential problems. Strategies on arranging physical space, ...

One of the most basic elements of human behavior is sociability. We thrive in the ability to communicate and interact with others. It is essential to the continued propagation of our species. We meet, we mate, and we survive by companionship. There are even studies that show that companionship is almost as important to our health as food and water.
What makes humans different than almost every other creature on the Earth though is that we can gain our companionship from varied sources, and sometimes different forms of companionship fulfills different emotional and mental needs. Male lions don't need ...

Introduction

Adolph Lorenz Dial is one of the most respected and well known Lumbee scholar who struggled for rights of the People of Lumbee tribe. Adolph Lorenz Dial was one of the ‘Great depression children who in his lifetime struggled against all odds to become one of the top educators in the country. Adolph Lorenz Dial had served the education industry holding different positions including that of teacher, professor, and educator.

Vision, persistence, and passion of Adolph Lorenz Dial

Adolph Lorenz Dial believed that it is only education that can make people more aware about the other cultures and communities that coexist in the society. This will help ...

Abstract

Approximately fifteen million babies in the world are born each year prematurely; out of that number, 1.1 million eventually die. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses provide vital care for these vulnerable babies and their families. These nurses encounter numerous challenges while providing care services such as a loss of energy, loss of enthusiasm, and lack of accomplishment, which are the dimensions of burnout.

Purpose: Conduct a meta-analysis to determine the factors related to burnout and identify the subsequent implications for practice.

Design: A meta-analysis was conducted for the existing literature regarding burnout in NICU. This consisted of XX relevant articles within the last five years.
Results: The primary indicators of burnout were XXXX. Possible interventions to ...

English

Bullying is one of the trending events in many schools. Many children have been victims of bullying and even though people may think bullying is just an act it is usually more than that. Bullying includes physical, sexual, online or cyber and emotionally. The most common type of bullying is physical bullying. Physical bullying happens when other children use their physical strength to abuse or control others. Many schools across the country are aware of bullying and they are trying the their best to control the situation. Bullying can get out of control sometimes and the effects it has ...

In “We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Tale,” Sallie Tisdale recounts her experiences and perspective as a nurse in an abortion clinic. Through her experiences, Sallie wishes to inform her audience that, despite the very valid moral and ethical objections she may have to the practice of abortion, and the unsavory nature of her job, she feels it is a necessary and valid one. With very few exceptions, she is successful – Tisdale’s writing is highly emotional and harrowing, describing each detail of the abortion process with a devastating realness that is emotional and harrowing. Through a combination ...

Concepts of Compassion Fatigue and Warning Signs

Compassion fatigue is defined as a secondary traumatic stress disorder because the person experiencing it does not directly experience a trauma, but an empathic engagement with others results in a traumatic experience that depletes a person mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. The main concepts related to compassion fatigue are fatigue, empathy, and engagement.
There are various definitions of fatigue, but all definitions agree that fatigue is a state of impaired performance resulting from caring for other people in times of distress, and it inhibits the caregiver’s ability to cope with stress and guilt (Sabo, 2011). The concept of empathy ...

A Child Called It is a book written by Dave Pelzer. Dave writes this book as an abused child who went through a horrific experience. In the first part, he writes how he was horribly beaten, and even forced to swallow his own vomit, ammonia, and even soap. Dave writes about the horrors children go through when abused. A Child Called It is an unforgettable account of an abused child who was brutally beaten, burned, starved, and tortured with an unstable alcoholic mother. A child Called It is an incredible emotional story where the author describes how he endured ...

Research paper

Educational Institution
Introduction
Dramatically increasing numbers of victims of different disasters (natural disasters, large-scale accidents and disasters, local wars and related events, etc.), illegal activities (terrorism, robbery, rape), serious conflicts in society lead to increased prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the population, and, therefore, to an increasing interest of scientists to this problem.
Analysis of the vast clinical experience gained during many years of studying mental disorders has established that patients affected by this disorder have a number of common and recurring symptoms with specific severe and outlined features. Given that none of the accepted clinical symptoms ...

The things They carried is a collection of short stories written by Tim O'Brien. This is a story describing a group of soldiers and the things they carried in their bag packs and hearts. The soldiers were forced to carry vital items, which they could need for survival during the war. This novel comprises of a group of interwoven stories, which describe the soldiers’ experiences during the Vietnam War. On the other hand, Three Day Road is a novel by Joseph Boyden. This novel about two soldiers Xavier Bird and Elijah Whiskey jack fought during the First World War ...

Essay for Lesson 3: German Expressionism and Dadaism

Introduction
Revolutionary forms of art have dominated much of Germany, apparently as a reaction to the First World War. The era in which the First World War took place – throughout the 1910s, featured artists coming together against what they think the pointless aggression said major conflict brought. German artists, in particular, protested against the social structures prevalent during the 1910s, within which the social structures of the Second Reich were prevalent. German society initially saw film, in particular, as quite an inelegant alternative to the bourgeoisie-associated theater. Such is due to the inability of the domestic film industry in ...

Importance of Counselor Qualities to the Success of the Counseling Relationship

Most people at some point find themselves taking up the role of a counselor without the necessary knowledge regarding the true nature of counseling or what a professional counselor is supposed to carry out her roles. There is a big difference between a person who practices counseling skills in various instances such as while a person is assisting a friend to overcome some disappointment and a professionally trained counselor. The major differences lie in the ability to use various approaches to help a person deal with a situation. In order to understand the qualities of a counselor and the ...

Abstract

Juvenile delinquency refers to a crime perpetrated by a minor who has not yet reached maturity. Since it has been seen in many scientific studies that a person doesn't attain full maturity until he reaches 18 years of age, juvenile offenders are treated differently than adults by the court of justice. In US there is a separate justice system for juveniles to deal with juvenile offenders. Based on the principle of "parens patriae", juvenile courts function like a guardian or parent by taking decisions in favor of the wellbeing of the children. However, despite separate justice system for juveniles, ...

Summary

Ron Deal in his book dating and the single parent (2012) identifies dating as a complex matter for single parents when children are involved. Dating requires consideration of its effects on children. A single parent or the dating partner must be ready to meet the challenges both emotionally and relationally. Deal (2012) provides single parents with solutions from a view of an expert that can help them prepare for dating. His book encourages single parents to consider different perspectives before starting to date. These considerations include whether the dating is beneficial for both children and the single parent at ...

Over the years family violence has dominated the media where millions of families go through the devastating effects in the family structure. Many have attributed these forms of violence to the way the society perceive women as well as their positions in the family. The women are perceived inferior and have a limited value at the personal levels, which in most cases leads to power conflicts between the man, as the head of the family, and the wife. It also leads a number of children and women, who are the main victims of physical, physical, emotional and sexual abuse ...

1 – A

Speech

Speech is the capacity of speaking. It is a stream of articulated sounds that utilize common knowledge to form units of meaning, giving itself the status of meaningful words that people use to communicate. That is, speech is the most natural verbal signal of thoughts that people sends across and receives. However, there is also certain standard linked to it. When a person speaks without hesitation, repetition, and with fluency, he is attributed to have an accurate speech. In his/ her case, speech would be something without errors; a clear expression of thoughts, ideas, feelings, and perceptions. ...

1 – A

Speech

Speech is an articulated expression that uses sounds in words or units of meaning that people use in communicating others. In addition, speech is the power of speaking. It pertains to habitual manner or style of speaking. When a person speaks without hesitation, without repetition of words or sounds, and with fluency, he has an accurate speech. It implies that speech without errors would be a clear expression of thoughts, ideas, feelings, and perceptions in a voice; using proper intonation, volume and pitch to support expressed meaning. Similarly, in a gestural form of human communication that exist ...

PSYCHOLOGY:

Psychology
The family chosen was that of Precious Jones’ family in the movie entitled Precious. We see in the movie that Precious Jones and her mother had an unstable relationship which was based on hatred and envy (Clyman, 2009). Precious’ biological father was emotionally and physically abusive. He even fathered Precious’ two children. Out of jealousy, Precious’ mother denied her of her maternal rights to her first born, a mentally-disabled child named Mongoloid. Not only does this show the domineering effect her mother had, but it shows how “disabled” Precious was in her household. She was often seen daydreaming ...

Life is a journey that is marked with challenges, and obstacles, but one should strive overcoming them at whatever cost. We are born and raised in different environments; an aspect that defines and shapes our personality, behavior and identity in life. Based on the challenges one goes through in life, we tend to develop, and subscribe to certain philosophies, which define, and shape our thinking, and I am not an exemption. My past life was marked with numerous challenges because I was born, and raised by a single parent (mother) in my home country; Kenya. Life was hard because ...

WHETHER OR NOT BOTH PARENTS SHOULD ASSUME EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY IN RAISING A CHILD

Raising a child and grooming him or her to face the challenges in life is the key responsibility of the parents. Both parents have an important role in raising the child which makes their role important. Fathers give the child the courage to deal with the challenges and deliver the art of defending themselves with the adversities of life. The child must be taught the mechanism of life and must possess confidence in them and have a sense of responsibility of the acts they are responsible. Father is always considered as the provider for the family and he aims ...

The recent past has seen an increase in adoption instances by same sex couples. This has drawn sharp criticism from many quarters as well as support in almost equal measure. This subject has however remained open ended as many support groups have chosen to stand by it while other sections of the citizenry have openly objected to it. All in all, gay parents have been given a go ahead to adopt but one question that seems not to be getting a rightful answer is whether this is right or wrong and whether such parentage is justifiable (Bozett 87). The ...

It has been a common observation in our societies that someone doing the same job for years eventually gets fad up from it and tries to avoid it as much as possible. His efficiency gets weak he does not remain able to provide further effective work outcomes as he was used to do. In extreme cases, it has also been observed that the person eventually leaves the job since he feels that he cannot do any more work. Similarly, when someone is assigned to take care of some person who is chronically ill or disable, initially the caregiver has ...

After birth, most children are raised by two parents, a father and a mother. Both the parents have certain duties to fulfill when raising a child and both of them are expected to uphold their duties. A majority of parents who are raising their children in this modern era face numerous challenges because they do not assume equal responsibility. When one of the parents begins assuming more responsibility than the other, the shifting dynamics of modern life can lead to problems in raising a child. What many parents fail to realize is that when it comes to raising children, ...

Psychology

- Introduction
- Bilingualism has been defined variously as the ability to converse or speak and understand more than one language. In a stricter sense, bilingualism implies the ability to speak two languages though multilingual speakers, i.e. those who speak and understand more than two languages are often referred to as bilinguals. In recent years especially due to the world reaching the pinnacle of globalization where there is virtual interconnectedness of one end to the other, bilingualism has become more of a norm rather than an exception. The knowledge and expertise in more than one language has been viewed ...

Introduction

The position of Couples Therapy in society was strengthened ever since the turn of the century. The foundation upon which this field is based was established twenty years ago. Over the years, a combination of the strongest elements of a myriad of clinical approaches has been intelligently integrated into Couples Therapy. In comparison to other forms of therapy that are typically sought out, therapy for marital-related problems is more sought out (Veroff, Kulka, and Douvan). Although couples usually divorce each other because of marital affairs, however, the major factor that contributes to marital dissolution is that couples begin growing ...

- Situations in practice that can lead to grief/ bereavement
Bereavement refers to a period of grief after one has lost a loved one. It also refers to “the entire experience of friends and family members in the anticipation of the death of a loved one and the subsequent adjustment to living after the death of a loved one (Care, 2006 ).”
On the other hand, grief refers to “the emotional affective reaction to the loss of a loved one.” It has both psychological and physical manifestations (Care, 2006 ). Bereavement can be complex and can affect individuals on many levels ...

Human Resource Development (HRD) is a function that helps employees develop their abilities and skill sets to suit the job requisite and to enhance the growth within the organization. It includes training, mentoring, coaching, succession planning among others. HRD focuses on the development of the superior workforce for the organizations to achieve their goals in service to their customers. While planning to attain these requirements at its best, in the past, the leaders of the organizations have looked at the employees as a channel to attain the established targets. Their focus was on giving strength to these channels in ...

Generally, it is assumed that mothers are very loving and they bond with their small children since the time of birth. At times, it can be assumed that this bond is natural since it starts right from pregnancy when the mother starts touching the child while still in the womb. After all, the child grows inside the mother and this is an automatic way to bonding (Palmer 1). However, I have come to realize that there is a kind of bonding that exists between a mother and her daughter (Johnson 64). This phenomenon is quite interesting and there is ...

This is a quantitative study using descriptive statistics on principals’ perceptions of the role of speech pathologists in elementary schools. The project will involve interviews with principals from traditional public schools. The researcher will transcribe the interviews and use descriptive statistics to look for common strands in the principals’ perceptions. The study will be organized around a description of the speech pathologist’s role, personal attributes needed for the job of the principal and the speech language pathologist, and support given to principals by the special education department. ...

Human false memory and its impact in society have been subject to controversy among psychologists, society and even the legal system. The syndrome of false memory has led to controversy among research psychologists. Mostly, controversy results from concepts such as influences of human memory, faultiness of human memory and the implications of the shortcomings of human memory.

Based on Loftus’ article, human memory is subject to fault. This is because it is affected by sensory inputs and cultural beliefs to form complex memories. These memories are subject to changes and are at times not real. Therefore, when memories are ...

1. What is the title of the film, what (brief summary) is it about (subject, topic)?

The title of the documentary film is ‘Saving Face’. The film is the 2012 Academy Award winner for the category of Documentary (Short Subject). The film is based on the women of Pakistan who have been subjected to acid violence. It follows a plastic surgeon by the name of Dr. Muhammad Jawad, who performs reconstructive surgery on women who have had acid thrown on their faces. It also shows two women who have suffered from acid violence, and they are waiting for ...