Essays on Human Interaction

Self-awareness and Empathy. Awareness of another person is accompanied by an emotional assessment of the person, an attempt to understand things, predict changes in behavior and model their own behavior. Since this process involves at least two people, and each is an active subject, each should consider not only another person's needs and motives but also the way that person understands the needs and motives of the partner in the construction of strategies of interaction. Thus, self-awareness and empathy are the key conditions for teamwork and interpersonal communication. In this case, one needs to understand the very essence emotional ...

Societies have their base on human interaction. For many years, human evolution has depended on communication for fulfilling needs and setting new challenges. The migration of tribes, the first forms of commerce, the birth of civilizations were all possible thanks to communication. One may see the evident impact of communication on the evolution of the world, which has obviously changed from the pre-historic times to the present. Even though communication has not always led to positive outcomes, humans have proven that only good and effective communication leads to success. The transformation of tribes into empires depended greatly on who ...

Business managers in Nigeria lack understanding of the business development process needed for successful growth in quarry in Akamkpa, Nigeria.

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Introduction

A quarry is like an open pit mine from where minerals are extracted that are mostly used in the construction of buildings and civil engineering works. Quarrying is a part of mining but is slightly different as it has a close connection with the society because different builder of a region requires material that is extracted in order to complete their work. There are not many restrictions for quarrying as it is open for all the contractors. Due to this reason all the managers and developers at different levels need to ...

Question One. Many sociologists have developed contrasting theories based on their understandings of the ways that people interact. All sociologists understand social philosophy differently, and Cooley, Mead and Goffman have all contributed differently to the issue of social interaction between people in every society. While certain theories are more controversial, and all are based on different understandings, each has its own important place in an overall understanding of human interaction and behavior. These sociological perspectives can be used to frame and understand human and societal behavior. Understanding these theories gives researchers a basis to understand how self and identity ...

Technology exists as a creation of people, produced through the various ideas to help make the lives of people easier and more productive. However, technology has become too deeply integrated in people’s lives that they start being overly dependent on it, even to the point of stating that they are not able to live without it. Such an idea, significantly evident in today’s society is the thematic background of E.M Forster’s The Machine Stops, serving as a prescient warning of its implications. The isolation and shunning of human nature and a worship of technology will eventually ...

Introduction

Studies on psychology and cognition have shown that a child’s language has a great impact on his/her ability to regulate his emotions and behavior. In order for two people to understand and share meaning with one another, a clear ground should first be laid out to avoid misunderstandings. A study involving 120 children aged 18 months to 4 years old showed that participants who had superior language skills expressed less anger upon reaching 4 years old (Roben, Cole, & Armstrong, 2012). Most children in their early stages learn to use language as a means of self-expression and self-regulation, because ...

Jean Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly discusses the discrimination against women by the use of media when doing advertisements. For instance, she believes that the media portray women in negative ways that kill their self-esteem and ego. In her documentaries, she demonstrates that gender inequality becomes predominant by representing women conspicuously as second-class creature to men (Kilbourne 1). Moreover, there is the reality of her presentations as her support argument are the pictures that these advertisers use in their posts. One of the commonly known cases is that women are presented almost naked while men are shown well dressed ...

In their research titled “Collaborative Interaction in Co-Located Two-User Scenarios”, Salzmann, Jacobs and Froehlich look into the aspect of using Immersive virtual environments especially in the assembly process in the automotive industry. The goal is to compare the outputs of the interactions of both co-located face-to-face and side-to-side users. The research is based on previous work done in collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) by authors such as Hinckley et al. and Margery et al. (Salzmann, Jacobs, and Froehlich). The researchers first studied the Side-by-Side Collaboration to identify whether a two user system had benefits compared to the single user systems. ...

Individual Report

The initial idea presented in the group report of robot Chef and intelligent kitchen equipment has been very innovative as they follow the latest trend of a human computer interface (HCI). The origination of design idea has a very humble origin as it focuses on solving the problems of cooking meals for friends thereby allowing the host to have a free time to entertain the guest. The group report presents the final product as the smart pan. According to the group report, the initial ideas led to the final product. The task undertaken for evaluating the final product came ...

Morality vs. Ethics

Introduction Several morality and ethics scholars seem to score at the same goal, yet have differences in meaning. For instance, they have correspondences at some respects and defer in others (Bennett-Wimbush, Amstutz and Willoughby 2015, 134). Consequently, this investigation pursues various premises to determine the similarities and differences that exist in their functions to structure the society. In this datum, the advancement of this paper examines these areas using structural, functional and normative tenets of the two in the society and general human interactions. In recollection, it will fundamentally appear apparent from the analysis that the two work to ...

In their research titled “Collaborative Interaction in Co-Located Two-User Scenarios”, Salzmann, Jacobs and Froehlich look into the aspect of using Immersive virtual environments especially in the assembly process in the automotive industry. The goal is to compare the outputs of the interactions of both co-located face-to-face and side-to-side users. The research is based on previous work done in collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) by authors such as Hinckley et al. and Margery et al. (Salzmann, Jacobs, and Froehlich). The researchers first studied the Side-by-Side Collaboration to identify whether a two user system had benefits compared to the single user systems. ...

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

According to the studies conducted by Albert Mehrabian in 1971, in communication process, around 93% of human communication takes place through non-verbal mode. He divided the communication process into three parts; words (7%), tone of the voice (38%), and body language 55% (Mehrabian, 1981). Among non-verbal modes of communication the commonly used mode is the facial expressions. The face of the person expresses his/her emotions. Yet, some part of emotions is sometimes not clear to everyone. We all are not experts in identifying each and every expression of the ...

Fenton, William. "Using Sponsorship to Drive Environmental Awareness And Change." Journal of Sponsorship 3.2 (2010): 124-129. Business Source Complete. Web. 7 Mar. 2014.

This articles explores how sports organization use sponsorship money to develop some attractive platforms for brands to showcase their showcase their environmental initiatives and produce new environmentally friendly products. The author adds that other stakeholders such as energy companies and automobile sector, which have the incentive to reduce emission, are currently making significant contribution to such organizations. This article will help in completing this research because it offers descriptive details on the efforts of ...

Video Games and Violence

“We are closed in, and the key is turned, on our uncertainty somewhere, a man is killed or a house is burned and yet there is no clear fact to be discerned.”

-William Butler Yeats, ‘Meditations in Time of Civil War’ In order to proceed to the second mission, GTA players must kill their opponents by stabbing or firing at them and for every dead opponent, there is an equivalent point. The developer of GTA rejected the argument because they do not believe that virtual violence leads to actual violence. Psychologists and media scholars are debating whether the video ...

Interpersonal Journal Analysis

Introduction

Throughout history, one aspect of human evolution that has been subject to intensive study is human interaction and communication. Sociologists and philosophers have for a long time been baffled by the factors that motivate certain human interaction and communication patterns. This has led to the formulation of several social theories that attempt to explain how and why humans behave and in a certain way and why they interact and communicate with each other in a certain way. Therefore, these theories attempt to predict the implications of certain human interactions and their associated modes of communication. This essay will three of ...

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to explore the impact of technology on places where people eat. In order to encounter, the impact of technology Yoko sizzler has been chosen. The interview-based questionnaires were distributed among 100 customers who were available at Yoko Sizzlers. Therefore, the gathered data is based on 100 responses, which includes both males and females. Technology has an immense impact on restaurants and hospitality industry; it has been encountered through several researches, and this research is another effort to contribute in prior work. It has been encountered that technology advancement plays an ...

Thesis

Many of the events that shape the history of humans are always forgotten as soon as the key figures behind these events die. Some, however, leave a long lasting impact on the nature of human interaction. My goal in this presentation is to highlight an event which left a permanent mark on the relationship between the police department and civilian population in the United States during riots, pickets and peaceful demonstrations. This presentation will delve into the events shaping the Blood Sunday Incident in the southern State of Alabama.

Introduction

The civil war in America accomplished certain things including freeing the slaves ...

- Introduction

Social media has undoubtedly changed the face of the world today. The way people interact is different as a result of the social media that they utilize; the changes in social interaction that have occurred have caused a significant cultural shift in humanity. More and more of the everyday actions that people take is occurring over the internet; today, many of people’s relationships occur online. Unlike the generations that came before, today’s world is full of people who are growing up increasingly isolated, except for connections that they make through the internet.

Of course human ...

Surveys

Direct analysis or surveys in sociology involve interview that go hand in hand. Surveys enable sociologists to get a wider scope of the results in terms of the sample size, and information can be collected from a lot of people. Moreover, technology enables to submit surveys to a lot of people through the internet by using e-mail, or the social media that in turn enables to save money and time as compared to the mailing out of the paper surveys. With the surveys, the researchers struggle in order to have the questions, which are most applicable and they have to do struggle ...

There are five principles of verbal communication and a further five for nonverbal communication. These principles are important for the sender and receiver to achieve effective communication and establish a shared understanding (Cheesebro, O’Connor & Rios, 2010).

The first principle of verbal communication is to recognize that all languages have value. There is no language that is better than the other in terms of logic, ability to convey thought or complexity.

The second principle is to understand that everyone speaks a dialect. A dialect is a regional variation of language. It includes unique pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Despite the differences in dialects, ...

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You use “Created to” twice really close together. This is repetitive, by using a synonym to replace one of these you will increase both interest and elegance.

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This starts with a conjunction. Ideally restructure the sentence so that it does not start with “But” or at the very least, set it off with a comma.

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You use the word “Intangible” which means imperceptible or insignificant. I would say “tangible” is a better word choice here.

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Early in the paragraph you use “human-to-human” with hyphens, however in the 6th sentence you present the same phrase without hyphens. I think either way is fine, but ...

Belief is defined as a psychological condition whereby a person holds a thought to be true (Collins, Randall 34-36). There are different types of belief including religious ones which are thought to be trusted in the supernatural being. With structures of belief, there are other topics related to it and each of the worldviews has different approaches when it comes to dealing with beliefs. Mankind’s creation in the image of God is believed by many but in the study of sociology this belief concentrates on the primary social institutions of humans. This essay aims at using sociological views in explaining how ...

Introduction

Smoking among college students is a modality of interacting, of sharing a specific habit and behavior, which represents desired outcomes for fulfilling the need of belonging. The college students are usually teenagers who need to feel accepted, even admired by their peers (Walton, Cohem, Vwir & Spencer, 2011). Like this, smoking is considered a tool that enhances the social connections by college students and this is a social problem, because it changes their behavior, attitudes, personalities and it affects their health, while they pursue their goal of being accepted by a group. Sociology is the discipline that studies society, describing the fundamental laws that ...

The concept and ideology of diverged cultures in the world have come into the limelight with the increased philosophy of globalization, and internationalization. The stated issues have led to increased human interaction from across the world in many aspects that touch on social, political as well as economic matters. In the recent times, there has been the observed increase in terms of technological, and innovation’s improvement across the world. This has facilitated and enhanced the observed increased human interaction. However, this paper analyzes the importance of cultural studies and diversity in the contemporary times. It is important ...

Is technology making us more alone?

The 21st century has seen an increase in the use of technology. Scenarios of individuals walking while listening to their iPods, people at restaurants using their iPads or mobile phones are common. Young children at homes are increasingly playing video games. In colleges and other institutions of higher learning, students are increasingly using technology devices such as the iPod, to listen to music between classes and also sometimes during lectures. Based on different literature, there are very differing views on whether technology does cause social isolation or whether it increases social interaction. How technology leads to social isolation or ...

More and more of people’s everyday lives are occurring online. Unlike many previous generations, the current generations are growing up in an increasingly isolated world, with much of their contact with other people taking place through the Internet. Of course, not all human interaction will fall by the wayside as a result of this increasingly-cyber world, but now much of the human interaction that used to take place in the “real world” occurs over the Internet. Using the Internet as a tool to find a romantic partner, for instance, is one way that the Internet has changed the face of human ...

Culture

Ethnography: Same Race Dating Introduction In many ways race is regarded as the physiological differences among people, which are being codified by language, values, culture, and other explicit sorting that comes to everyone’s head when talking about segregation by characteristics. Among the many factors that determines racial identity is through skin color where light colored skin were identified as someone from the Western hemisphere. Even in the Western regions where the majority of its population was identified as light skin individuals, the mix of other skin tones creates another set of racial subtype. One example is ...

Introduction to Digital Communication

Introduction to Digital Communication Being the first week of the lecture, this topic remains intriguing to me. There are several concepts and ideas that I remember vividly from this first week topic. First, it is worthwhile to point out that this topic reminds of the fact that the idea of identity is subjective. Everyone has a feeling of how he/she thinks about him/herself. As the lecturer puts it, the concept of identity is multifaceted. There is no clear-cut definition and understanding of personal identity. I can reflect from the topic that identity can be either a personal thing or a group ...

Introduction

A general rise in incidences of climate change has got the world scheming and planning for various remedies. The world has become so much aware of its surrounding after the realization that future generations will still depend on the very earth they are using. Management practices and mitigation efforts have been headlined and put into various government policies to ensure that sustainability is attained. Various intergovernmental and regional meetings have made it a habit to discuss and incorporate climatic issues into their various agendas. In as much as all this noble activities and efforts are aimed at ensuring a sustainable ...

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CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

The term “culture” is very broad based as it represents a whole gamut of thought process that influences the behaviour of a person, whether acting individually or as a part of the group. Kroeber & Kluckhohn (1952) state that “Culture” consists of patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behaviour acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiment in artefacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional (i.e. historically derived and selected) ideas and especially their attached values; culture systems may, on the one hand, be considered as products of action, on the ...

Virtual Communities

Technology reflects the lives human beings lead; cell phones represent our desire to communicate remotely from virtually any location, computers and the internet reflect our thirst for information, and online social networks are the spitting image of the kinds of connections humans make on a daily basis in reality. On Facebook and Myspace, people use their personalized profile pages to demonstrate their social or economic status. Sometimes the number of friends a person has is used as an indication of their social classification. While these online communities are entirely digital and, from a literal standpoint, have no material basis, they are very ...

Introduction

There has been an efficient addition to the highly dynamic local travel industry, its Lyft’s app that people use to get to places they desire. Being one of the users of the same, I can testify that to enjoy a safe ride and relaxed journey, lyft is the option to take. First of all I downloaded the app and actually wanted to see how it works. With a friend, we organized town service journey because at first we were not sure how it really works. Going a place is as easy as clicking on the tap that checks the nearest driver ...

The Reality of “Accepted Truths” Today

The Reality of “Accepted Truths” Today

Introduction

Studying political science necessitates critical thought on the status of “accepted truths” as applied to contemporary American politics in comparison to its past. Review of the literature whether this remains an appropriately assigned characteristic of American politics as recognized forty years ago frames the discourse of the scholastic task presented in this document. Von Eckardt (1995) advises “The truth of an argument alone makes it convincing (when it is) undeniable or self-evident, that is, evident by its own terms and definitions, it forms one of the axioms of politics (Von Eckardt, 1959, p. ...

Book Reviews

Book Review # 1: Zeitoun This book by Dave Eggers is a spellbinding and enthralling description of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun, a true story, tells the story of an unjust arrest of and racial discrimination against a Syrian-American named Abdulrahman Zeitoun. Eggers tells the shocking tale of Zeitoun family and has once again proves that he is one of the most impressive literary writers in the United States of America. When New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, the prosperous Abdulrahman Zeitoun opted to stay at his place through the storm for protecting his house and business. After the passage of the ...

Human beings are social creatures that like to interact as well as meeting new people. In different stages in life, people are expected to meet new people and make new friends, some friendship develop while in college, work places and even in social functions where there is interaction of people from different backgrounds. However, friendship might be driven by different motives; the impulse to create new friends is not necessarily driven by the need for companionship but by a might greater need of fitting in a certain social status(Robin 18). There are people who would love to be associated ...

Effect that television and other forms of multimedia technology have had on the delivery of news:

News delivery has been made into a piece of theater. Our News delivery strategies on the television, Social media and other form of digital media, have encapsulated news into a “capsule” of Entertainment. Reading has become the norm for most of us and what remains is the headline and a stream of that drug called entertainment. We are to be forgiven and not condemned, not pitied for such because, our news delivery has been spiced up a little bit, only to offer information in a more palatable way. The news casters on our television screens are frequently arraigned with modern clothing, make up, ...

The Effects of the Questions-answering Machine

After Watson thrashed its competitors in the market, it attracted much criticism from the blog pages and opinion pages. The experts claim that Watson does not know anything. Human intelligence has been hitting Watson after the struggles with the champions. The opinions on social media claims that Watson could not laugh at jokes, has no of laughter and cannot take conversations into consideration. The opinions also suggest that Watson requires a number of computers in order to understand the reality on the ground. It is claimed that the high speed on buzzers is the main forces behind it winning the ...

Introduction

Human behavior is highly influenced by human interaction. The behavior of people varies greatly depending on the social situation. Every situation makes people to exhibit a different set of mannerisms. Social cognition, the self and attitude all influence human behavior. Social cognition refers to the schemas, first impressions, and stereotypes that influence human behavior. Self-esteem, self-consistency, self-presentation and self-concepts also affect how people interact with each other. Attitudes refer to the general evaluation of a person or group that can range from negative to positive. These issues influence how people interact with each other to a great deal (Christine, 2002). The ...

Strategic Business Class – Questions

Choose two global companies and assess their global strategy based upon what you learned this week. Globalization has led to increased competition due to emergence of numerous firms which deal offer similar goods and services. This is because globalization provides a good environment for initiating business activities due to access to sources of raw material, cheap labour and larger markets for various products. Therefore, it is essential for firms operating within the global market to adopt strategies which can help them obtain competitive advantage over their competitors hence remain within a competitive edge. Different firms employ different strategies. For instance, ...

The use of the term institution is mostly widespread in the social science discipline, in reflection of, economic, political, marriage, educational, geographical and philosophical institutions among many others (Helmke 3). The term has a long history in usage that dates from 1725 and its definition varies the social background that it explains at a given time. In an attempt to provide a comprehensive and detailed definition of an institution, it is essential to find out their roles and contexts. In typical economic scrutiny, an institution can be explained as a set of rules designed to serve an economic interest by enhancing the ...

The selected topic for this presentation is the importance of non-verbal communication. This outline examine three critical elements that will make this presentation a success. The three critical elements that make up an effective presentation are the speaker, audience, and situation or context. The selected topic for this paper is the importance of non-verbal communication since it is a part of everyday human interaction (Fiske & Jenkins, 2010). The selected presentation offers information on how to communicate more effectively by understanding non-verbal cues. This outline will examine the three critical elements that make up the discussion in the PowerPoint presentation. These ...

The basis of psychology from a behavioural standpoint comes down to how an individual thinks, acts, and is perceived by society (HubPages, 2012). There is immense influence of effect of society and social influences on human behaviour. Not only do human interactions affect human behaviour significantly, the latter is also influenced by social situations. People tend to act differently in different situations, relationship and context. Also, society stipulates norms, imposes sanctions and expects certain behaviour from people. Deviation from societal norms can lead to social outcasts, which necessitates people to follow these informal rules. People tend to behave in way ...

Internet usage is on the rise in Australia because of smartphones. Since 2007, when the first smartphone by Apple was produced, the number of smartphone users has also increased rapidly. Smartphones combine features of PDA and a camera phone. In the Australian market, two brands of smartphones dominate; IPhone and Android devices. While usage of Android is increasing globally because of Samsung SIII, in Australia the trend is such that the IPhone is popular (Murton, 2012). Despite the popularity of IPhone in Australia, the proposal aims to prove that Samsung III is a better device in Sydney, Australia’s populous city. ...

Factors that explain that violence is a Social Problem

Violence may result from social factors such as unemployment, working conditions that are poor, political differences, financial problems and drugs. According to World Bank (79), the linkage between violence and unemployment involves exclusion and social identity. Employment cannot be entirely viewed as a financial matter. Employment should be viewed as a social matter since it involves aspects of social relations such as a person’s expectations and personal status. Unemployment becomes a factor that results to recruitment of individuals into gangs. According to the World Bank (79), studies indicate that criminal violence is strongly linked to persons with low income. Most people are ...

Effects of technology on interaction

Adolescence is a stage in life that marks a transition from childhood to adulthood. It is generally referred to as the life’s second decade. The age bracket for this stage ranges from 10-23 years. Early adolescent begins from 10-13 years, mid-adolescence starts from 14 to 18 years and finally, late adolescence starts from 19 to around 23 years. One can fall in any of the three phases of adolescence and undergo all the experiences before growing to an adult. With the advancement in the use of technology, adolescents are seen to be the largest numbers of users. Use of ...