Essays on Individuation

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According to Krizan and Baron, group polarization is “the tendency of group members to increase the extremity of their position following discussion of a relevant issue” (Krizan & Baron, 2007, p. 191). There are three main reasons of group polarization. The first of them refers to the idea of informational influence. During the discussion, group members listen to the arguments of each other and fall under the influence of the dominant arguments changing their own position and making it more extreme. The second reason is the desire of group members to present themselves in a special way. ...

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Critically Explore Baudrillard's Concept Of ‘The Finest Consumer Object' Concerning Relevant Media And Cultural Examples.

Introduction Jean Baudrillard is the French culturalist theorist who has majorly contributed in the fields of sociology and philosophy. According to Baudrillard, modern consumption concept has been seen in the most of the parts of western societies. Consumption is said to be a global response that justifies world's cultural system. As per Baudrillard's assumption, the word consumption has replaced the concept of satisfaction with product differentiation. Today, consumer market is more actuated to buy those products which have brought uniqueness and differentiation to them. ...

The definition of the Western Canon is always changing, according to literary critic and Yale professor Harold Bloom: but is that mutability a good thing? Bloom, a rather conservative literary critic, believes that there should be literary standards that outlive the fashionable theories of the day. In our times, these literary theories include ideas borrow from Marx, Foucault, New Historicism, and ethnocentric and gender perspectives, among other lenses through which to view the production of literature. Amidst these ever-changing standards and definitions of a “classic,” Bloom believes the study of literature and good reading habits—to read well and ...

The film Thunder heart is a mind-absorbing movie that is founded on factual events that took place in the 1970s on the Ogala Sioux Reservation. The primary character is Ray Levoi, who is played by Val Kilmer. Val Kilmer is a quarter Indian, and he sent to the badlands by FBI to resolve a murder that happened at the reservation. This essay seeks to examine the planning issues which include how the Native American culture can be judges, the insight about the Native American culture in relation to lack of understanding of the culture, cultural awakening, social network and social kinship, cultural ...

Parents and teens normally tend to disagree over petty issues and when ignored may lead to conflicts. Such disagreements come from difference in opinion. Conflict arises because parents have different perspectives about life issues. Whereas teens see issues as a matter of personal choice, parents see them as right or wrong. Some issues affecting parents when their teens are passing through teenage includes worry about the body physical changes and perception of the future. Some of the changes in the family needs at the adolescent include; change in the whole family as a unit. The economic status also changes in ...

Set in the late 1970s Indiana town of Bloomington Breaking Away is a classic film about the townies versus the affluent outsiders, who in this case are the university students. Dave Stohler along with his best friends Mike, Rod and Moocher are recent high school graduates. The townies are called the ‘cutters’ because many of their parents worked at the limestone quarry that supplied the stone for the University of Indiana buildings. One of the apparent ironies is that the students who use the buildings do not value the people who built these structures. The four boys are easily differentiated ...

The theory of multiple intelligences developed by Howard Gardner in 1983 “suggests that traditional ways of testing may be biased to certain types of individuals.” . Dr. Gardner researched and developed the theory that the notion of intelligence is not limited to the constraints of reading, writing and arithmetic alone. He is one of the first to publish on the concept that “we should not judge others according to this narrow definition of intelligence.”. He recognized that the traditional methods of determining intelligence were too limited and did not account for the full scope of an individual’s capabilities. The ...

Carl Gustav Jung was born on 25 July 1875 in a small village near Lake Constance in Switzerland. His father was a minister in the church and a son of a professor of medicine at the University of Basel. Jung is said to be founder of analytic psychology, though he had initially started out as medical physician since after graduating with a doctorate in medicine at Basel. Jung was lucky to be born into an educated family. The paternal side had several physicist and great theologians. This had a great influence on young Jung who looked to study further into psychiatry also known as ‘philosophy ...

Empathy and Equality: Assessing Traditional Notions of Gender Identity

EMPATHY AND EQUALITY

Abstract

Carol Gilligan’s contention that male gender identity is threatened by intimacy while female identity is marginalized by separation has its basis in the generally accepted view that men approach morality from a justice perspective in contrast to women, who adopt a care-focused outlook. Gilligan’s view of this sociology of gender identity is quite plausible given her contention that care is a viable agent of moral development for women and that separation and individuation are profoundly rooted in complex, mother-child relationships. While Gilligan essentially concurs with Lawrence Kohlberg as to the universality of the male-justice/female-caring construct, she disagrees ...

INTRODUCTION

Jungian psychology contains a great many unique aspects that can help to explain the human condition, as well as the various aspects of the human psyche. Practical application of this class of psychology can help to bring about greater understanding of people, and a more effective communication level with other people. The field of human relations includes a great variety of contexts in which people interact with each other, from counseling to therapy to human resources departments for corporations and organizations. From a human relations standpoint, Jungian psychology and its many components helps a professional in this field understand the people they interact with ...