Essays on Shyness

Social fear is considered to be a form of social disorder wherein an individual tends to be in a state of anxiety when faced with a certain social situation. This kind of is said to emerge along with other psychological disorders such as depression (Jefferson, 2001). As of today, the cure for this kind of disorder is mainly through psychotheraphy and by medications which are usually considered as highly maintenance. Furthermore, one kind of psychotherapy, which is the so-called cognitive behavioral therapy, is regarded as the most common form of treatment for social phobia (Priyamvada, Kumari, Prakash, & Chaudhury, 2009). ...

Mental Health Issues Influencing Academic Performance amongst Students in Australia

It is in the nation’s best interest that youth complete as high a level of education as they are capable because dropping out of school can greatly diminish an individual’s chances in life and the ability to contribute to the community. Indeed, participation in tertiary education promotes national economy and innovation (Wierenga, Landstedt, & Wyn 2013, p. 3). The factors that compromise a young person’s ability to obtain a tertiary level education are socioeconomic disadvantage, rural location, and being an indigenous Australian (Wierenga, Landstedt & Wyn 2013, p. 4). Stafford, et al. (2007, Mental Health, para. 1) define ...

Introduction

Since the discovery of such phenomenon as social phobia, the scientists and most of the ordinary people were confused about the distinctions between an ordinary shyness and the social anxiety problems. Fortunately, we can clearly distinguish two these notions nowadays and even help the people who suffer from them with the help of a little assessment as assessment plays an important role in determining the problem of the human being. Unfortunately, some of the researches takes the personal feature of shyness and apply a pejorative meaning to it. The others doubt that shyness has the same nature as the ...

Temperament plays a significant role in the development of adjustments and social competence. The support for this theory emanates from a number of studies conducted in North America and Western Europe. However, most of the effects of temperament on development take place in the cultural context. Further, temperament makes a substantial contribution in the development of social functioning and peer relationships. I hold the opinion that temperament may play a significant role in influencing the behavior of people. However, the influence on behavior is likely to be constrained by the cultural and social context. For instance, a group of ...

The three areas I excel I are making a firm commitment to personal growth; owning my feelings and thoughts; and adapting and listening appropriately. I can say that I excel at making a firm commitment to personal growth in that when I set my mind on achieving something, then I make sure I take the steps to achieve it. For example, it was my goal to overcome my shyness. Although I am quite assertive in school and in the workplace, I tend to be shy and not know what to say when in social situations such as in social ...

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Reaction Paper # Article Title: "Temperament, Socioemotional Functioning, and Peer Relationships in Chinese and North American Children" The impact of temperament on the mechanisms of psychological adjustment and the process of socialization is obvious, and its importance cannot be underestimated; however, there exist other factors – external ones – that are also essential components in the system of the adaptive functions development. It is worth noting that development occurs in a particular situational context, namely cultural environment, that to a great extent determines the peculiarities of individuals’ social behavior. In their article, the authors draw attention to this fact stating that “During ...

Abstract

Friendship is an important aspect of human lives. People form friendships at all ages with different dynamics affecting the bonds. Children friendships tend to be more fragile as compared to adult friendship. Children tend to change friends more often as compared to adults and teenagers. A major factor affecting children friendship is the jealousy and the level of satisfaction with the friendship. Adolescent friendships on the other hand tend to be more stable, with most adolescents having several friends. Friendship satisfaction and the level of investment in a relationship are significant factors affecting the strength of commitment in teen ...

Inequalities have been a traditional part of sports. Throughout history one can find many examples of inequality in sports due to race, gender, or disability. This inequality is becoming unacceptable in society and organizations, societies and clubs that are created to exclude individuals are seen as unacceptable. Now more and more organizations are seeking guidance in planning inclusion activities for women, people with disabilities and ethnic minorities. In this paper I will be focusing primarily on the inclusion of disabled people in sports activities. According to Bickerton (2005, citing Stafford 1995) physical literacy has been defined as “as developing ...

Different people have different personalities. In any cases, there are features of our personality that we would like to change. An individual's personality is sometimes influenced by the environment in which he or she was brought up. People tend to emulate the most influential people in their lives as they grow up. This can be someone's father, mother, and siblings or even the house-help given that they spend a lot of time with little children (Passmore, 2010). Therefore, for my conversation with Andrea, I researched and read extensively about the factors that shape people's personality. I wanted to be ...

In response to your autobiography, I believe that given your cultural and ethnic orientation as a Filipino who came from an Asian country, specifically from the Philippines, it could have been such a culture shock at the onset when you had to transfer to the United States. However, since the migration was revealed to have happened when you were just 10 years old, I am convinced that you had have enough time to assimilate in the American culture.

Likewise, being an only child also contributes to the fact that you were not innately exposed for socialization, supposedly with siblings in the ...

This review provides a comprehensive analysis of the article on communication apprehension. The review articulates areas in the article that were not well presented and adequately described in the article. Moreover, the benefits of the insights offered in the article will also be incorporated in this review. Results of the survey presented in the article will also be analyzed. It is pertinent to note that the review will articulate areas where there are discrepancies between experience and the results of the survey in communication apprehension. The article provides a clear analysis of the key aspects needed in developing training program ...

Introduction

Every individual has a unique or different personality; however, some types of personalities are categorized as a disorder. A personality disorder demonstrates some psychiatric symptoms that can cause serious issues with others. A personality disorder is a complex and highly challenging to treatment providers. An individual with avoidant personality disorder or APD is difficult to treat because of his or her extensive emotional, social, and cognitive avoidance . APD is a severe mental health condition wherein the patient has a lifelong pattern of deep feeling of inadequacy, distrust of others, extreme sensitivity to rejection, and extreme shyness. The individual suffers from the disorder and tries ...

Social anxiety disorder is also known as social phobia. This state of an individual is an extreme case of the individual feeling pressure and being fearful of certain social situations. Some individuals are not confident in group settings, and constantly fear of being evaluated. Mostly this state occurs when the individual is faced with a new or novel situation. It is not uncommon to feel anxious about a new situation but some people fear it to a very large degree; hence, being a victim of the social anxiety disorder. Individuals may be so frightened of facing these new situations that they may do ...

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Introduction Dame Agatha Christie is perhaps the most renowned English writer famous for her exceptionally well-written detective stories. It won’t be incorrect to state that Christie was an extremely popular author of the twentieth century who wrote more than eighty books. Her most well-liked characters were Hercule Poirot (a self-centered Belgian), and Miss Jane Marple (an old bachelor). Both these characters were detectives and got featured in a majority of Christie’s books. It won’t be incorrect to state that the woman changed the crime scene literature forever and no other writer enjoys the ...

Personal Information

Personal information According to article Shyness in the Classroom, shyness is the act of feeling uncomfortable in social situations in ways that interfere with our ability to do what we really want, to perform our activities on the high level or, that cause us to avoid social situations altogether. When students are working as a group, it can lead to a lot of positive effects in studying. This sort of collaborative learning teaches students to think more widely and deeply. But for a lot of students it is very hard to work in group (Collaborative Learning: Encouraging Shy Students to ...

Communication Self-Concept Paper

The world in which we live undergoes quick successive changes. One aspect that helps individuals to cope with the rapidly changing world entails the concept of understanding human communication. Understanding communication provides individuals with skills and insights for everyday contexts and contents drawing from the many sources of communication we are exposed to like the videos, other cultures and academic scholarly works. Human communication remains complex and draws from a variety of backgrounds. It focuses on several dimensions including cultural diversities, role and sexuality of gender and the effects of technology and social media. For effective communication, in various ...

Celebrity worship syndrome has become a prevalent problem in the contemporary world. According to research carried out in America, there was evidence that a third of the population suffered from the condition or developing the same symptoms. The obsessed fans tend to create a certain connection with the celebrities, and some go to the extent of stalking them. Experts have discovered that celebrity adoration is accompanied by poor psychological well-being of a person. The discussion below will look into possible issues associated with .celebrity worship. One reason associated with this kind of worship is loneliness and shyness. These factors are different, but ...

Abstract

Depression is known to influence an individual’s cognition and reaction. With this, studies were analyzed to come up a consistent assumptions and conclusions about how cognition and depression is connected. Cognitive Theories of Depression was discussed. The foundations of cognitive theories of depression was briefly explained, and later focused on studies by Aaron Beck, Dr. Albert Ellis and Martin Seligman. The main principles and assumptions of their works were explained as well as analyzed their objectives and proposals. Moreover, cognitive deficits in depressed individuals were discussed. Furthermore, it was explained how cognitive deficits develop, and the idea of memory ...

Asperger’s Syndrome is named after Hans Asperger; an Austrian physician who studied the case in 1944. According to his findings, children who have Asperger’s Syndrome are typically clumsy. In addition, most of them exhibit the lack of non-verbal communication skills and shows little up to no empathy with their friends; hence they became the subject of scrutiny and the laughingstock of the class. Although the cause of Asperger’s is still an enigma, scientists claim that Asperger’s autism is probably the result of malfunctioning of the genes (Klin, Volkmar & Sparrow, 2000). Because of their complex personality, ...

Introduction

Learned helplessness is one of the phenomena thought to be relevant in understanding depression in humans. Depression is believed to be a reaction learned by a person from events known to be stressful, but inescapable at the same time. Although the “learned helplessness” theory does not completely explain human depression, it is essential for understanding the reasons behind the feelings of depressed individuals such as being helpless and hopeless. Also, the theory explains the loss of sense of personal control over life events of many individuals. Thus, enhancing the sense of personal control may improve the situation of individuals that had ...

Achieving Interpersonal Effectiveness and Leadership

Roles of Presenters: Our objectives lie upon describing and applying the theory behind effective interpersonal relationship by comparing rational and irrational beliefs, and illustrating through application the barriers of interpersonal relationships: fear and anxiety, shyness and self-blame. The team of Survivors, consisting of Van Nguyen, Zaid Altayyar, Manar Aljaber, and Phui Mun Wong, will make a presentation on Achieving Interpersonal Effectiveness and Leadership in class. Initially, the team will present a set of questions for the audience, and each member will have a questionnaire for the audience. Since the presentation is fixed for 50 minutes, each member of the team will ...

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 ...

Human beings are social animals. People need to talk to each other and communicate their ideas and feelings every now and then. But strangely so, communication becomes the hardest task of all for almost everyone to carry out. Getting the original ideas through is a tough job. Many times people find themselves in a conversation where they are at a complete loss for speaking their minds. Even more often individuals are lost in choosing the right way to start a conversation. There is a general fear of rejection of the conversation completely and what follows is an awkward silence. The situation gets worse, as ...

Social awkwardness can be defined as a phenomenological quality that helps in experiencing the patterns of social exchange that are symbolic in the exchange as explicitly destabilized by various expressive behaviors of uncertain acceptability. It also refers to the discomfort or fear in a person when in a social interaction that brings out some concern about being judged or evaluated by others. It basically refers to the inner fear people have that other people are thinking about them. This feeling brings about an insecure feeling that makes people think they are inferior or not good enough. This kind of feeling may be ...

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- Why are communication skills important to your career? Communication skills for one on one communication help one in taking a job interview. It enables you to be brief and interesting, but yet convincing increasing the chances of securing a job. Oral communication skills are very important in the job market as being a good communicator enhances the way you communicate with your co workers as well as the public. It helps one to learn how to speak to his audience such as in court, at work, in school among others. It equips the leaner with communication skills that ...

Introduction to Psychology (Final Project)

- Discuss any of your actions and/or thought processes since taking this course that demonstrate your understanding and tolerance of the behavior of other people, allowing greater acceptance of what is labeled different, deviant, abnormal, pathological, or crazy. - Identify and discuss the forces acting on you to limit or prevent your freedom of choice, both those rooted in your past (such as guilt, traumatic memories, obligations, bad contracts, unrewarding experiences, punishment, low self-esteem, or shyness), those rooted in the present (including social pressures to conform, comply, obey, and do what others reward you for; personal pressure to ...

Make achievements and social goals for Becky based on the story

In having read Becky case study, it appears that Becky, the third grade student has social issues in the way she interacts with her peers and teachers. In addition, she also appears to have problems with her academics. As a third grade student, Becky’s teachers expect her to show the rightful attitude towards her academics and the way she interacts with her classmates and other schoolmates.

Becky is noted to be a shy student that always keeps to herself. At her age, her teachers expect her to be socially playful and able to form new social ties with her schoolmates, ...

Communication Skills

Face-to-face communication is a mode of exchanging ideas, feelings, opinions, sentiments, persuasions and views when the involved people are in the same physical space. Prior the innovation of the modern electronics communication technology, face-to-face communication has served mankind a lot. It has associated great advantages in both personal and academic settings and that neither the modern nor future technology can offer. Face-to-face communication is the best approaches to solve conflicts such as fight, bickering, detest and upsets. The weigh or the seriousness of the matter may not take effect into the psychology of people involved if electronics conversation methods probably ...

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A Research Project Presented in Partial Fulfillment Master of Education Regis University ABSTRACT Over the past decades, there has been a significant shift in the perceived best practices in the field of special education. While the paradigm for special education, at one time, involved removing students with special needs from the classroom to receive specialized instruction from specifically trained practitioners, the social stigma and lack of academic progress pushed administrators to move toward a more inclusive philosophy of education. A meta-synthesis was performed of past quantitative and qualitative studies to determine what type of structure will best ...

In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, there are a number of symbols inserted into the play that represent a theme or a character trait that help to portray something deeper about these people than can be normally conveyed through the typical methods of dialogue and direction. In this paper, we will examine five of these symbols and how they are developed throughout the course of the play. It is then made clear just how effectively symbols are used as a visual representations of the character’s inner motivations, as well as the messages about society and the human experience that the playwright attempts ...

Sexism in Schools and Society

Introduction In schools, students perceive as natural the gender identity of being a girl or being a guy, based on their belonging to feminine or masculine gender. Alongside this perception of what is biologically, not socially normal (Hackman in Adams & Blumenfeld, 2010), the students also absorb the socially served definitions about femininity and masculinity and the social gender constructs that dress these concepts. As such, they are considering (some of them consciously, other unconsciously) that men are associated with attributes such as toughness and superiority, while women are viewed as weak and inferior. This places men and women in a binary ...

This study examines the individual personality differences in young adults’ shyness. For a long period, developmental psychologists have focused on shyness in children. Growing evidence of shyness in young adults, especially in college and university levels has prompted researchers to delve deeper into the development of shyness in young adults and how it can be avoided. Shyness in young adults could be genetically predisposed or could be as a result of environmental consequences. The best means of tackling shyness in young adults (in colleges and universities) require synergy between instructors and parents (guardians). Young adults who are shy have always been ...

Discovering the self

In order to discover about the self, people might find themselves attempting to answer some the following questions: what am I actually like? Am I kind of person who is introverted or extraverted? Am I optimistic or pessimistic? Am I impulsive or organized? How would I define myself whenever I am called upon to describe myself to others? What are the obvious characteristics about me that I would first mention when describing myself? In most cases people would use personality characteristics to describe themselves. This includes traits such as shyness, introversion, extraversion or impulsive. The underlying thing is that ...

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Internet is one of the most abused types of media although internet addiction is still not considered an official disorder (Patricelli, 2010). It’s easily noticeable how a lot of people could easily get addicted in using the internet and there are actually several factors that could contribute to such behavior. The aim of this research was to be able to discover most, if not all, compelling effects of internet addiction. Some researches were so far able to provide details and information about the factors that could lead to internet addiction and that was the research gap that this ...

There are different types of people and all of these people have different personalities. The same situation can be regarded by different people from various points of view. Psychologists assert that the character of a person is build up from childhood. Our attitude to life is affected by the environment in which we live. It means that our family, our friends and our classmates play an important role in the formation of our character. In the modern society we cannot but notice the great contrast between shy people and outgoing ones. I was always wondering why it is so. ...

In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, there are a number of symbols inserted into the play that represent a theme or a character trait that help to portray something deeper about these people than can be normally conveyed through the typical methods of dialogue and direction. In this paper, we will examine five of these symbols and how they are developed throughout the course of the play. It is then made clear just how effectively symbols are used as a visual representations of the character’s inner motivations, as well as the messages about society and the human experience that the playwright attempts ...

When I was young, I was not the most socially active child one could come across. Being an only child, I mostly kept to myself, and was very shy. I was incredibly reticent to talk to my other classmates, and did not invest much in making friends with my peers, especially during my formative years. As time went by, I was able to make a few friends, but lacking transportation and living slightly further out of town than everyone else, I did not have the means to socialize as often as the rest of my classmates outside of school. Cooped ...