The Smurfette Principle The Smurfette principle is a controversy on how TV shows and movies have all men/boys as characters with zero to one girl. A writer by the name Katha Pollitt writes an article in the New York Times talking about this principle. She defines her principle as‚ “…a group of male buddies will be accented by a lone female‚ stereotypically defined” (Pollitt). She uses her daughter to explain to us that there is just not enough shows for little girls to watch. She mentions how
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American psychologist. She was a student of Carl Rogers (1942)‚ who is the founder of non-directive therapy and today referred as person- centred therapy. Axline developed non-directive play therapy‚ which applied Carl R Roger’s person-centred therapy principle in play therapy. It based on theory that the child’s behaviours is constantly caused by drive for self-realization. In Axline’s books‚ Dibs in Search of Self (1964) and Play Therapy (1947)‚ she demonstrated different cases of using play therapy.
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Business Communication II Week 2 International Communication Lecture outline A. Background to intercultural communication B. How to communicate with other cultures Introduction Importance of learning intercultural communication. A. Background to intercultural communication 1. What is culture? Definition and cultural factors that effect communication. Difference between culture‚ sub-culture and intercultural communication. 2. Identifying cultural differences: social values‚ cultural context‚ role
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Principles and Articles of the U.S. Constitution Bettina McCormick Grand Canyon University January 13‚ 2012 Principles of the Constitution There are seven principles that make up our Constitution. These principles are the basis of our Constitution. When laws‚ petitions‚ and ideas are brought about our representatives‚ they must be in accordance with our principles of the Constitution. Below is a chart that names only three of our primary principles of the Constitution. Principles of the
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unit 7 1.1 person-centred care values must influence all aspects of health and social care work. Health and social care should be based on person-centred values‚ and should be individualised as this is a law requirement (Human Rights Act 1998‚ Health and Social care Act 2012‚ Codes of practice for Social Care Workers‚ etc). If person-centre values that underpin all work in the health and social care sector are followed as they should be then all individuals should feel that and health and social
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Unit 7 D1 Business Skills Interpersonal skills There are a few interpersonal skills that are needed in a business and it is very important for any business to survive. There are many different types of interpersonal skills and these are not only used in businesses‚ but in our everyday lives so that we are able to communicate with different people every day and so that we meet and make new friends. I am going to list the different types of interpersonal skills that help us to communicate with
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Business Communication Portfolio Assignments Overview The Business Communication Portfolio Assignments introduce you to the most common types of messages you will be asked to craft in a business environment—routine‚ negative/sensitive‚ and persuasive—and to the major channels of written business communication—e-mail messages‚ memos‚ letters‚ and forms of social media. The series of assignments takes you through the process of strategizing and applying the fundamental principles of business communication
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Lesson Two – Part Two Communication Lecture Outline • What is communication? • Types of Communication Skills • Written communication • Report writing • Contents of the report • Communication across the business • C Communication responsibility i ti ibilit • Presentation skills • Dealing with the audience Communication 2 What is Communication? Communication is a key management skill. Following six skills are basically considered under communication skill. 1. Listening skills 2. Questioning
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Windows 7 is the latest release of Microsoft Windows‚ a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers‚ including home and business desktops‚ laptops‚ netbooks‚ tablet PCs‚ and media center PCs.Windows 7 was released to manufacturing on July 22‚ 2009‚ and reached general retail availability on October 22‚ 2009‚less than three years after the release of its predecessor‚ Windows Vista. Windows 7’s server counterpart‚ Windows Server 2008 R2‚ was released at the same
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1. "More centralization and decentralization are not advisable" - Do you agree or disagree? Justify. Suggest when and where these two concepts effectively applied in corporate I AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT. Centralization and Decentralization Centralization is said to be a process where the concentration of decision making is in a few hands. All the important decision and actions at the lower level‚ all subjects and actions at the lower level are subject to the approval of top management
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