Are We Socially Intelligent? Francis Pangfei Lai Abstract: It was Daniel Goleman’s book “Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships” that started the author thinking on the relevance of social intelligence to property professionals. In the course of practicing as a property consultancy and lecturing at various universities over the years‚ the author notices that a property professional tends to lack the many soft skills of emotional and social intelligence. In this paper
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Unit 2 Theoretical and Methodological Issues Subunit 1 Conceptual Issues in Psychology and Culture 12-1-2011 Article 8 Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context Geert Hofstede Universities of Maastricht and Tilburg‚ The Netherlands‚ hofstede@bart.nl Recommended Citation Hofstede‚ G. (2011). Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture‚ Unit 2. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol2/iss1/8 This Online Readings
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Introduction America’s first biracial child was born in 1620 before anti miscegenation laws were created to prevent African Americans from getting romantically involved with Whites. Negative attitudes towards interracial relationships were fueled by racial discrimination and the devotion to keep each race pure. In today’s evolving society interracial relationships are still discouraged‚ especially between Whites and Blacks (Childs‚ 2005) due to parental approval and racism. Interracial unions are
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Development 1. What is habituation? How is it used to study infant abilities? 2. At birth‚ babies have the abilities to 1) recognize patterns‚ 2) respond to their mother’s voices‚ 3) learn. We saw three videos illustrating the research behind these claims. What was the evidence that babies can learn events? 3. What is a cross-sectional study? What is a longitudinal study? What is a cohort? 4. What emotions are found in babies at birth? What emotions appear between 2-4 months?
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The History of psychological assessment tools in America is a wide spread measure of testing that has historical roots. In this paper‚ I will examine the history of psychological assessment tools‚ the types of assessments being used today‚ and the validity of assessment tools. What is psychological assessment? Psychological assessment is a process that involves information from a series of sources‚ like personality tests‚ intelligence tests and personal interviews. Many psychologists do
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4) Creativity‚ wisdom and giftedness are not measured in standard IQ tests. Discuss the numerous ways in which standard IQ tests fall short. The various limitations of standard IQ tests can be assessed with reference to validity (whether the tests actually measure intelligence) and reliability (whether the tests produce consistent results). These shortcomings limit the usefulness of standard IQ tests and can have negative socio-political implications when data is extrapolated without taking these
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INTRODUCTION Personality is a term that has many general meanings. Sometimes the word refers to the ability to get along well socially. For example‚ we speak of experiences or relationships‚ which are said to give a person “more personality.” The term may also refer to the most striking impression that an individual makes on other people. We may say‚ ‘she has a shy personality’. To a psychologist‚ personality is an area of study that deals with complex human behaviour‚ including emotions‚ actions
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Change: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel. Albany‚ NY: State University of New York Press. Abu-Nimer‚ Muhamad‚ 2004. ’Education for Coexistence and Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel: Potential and Challenges ’. Journal of Social Issues 60(2): 405-422. Allport‚ Gordon‚ 1954. The Nature of Prejudice. Reading. MA: Addison-Wesley. Amir‚ Yehuda‚ 1969. ’Contact Hypothesis in Ethic Relations ’. Psychological Bulletin 71: 319-342. Aronson‚ Elliot & Shelley Patnoe‚ 1997. The Jigsaw Classroom (2nd ed.). New York
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OUTLINE I. Introduction: A Short Biography of Britney Spears II. Psychoanalyzing Britney: What Would Freud Say? III. The Trait Perspective: Applying the Big Five IV. The Motives Perspectives: What are Britney’s needs? V. Conclusion VI. References I- Introduction: A Short Biography of Britney Spears Britney Spears was born on December 2‚ 1981 in Kentwood‚ Louisiana to James and Lynne Spears. She is the middle child. From a very young age‚ she enjoyed performing. She used to sing at the
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Compare and contrast early vs late selection models of attention. How well do they explain how we selectively attend to information? Attention was described by William James (1890‚ cited in Eysenck & Keane‚ 2000‚ p130) as “the taking possession of the mind‚ in clear and vivid form ‚ of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalisation‚ concentration of consciousness are of its essence.” This definition emphasises how attention is thought of
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