psychologist agreed with most of what Maslow believed‚ but added that for a person to "grow"‚ they need an environment that provides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure)‚ acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard)‚ and empathy (being listened to and understood). Rogers believed everyone has sufficient innate resources to deal effectively with life. When working with Jane as a person centred counsellor‚ the counsellor would recognise that Jane has an actualising tenancy
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Mirror neurons are defined as a group of neurons that fire both when the monkey executes a motor act and when it observes another individual (a human being or another monkey) performing the same or a similar motor act. They were discovered by a group of scientist at the University of Parma‚ Italy‚ when working on monkeys. The researchers‚ led by Giacomo Rizzolatti‚ had observed strange phenomenon with peanuts. They discovered that same group of neurons was responding when the monkey would pick up
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Julie Dinh Instructor: Vicki Hodges English Composition I March 30‚ 2017 Friends or Just "Friends" ? A Rhetorical Analysis of “Friends with Benefits: Do Facebook Friends Provide the Same Support as Those in Real life?” Henry Adams‚ a famous historian‚ once said “Friends are born‚ not made.” Is this true? One enquiring woman‚ author Kate Dailey‚ wrote “Friends with Benefits: Do Facebook Friends Provide the Same Support as Those in Real Life?” published in 2009 in the Newsweek‚ and she argues that
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admit it have addictions to sex‚ drugs‚ or alcohol. As we battle our own issues‚ our attention tends to turn inward and we don’t realize that others suffer as well. Empathy allows us to understand that every single one of us struggles in some way. Compassion allows us to realize that nobody can get through life alone. If we allow empathy and compassion to guide our actions then we can free each other from our individual struggles. In 1986‚ Nancy Mairs wrote “On Being a Cripple” about her intimate
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I could be wrong‚ but I’m guessing the majority of us have horror stories from childhood. I doubt that any of us escaped childhood without scars from some sort of dysfunction. I’ll won’t go into details‚ just say that I endured abuse. My father was and still is an alcoholic. I was never angry at him for it. Alternately I felt sorry for him. He is a good man who loved his children and tried to teach them values. His addiction and relative lack of social skills led him to be distant‚ unreliable‚ and
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Title: Red Dog Response type: Film Directed by Kriv Stenders Response written by Jesse Bird The film Red Dog‚ directed by Kriv Stenders is an inspiring story about a stray dog that brought together the small community of Dampier and is based on a true story. Red Dog explores the ideas of loyalty‚ friendship‚ isolation‚ community‚ love and hardship. Stenders uses a human-like approach through his representation of Red Dog. This can be seen when the character Jack‚ begins to explain Red Dog to
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Basic motivation must be behind any given act of kindness‚ at least that’s what one would hope. In “On Compassion”‚ Barbara Lazear Ascher considers what really drives people to be compassionate towards others. Do people really feel a need to help those who are unfortunate? Or do they do so out of fear or annoyance? The audience learns what Ascher’s attitude is towards this question through her tone‚ anecdotes‚ and conveying a sense of self-reflection. Ascher uses a thoughtful tone when questioning
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level that the people feel when they are talking with somebody from the same background. This sense of belonging to a group is part of the reason that leads to discrimination. “ Contrary to common sense and despite the good will to believe in human empathy‚ factor more minimal than a war or a bad joke are often sufficient to trigger groups behavior.” (Hung Ng‚ 2005)(20). Having a diversified workforce in any organization is very important‚ because employees not only learn how to deal with different
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hostility and revulsion”. Joe has made it clear so far for the reader that he feels repulsed and off put by Jed‚ and so this strengthens this point even more‚ Joe now shows a hint of compassion towards his “aggressor”‚ so Joe is shown to act and feel empathy which is an optimistic point. Another example would be how Bonny Deeds and James Reid felt the need to explain and apologise for all the grief and suffering Mrs Logan went through by finding the picnic and scarf in the car. This shows that although
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have a face like that at that age” (453). The obvious judgement of a grown woman towards a young adolescent girl‚ makes the reader feel bad for the teen. By putting down others‚ even if it is just in her head‚ Mrs. Turpin comes off as bully‚ causing empathy for all of her victims. O’Connor strategically does this to teach her readers how hurtful passing unnecessary judgements can be. In the story Flannery O’Connor even writes‚ “...though she thought it was one thing to be ugly and another to act ugly”
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