Cross-Cultural Interactions with Others Gina McDillon – Kitakis PSYC 870 Professor Jean Johnson December 1‚ 2010 Social workers‚ psychologists and educators alike‚ have a responsibility to develop cultural competencies. This implies a commitment to creating an environment of mutual understanding. “Cultural competence refers to the process by which individuals and systems respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures‚ languages‚ classes‚ races‚ ethnic backgrounds
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The Biomedical model of health: The biomedical model of medicine has been around since the mid-nineteenth century as the predominant model used by physicians in diagnosing diseases. According to the biomedical model‚ health constitutes the freedom from disease‚ pain‚ or defect‚ thus making the normal human condition "healthy". The model’s focus on the physical processes‚ such as the pathology‚ the biochemistry and the physiology of a disease‚ does not take into account the role of social factors
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Intelligence as a measure of distance It is almost impossible to measure intelligence accurately and I will support this notion by stating logical and proven facts about the human mind and how they differ based on culture‚ understanding and environments. Intelligence is measured as an estimation based on other criteria‚ hence the analogy “ as a measure of distance” For example Region to region differ in understanding and identify intelligence based on either intellectual strength or physical strength
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limit their use of technology and consider it as an asset to living a normal life rather than a necessity. Technology has provided society with different ways of communication‚ but the excessive use of technology is causing a decrease in human interaction and the public’s human intelligence level‚ leaving children today to live a computer-only lifestyle. Scientists are continuing to improve technology at an accelerating rate while providing society with more access to different forms of technology
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Memory Structures Sensory memory is the shortest-term element of memory. It is the ability to retain impressions of sensory information after the original stimuli have ended. It acts as a kind of buffer for stimuli received through the five senses of sight‚ hearing‚ smell‚ taste and touch‚ which are retained accurately‚ but very briefly. For example‚ the ability to look at something and remember what it looked like with just a second of observation is an example of sensory memory. The stimuli detected
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What is Psychology? What exactly is psychology? Popular television programs‚ books‚ and films have contributed to a a number of misconceptions about this subject. The diverse careers paths of those holding psychology degrees also contribute to this confusion. Psychology is both an applied and academic field that studies the human mind and behavior. Research in psychology seeks to understand and explain how we think‚ act and feel. As most people already realize‚ a large part of psychology is devoted
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Abstract Biology psychology is the study of how the structure‚ evolution‚ growth‚ and chemsitry of living things control‚ define and affect human behavoir. Biopsychology includes neuropsychology (your actual brain functioning and structure); and also the effects of hormones‚ drugs‚ diet etc on human behavoir and cognition. It is reductionist‚ very scientific and objective‚ and assumes all people are very similar (share universal mechanisms). Yes it uses animals sometimes - but usually in brain
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Chapter 11 Social Psychology: studies how your thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior are influenced by the presence of other people and by the social and physical environment. Social Cognition: studies how we form impressions of others‚ how we interpret the meaning of other people’s behavior‚ and how our behavior is affected by our attitudes. Person Perception: an active and subjective process that occurs in a interpersonal context; is influenced by subjective perceptions‚ social norms‚ personal goals
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following six months whilst on tour of duty‚ detailed recordings were kept of each sailor’s health status. The recorded Life Change Scores were correlated with the sailor’s illness score. Findings: There was a positive correlation of + 0.118 between Life Change Scores and illness scores. Although the positive correlation was small‚ it did indicate that there was a meaningful relationship between LCU’s and health. As LCU scores increased‚ so did the frequency of illness. Conclusion: The researchers
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7. References..................................................................... 17 Psychology can be defined as the scientific study of behavior and mental process. Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior‚ emotion or thought‚ which may not be understood as being a mental disorder. Abnormality psychology defined as the study of any behavior that deviates from culturally accepted norms (Mosby’s Pocket Dictionary‚ 2002)
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