In this essay I will briefly outline my understanding of the concepts of the situated and knowing self. I will then reflect on how my background has influenced me as a learner and in doing this I apply the concepts to my discussion. My understanding of the concept of the situated self is that it is the aspect of the self that involves cultural and social background and the surroundings of the self. The situated self changes over time‚ it can have a past and a present. The knowing self is those
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Module 09 - Inclusion and Alienation Social Psychology Reading - Chapters 11 and 12 Phoebe Prince Phoebe Prince was a 15-year-old girl who had recently moved from Ireland to Western Massachusetts with her family. Phoebe had been the victim of severe harassment and bullying by a number of her classmates that appeared to stem from a brief romantic relationship she had with one of her tormentors. What seems to have happened is that Phoebe dated a boy in her class for a short period of time. The
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Liberal arts classes have been of great importance to me since they have shaped me to become a better critical thinker. To begin with‚ humanities have equipped me with knowledge about people and how to be humane. By knowing that people are different and reason differently‚ I can empathize with them before drawing conclusions. By studying social sciences‚ my mind has become open to the world‚ and I can‚ therefore‚ view things from different perspectives (White‚ 2011). I no longer limit my judgments
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Many individuals will enter the profession of social work because they are simply interested in ‘helping people’. This pretext however is not as straightforward as it sounds. Some may be motivated by a mission of working against child problems such as child abuse hence choosing the direct path of social work which involves strategies such as counselling‚ case management or the dispensing of emergency assistance‚ whilst others may still hold ideals of ‘changing the world’ thus choosing a more indirect
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each person influences and is influenced by each other person (Shaw‚ 1981). Turner (1987) goes further to say that “a psychological group is one that is psychologically significant for the members‚ to which they relate themselves subjectively for social comparison and the acquisitions of norms and values…that they privately accept membership in and which influence their attitudes and behaviour”. Clark & Pataki reserve the term “group” for aggregates containing three or more members because dyads
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Chapter 16: Social Psychology Social Thinking 1.Social psychology studies what 3 aspects of our social world? 1. How we think about our social world (social thinking) 2. How other people influence our behavior (social influence) 3. How we relate toward other people (social relations) Attribution: The Causes of Behavior 2.Distingush between personal (internal) attributions and situational (external) attributions. Personal internal attributions infer that people’s characteristics
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THE SOCIAL MARKETING CONCEPT The societal marketing concept holds that the organisation task is to determine the needs‚ wants and interests of target markets and to deliver the desired satisfactions more effectively and efficiently than competitors in a way that preserves or enhances the consumer’s society or well-being This strategy is one used by many different businesses all over the world‚ but what makes it different from the rest is its approach towards the environment‚ health and similar
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Sleep: How important is it? There are many topics that are related to health and wellness making it hard to complete an observation on a single one. After much thought‚ the topic that interested me most was sleep. As humans‚ sleep is essential to our well-being. It is required in order for us to function. A human will die after 11 days of no sleep. The importance of sleep can never be stressed enough. With our hectic life styles‚ one does not really pay attention to how much sleep they get. Most
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If… I read this poem as part of my school curriculum. It’s been 13 years now and I remember the page where it was written in the book. The course was over‚ the poem was well read. The meaning as taught by teachers was well understood but the application was never taught. Some verses are not to be taught‚ they are there to just to be shown to you. May be that had clicked me sometime in early 2000s when I recalled this poem after someone stated the name of the poem in one of the institute lectures
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relate these developments to two relevant psychological theories and discuss how an individual’s needs must be met to enable them to develop. The human life cycle can be broken down into 5 basic stages (Bingham et al. 2009); Infancy - 0-2 years Childhood - 2-12 years Adolescence - 12-21 years Adulthood - 21-65 years Older Adulthood - 65+ years During each stage of the life cycle‚ different physical‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ social and cultural developments occur; In infancy‚ physical changes include learning
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