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    spelling and pronunciation‚ she was known as Oprah. Winfrey’s parents were unmarried and separated soon after she was born‚ and left her in the care of her maternal grandmother. She lived in a poor lifestyle and it had a negative effect on Winfrey as a young adult‚ and her problems were caused by repeated sexual abuse‚ starting at age nine‚ by men that others in her family trusted. Her mother worked and did not have much time for supervision. Winfrey attended Tennessee State University on a full

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    you this semester was humanistic nursing. According to Paterson and Zderad (1979) “humanistic nursing is an intersubjective transaction aimed at nurturing well-being and more-being‚ its ‘stuff’ includes all possible human and interhuman responses” (p. 8). The Philosophy of the Nursing Department at Lehman College alludes to the importance of nurses and nurses to be‚ to have “inter-subjective relationships as well as self-development and self-awareness” That concept of humanistic nursing and intersubjectivity

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    Humanistic Theory of Creativity: Definitely a theory I believe strongly in. I know for myself that if I am distracted by other things it becomes very difficult to be creative. If I am creative when I have other distractions the quality of my work definitely suffers. Most of the techniques we use in our creative process originate from this theory. Things like brainstorming‚ constructive critique sessions from our peers etc. all stem from the qualities this theory places its emphasis upon. In fact

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    it seems that I failed on my exams‚ they will punish me with taking away the incentives or no praises given. Grew up with that kind of “conditioning”‚ I adopted a specific behavior where hard work seems prevalent in my daily life. In the other‚ humanistic psychology is more concerned on the basic goodness of human beings and positive human growth. My parents have influenced me in taking medical school since I graduated from high school. They “conditioned” and tried to convince me to take medical

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    Tia Gardner September 21‚ 2012 Humanistic Perspective and Addiction There are several theories of addiction. All of them are imperfect. All are partial explanations. It is for this reason that it is important to be aware of and question addiction theories. One contemporary psychoanalytical view of substance abuse is that it is a defense against anxiety (Thombs D 2006). Addicts often abuse alcohol and other substances to guard against anxiety and other painful

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    Humanistic perspective is used to help other individuals develop empathy. Unlike sympathy‚ empathy requires the individual to listen the other persons opinion this includes to be in tune with their feelings and respect for their personality and what they believe in. However‚ this approach is not the easiest‚ not every individual can understand someone’s behaviour. However‚ if respect is given to the service user or service provider this includes the understanding of the issue it’s can make the service

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    This is a tricky question‚ considering it all depends on what the issue that needs resolution. But going off of a broad idea I’d have to say I mostly agree with the humanistic variant. Humanistic therapy focuses on issues that are directly related to their current everyday situation. It focuses on changes that a person needs to make in their current lives in order to find peace with what ever issue they are currently facing. ( p.579-580) I feel this would be the best approach (or even most of the

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    Personality The word personality itself derives from the Latin word persona that refers to a theatrical mask work by performers in order to either project different roles or disguise their identities. Personality is the unique combination of emotional‚ attitudinal‚ and behavioural response patterns of an individual. Personality can also be described as the psychological characteristics that both determine and reflect how a person responds to his or her environment. Although personality tends

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    Today was an interesting class on the Three Approaches to Instruction. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. In my opinion you cannot use one approach alone. For some younger age children the Humanistic and Cognitive approach have to be incorporated with the Behavioural. According to The Cognitive approach‚ one needs prior knowledge and experience. For example‚ to be able to teach a class of kindergartners or first graders a teacher can see that the students do not have much prior knowledge

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    It can be argued that Oprah Winfrey achieved the American Dream because she was born into a racist society as an African-American girl. Nevertheless‚ Winfrey defied the discrimination and became one of the most well-known talk show hosts in America‚ if not the world‚ and the first and only African-American billionaire‚ not to mention that she is a self-made billionaire (Robehmed). Despite growing up impoverished in a society in which she was discriminated against‚ Oprah Winfrey has achieved the American

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