I believe that learned helplessness is true (esp. in its connection with depression) but doesn’t explain for all cases. I also believe that learned helplessness is a conditioned response. If you say you are going to fail so many times‚ then you will. Many people relate the two together when they are not always relatable. For instance‚ one might suffer from learned helplessness but could not be depressed‚ or one might be depressed but not have suffered from learned helplessness. But‚ I do believe
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"You have a runner’s body’. What exactly does this mean? Do runners have certain physical characteristics that are seen throughout various runners? I want to see whether there really is a so-called runner’s body‚ yet I am faced with a challenge. What exactly defines a runner? Someone that occasionally runs around the neighbourhood? Or someone that runs repeats or trains for a marathon on a daily basis? I decided to narrow it down to my teammates on the (track and field team. I have split the top
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desire to overshadow the fact that he was from the darkness‚ where only destitute and impoverished people come from. In the novel The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga‚ Balram’s origin and culture drove him to take drastic measures to remove the label of The Darkness‚ that said‚”You’re only a stupid servant.” According to Balram’s culture‚ his destiny was to be a sweet-maker.. Nobody expected more than that from him. Also‚ Balram received relentless taunting from some of his employers due to them believing
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opportunity. You need to be able to say who you are‚ what you do‚ what you are interested in doing and how you can be a resource to your listeners. Knowing your audience is important. Before writing any part of your speech‚ research your audience. You can not convince anyone of your proposition until you know what it is. Be sure to define precisely what problems you can solve and what benefits you bring to employer. When writing out your elevator speech you should ask yourself what are my key strengths
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HAVE YOU READ A NEWSPAPER? ABSTRACT Have you ever wondered; why we find the lead story in the farthest upper-right hand column? Like most people‚ we try to keep up with the news by watching it on television. That is how 65% of us get 100% of our news – from the 24-odd-minute television news broadcast. What television news bring is primarily a front-page headline service only. To get all one needs to know‚ one has to amplify these headlines with a complete account of the news from a well-edited
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natural time for us to take ourselves in‚ so to speak‚ to review our past year and prepare for the year to come. Both reflection and preparation have many components‚ but key areas regarding our lives - both internal and external - include: • to what did I/do I want to commit my time and energy • what did I/do I want to learn about myself and the world • what challenges did I/do I plan to face‚ manage or overcome Looking at ourselves through a dual past/future lens is a gift we can give ourselves..
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What causes aggression? Is it an ‘instinct’ or a ‘learned behaviour’? (a) Compare and contrast the views of any two psychological domains on the causes of aggression. (b) Evaluate the validity of their claims in the order to reach an informed decision about the causes of aggression. In order to explore the causes of aggressive behaviour‚ we have to be clear about what we mean by aggressive behaviour. The psychological definitions of aggression are determined by theoretical perspectives and there
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Families and visitors are out buying baubles‚ or laughing at the antics of travelling players. Small girls cluster round a stall that displays prettily-dressed dolls. Amongst them is a prettily-dressed girl of 8 or 9 years: EPONINE. Across the road from this stall stands a shabby inn. A sign lashed to an old cart swinging in the wind reveals the inn to be ‘The Sergeant of Waterloo’. The inn is still closed despite the small crowd at the fair. MOVE IN on the frosted window of the inn‚ through which
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with them. Video games‚ like movies‚ music and any other form of art‚ are there to entertain people and to enjoy‚ not restrict. What most people fail to realize is that the video game industry‚ like the film industry‚ is heavily regulated with a strict code of parental guidelines already in place. Even the game consoles to play these violent games have parental controls. What I fail to understand is that some parents believe its okay to give their children 18+ rated games even though they are well under
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Through the clinical research of Dr. Martin Seligman‚ the concept of learned optimism was developed. Seligman explained that everyone may experience some momentary feelings of helplessness when encountering failing experiences. Seligman provides a systematic method to learned optimism that consists of recognizing and then disputing pessimistic thoughts. This method is referred to as the ABCDE model. ABCDE are the first letters of the steps that teachers of optimism can take in helping others develop
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