First, in describing autonomy/connection it is the ways that people desire for personal identity and space but also have a longing to be together and to belong to another person. Next, the novelty/predictability dynamic infers that we want for new and exciting things within our relationships yet we also wish to keep a routine and predictable relationship. Finally, the dynamic of openness/closedness describes the struggle in relationships for our desire to share different parts of our lives with others but also wanting to keep certain parts of our lives separate and private. Mattingly, Oswald, and Clark (2001) studied the importance of understanding why some people are more effective at maintaining relationships and how important that understanding is in helping people who are struggling with interpersonal issues. Their research included integrating individual differences such as relational-interdependent self-construal (RISC) and communal orientation and how this integration can benefit the relationship process.
However, it is also crucial not to make assumptions that individuals are representations of their cultures. Though families may make them familiar to various aspects of culture, individuals may identify with some dimensions of their ethnicity while rejecting others (Bogo, 2006). To explain the concept of internalization, I will use an example from my personal life. When I look back upon time, I can say with utmost surety that family has played a significant role in shaping my belief system. I have taken significant aspects of my culture and made it a part of my identity.
In our society there are large groups of people living with the difficulties of racism, profound fear, hopelessness and loss. This makes the area of intercultural counselling increasingly important and relevant. Other mainstream counselling approaches do not give us the opportunity to explore the impact that race and identity has on the counselling process. It also provides us with a way of investigating the concerns that we all share regardless of our heritage or background. In our multicultural society we need to learn to live with difference in a constructive way.
1.1 Explain why it is important to recognise and respect an individual’s heritage. Recognising and respecting an indivuduals heritage is important as it is one of the things that make them who they are. Their heritage can be used to help identify their likes/dislikes, interests and personal history meaning carers are able to provide care most suited to the individual. It also means carers are able to communicate with them about things such as their hobbies, their childhood and their personal experiences in life. It shows respect for their culture, language and religion, enables the individual to feel valued and also prevents isolation as it can help maintain or create relationships with others within a social care environment.
Sometimes it depends on their society and how they were raised in their culture that impacts their lives. The decisions are made by leaders or political groups. Leaders and political groups believe their choices are the moral way to deal with the situations that arise. This requires us to be a relativist. “A relativist’s solution to such conflicts seems to be a recommendation of tolerance and the suggestion that understands the values of another’s cultures it also helps us respect such cultures” (Mosser, 2010).
When should individuals behave according to the groups’ expectation? For example, if everyone is talking /yelling at the same time, then no one can understand each other, so we often take turn to speak and talk, which is the expectation we have in a group. The major negative aspects of conformity are that we can find our thinking change, give up our individuality, may have to compromise group rules because we belong to a group and what is Lessing was referring to as dangerous – belong to a group, but not understanding its rule. However, why some people rebel against groups and societies is what Brooks referred to as rebellion. Youth culture emerged in the 20th century in particular that led people to rebel and reject some of the old values likes gender roles, democracy,
Personal Responsibility: What Does It Mean To You Debra Wilson GEN200 September 9, 2013 Prof. Wenzell Personal Responsibility: What Does It Mean To You The importance of personal responsibility is something that seems to be expressed by people more often in recent year. The way in which people define the idea of personal responsibility, however, is hardly consistent. For some, personal responsibility is about ethics, while others define personal responsibility based on religious teachings. The different viewpoints and ideas from which personal responsibility can be defined makes the concept something that is very personal. The purpose of this essay is to examine the concept of personal responsibility from a truly personal point of view.
In this instant we rely on descriptive norms, this is when we will act the way most people act or we will act the way people around us want us to act. Obeying orders from an authority figure can at times lead to us having very disturbing behavior. We are taught at a very young age to obey our parents, grandparents, school teachers, and police officers. And as humans we tend to be influenced by the people that we interact with, whether we conform to the normality is really up to us as an individual. At times those decisions are very hard to make and the answer is not so easy.
This might be where I come from but do I really belong here?” An individual’s background and connection to family and friends can limit the achievements into developing an independent sense of belonging. When we belong to our immediate families it fosters the feeling that we are accepted and loved but expectations are also set that needs to be achieved. So when Josie feels
Vanessa Cooper ENG 101 March 25, 2014 Today’s Teenagers vs. Teenagers Twenty Years Ago Technological progress has boosted both mobility and industrial production levels, while globalization has enhanced communication around the world and made socio-political ideologies exchanges possible. For example, one can refer to the political revolutions in different parts of the globe; the Arab Spring and the continuing political upheaval in Syria, in particular. Taking these, and many other factors into consideration, one could say that social processes today and those about a hundred years ago are almost incomparable. At the same time, particular social groups, such as teenagers, became overexposed to the effects of these socio-political and technological changes. This fact can be easily noticed when evaluating modern youths’ preoccupations, hobbies and behavior, as well as analyzing how they use leisure time, compared to their counterparts a century ago.