The concept of Locus of control which was made by Rotter in 1966 refers to individual differences in people’s beliefs and expectations about what controls events in their lives. There are two extremes: internal locus which is the belief that what happens is largely under one’s own control (associated with the belief that one can control much of one’s life and succeed in stressful or difficult situations). The other extreme is external locus which is the belief that what happens to one is controlled by external factors such as luck and fate (associated with the tendency to face stressful situations with a more passive and fatalistic attitude). There are a few studies that have looked at the relationship between locus of control and independent versus obedient behaviour. Holland in 1967 investigated this relationship when he ran various variations of Milgram’s procedure.
CBT is a problem-solving/task-centered approach which recognizes and challenges illogical and faulty beliefs in an effort to change negative or destructive behavior. CBT combines elements of both cognitive and behavior therapy to track and modify the thoughts and behaviors of the client in order to increase desired behaviors and thoughts and to decrease undesired behaviors and thoughts while improving problem solving skills. The major goal of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is to alter unproductive behaviors and thought patterns in an effort to improve the perceived problem and undesired behaviors. Some of its general goals are to increase desired behaviors and thoughts, decrease undesirable behaviors and thoughts and improve problem solving skills. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is divided into three major phases.
Nathan Huggins’ “The Deforming Mirror of Truth” goes to great lengths to explain his theory of what the deforming mirror of truth actually is. Huggins refers all the back to the founding fathers when explain this theory. The founding fathers, when framing the United States, decided not to openly address the issues of slavery or race that plagued the nation. Huggins suggested that the founding fathers may have concluded that if the atrocities were not mentioned, then they did not exist. This was just the beginning of the deforming mirror of truth.
There were two incidents of ad hominem that I found in the speech. Kane refered to Gettys as “the evil domination” and “the downright villiany.” Rhetorical devices try to draw an emotional response from the reader or listener. The rhetorical devices I found in this speech included: Alliteration, hyperbole, and euphemism. Alliteration is described as the same consonant sound repeated in a number of words in a sentence. One instance that this was used is occurs when Kane stated “the working man and the slum child know they can expect my best efforts in their interests.
Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, helps reinforce his message of how an American Dream can be corrupted if the society built on it is corrupted by materialistic views. Fitzgerald thoroughly provides insight on his message through the use of universal symbolism and effective imagery. With the use of symbols such as the green light and automobiles, Fitzgerald was able to build his perspective on the American Dream and how it can be achievable only if it is limited to the extent of attempting to achieve moral perfection. Daisy is illustrated to act as a social status symbol for Tom and this helped emphasize Fitzgerald’s message of the how corrupt money and materialism can make the American Dream. These implications outlined by Fitzgerald suggest the truth behind what individuals believe and how pursing the American Dream only for wonder is overseen with
Stanley Milgram, a social psychologist, conducted an experiment in 1963 about human obedience that was deemed as one of the most controversial social psychology experiments ever. Ian Parker and Diana Baumrind, responded to Stanley Milgram’s experiment. Baumrind focuses on the moral and ethical dilemma while, Parker focuses more on the experiment’s actual application. The experiment’s original intent was to determine if society would simply obey to authority when put under pressure by an authoritative figure. Milgram put a twist on the experiment asking the age-old question of, “if the Germans during WWII were simply obeying to authority when carrying out the Holocaust or were they all acting on their own”.
Selfperception affects an individual’s self-efficacy skills, therefore affecting how an individual will communicate their experiences. While self-perception is an important trait to take into consideration when dealing with self-reporting, it does however, as mentioned, affect the validity of the results due to individuals underreporting and over reporting their actions. Comparisons of Limitations All three articles discussed the limitation of self-reporting, more so in Article 1. While self-reporting is indeed a valuable asset, self-reporting at times is affected due to individuals underreporting their behavior, as well as over reporting it (Hauge et al., 2009). Underreporting occurs due to individuals being dishonest regarding their behavior, therefore causing an error in the research done.
What is language discrimination? Language discrimination is when others treat you differently because of the way you speak. This goes both way as you could discriminate against someone because they speak in a manner you don’t accept. America is a country that is made up of many cultures
Schlesinger points out that many came to view the unifying American melting pot phenomenon as an Anglocentric conspiracy to undermine and devalue other ethnicities. Although there was one glaring failure of American democracy; the racist exclusion of blacks from the promise of the American creed. Mr. Schlesinger goes on to enumerate the events which took place over the past half century which, from the springboard of the new creed of cultural pluralism, have brought America to what he sees as a dangerous era of multiculturalism with the potential to rend the nation . He begins with the culmination of World War II and its effect of confronting Americans with their own bigotry in light of the Germans' racially motivated atrocities toward the Jews. Soon thereafter came the collapse of white colonialism.
Wundt was linked to the theatrical perception known as structuralism along with his student Edward Bradford Titchener (1867-1927), which consist of describing the structures that compose the human mind. Titchener made an influential memorial of Wundt’s main ideas. Both Wundt and Titchener believed that the process known as introspection was the science of the conscious experience and the spectators accurately could describe thoughts, feelings, and emotions. However, Wundt wanted to separate introspection and internal perception that Wundt believed was more accurate. Internal perception included a professional spectator who -was unaware when a stimulus of interest was introduced.