Kevin Rodriguez ENC 1101 Profesor Lisenbee September 23, 2012 Homework Essay 1 Crosswalk by Deborah Tannen This essay is basically about cross-gender miscommunications that happen in everyday life. Tannen explains the types of communications that men and women have. In an example, Tannen says that a woman who owns a bookstore needed to speak to the store manager. The owner spoke to the manager about helping the bookkeeper with the billing. But after a few days the manager never did anything.
She seem that Janet is lying on her paperwork saying that she sees her clients on their schedule date but her clients state they haven’t seen her at all. Janet is also filling out all of the necessary paperwork on the dame day with the same notes and times. This is impossible to do so it means that none of her notes are true and adequate and she is reporting false information. Janet is not referring her clients when needed and is not doing her job right. Fidelity—is respecting the trust that clients place in their helpers and guarding in keeping promises and being honest in their interactions with
Scott and Munsterberg were interested in the science of employee selection and psychological testing. There were others involved as well. Frederick Winslow Taylor looked at managing production workers and developed what is known as scientific management. As a means of developing a more efficient way to perform, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth made their contribution to I/O psychology by the use of designing practical technology for individuals (Spector, 2012). World War I & II used the psychology of I/O by utilizing the skills of psychologists to place soldiers properly in a position that was best suited for the military.
Analogizing/Distinguishing: The similarity between Mrs. Mitchell and Natalie is that they both were fired from their work place. Also both of them filed for unemployment and were denied because they were terminated from their place of employment for misconduct. The difference between them is that Natalie was terminated for her new tattoo whereas Mitchell was terminated for birdbrain considered the ‘last straw’. Another difference is that Natalie did her job well but only two customers complained about her tattoo whereas Mitchell didn’t she refused to do her job and wasn’t very cooperative. Application to Client’s Facts: Due to the differences in the two cases; Natalie should file a claim against the NMESB for unfairly withholding her unemployment
When she went to make copies of job application letters, at the request of the office manager, she noticed a paper that was left on the copier. Upon review of the document, she realized it was questions from her professor for the midterm exam she was studying for. She used the information to better prepare herself for the upcoming exam. It was unauthorized because the professor did not give Lucy permission to use the document to use in preparation for her exam. Section 2.2 bullet 5 states, “Cheating includes, but is not limited to… violating
Sammy was able to draw conclusions about the girls that were walking around the store such as calling one of the girls “the queen” just based on the way she looked and acted. Although not as detailed, while working I often look at the people who are shopping and draw conclusions such as what kind of job I think they have or how many kids I think they have. The final aspect that I can relate to is the part of the story where Sammy gets annoyed with his boss and quits. Sammy doesn’t like the way that his boss, Lengel, talks to the girls and in an attempt to impress them, quits his job. I would never have the courage to quit my job and tell my boss that they were not treating someone right but I have thought about it before.
In cultural psychology the mental processes are compared with the society and the individual who has grown up in that society. Comparatively, cross-cultural psychologists systematically research behavior across cultures in different cultural situations (Shiraev & Levy, 2010). Critical Thinking Critical thinking in cross-cultural psychology is important because cross-cultural psychology is about identifying the similarities and differences in individuals and how they function in his or her culture. Critical thinking is about making realistic, valid and reasonable evidence. Critical thinking is described as maintaining an attitude that is open=minded and doubtful (Shiraev & Levy, 2010).
Acquiescence, violence, and nonviolence are the ways to handle the oppressors. One way that Dr. King opposes in his essay, is acquiescence. The oppressed people are downhearted to accept and endure their lives as inferiors. King does not accept this method due to increase great self-importance to the oppressors, and end the future of the oppressed people’s descendants. The film Iron jawed Angels, the worker ignored Lucy Burns’s speech for organizing a parade to promote woman’s suffrage because she did not want her employer to be upset and fired her.
And if they can not manage to improve their customer service, then other retailers will outperform them. After the terrible customer service, I decided to write a letter to the Consumer Relations Department and to my surprise, I received no response. I wrote a very professional letter in which I mentioned how much I enjoy shopping at Macy’s, however, under several occasions I have experienced dissatisfying service. Most
Personality Assessment and Theories Cynthia Harding BEH/225 September 29, 2012 Serena Watts-Kumar, Instructor Personality Assessment and Theories “Personality refers to an individual’s unique pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that persists over time and across situations” (Morris & Maisto, 2010, p.359). There are four theories that explain different approaches to personality assessment. The four approaches are psychodynamic, humanistic, trait, and social learning. Personality is measured by psychologist with an assessment using four basic tools: personal interview, the objective tests, projective test, and direct observation of behavior. The different theories use different methods for assessing the personality.