Culture does not make a difference for me when it comes to meeting people. When I first moved to this country and I didn’t speak the language I really appreciated those who took the time to get to know me, and were patient with me. I remember them and a lot of them are still in my life for the simple fact that they accepted me even though I was a stranger to their culture. I would be a straight up loser if I did not accept or tolerate people from other cultures, since I am different myself. I do consider myself open minded.
Didion’s thoughts on how grief approaches us shows that grief just comes out of the ordinary, and when it comes it does not compliment our anticipations nor does it inform us that it is approaching. Gilbert’s supporting ideas on imagination elaborate on Didion’s perspective on expectation and reveals that we must be prepared for the worst, and since we can not predict future outcomes we should “practice” accepting and rejecting the outcomes we believe will occur. Didion states “Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be (Didion 10).” Didion explains, that what we expect is nothing compared to what actually happens. We can’t necessarily predict the Sheikh 2 outcome of a certain event, such as grief. As Didion explains, our expectations don’t always match up to what grief has to offer, Gilbert’s supporting claims relate to Didion’s feelings on expectations.
Empiricism brought it to be a consequentialist/teleological theory so it is the outcomes that matter not the motive because motives cannot be measured so they cannot be a part of a moral system. The
Therefore it is thought that life stress and negative emotions can reduce the effectiveness of the immune system. A criticism with this study is that a cause and effect can’t be established because there was no direct manipulation of the independent variable i.e. the stress index. This was a questionnaire so demand characteristics were present meaning that they could have not been telling the truth (social desirability) or have forgotten. Also in this study there wasn’t a direct way of measuring immune function and is only an indirect study.
Specific assessment techniques and the therapist's opinion are therefore considered unimportant in this approach. In terms of how this
I’ll start by talking about the age old expression “nobody is perfect.” – a sad and bitter truth in our modern world. What it is saying, is that, there is nothing you can do to completely avoid all and any mistakes you have the potential to make. I obviously disagree. Or rather, it doesn’t matter. Mistakes are only an issue if we think they are something to regret.
has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of society . . . It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment; and must ultimately depend upon the aid of the executive arm even for the efficacy of its judgments .” After reading what Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist no. 78, I agree with what he wrote but I can’t fully agree.
Did I enjoy supervising/managing people? At that time – no, I did not! I did not get any formal or on the job training which would enable me to “manage” effectively, and I found myself at times lost as to the mix of characters and the needs of individuals, when all I could think about at the time, was getting the job done and meeting targets and expectations. I have always considered myself to be a kind and considerate and nurturing sort of person – what my role then did, was prove to me that managing people, to get the best out of them, was in its self both challenging and exhausting! Hence now why I embrace and welcome the use of self-assessment and 360 feedback.
I tell you everything that's really nothing, nothing of what's crying within me. so when I'm going through my routine, don't be fooled by what I'm saying. please listen carefully and try to hear what I'm not saying; what I'd like to be able to say; what, for survival, I need to say but I can't say. I dislike the hidings. honestly I do.
Another part of this stage was active or passive racism. When I see the word racist, I automatically think, well that’s not me, I’m not a racist person. In truth, I think I am in a sense racist by my lack of action or the small indirect actions that I have done. I have never called anyone a name or made a joke or said anything mean because