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In this case scenario, Kyle is running late for work, and gets a bad case of road rage. This causes Kyle to become late for work, as well as upset and in pain. Psychologically, as he drives to work, he begins to suffer from the anxiety of being late, such as fidgeting or getting a lead foot. He develops his case of road rage when he begins dealing with the average, mindless driver. As he arrives to work he begins formulating excuses and questions out of anger to save himself from possibly getting fired. When the anxiety begins, it’s only worry. However, when he becomes angry with other drivers, it mixes with his anxiety, resulting in Kyle performing rude gestures, speeding, and making dumb driving decisions himself. This happens because he’s upset and wants to avoid other drivers in any way he can. By the time he reaches work, in his mind, he doesn’t want anything to be his fault, because he is already upset. That is what forms the inappropriate excuses in his mind. Physically, the road rage causes many problems, not just for Kyle, but for other drivers. Besides the fact that Kyle develops an ongoing headache from his road rage, the poor choices he and others make on the road make the travel route dangerous. The road rage also causes Kyle to make rude gestures, making his overall experience to work that day a bad one. His headache forms because of all the stress he is putting on himself. He’s not just worried about getting to work on time, but he is also worried about the continuous problems that occur on the road. When his anger kicks in, that causes more stress, and ultimately, a more painful headache. The headache itself also adds to the stress. All of this stress turns into excuses when he does arrive to work. All he wants is to put the blame on something else and get on with his day. Stress Solutions Kyle could have done many things to make this scenario’s outcome different. When faced with anxiety, he could have left the house earlier in account of traffic on the highway. He could also live by the motto, ‘to be early is to be on time, and to be on time is to be late.’ This will help give him the mindset to do things earlier rather than time. If he does this, then he won’t have to worry about being late. While driving, to help in relax, he could do a number of different stress relievers. He could take deep breaths to bring his heart-rate down. Or he could speaks words of encouragement, telling himself that everything will turn out okay. Calming himself down and leaving early would make the driving experience better, not just for Kyle, but for others on the road, who might be suffering from road rage as well. If Kyle was calm and focused, he would be one less risk for other drivers. Also, if he left early, then he could miss the morning traffic, which would make it so he wasn’t in the traffic in the first place. Kyle’s road rage would also cause others to become stressed and catch a similar case of road rage, making everyone else driving upset. If there is one less angry person on the road, everything would be better. Self-Defeating Problems
Jordon’s current problem is that she’s having a difficult time balancing work, school, and her family. Her family wants her to spend more time with them, so she decides to study after her kids have gone to bed. However, this causes her to be late for work or school, and makes her less focused during the day, causing her progress in work or school to wane. She is faced with the self-defeating behavior of procrastination, trying to please others, and forgetting to care for herself. When she to study till after her family goes to bed, she suffers from not giving herself enough sleep, and potentially not getting enough work done. She only does this to please her family members. Jordon would rather be distracted by a happy family as opposed to an upset one. Jordon can cure herself of these self-defeating behaviors by trying to make a balanced schedule. She needs to make sure she gets enough sleep so she is mentally fit for the day ahead, but also needs to finish her work, study, and make the family happy. Jordon can do this by arranging a schedule for herself, finding new methods of studying, and set goals for herself. With a schedule, Jordon can set times for her to study, spend time with family, and work. For example, she can study during her lunch break at work, or study in the morning as she’s getting ready for school or work. She can also put time aside for family after doing some studying after arriving home from work. With this idea, she can accomplish all she needs to do all while going to bed at the same time as her husband and kids. As for studying methods, she can include studying into her daily life. Jordan can make a CD, filled with vocab words and questions, to play on her way to and from school or work. She can also link actions to words in her daily life. Say she does dishes, she can be thinking about a certain structure of anatomy as she’s doing that. If Jordon sets goals for herself, that would give the probability of all of these strategies a better chance of working. Problem-Solving Jordan can use her problem-solving skills to come to these conclusions. First, she needs to identify the problem. She is faced with an angry family, restriction of study time, and time management of work and school. Jordon is aware that she needs to balance these three spheres of life in order to make her life well-adjusted. She has a multitude of options to choose from when it comes to solving this problem. She could ignore her family and focus on studying, she can adjust her work schedule to give herself time to study while the family is out at school or work, or she could find creative ways to study while working. Upon assessing the choices, she realizes that it would be emotionally stressful if she ignored her family. It could also be stressful to ask for time off in order to study, because she is also faced with the possibility of earning less money. So she thinks it best option is to find a creative way to incorporate her studying into work. By coming to this conclusion, she is one step farther into peace in her life. Action Plans Jordon has set three goals for herself. She knows she needs to spend time with her family after work and school, so she needs to come up with a way to study during work and school. With her creativity skills she comes up with the idea of creating a CD with her lessons and anatomy vocabulary on it. She is also determined to download them onto her phone so she can listen to them during work. She also sets a goal to go to bed at the same time as her family, as to improve her mood and motivation for the morning. Also, she sets the goal of setting an appropriate time to wake up to accommodate for getting to work or school on time. For her first goal, she sets an action plan to visit the store after work to pick up some blank CDs. After that, when she gets home, she will explain to her spouse her goal, and ask him to give her time to record her lessons and vocabulary. Her hopes are that he will allow her to do so. After this is done she will download the recordings onto the phone and CDs. With that done she can put the CDs in her car’s CD player. Her second goal can be accomplished by simply getting ready for bed with everyone else. To help her, she can put all of her work away so it will not distract her or pull her away from getting ready for bed. Jordon can accomplish this with the help of her family, who can make sure she stays on task. Finally, to accomplish her final goal, she can set up a series of alarms to wake her up in the morning, or set her alarm clock or phone on the other side of the room so when Jordon wakes up, she will have to move, waking her up enough to get ready for work. Conflicts and Resolutions For Jordon’s first goal, some conflicts that can occur could be technology problems or her husband telling her that she needs to spend less time recording lessons and more time with her family. Her second goal can be interrupted by self-defeating thoughts about her work, such as, ‘I really need to study though,’ or ‘I should get this done before I go to bed.’ This goal can also be interrupted by the lack of support from her family, such as forgetting to keep her on task or letting her work. Jordon’s first goal can have the interference of Jordon’s stubbornness of not wanting to get up, or ignoring the alarm, which would cause her to continue to be late. The first problem can be easily solved with troubleshooting and internet research. The problem with her husband can be solved by feminine charm, convincing her husband that the recording session will give be good for the whole family. The second problem can be resolved by a ‘family meeting,’ to discuss her desire for help on getting to bed. She can also assign her husband to lock away her work for her so she isn’t tempted. The final problem can be easily solved with the help of her husband, to motivate her to get out of bed, especially when the alarm is going off. He can tell her to shut the alarm off, and make sure it is conveniently placed on the other side of the room. Doing all of this will help Jordon’s life become more organized and it will balance her work, family, and school roles. This assignment asked us what kind of society we would like to live in and how we would change if we were raised in that society. I would want to live in a pastoral society. This society would grace me with the opportunity to travel with a purpose and open up a new set of opportunities I would not be exposed to staying in one place. In this type of society, I would be spending most of my time on the move, roaming from place to place with my family and flock of animals.
Materially, I feel I would be better off in that sort of society because I wouldn’t be stuck at one spot to become obsessed over material items. This would make me better off emotionally and spiritually as well. I would be better off spiritually because my lack of material items would allow me to be more in touch with my religion. I would be better off emotionally because I wouldn’t be upset when someone burned my house down or a close friend hurt me, because I would never stay around long enough to be hurt in such a way. Even if I had the same genes, I would be a different person than I am today. In a pastoral society I would not have been exposed to the music, television shows, and opportunities that I show through my known self. I would also think about different things for this reason. However, I believe I would think the same way because I don’t believe my parents would have raised me any different, causing me to think and act the same as I do today. No matter what type of society I lived in, I believe I would be the type of person who would respect their elders, no matter the elder’s choices, my shyness towards new people, and the concealment of my opinions. I would do my best to try and make sure everyone was happy, and that if anyone wasn’t, I was not the cause. This paper is from an assignment where we were to write about a topic using roughly 250 words and use APA citations.
Above is a PowerPoint on Socialization with examples from the Brady Bunch. It includes three levels of socialization as well as analyzing gender roles and culture in society.
The Results
Three personality tests were given to a class of juniors and seniors in high school. The first personality test was taken on the Keirsey.com. This test categorized me, Gretchen Heegeman, as an idealist. An idealist is the type of person who seeks out personal growth, seek to help others grow, and give friendly cooperation to those who are in need of help. The next test comes from the Truity.com .This website categorized me as an ISFJ, or Protector, and an ISFP, or Composer. Protectors concentrate on fulfilling their obligations to others and want others to know they can be trusted. Composers are people who are flexible with what the world throws at them, but are difficult to get to know. They also have a natural talent for art. The next personality test came from Self-Scoring Personality Tests by Victor Serebriakoff. This test consisted of four parts, one testing introversion and extroversion, emotional stability, creativity, and strong mindedness. The first part decided that I was a shaded introvert. In other words, I prefer to keep myself to myself, but I’m fairly friendly to others when they speak to me. The second part told me that, my emotional stability is average. Which means I am pretty even with decided when I need to be emotional. The third part categorized me as a very creative person. The final part declared that I was a shy and warm-hearted person. I agree with the results from all three tests, for I am a musician by heart, a personal introvert, but open when needs be, and feel strong about helping others, for I am a Girl Scout. Defining Personality What does ISFJ and ISFP stand for? ‘I’ stands for introvert. An introvert is the kind of person who prefers to deal with life within their ‘inner world,’ such as memories, personal reactions, and pictures. Introverts also prefer to think things through before making a decision. They are also independent and feel comfortable being alone or with a few people. ‘S’ stands for sensory. Sensatory people are usually visual learners and are tapped into their senses. These kinds of people will usually be good at remembering events, start small and work up to the big picture, and prefer to learn through experience or visual representation rather than a lecture. ‘F’ stands for feeling. People who rely on feeling often make decisions based on the point-of-view of others in a situation. Their first priority is values and to make sure the people involved are getting the best outcome. ‘J’ and ‘P’ stand for judging and perceiving. Judgers use their thinking or feeling trait in the outside world. For me, I am open about my feeling trait. People perceive judgers as people who are neatly organized and have a good grip on life. Perceivers use their sensory or intuition in their daily life. For me, people see my sensory trait in my everyday actions. I tend to have an order in which I live my life, but I am willing to take spontaneous events by the horns and deal with it the best I can. Real Life Action My traits bring out the best in me, but can also cause conflicts that I’d rather avoid. For example, if I end up in the middle of a conflict between two co-workers, how would I deal with it? My introvert trait would prevent me from being straight-forward with the co-workers, however so would my feelings trait. I would analyze the situation and try and come up with the best outcome for both co-workers, but that sometimes takes time, for the morals within my introvert trait would be telling me to go with one decision, but my sensory trait would tell me to go in another direction. My traits are beneficial because, eventually, I’ll come up with what I believe is the best solution, however the process might take a couple days. Personality Stress Disorder With the personality palate I have, I tend to become stressed over conflicts, like the one described in Real Life Action. Usually the situations are nothing to stress over, but being an idealist, I desire the best in everyone, but their personalities will conflict with mine, causing higher stress than normal. Chapter 17 of our Human Relations book describes stress as an internal reaction to any force that threatens the person’s equilibrium. I tend to become stressed over social conflicts, for my circle of people I allow in is small. I also become stressed over both overloads and under loads. I usually try to keep myself relaxed, especially in the school environment, by finding myself work when I don’t have any work, or to effectively do my work to the best of my abilities, making it a goal to finish the more important work so I can continue to work on the lesser work. A way I can keep my stress down over social conflicts could be to try and keep my mind off of it by meditating, resting, or exercising. And in the End In the future I should be more aware of time and the world around me. To keep track of time, especially on a week basis, will help me regulate the work I do, so I do not suffer from overloads or under loads. I should also watch how much work I take on, so I do not become stressed from too much work. I should be aware of the world around me so that I can understand what needs my attention and what doesn’t. Another way I can help myself to be less stressed is to not worry as much about others, and to worry about myself first. Being an idealist, I understand it’s difficult to not try and help others, but sometimes yourself is more important than the world around you. References Briggs Myers, I. (n.d.). The Myers & Briggs Foundation - Extraversion or Introversion. Retrieved November 18, 2015, from http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.htm J. DuBrim, A. (n.d.). Chapter 17. In Human Relations for Career and Personal Success (10th Edition ed., p. 592). Personality Test - Keirsey Temperament Website. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2015, from http://keirsey.com/ Serebriakoff, V. (1996). Self-Scoring Personality Tests (p. 23). New York, New York: Sterling. Scientific Personality Assessment No Psychologist Required. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2015, from http://www.truity.com/ Introduction
Relationships are one of the key factors to living in our modern society. They are especially important in the workplace. To live a happy life, healthy relationships are imperative. Michael Dolenz is the psychology teacher at the local high school. He has noticed that one of his co-workers, Micky Tork, the geometry teacher, does not have a healthy relationship with his students. Mr. Dolenz is determined to help Mr. Tork develop a better relationship with his students. What’s Wrong Now? Through the halls students whisper rumors of their intimidating geometry teacher. Mr. Tork isolates himself in his classroom between class periods, stuffing his face into complicated equations that were turned in by the students the day before. Students will carp that he gives his students too much homework and that the tests will have problems that are over their heads. However, Mr. Dolenz has noticed that the students are not as great as they think to the geometry teacher. Students will blame Mr. Tork for the problems they face. It is known that Mr. Tork will give the students a whole twenty-four hours to finish their homework. The day the homework is due, many students will blame Mr. Tork for not giving them enough time to do the work. Mr. Dolenz also knows that the students procrastinate about their problems and never take time to think of the situation through Mr. Tork’s eyes. Mr. Tork’s relationship with his students needs to be adjusted. Mr. Dolenz begins to research possible solutions to solve the problem. By solving this problem, the school’s environment will improve and everyone’s moods will increase. American Academy of Family Practice The school bell rings, and Mr. Dolenz logs onto his computer, and searches for websites that might provide some advice to achieve a healthy relationship. The website, http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0100/p47.html, is for the American Academy of Family Practice. This site provides information about the studies the program took and seven key factors to a healthy relationship in the workplace. Some of these factors include trust, mindfulness, respect, and diversity. The website also offers an assessment form to evaluate a work relationship. Mr. Dolenz reads through the article and the definitions of the factors, and gives them to Mr. Tork. Mr. Tork reads through the article as well, and asks Mr. Dolenz to give a presentation Wednesday to his classes about relationships in the workplace. Eagerly, Mr. Dolenz agrees. Preparing a Speech Returning to his own classroom, Mr. Dolenz gets right down to work. First thing he does is print off the assessment form and copies enough for the whole class and Mr. Tork. Revisiting the website, he realizes that the website does not provide all the information needed to solve his problem. The website gives the healthy relationship factors in a list format, which is helpful, but does not do the same for how to achieve these qualities. It would be helpful if the website provided examples of unhealthy relationships and how they could be solved. With this problem present, Mr. Dolenz looks back to the class sessions he’s taught in years past. He can include the ‘Keys to Happiness’ from the Chapter 4 Unit of his Human Relations book. The keys to happiness will provide components that the students and Mr. Tork have overlooked. The keys to happiness, similar to the strategies from the AAFP website, include how to cope with others, or respecting others, being able to trust others, being able to be fair with others, even if you don’t like them, and develop friendships with happy people. With these and other components, Mr. Dolenz prepares a speech, ready for tomorrow’s geometry class. Diversity in the Classroom Mr. Dolenz comes into work bright and early, meeting Mr. Tork in his classroom. He discusses the speech and its contents with the geometry teacher. However, Mr. Tork is concerned on whether the speech will convince any of his students. Mr. Dolenz reminds the teacher that he needs to be convinced as well, and that he himself has full confidence in his speech. When the class walks in, Mr. Dolenz delivers his speech, hitting all the spots about living a happier life, how important it is to respect one another, what adjustments could be made to benefit both the teacher and the students. At the end of the lecture, Mr. Dolenz asks for questions. Anna, a bright teenage girl, asks about the fact that Mr. Tork calls on more boys than girls. Mr. Dolenz explains that diversity in the classroom is an effective way of getting a wider variety of solutions to not just mathematical problems, but social problems as well. If the students, both boys and girls, talk out the problems with Mr. Tork, there will be significant improvement with the classroom environment, student/teacher relationship, and education experience. Mr. Dolenz leaves the geometry classroom with high hopes as Mr. Tork and his class talk out their problems. Pat McCartney is a productive employee and mother. Her home life is filled with the busy schedules of soccer for her ten-year-old son, Peter, and the constant chatter of Kermit the Frog and Ms. Piggy from her four-year-old daughter, Michelle. Pat has just recently switched jobs from the Avon Gazette to the Daily Nightly Newspaper. Pat has proven to her employer that she is an employee who exceeds the expectations. She is rarely late or absent from the workplace and turns in exceptional articles for the paper. Pa t looks forward every morning to working at the Daily Nightly Newspaper, a business that tries to take on an office environment. However, once she arrives, she feels pressured to hide in her cubicle and avoid her co-workers. She desires to fit in and socialize, but feels that unfair soccer calls and the Muppets are inappropriate topics to discuss with her co-workers. All they seem to talk about is night-time talk shows and the local club scenes. The sports journalist, Chris Lennon, works in the cubicle next to her, and Pat desires to become friends with him. However, throughout the day, even though she has multiple opportunities to talk to Chris, she feels embarrassed and tries to avoid talking to him. By the end of the work day she feels dejected and desolate. This has not gone unnoticed by her husband and children. Her husband, Michael, a certified counselor, is concerned for her well-being, and, ultimately, sits her down one night to discuss her disheartened behavior.
Pat explains her self-concept, or what she thinks of herself, to her husband on a daily bases. Pat describes herself as a social butterfly, but feels the environment is not allowing her to socialize. Pat is concerned that since her coworkers are more interested in adult life, that her coworkers would put her down for her motherly aspects. Pat is confident that she is a good friend as well as easy to talk to and enjoys spending time with her children. Pat loves both her job and her family, but wonders how she can enjoy them both. Michael understands Pat’s love for their children, but understands her desire to fit in. Michael identifies that Pat is afraid to fit in with her co-workers and notices Pat is nervous that her coworkers will judge her for being herself. Her fear is giving her a low self-esteem, or how she feels about herself. Michael is concerned that Pat is allowing her low self-esteem to get in the way of her making new relationships in the workplace. Despite Pat’s their interest for nightclubs, Michael would like to see Pat engage with her co-workers, and form relationships outside of her children. Since Pat has began her job, Michael has noticed that she feels less of her social abilities, or her self-efficacy. Michael notices not only that her social abilities are slowly declining, her confidence in her journalistic abilities are slowly declining as well. When Pat tries to work at home she seems to become stressed easier and gives up quickly. When she returns home everyday, her foul mood causes her husband to feel less joyous than before and in turn her children’s attitudes change as well. To improve Pat’s self-esteem, self-concept, as well as her self-efficacy, there are multiple steps that Pat can take to help her overcome these fears. To begin a conversation, Pat can begin by talking about work, one thing she does have in common with her co-workers. Pat can then use this opportunity to ask her co-workers if their interests, to find interest that they share. Pat is unaware of her co-worker’s personal lives, giving her the opportunity to slip pieces of her own life into conversation and see her co-workers reaction. Pat could always go to the boss as well. Her boss already knows she’s an exceeding journalist, and has already warmed up to her in the workplace. Pat can always go to her boss and ask for his advice. Who would I work well with? In the office, who should I avoid? Talking to her boss will give her a guideline and a starting point for the multiple relationships that could happen. What is unknown to Pat, is she shares one main thing in common with her co-workers- their job. Both Pat and her coworkers are writers. Pat and her co-workers can share their interests in writing, and can use this interest as a way to form relationships. Instead of focusing on the differences between herself and others outside life, Pat should focus on what they have in common in the workplace. Forming a relationship based on work, Pat’s self-esteem, as well as her self-efficacy may improve. Pat has many opportunities to help her self improve her self-efficacy, self-esteem, and her self-concept. After talking with her husband, Pat feels better about herself already. The rest of the night she runs scenarios through her head about what paths she could take to become friends with Chris. She decides the next day she will ask Chris to proof-read one of her papers, hoping something will spark. If that doesn’t work, she feels she should try asking about his position in the workplace. Pat goes to bed confident and determined to know Chris by that time tomorrow. |
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SummaryThese assignments come from my Psychology 101 and Sociology 201 college courses. |