“Subjective traits or attitudes such as "prudence", "impatience" or "laziness" are key determinants of goal-directed behaviour”. (“Learning about and from Others' Prudence, Impatience or Laziness: The Computational Bases of Attitude Alignment.” page 2). By understanding this quote one can come to realize why a person can be such a slob. An obnoxious slob is an description that most people would not prefer to be called.…
The article “Inside the Hoarder’s Brain: A Unique Problem with Decision-Making” by Maia Szalavitz focuses on why some people decide to keep items that other people would choose to throw away. Although hoarding was thought to be a subtype of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) before, but this article offers new research that shows hoarding should be separated from this disorder. Dr. Eric Hollander commented in response to the research: hoarding symptoms overlap completely with OCD symptoms about 18% of the time, strengthening the notion that hoarding is not a subtype of OCD. The experiment that was conducted involved 107 people, and of those people 33 were normal controls, 43 were hoarders, and 31 with OCD. These people were all asked to bring…
The story “Mess” by John Hollander is interesting take on the concept on cleanliness and how the human mind perceives it. Hollander starts out his essay by giving an example of how different people react to a mess. He refers to the subjects as X and Y. He states that what may seem messy to X, could be perfectly neat and orderly to Y. Hollander even goes as far to say that if Y had a pile a books, and X arranged all the books into a neat stack, the neat stack could appear to be utter chaos to Y. After this profound example, the article continues to go on and list all the different kind of messes that exist in our lives. Hollander breaks the messes into different categories such as outdoor messes, indoor messes, personal states, and personal appearance messes.…
As social disorganization has been described as the disruption and breakdown of social structures, which then results in the loss of social control in certain areas of the community; the overall goal of the social disorganization theory is to link crime rates directly to neighborhoods ecological characteristics (Bond, 2015). As it had been established at the University of Chicago during the 1920s during a time of social unrest, it became well-established during this time and has remained a prominent fixture of criminology studies for more than 75 years (Siegel, p. 185). But while, each theory of criminology focuses on the different causes of criminality, I have found this theory to be most in line with my personal beliefs as I found that…
If you're keeping items for sentimental reasons, consider whether you can toss them and find another way to remember. 2. Label and Inventory When your move is incredibly complicated, being organized is essential. Organize and pack using a moving checklist. Label everything and use a central packing list to ensure you know what's in every box.…
A Figure Of OCD In The Things They Carried, O'Brien illustrates obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) through the story of lieutenant Jimmy Cross and Martha. In modern medicine, physiologists define OCD as obsessive and/or compulsive behaviors significantly interfering with a person's daily life; in reality a person spends so much time on their obsessions or compulsions that they neglect their daily life and responsibilities. Also, psychologists assert that people with OCD know that their thoughts are irrational, and they try to compensate for their OCD through a variety of coping mechanisms. First, Cross’s continuing fixation with Martha demonstrates a hallmark sign of OCD in which one continues to obsess over someone even though they know that their obsession…
Britt goes on to say “They have cavalier attitudes towards possessions, including family heirlooms. Everything is just another dust-catcher to them” (315). This exaggerated quote from Britt, clearly shows she does not know very many neat people. Neat people are people too and put everything that holds value to them in a place they feel is right and clearly what they think is clutter out. It is lazier to just keep stuff cluttered everywhere, which is what sloppy people…
Organized and disorganized are just two types of offenders in criminal justice. Between the two there are many differences and some similarities; this could make it very difficult to debate if a homicide is organized or disorganized. In order to know how to classify one, you must know what each one is and their indivual characteristics. An organized offender is a very cautious intelligent person who plots out every action of their crime.…
In order to have the best success, family members of the diagnosed patient should get involved to understand how to help. Family can help show the patient the effects of their clutter and places in the community they can go in order to receive help. They need to remain non-judgemental and make sure the client understands that they are there and willing to help at any time. When family members commit to participate and help the hoarder during this difficult time, positive effects can be achieved for the patient. Both family and client need to commit to therapy and gain an understanding of the diagnosis and learn positive techniques to help the hoarder handle any future issues.…
I grew up with a very strict dirt system. My mom is the type of person who likes to keep everything clean and orderly. I often times left schoolbooks, my purse, and jackets on our dining room table, and that made my mom very upset because to her I was…
I have always had a certain obsession with organizing. Arranging important documents into vanilla folders and double-checking labels to make sure I filed them correctly. For example, I would chronologically sort the memories of a bad college relationship into mental file cabinets “2006, 2007, and 2009,” in cerebral folders “R,” respectively. Maybe “R” stood for “reasoning.” According to me, there was no other effective way to deal with life.…
I don’t like it when my mom brings my sister to my room, because she always makes it messy. Even though my sister always makes a mess, she’s still a cool baby. I would also get rid of all of the crumbs of food that my sister always drops when she eats in my room. I could also get rid of the trash cans in my room because I barely use them. Another way I could…
When most community or neighborhood members are acquainted and on good terms with one another, a substantial portion of the adult population has the potential to influence each child. Modern Social disorganization theory is more complex than the classical theory. They linked structural aspects of neighborhoods (Poverty, Residential mobility, heterogeneity, and broken homes.) to a neighborhoods ability to institute social control (Interpersonal friendship networks, ability to monitor teens, and public organization) and found it a good predictor of criminal victimization. Placed an emphasis on how disorganization reduced social control and impacted other neighborhood aspects that also enhanced the amount of crime that occurred. This theory statistically speaking, those that grow up in poverty areas generally do not finish school and most likely have parent who did not either.…
Occupation-based behavior is influenced by many different aspects in an individual’s life. Understanding which occupation-based model best fit my personal beliefs was an extensive process. I started by making a complete list of things that I valued and believed in, including my beliefs about occupational therapy. I thought about what affects my daily decisions and my daily thoughts. I also thought about all of the experiences I had as a child and the lessons that I learned.…
Deciding to organize your closet can be an amazing decision if you allow it to be. This process can shave off hours of pillaging for a certain item of clothing, which will allow you to spend this time more productively; however, if you do not make a commit to the maintenance of your closet, chaos will strike and the organization will disintegrate. One must always keep in mind that there is multiple ways to organize a closet, and my suggestions may not be the best rout for you to take. Before attacking all the clothes, shoes, and other messes in your bedroom closet, you need to make a commitment to yourself and anyone else that shares the closet with you; such commitment will be that you will take the time and energy to clean and maintain the organization of the closet at any time. This means that if you do get your closet organized, generally speaking, it will stay like this on a day-to-day basis.…