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DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF GROUP PROCESSES FRANCESCO GARINO 05 JUNE 2015 14074984B ANIKA VATS TABLE OF CONTENTS TASK 1 2 TASK 2 4 Introduction 4 Group processes and their effect on group function 4 Conclusion 7 TASK 3 8 TASK 1 1. Describe two situations where working in group is appropriate and inappropriate. a. Appropriate Example Explanation The task assigned is complex and involves different topics. Working in group is appropriate because each member can analyse one…

1. Indicate causes of risky adolescent behavior (i.e. drug use, sexual behaviors, criminal activity) and discuss whether these operate independently or whether they interact. The prefrontal cortex is not fully evolved and it enables planning, emotional regulation and impulse control. However the limbic system has developed and it regulates intense fear and originates excitement (Berger, 2010). This means adolescents are ruled by their emotions, as the cognitive areas of the brain are still under…

As I reflect over my first year here at the University of Washington-Bothell, I have gain many new skills and discovered more about myself while also facing new challenges as I navigate through my college career. The most important aspects of going to college for me is learning more about myself, making connections with people, and learn new skills or develop skills that I already have. I feel like the classes I took this year really help me get a sense of what I like and dislike. I would say…

The Group dynamics within our group ‘Team Instinct’ varies from day to day. Depending on what type of mood we are all in, our group seems to take on different group roles or tasks without even realizing it. Some days our group can work very well with a plethora of us being initiators and coordinators, while the rest turn more towards being the recorders and instigators. The next day the roles and tasks could be flipped, and some of us could be doing the opposite job of which we did yesterday.…

Amrhein, Lexie SR “College Pressures” Background William Zinsser was a Protestant, fourth-generation New Yorker, and a World War II sergeant. He earned degrees at multiple universities; two of them being in Indiana. He attended Rollins College, Wesleyan University, and the University of Southern Indiana. Zinsser was born October 7, 1922 in New York City. He married a teacher and historian, Caroline Fraser, in…

those numbers are related to “the ordinary American” as Herbert puts it. Though the book is made to present an overarching picture of America’s current predicament, it falls short of exploring the specifics of very different experiences that minority groups in the U.S. face. Not acknowledging these differences, does not inform the reader just how dire the situation can be when discussing unemployment, inequality and poverty of minority…

youngest president to ever be elected at age 43, in the same year he called NASA to land the first man on the moon. Affirmative action was an outcome of the 1960’s civil rights movement. The purpose was to allow equal rights and opportunity for minority groups and woman. It was later when president Lyndon Johnson increased Kennedy 's order to add woman and signed the Civil Rights Act into…

leaving groups nervous and insecure about their future” (Walter 2). A large part of this fear occurs from a concept known as the security dilemma. According to Walter, there are 5 situations in which fear is at a point in society high enough to reach a breaking point and have a civil war occur. These 5 include: when the government breaks down or collapses; a minority group becomes geographically isolated within a large ethnic community; the political balance of power shifts from one group to…

M1: Education & Social Class Social class, more times than not, puts us into a group of people who share similar circumstances of wealth and power. Education factors into issues of wealth and power in complicated ways, and our location in a particular social class often shapes our expectations for schooling, its importance, and its potential for getting us to our goals for personal and professional success. Social class creates a divide in the education system and that divide affects the…

Berns (2013), states that peer groups have their own subcultures and depending on the values, motives, attitudes and patterns of behaviour they display they can contribute to bullying. Berns (2013) and Swearer et al. (2014) identified that children crave social acceptance, companionship and the desire to have a social identity and for that reason may partake in bullying behaviour. This is also the case, when peers participate in bullying to gain attention, group status or leadership.…