ASSESSMENT 4 - CRITICAL APPRAISAL (1800W +/-10%) INTRO (180 WORDS) This essay aims to critically appraise a quantitative research article with reference to “The personality of emergency nurses: Is it unique?” by Kennedy, Curtis, & Waters (2014). Critical appraisal is often defined as the methodical process used to analyse a research article’s validity through the assessment of its weaknesses and strengths. Firstly, the clarity of the title, the authorial expertise will be examined.Secondly,…
Introduction A leader is a person who leads a group of team and drives them towardsthe achievement of company’s goal and objective (Adair, 2007). He motivates people working under him and gets the work done by them. However whenever a leader exercises his power and responsibilities some problem occur, some conflicts arise. This report will address those topics. This report will also discuss about various aspects of strategic leadership and the issues related with it. All the topics will be…
Eysenck proposed three dimensions to explain personality: introversion-extraversion, stable-unstable, and psychoticism. Recent analysis has revealed the existence of the big five factors of personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (acronym: OCEAN). These big five factors may be able to predict physical and mental health. The trait perspective argues that personality is consistent across situations and time. However, according to situationalism,…
Whilst studying business in sixth form, I partook in a team for a charity event in which we created and sold our own milkshakes with the proceeds going to WaterAid. One of the main factors that contributed to our success was our overall efficiency and performance. We implemented our own individual skills which allowed us to merge our strengths and progress as a team. We respected each other’s differences and used this to our advantage. Whilst we were all very different, I do feel that these…
Mary Shelley’s depiction of the creature in Frankenstein averts toward the idea that common man will reject any idea unsimilar to their own demeanor. Since Victor has created this creature, man does not accept the individual in society as one of their own. The main reasoning for this is from the creature’s appearance; he is seen as vile, ugly, and horrific looking to the average man. However, the average man is also not a Romantic, but rather, just an average man! The people’s reactions toward…
According to the Prentice Hall Self-Assessment I scored moderately for all five dimensions of the five-factor model of personality. For extroversion I scored a nine, for agreeableness I scored a nine, for conscientiousness I scored an eleven, for emotional stability I scored a seven, for openness to experience I scored a seven. My high score of eleven for conscientiousness was a pleasant surprise, as research shows that high…
---Self Assessment and Improvement Action Plan I began to know myself better, a 15-year old girl as a result of registering in this course. I worked through my 7th grade in China and came last year to attend the 9th grade in the States. The change is enormous as well as the challenge. Fortunately I had this opportunity of learning psychology. Below is by self assessment and improvement action plan. Growing up as the only child in a family full of love and sympathy I feel happy and content…
In society, people influence each other’s behavior when they interact with each other. As a result, causes and response of behavior in social situations is the scientific field of social psychology. People desire personal connections and relationships with others because it represents the sense of belonging and being a part of something special. As a result, without personal connection with others, a person’s mentality would alter and the person will be secluded from everything and everyone.…
MyManagement Lab offers twenty personal inventory assessments that range from personality, teamwork, and organizational insights. The assessments considered my individual responses in relation to classmates and global responses, this analysis helps further my understanding in relation to interpersonal development. While the revelations are useful to determine interpersonal liabilities and assets, they are fluid and interdependent. The purpose of this analysis is to advance assets and cultivate…
The positivist school of criminology derived from positive philosophy and the logical and methodology of empirical or experimental science. Positive philosophy emerged during a time of tremendous social change which occurred at the end of the time for Enlightenment thinkers, and it was an explicit repudiation or reaction to the critical and “negative” philosophy of Enlightenment thinkers. Two of the most recognizable figures of positive philosophy are Saint-Simon who fought in both the…