Cue

Being able to read and act based on social cues is important in many cultures, but in South Korea, “nunchi” is especially valued. There is no exact translation of this word in English, but in his research paper, Jae Hong Heo interprets nunchi as a way of understanding the situation or feelings of others around you and acting accordingly. My paper will discuss why nunchi is unique to South Korea and how the awareness of nunchi affects social relations on professional and casual levels. The main…

assertion can be found in Huesmann (1988) research of the relationship between a child’s observation of others behaving aggressively and the child behaving aggressively. A violent scene allows a child to acquire new aggressive scripts and also acts as a cue for the application of existing aggressive scripts. Huesmann (1988) additionally explained that children who behaved aggressively are exposed more to media violence, identified greater with violent characters and assumed that the violence…

The Media’s Influence on Body Image and Eating Disorders Today there is a real issue preying on our youth. We live within a culture where the media dictates what we should wear, how we should think, and even narrows down to how we should look, and eat. The media’s circuits have grown exponentially within the last few generations. We now have magazines, television shows, radio shows, and social media influencing the society we live in. Unfortunately the negative ramifications that occur from…

Human beings inherently change. The identity that defines a person is malleable, it is an empty canvas awaiting customization. The painter of that canvas has long been subject to great debate. The force that determines individual identity is argued back and forth between two competing paradigms, nature vs. nurture. The competing paradigms arise once more in evaluation of the contrasting works of Malcolm Gladwell’s The Power of Context and Barbara Fredrickson’s Love 2.0. Malcolm Gladwell’s…

Children get traumatized from different realms of interaction, whether it be eye-witness or their perception from the media. Traumatic events can be prone when living in poverty, or when undergoing separation of families supported by deportation. Saving all these children from potential trauma is nonrealistic, however informing caregivers about some social factors and knowledge about the developing brain can mitigate the amount of tainted children. In the book, The boy who was raised as a Dog,…

They should be aware of the warning signs of suicide. The signs they should be looking for are: Efforts to put personal affairs in order, various verbal cues making direct or indirect references to suicide, feelings of sadness and despondency, extreme fatigue, withdrawal from friends and family, easily frustrated, emotional outbursts, inability to concentrate, problems at school (drop in grades and unexplained…

my head once more to make sure everything is prepared: Props preset, lights checked, sound tested, stage mopped. All there's left to do is start the show. "Actors in places." The words come through my headset, and I lock into show mode. I flash a cue light in the orchestra and the tuning fades slowly. "Standby light one.... Light one go." The show officially turns to the control of the actor, as Curly saunters onstage through Aunt Eller's…

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park recently staged Little Shop of Horrors. The show was co-produced with Portland Center Stage at the Armory. The show revolves around a failing florist shop, a man-eating plant, and a low-life flower shop assistant, Seymour. Audrey is a worker at Mushnik’s flower shop as well. Audrey is stuck is a toxic relationship with an evil dentist and Seymour is willing to go extreme lengths to save Audrey. By mere chance, a strange plant shows itself one day while Seymour is…

Perceived Susceptibility – Sex in today’s society has become such a casual activity that many adolescents do not understand that they are susceptible to STIs or getting pregnant because it has not happened to them yet. They often believe that these unwanted outcomes only happen to individuals with “bad luck”. I’ve personally have had conversations with people who believe there is a 50-50 chance of becoming pregnant or contracting diseases whether they use protection or not, which I feel is a…

the family, friends, co-workers, and in the social occasions when one effectively adopt the use of listen attentively to others situations and feelings in any appropriate occasion, picking up subtle social cues that indicate others wants, and accurately reading others’ moods or nonverbal cues helps to show that one is engaged in the issues involving other’s concern. Having a variety of satisfying interests and maintain a balance between family, work and friend responsibilities. One finds…