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and experience at home, especially in cases of bullying were a child is made to feel powerless. In conjunction with this, research has shown that children who are bullied at home are more likely to be victims in their peer group as well (Schwartz, Dodge, Pettit, & Bates, 2000). As counselors, this can often make our jobs more difficult because, often we are dealing with two people who are in emotional pain: the victim and the bully who once was or currently is a victim in a different…

Project 9: An Observation of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation (Chapter 12- Motivating Students to Learn) For this project, I observed Miss. Walters, who is a gym teacher at the school I work at, Boulder Hill Elementary. From time to time, I have set up tables for Kids Connection, and Miss. Walters would be teaching a first grade class. I thought this was a great idea to observe how she teaches a first grade class game rules and activities. My major is Special Education, but knowing about how…

There is not a clear definition of what optimal functioning is (Frazier, Oishi, & Steger, 2003, p. 247) and there are a number reasons for this: flourishing varies from one individual to another, throughout the different life stages, and from culture to culture (Factors & Constantine, 2006). Instead of one single, unified definition, the main characteristics of well-being, like optimism, have been used to describe it. In the study of happiness, researchers have come to envision happiness as a…

patience and even glimpses of his Christian roots that he was brought up in as he shares his story. He taps in on the reader’s emotional foundation throughout this tragic text, but also leaves room for themes such as hope and belief in the scenes where Dodge, Sallee and Rumsey are able to escape the unescapable fire. When all is said and done, Maclean shares with us his passion that he spent the last 20 years of his life dissecting. A passion that I hope to someday be able to…

According to Dodge, Colker and Heroman (2002), literacy is the continuation of language development, where toddlers are beginning to learn how to read and write. Toddler’s language and literacy are first developed during stories and vocal interactions with their families…

When you think of muscle cars what comes to your mind? In my mind Chevrolets, Plymouths, and Ford and Dodges of the late sixties and early seventies mostly come to mind. Many countries have made muscle cars and they have all failed to rival the American title as the muscle car capitol of the world. This is because America was obsessed with being a country of speed and in many ways till is that same way. Before companies cracked down on performance and safety regulations in the mid 70s companies…

Insomuch, there is a bias because youth (and adults) prone toward violence are more likely to interpret unsuspecting actions as hostile and threatening than are their less aggressive counterparts (Dodge, 1993b). People described as having hostile attribution bias “tend to view the world through blood-red tinted glasses.” (Dill, Anderson, Anderson, Deuser, 1997). Children with a hostile attribution bias are much more likely than the average child to misinterpret actions from others as…

Most aspects connected to what we know as conventional family norms or values can be seen challenged in novels’ such as “Buried Child”, “The Little Girl Who Was Found of Matches”, and “The Color Purple”. In all three novels ' various themes such as murder, abuse, and family relations (i.e., incest), along with many taboo related or unacceptable behavior in society are displayed by characters giving us an interpretation of how the authors of each novel have chosen to portray family life in their…

Rowdy and Gordy are friends of Junior. They both play a significant role in the protagonist’s acclimation to two different societies. Rowdy and Gordy’s personalities are described as vastly different from each other, yet it’s clear that both characters play an important role in Junior’s life. Junior claims that Rowdy helps him navigate life on the reservation by protecting him and claims Gordy helps him navigate life as a student. Junior feels that both Rowdy and Gordy appreciate his cartoons…

The impact of heredity and environment is indeed undeniable and the two are significantly intertwined. The development of the emotional characteristics depends on the influence of the environment, but the physical genetic manifestations such as color of skin, eye color, height, etc. are maintained. The emotional characteristics for the most determine the shaping of the individuals’ disposition and character. As expressed by Collins et al., “Estimating the effects of heredity versus…