Learned helplessness

An Everyday Occurrence The concept of race has been used throughout generations of life to categorize people into dominant and subservient groups, which have also worked well as a tactic to keep inferior groups below their superior counterparts. If we take a look back on America’s history, this tactic of keeping inferior races down has always been existent from the moment of white colonization. Even though we don’t see lynched bodies, racial genocide, and slave plantations today, racism is…

Journal 2: Negative Actions Expressing Prejudice My second journal for reflection is centered on my thoughts, emotions, and behaviors around three negative actions expressing prejudice; antilocution, avoidance, and discrimination. Subsequently, I must admit that I have not really thought much about prejudice in the past couple of years since I try to surround myself with like-minded people. Much to my chagrin, I am discovering that this self-induced segregation may not be ideal for my…

men that the old mans work brought a form of delight to those he was tasked with aiding. “The hurt and wounded I pacify with soothing hand, I sit by the restless all the dark night” (73). It does, however, leave the reader with many lessons to be learned. “(Come sweet death! Be persuaded O beautiful death! In Mercy come quickly)” (73). In this paragraph we see Whitman’s inner thoughts exposed and through this particular thought of his, we are able to learn that sometimes though all life deserves…

based on love and affection, Janie’s marriages are based on submission. Because of this abusive love, Janie loses her self-image while yielding to the needs of others. Similarly, white men oppress African Americans by trapping them in a state of helplessness. Hurston challenges the cultural norms of the 1900s southern society by criticizing the objectification of African Americans and women. Deborah Clarke explains…

Reflective statement An analysis of Sophocles’ portrayal of fate and destiny in Antigone Interactive Oral took place on 29th October 2013 How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? Antigone is a world renowned play which confirms to us that change is the only permanent thing in the world. Even though it was written in 441 B.C., this play initiates the change in the patriarchal society in a most conspicuous style.…

The Stanford Prison Experiment: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil By Rawan Farook 16904008 Abstract We tend to think that there are two types of people, the good guys, and the bad guys. Both groups are believed to be born with specific characteristics that make them who they are or defines the way they behave and that whoever is in one category stays there no matter what. However, Dr. Philip Zimbardo didn’t believe so. And accordingly, he conducted an experiment to test the…

short story. Furthermore, women did not have the freedom and rights back in the nineteenth century as they do nowadays. Female lives were limited and controlled by men when “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written. Throughout this research, a lot has been learned about Gilman’s life, the life of white…

not feeling a sense of belonging and contributing to a social group. He recognized that by not fulfilling this basic need, the child is motivated to misbehave through four types of goals, namely “attention getting, power and control, revenge and helplessness or inadequacy (Dreikurs, Rudolf. 1958)” in an attempt to fill the void. Dreikurs’ philosophy of stimulating co-operative behaviour without punishment or reward became popular practice for parents and early childhood educators alike. His…

(TCO 5) Which of the following is CORRECT concerning REM deprivation? (Points : 5) REM deprivation results in long-term mental illness. REM deprivation only occurs among the elderly. REM deprivation leads to increased amounts of REM sleep on subsequent nights of sleep. REM deprivation can lead to visual impairments. Question 8.8. (TCO 5) The activation-synthesis hypothesis of dreaming states that _____. (Points : 5) the purpose of dreaming is to express…

Mental disorders are often viewed as deviant from physical illnesses and treated as lesser, insignificant maladies; yet, mental illnesses are legitimate diseases which find themselves, in one form or another, in the vast majority of people. Most people have experienced, or at the very least, encountered symptoms of mental illnesses; primarily: anxiety and depression. In fact, twenty-five to forty percent of young adults meet the criteria for a clinical diagnosis (Miech 1098). Indeed, it is…