Reciprocity

Halloween is a tradition that goes back to an old Celtic festival called Samuin, which is the practice of wearing costumes in celebration of the end of the year as they celebrated a new year on November first. During Samuin people dressed up to impersonate the evil spirits. The Celtics believed that the end of the year which is October 31st, the living and dead world would overlap. This resulted in the dead having access to roam earth again. So by people dressing up in costumes they were trying…

Introduction Getting fired from the golf course I work it does not happen often. My former colleague Mason, however, was setting himself up perfectly for such a rare occurrence. Last fall, what I thought was going to be another beautiful Saturday spent on the job turned out to be Mason’s last day of work. For four years, non-consecutively I should add, this club has employed Mason and I, and our job duties as the cart staff have not changed even slightly since first hired. We provide the…

Confucius associated loyalty with reciprocity. Reciprocity is the practice of exchanging things with other for mutual benefits, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary. Both are based on the principle of humanity. In the Analects of Confucius, one of the Four Books of Confucianism, Confucius' pupil Tseng Tzu is cited as saying that his lord's teaching can be summed up in the two ideas of loyalty and correspondence (reciprocity). “In Confucius's words, "Do not do to others what…

14. Discuss the Kula Ring of the Trobriand Islands: what is it, how does it function, and what symbolic and practical significance does it have for Trobrianders? (10 Points) The Trobiand Island is populated by a society who are horticulturalists. The Kula Ring is practiced by Trobiand islanders where they exchange for ceremonial reasons. There are two important traditional items called the Soulava and the Mwali. The Soulava is a symbolic item, it is a necklace of red shell move in clockwise.…

or found passion in other activities that would make them successful in life. The persuasion techniques used to encourage students to stay in college are consistency; continuing college in hopes that the job after would pay off loans and through reciprocity (giving back in favor to those that helped prior), authority (respect and doing a certain action because of higher position), and social validation (similarities in others). All of this are very persuasive but none have the right to deem a…

to encourage sharing more knowledge in better quality, while self-rated expertise, reciprocity is surprisingly not significantly related to knowledge sharing on virtual knowledge sharing platforms. This finding is also coincident with {Van Baalen, 2005 #1381}’s case study on the knowledge portal, a one-stop knowledge access point, named Agro-logistics, operated by the government of Netherland, stating that reciprocity is not significantly useful {Osterloh, 2000 #1370} argue that In terms of…

Robert Cialdini there are 6 powerful and effective principles to understand in order to persuade and influence. Cialdini’s 6 principles include: reciprocity, scarcity, authority, commitment and consistency, consensus and liking. Understanding each principle will allow the user to apply them in order to achieve their desired outcome. Reciprocity is to give the best of you, and in return get the same. This principle is based on the idea that people have a tendency to feel the need to give…

People have a natural tendency to be drawn to others whom are similar in age, race, personality, education, and intelligence. However, from this research it important to understand that this attraction is subjective to the individual person. Reciprocity is the social rule that a person likes another person will respond with equal liking. This idea the original person that they have qualities that are valued by other people. These…

Write down all goals, big and small. Those who write them down are 33 percent more likely to achieve them. Create a realistic schedule, it may take some prioritizing. Be sure to look at the length of time each thing takes, as well as expenses. You want to have some milestones along the way that are smaller goals that help you achieve your larger goal. This will make you feel like you are accomplishing something as you continue towards your larger goal. It is also important to review and revise…

“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country”-Charles E Weller. The call to action is one of decisive and prudent mentality that starts with a simple “yes”, yet time and time again, hesitancy hinders the simple stimulus that could inadvertently change lives. Partly due to fear and uncertainty, the other majority derives from fondness for the shallow, calm waters of life, but unless a strong gale sets human immobility into motion, there will be no call to action. Well, at…