Self-efficacy

If one was to think about an average public place, such as the grocery store, and they happened to encounter someone in a wheelchair, what would they do? This is a common predicament considering the “56 million Americans with disabilities” encountered by ordinary people every day (Muehe qtd in “What Disability Means”). Let’s say one of those ordinary people tried to help the person in a wheelchair; would it be a selfless act of kindness, or would it be the moral obligation to aid someone seen as…

For man to have faith in himself is the only thing keeping him from achieving peace. This can be seen in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance”. Throughout the essay Emerson argues for everyone to be authentic to themselves and to not conform to society. Emerson also believes that man should be nonconformists and he believes they should be true to themselves. Although Emerson portrays many different themes throughout his essay, his overall message is for man to be themselves. First,…

Over the Edge Each year, more than 35,000 people commit suicide in the U.S alone, no one can agree on a way to slow down these numbers (6). Think of suicide like a river leading to a waterfall. Beginning to have depressed thoughts or actions is at the mouth of the river. However suicidal thoughts would place you near the fall. People have tried suicide hotlines, therapy, and many other things. However, none of our leaders have decided whether to concentrate our efforts upstream to prevent…

Great post Mallory. I found a great deal of literature on the large amount of bullying occurs within the adolescent LGBQT population, along with how that effects those individuals. When negative experiences occur in childhood or K-12, they can have a lifelong effect on an individual, like we learned at Residency II. Per Bailey (2015) the bullying and torment of LGBTQ students and adult leaves them as silent victims and makes them a “silent sexual minority” (p. 69). Furthermore, our society has…

considered odd and awkward. While shorter girls are typically viewed as childlike. Even into adulthood shorter women are typically viewed as unsophisticated. Many short women feel inferior in the business world. Height is something that is predetermined in our genetic makeup. Characteristics like height should not be used to classify a woman or man as smart, unintelligent, or anything else. Even Though there is a generalized concept of beauty, there are still exceptions to every rule, for…

The education in Sparta was extremely rigorous. They had to train hard and were prepared for war, so their lessons were centered on this. Boys started training as young as the age of seven. The weaknesses of Spartan education outweigh the strengths because the training was harsh, children were encouraged to steal, and many subjects were not taught. To begin with, the training was very demanding. Much of the physical activity the children practiced could injure them. For example, during…

Identify three instructional targets that are being assessed and identify the category of each target (knowledge, reasoning, complex skill, product, or affective). Support your response with information in the task description. (3 points) There are three instructional targets that are being assessed in this task. One instructional target is deep understanding. Students will be gaining knowledge from this task by learning about explorers and their voyages. They will learn how explorers took…

In chapter 13, one of the topics discussed is bullying. In general, bullying is an act pursued in repetition by a superior individual in attempts to degrade, taunt, or hurt another person who is ultimately powerless in the situation. The book describes bullying in four different types which include physical, verbal, relational, or cyberbullying. Genetics, brain abnormalities, home life, and peers play an important role in whether someone becomes a bully. Although, most bullies grow up to suffer.…

to whether self-esteem should be considered as a personality trait, therefore remaining relatively stable, or should it be deemed as being a state-like concept, continuously fluctuating in response to different situations. Self-esteem, simply defined as “the way an individual feels about him or herself,” (Bobbio, 2009, p.549, cited in Yìğìter, 2014, p.1234) develops at a young age. Robins and Trzesniewski (2005) analysed the correlation between self-esteem and age and outlined how self-esteem is…

the confidence in my peers and make them feel good and happy about themselves. This task was a comment about how some people may act deviantly to appreciate the outcome of their achievement. After I completed this activity, not only did I boost the self esteem of my peers, but I also gained trust and felt more accepted. This act is considered deviant because in this time period, people usually throw insults at each other rather than compliments, especially with…