Yin and yang

An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology Dena Darwish Psy450 June 18, 2017 Phoenix University Professor Nissa Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology In their article of Cross-cultural Psychology, (Shiraev and Levy, 2016) termed these two phenomena as the fields of psychology that focus entirely on the culture, as well as the influence those distinct cultures have on the cognitive development and character of a human being. A group of individuals in a community share…

Innate Corruption Humans are beings of emotion and differing morals. While a person’s character can be shaped by situational factors, there are a set of innate characteristic and values tasked to them as a system of survival. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding sets the stage of a group of boys attempting to survive on their own amidst multiple conflicts. They crash land on an unknown island, and soon create a makeshift society where there is an obvious power struggle between two…

What would it be like if you lived in a world free of war, fear, or pain? Where everything is perfect and under control? What if you did not have the freedom to make your own choices? What can we learn about the importance of individuality by reading The Giver by Lois Lowry? The dystopian novel follows the life of a young teenage boy, Jonas, and his impact on the area he lives in, called the Community. In the Community, everything is perfect. Jonas’s lives, and all of his community members’, are…

CE), Shih Ching (Classic of Odes) - collection of 300 poems and songs from the early Chou Dynasty (1027-402 BC), I Ching (Classic of Changes) - collection of texts on divination based on a set of 64 hexagrams that reflect the relationship between Yin and Yang in nature and society, Ch 'un Ching (Spring and Autumn Annals) - extracts from the history of the state of Lu 722-484, said to be compiled by Confucius, Li Ching (Classic of Rites) - consists of three books on the Li (Rites of Propriety)” (…

Project Management and the Importance of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Dr. Joan Bold Robert Campbell Webster University 11/10/17 Introduction Management author Fred Fiedler wrote, “Leadership is the use of influence to accomplish a task” (F. Fielder, A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967). This point is reinforced in Working with Emotional Intelligence, a book written by Daniel Goleman in which he explains the importance of understanding and dealing with people…

Ambidexterity in the Martial Arts My thoughts on ambidexterity go back to early childhood, long before I had even known there was such a word to describe being able to use both sides of the body with equal ability. When I was a child entering elementary school in the first grade during the middle 1960’s I had naturally started to learn how to print and write using my left hand. However, much to the dismay of my teacher and my parents, the thought of me writing with my left hand must have been…

The idea of nature is of huge importance and the concept of harmony with nature and oneself is the defining characteristic of the ancient Chinese belief system. There is an emphasis placed on the welfare and well being of the individual in the present life as opposed to a future one. What separates Confucianism, Taoism and Chinese Buddhism is the meaning which is associated with nature. Confucianism places emphasis on the nature of the human. Taoism focuses on harmony with the universe and…

The legacy of Star Wars still exists today partly because it was constructed by so many different philosophies and religions. The trilogy includes aspects of Taoism, Zen Buddhism, and even Christianity. Sometimes it is hard to find, but the teachings of Christ and the truth of the gospel are paralleled several times in the films in the morality of the Jedi and Luke Skywalker. With that, while the Force and Holy Spirit are alike, the Force is not the only small aspect of God in the films. Caleb…

Upon walking into a zoo, to the left is a metaled, glassed cage filled with coal- black and white, fluffy, giant pandas. Everything in life seems alright for them, but what about their family members that are in the wild? What about the panda bears that are still out in the wild endangered? Ailuropoda melanoleucas, or commonly known as giant pandas, are rarely found in the wild. East of the Tibetan plateau in South China in a mixed broadleaf forest is home to the giant panda. There are only…

To what extent can ambition become harmful to yourself or those around you? When something you desire is unobtainable and the only way to achieve it is to kill others, that would result in harmful ambition. Not only that, but when something you desire is all you can think about, it can also become dangerous. In his devastating play “MacBeth”, Shakespeare highlights the idea through the main character Macbeth how having too much ambition can harm those around you. In the end, Macbeth’s ambitious…