Alex Flinn’s own gender likely influenced the writing in Breathing Underwater because Alex knows how it feels to feel less than a man. Alex Flinn knows how it feels to feel less than a man because In Breathing Underwater, Nick is very abusive toward Caitlin. He is not only verbally but also physically abusive. Caitlin gets hurt by him calling her names and physically hurting her, which lowers her self esteem. Caitlin repeatedly apologizes to Nick, thinking she’s the one doing something wrong.
Nick Andreas from Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn made a bad decision when he started saying lies about Caitlin and when he abused her because it lead to him losing all of his friends. In the book it says that Nick abused Caitlin out in the parking lot when his friends saw him and they had to stop him. Nick did wrong when he started abusing her so now he has no friends and nobody wants to talk to him. He made a bad decision when he could’ve just talked to her calmly because violence is never the answer.
Your example is one my favorites from the seminar. Truly, we do not realize the power of our minds and how our thoughts impact our feelings and reactions. Similar to an old technology phrase, garbage in and garbage out, we can change the very dynamic of our perceptions by placing a positive spin on a negative situation. As mentioned by Dr. Steinberg, we should fill our minds with golden nuggets (G. Steinberg, personal communication, December 12, 2015).
The external pressures significantly affect the formation of the team. Personal identity and complex interpersonal interactions result in a highly charged environment and a tense group
IRONIC SOCIAL TREND: CRIMINLIZING POVERTY When I was in high school, my English class took home the assignment to write an ironic essay. Irony, for those a bit rusty on their literary terminology, is the use of words and imagery in a way that conveys a meaning quite the opposite of the meaning that those images and words would seem to convey literally. For example, suppose you open your front door to a knock, and before you stands Kevin, a person you find most tedious, obnoxious, and boring. With a warm smile, you then look Kevin in the eyes and say, “Well hello, Kevin.
In this portfolio, I focus on stages of group development, which is one of the elements in interpersonal effectiveness. Together, a critical incident happened in our team during group work task will be critically analyse accordingly to Tuckman’s model of group development (Benfield, 2005). At the last part of this portfolio, I will outline strategies in detail using SMART goals theory to enhance my interpersonal development at the same time increase my effectiveness as a team member in the near future. In this group work task, exploration of the cycle has helped each and every team members to realise that learning developed either from an individual's rationality or their emotional reality (Vince, 1998).
Control is defined as a control on authority, impact on the incidences, behaviors, circumstances, or individuals (“Dictionary). This excessive need for determining the actions of others is seen in the novel, Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn through Nick and Caitlin’s relationship. Caitlin fails to see the control that Nick holds over her, the unhealthiness it brings to their relationship, and allows Nick to convince her that he is the only one who really cares about her. This is seen through jealousy, criticism, and codependency. These are very common in controlling relationships and grants both parties to remain in an unhealthy situation.
Samuel Johnson once said, “Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.” It is apparent that self-confidence is the key to success, but maintaining that self confidence is a tool that less possess. The question is not whether someone has the ability to maintain self-confidence or not, but rather, how influential is self-confidence in the development of one’s life? The very answer to that inquiry can be found in Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, Animal Dreams in which characters can be found to be intensely affected by their own lack of self-confidence. Although, many believe that self-confidence plays a tremendously important role in the development of a person, some would argue that self-confidence is but our imagination; and the real problem lies within one’s personality and beliefs.
In the case of Pitt, Wright, and Harkabus (2012) emotional intelligence is the input, virtual communication is the process, and team viability is the outcome. Furthermore, Pitt, Wright, and Harkabus (2012) sought to overcome criticisms associated with using the IPO model such as the IPO model studies static not dynamic teams and other constructs can account for input effects on the process (Ilgen, Hollenbeck, Johnson, & Jundt, 2005; LePine, Piccolo, Jackson, & Mathieu, 2008; Lin, Baruch, & Shih, 2012; McGrath, Arrow, & Brerdahl, 2000) by using time series to measure changes in variable over the course the study and the Sobel test to show that virtual communication exclusively mediated the relationship between team viability and EI (Pitts, Wright, & Harkabus, 2012). In addition, the utilization of the Tinsel Town Simulation used by organizations to improve team dynamics allows for the practical application and generalizability of study results. Additionally, the authors'
Roger Rosenblatt, a New York Times reporter, wrote “Man in the Water," an article about the sacrifice of a plane crash survivor. He was a passenger of the Air Florida flight 90 when it flew into a bridge. The man did what no other person would have done on the flight, passed the lifesaving rope to his fellow passengers. He forgot about his own needs and eventually sank into the black water of the Potomac River. Rosenblatt wrote his article because he wanted people to understand the selflessness of the human race.
To begin devising any piece of theatre the first ingredient added must be listening. When a group of individuals come together to make a piece of theatre, the piece they produce maybe one cohesive collaborative production. However, the contributions made to the piece came from each individual actors training, background, own personal experience, likes, dislikes etcetera. A different group of people would have made and entirely different piece of theatre. Now how did this group of individuals come together and combine their differences to make a cohesive piece and not a fractured disorganized mess?
The intention of this paper is to explain on the relevancy of ‘Emotional Intelligence’ in which of how it is connected in organizational behavior. ‘Emotional Intelligence’ (EQ) was first introduced to the public in 1995 by a physiologist named Dr. Daniel Goleman, even other sources were aware that it may have discussed earlier to date as of 1985. According to Goleman, ‘Emotional Intelligence’ is a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s feeling and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions. In the context of organizational behavior, the ‘Emotional Intelligence’ principles provide a new way to understand and assess people's behaviors, management
Although it is a trend suggested by researcher (Brown, 2000), few researches investigated whether emotion could function as mechanism to transmit the influence of individual similarity / dissimilarity on their attitudes and behaviors in work groups. The extant literature has offered rationale to bring in the mediation effects of emotions: the Affective event theory (Weiss & Cropanzano, 1996), offering hints that work events could be proximal cause of affective reactions; and cognition-emotion-action model (Weiner, 1980), supporting that the individual’s cognitive appraisals of work events could elicit certain kinds of emotion, and consequently, individuals’ intentions or behaviors could be influenced by emotions. Specifically, a two dimensional emotion model on pleasure and arousal will be elucidated in this research. By investigating the mediation effects of emotions, this study could contribute to the research on the “black box” between status dissimilarity and group identification. Specifically, a two-dimension affective model on pleasure and arousal (Russell, 1980) is applied in this research to capture ones’ emotions in a more accurate
Introduction Conflict is unpleasant, but inevitable throughout life. In any situation involving two or people, conflict may arise. Conflict can be defined as, “any situation in which incompatible goals, cognitions, or emotions within or between individuals or groups lead to opposition or antagonistic interaction” (Learning Team Toolkit, 2004, pp 242-243). People come from different backgrounds and live through different life experiences therefore, even when working towards a common goal, they will not always agree. Major conflict that is not dealt with can devastate a team or organization (Make Conflict Work, 2008).
Head Above the Water (1986), is a story of a woman that tries to find her own place, by resisting traditional patriarchal thinking of her Igbo society and prejudices of the British society. It is a story of individual self-making and a call to action. In addition to this, this is a story of a journey from marginality to empowerment. 1 Head above the water is not a chronological account. The author builds her story in the form of in medias res, starting directly with her trip to Great Britain.
