Essays on Behavior Page 89

Introduction Who are you? What makes you who you are? According to the American Psychological Association, “personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.” Psychologists and Psychiatrists have laid incredible groundwork on the topic of personality. One of the most referenced regarding personality is Carl Jung. Carl Jung theorized that…

To what degree does maintaining obedience to authority lead to aggressive or violent behavior? After reading The Lottery and The Stanford Prison Experiment, I believe that I can answer this question, as both passages helped me develop analogies on this subject by comparing their concepts with real life situations. While they are both very different…

According to Merriam-Webster, sorrow is defined as a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. The duration of grief and the dimensions of sorrow extend beyond mere words. They encompass the introspective thoughts of a remorseful soldier, exemplified in Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing It”. Komunyakaa, himself…

Assuming a leadership position is one of the most important leadership situations you’ll face as an NCO. Everything discussed in FM 6-22 (22-100) about what you must be, know and do is relevant to your success of assuming a leadership position. When assuming a leadership position, there are some things to think about and learn…

A recent peer reviewed article proposed the idea that there are differences between the genders in how they express empathy, with men being less empathetic than women. This study was fascinating in that this lack of empathy, or disorders of empathy are greater in males than in females. Two such examples are autism and psychopathy…

Media Violence has been a hot topic for many decades. Now it has become a problem because of the many technological advances. This can be an arguable debate between different people. Some argue that media violence has no harm but others disagree. The facts are stating that the television is turned on for more than…

Privilege is an advantage, benefit or right that a person or group of people have. Privileged people have the opportunity and/or power to access these benefits because of their “favourable” position. This position can include, but are not limited to a person’s skin colour, age, sex, gender or ability to do every day activities. In…

The 1982 film Blade Runner was inspired by Phillip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which illustrates a story where a man hunts androids that are hiding out on Earth. Although the premise of the movie stays consistent to that of the novel, it is easy to see why the film was…

Organizations rely heavily on the choices made for their success. The right choices can bring triumph and negative choices can cause failure. Perception plays a very important role in the choices individuals make. People make decisions every day, every hour and every minute based on the perceptions they interpret. Perception can cause several people to…

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a tale of contrast between good and evil. Robert Louis Stevensons novel demonstrates the relations of good and evil to man kind and what adverse effects we have on the balance of good an evil also he shows us how evil only entered the world…