Nonverbal behavior can be influenced by many different factors‚ and I’m currently interested on how alcohol affects how people communicate nonverbally. I read that alcohol can cause “…decoding accuracy [to be] impaired‚ especially men’s ability to identify anger‚ disgust‚ and contempt” (Knapp‚ Hall and Horgan‚ 2013). This started me thinking about different ways alcohol could affect nonverbal communication‚ and in turn‚ how that could affect interpersonal relationships. My uncle is an alcoholic and
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Patterns of Employee Motivation Assignment 1 by Iliana Marin‚ EDD 8472 Human Resource Development Nova Southeastern University May 31‚ 2009 Introduction What motivates one person may not motivate another; likewise the actions behind the motivational behavior may not always have the same impact on the same person. Today’s leaders need to identify legitimate and satisfactory ways to convince followers to improve their behavior and productivity on the job with limited financial
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Difference: |HIGH CONTEXT CULTURE | |LOW CONTEXT CULTURE | In a high context culture‚ many things are left unsaid‚ letting the culture explain. Words and word choice become very important in higher context communication‚ since a few words can communicate a complex message very effectively to an in-group (but less effectively outside that group)‚ while in a lower context culture‚ the communicator needs to be much
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Evaluate the consequences of migration Migration is regarded to be the transfer of people from one place to another. This constantly increasing phenomenon is the result of different factors such as globalization or if we enter in more detail‚ what we call push and pull factors or even compulsory migration due to war or social complications. Nowadays‚ migration has become a subject of controversy. There is been in the last decades serious limitations to one the most important freedoms the human
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Dominican Republic and Haiti: Consequences of the regularization process The island of Hispaniola‚ which Dominicans share with Haitians‚ is considered to be the cradle of blackness in the Americas. It was one of the first territories that colonizers brought African slaves to labor. Since then‚ there has always been a dispute between the two sides of the island. One side defending the ideology of European heritage while the other side stands to beliefs and practices of African descendants. There
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Consequences of the Slave Trade…… Why go back five centuries to start an explanation of Africa’s crisis in the late 1990s? Must every story of Africa’s political and economic under-development begin with the contact with Europe? The reason for looking back is that the root of the crisis facing African societies is their failure to come to terms with the consequences of that contact. Start 15th century- Expanding European empires in the New World lacked one major resource -- a work force. In most
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Verbal and nonverbal communication between cultures and genders The way an individual communicates can be verbal or nonverbal. When communicating between genders or across cultures it is important one understands the different ways one interprets or uses language to avoid misunderstandings. Both types of communication differ greatly between genders and across cultures. One needs to learn how to accept and respect diversity to break down barriers to communicate effectively. Verbal communication
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Unintended consequences are situations where an action results in an outcome that is not what is intended. The unintended results may be foreseen or unforeseen‚ but they are almost always logical or likely results of the action. These consequences could be positive or negative‚ but it is often said that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence. In other words‚ each cause has more than one effect‚ including unforeseen effects. A real-world example of this is the Treaty of
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Early settlement patterns For the most part economic opportunity for growth was the common motive for all the settlers in the new world. The French‚ Spanish‚ English and Dutch all came for the same reasons‚ they just all handled it in different ways. Some handled it decently and others handled it horribly‚ at least looking at it from a Native Americans perspective that is. They all tried to make the ’new world’ environment seem like old ones‚ which clearly it wasn’t and in my opinion none of which
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patient being cared for and treat them as an individual‚ by maximising individual’s ability to participate in decisions making and health care activities. Ethnic and cultural aspects should be considered with each move you make with both verbal and nonverbal communication as you do not want to violate their rights. Family relationships‚ values and maintaining confidentiality is also an exceptionally critical part to therapeutic relationship. There should be the correct harmony between helpfulness so
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