Activity 1 Habits And People

The first habit Sean Convey lists of the seven is “Be Proactive.” This habit made an impact on me because it sends a message that I try to take into account everyday, but haven’t one-hundred percent fulfilled. The habit, “Be Proactive” is important because it says that you are in full control of your life, your decisions and your attitude. A quote that Convey adds to support this message is, “You can not control what happens to you, but you can control how you react.” You choose everyday to be proactive or reactive. Reactive people act solely on impulse, whereas proactive people think before they act, make decisions based on their values, and always find a way to move forward. Habit #1 is important because it teaches readers to take initiative, be proactive rather than reactive, and to not let others

I have found that self-assessments tend to be somewhat unreliable because people tend to be too hard or too easy on themselves. With this is mind, I tried to really take an honest look at my strengths and weakness when filling out the Seven Habits Profile. I consider myself to be the quintessential “People Person” and I did see that reflected in my results.

There are a vast number of issues concerning child exploitation from the actions of the offender and the victim. Child exploitation is a complex issue that does not have one simple solution; this crime is nothing new, but technology is allowing it to evolve. Child exploitation is moving from sending child pornography through the postal service and targeting only children an offender has close proximity to. Technology and the Internet have widened the opportunities for offenders and have allowed for potentially ay juvenile to become victimized. The recommendations will focus on targeting key issues presented in the Routine Activities Theory; limiting a motivated offender, making targets unsuitable, and creating capable guardians online.

The last three weeks I have learned about three habits, and they are; habit 1 being proactive, habit 2 begin with the end in mind, and lastly, habit 3 first thing's first, I have an so learned how to use them anywhere.lastly, how they can/will improve my life for good and help me through a difficult path.

Habit as defined in Webster’s as a: a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance b : an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online, 2011). Behavior is the manner of conducting oneself or anything that an organism does involving action and response to stimulation. In everyday life habits are formed and intertwined with ones behavior. People are often associated with the way they behave

Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of “small habits” and how they can make your goals easier to achieve, it’s important to understand the presence and sheer power of habits in our every-day lives.

How are the routines and the way they were taught to students consistent with WHO the students are? (Consider the demographics, assets, and developmental stages of the students.)

1. McMillan demonstrates that the only way to fix the American eating habits is to consider the issue of social classes when discussing about the best eating habits that promotes health and fitness.

Keystone habit is a change of a behavior that can form other positive habits. It creates a chain reaction on the way we live our life. Based on “Habits as Change Levers” by Daniel Denison and Levi Nieminen, the authors give an example on how changing keystone habit can affect other habit and be advantageous.

There are similarities and differences when analyzing the components of biological and humanistic approaches to personality. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs express important aspects of biological factors that approaches personality.

After the recession in Blueville, the violent crime rate increased by __% and similarly the property crime rate increased by __%. The increase in both property and violent crime can be explained using the routine activities theory. Routine activities theory states that crime is a normal function of everyday life and is a result of the interaction between a suitable target, an absence of a capable guardian, and a motivated criminal. A suitable target is someone or something that are vulnerable and desirable to the offender. A target is chosen as suitable by the criminal and as a result the idea of a suitable target varies from person to person. However, a suitable target can often be found in areas that are dark, secluded or lack surveillance

Since Kemper is a criminal, it is befitting to mold him around a criminological theory to connect his experiences with other criminals. The Routine Activities Theory, or RAT, describes that the three essential components for a crime to occur is that there must a motivated offender, a suitable target, and a lack of capable guardians. It is quite evident that all three components were present in all the different murders Kemper committed. When he killed his grandmother, he was motivated to see how it felt to kill someone, his grandmother was none the wiser, and his grandfather was not home yet (Greig, 2012). Therefore, the opportunity presented itself for Kemper’s first murder to take place. Deep seated anger that also contained a fearful love was a motivator for him to kill his mother (Leyton, 1989). His mother was most likely not expecting to be killed by her son with a hammer on Easter weekend, so the target was there and no one was there to stop him, so another opportunity presented itself again (Greig, 2012).

In 1979, Lawrence E. Cohen and Marcus Felson published “Social Change and Crime Rate Trends: A Routine Activities Approach”; this was the first paper introducing routine activities theory. Most criminological theories before routine activities theory focused more specifically on the socioeconomic factors affecting crime such as poverty, race, etc. Felson and Marcus believed instead that the routine activities of individuals and groups are the driving force behind crime.

The two most common theoretical approaches that have informed offender rehabilitation efforts in dealing with acquisitive offenders are Felson’s (1994) Routine Activity Theory and Clarke and Felson’s (1993) Rational Choice Prospective Theory, which both take the approach of crime prevention

Social Habits deals with how we relate with our peers, environment and the community at large. Social habits is based upon the inaugurating ties, which are the information-carrying connections between people. It has been established in Power of Habits, Charles Duhigg and other personal experiences that social habits are necessary for starting and boosting a movement. Taking references from Chapter eight (8) which discusses about American icon Rosa Parks, thrown into jail for her refusal to give up her seat on the Bus for a white man. This caused a civil rights crusade thereafter, giving rise to the boycott movements which main members include Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Clifford Durr (Lawyer), E.D Nixon and Mrs. Nixon. This crusade was supported because of the ties Rosa Parks made by several people, as she was well-known in the society, being deeply involved in the community. The boycott movement, used this incident to challenge the city’s segregation laws and maintain equality between the white and black races. The movement did not start because Rosa Parks had several friends, it started because of what sociologists call “weak ties”. Charles Duhigg made us understand that weak ties are more significant than close friends in many ways because of the connections they have (friends of friends of friends). However, our close friends are usually (most times) in the same groups and organizations with us making information easily comparable and not assorted enough to