Chapter 14 Analysis

In chapter 5, Pink presents Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. At the age of twenty-two, Csikszentmihalyi moved to the United States to study psychology. He registered at the University of Illinois-Chicago and earned a Ph.D. in nine years after moving to the United States. Csikszentmihalyi set up an experiment with the electronic pager to study what he called “autotelic experiences” which is the objective of self-fulfillment and the endeavor acts as is its own incentive. The outcomes from the experiment led to the finest moments of flow: “The highest most satisfying experiences in people’s lives were when they were in flow” (112). The thought of flow is important to mastery because goals are strong and an individual is engaged as people in flow is

In Chapter 2 of Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs, he discuses how to distinguish the difference between an argument and a fight, and to decide what you want out of an argument. The key point of an argument is to win over the audience to your point of view. In order to win an argument, you need to persuade them. You want your opponent to be persuaded using subtle logical tactics not power and intimidation. Using power and intimidation is the characteristics of a fight. This is when one person takes out his aggression on another, which does not persuade them but initiate’s revenge or rejection. During a fight, the key objective is to win by attacking and belittling your opponent, paying no attention to getting them to change their mind.

Mary Anne Fitzpatrick is the developer of the three original types of marriage. The three types include; Traditional marriage, Independent marriage, and Separate Marriage. When she was studying, she noticed that not every couple was the same, and that age played a factor in it as well when it came to categorizing couples in what type of marriage they are. “Couples can be differentiated on the basis of their “independence,” the extent to which they share their feelings with one another. Some couples are highly interdependent, depending on their partners for comfort, expressions of love, and fun. Other couples are more reserved and do not depend on their partners for emotional sharing and support,”(345). This shows Fitzpatrick’s theory of different types of marriage is true and each couple is different form another and that they should be put into different categories and not just one.

Marriage has been constantly changing over the past centuries. Currently, trends in marriage have adopted a new way of getting married through splitting responsibilities and work, resulting in social freedom for individuals. "The Myth of Co-Parenting,” by Hope Edelman demonstrates the difficulties of taking all the responsibilities while in “ My Problem with Her Anger,” explains the needs of having a better understanding of each other. Due to marriage changing over the last centuries, marriage couples desire individuals’ expectations and freedom to be met in marriage.

In Chapter 3-Control the Tense of Thank You for Arguing, we are shown how changing your argument to a different tense can give you the upperhand. This is the task presented by the rhetorical lab on page 29. The directions tell to examine the tenses if we “find ourselves a victim” in an argument, and to then switch from the past or present tense to the future. I tested this technique on my brother, whom I have years of fighting with under my belt, but very little experience arguing with.

The pathway to equality for African Americans was a lengthy and laborious process that required dedication and hard work. March Book One and Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell describes John Lewis’ introduction to the inequality and his work during the Civil Rights Movement. The story is told by Lewis’ personal accounts and images, which provides an unique reading for the audience.

Every couple has their own unique martial situation, so when counseling two married individuals, it is important for the counselor to remember that fact. No two marriages will be exactly the same, which means that the same counseling approach will not work for every couple. The counselor must be able to be flexible with how they treat each married couple in order to best serve and facilitate progress and healing within the counseling relationship setting. This paper will introduce the reader to a married couple name Chris and Olympia. It will look to explore the unique personality types of the each person in the relationship, the strengths and weaknesses that the couple face as a unit, and the type of counseling

Chapter fourteen of the Marriage and family textbook by David Knox, covers divorce and remarriage in today’s society. It discusses how the attitudes towards divorce have changed dramatically from how it was viewed by our parents and grandparents. Not only have society’s views changed on divorce but also on the functioning roles of the family and its structure. The author also goes into how the child custody issues have changed and what things affect children who have divorcing parents. He then goes into remarriage for divorced couples and the effect it can have on the children.

The Department of Biology at Utah State University recognized the USU SACNAS Chapter as an active chapter in our department. They are a wonderful student club and represent us as a Department as well as the University well. We are proud to have the USU SACNAS Chapter as a club in the Department of

The concept of course 15 module eight that I found most important is active listening. According to course 15 active listening consists of several techniques. These techniques include encouragements, paraphrasing, emotional labeling, open ended questions, I messages, mirroring, and effective pauses. By using these techniques you encourage positive communication

Many events occurred in Chapters 10-18 that greatly impacted the story. After their school homecoming dance, a drunken Hayden tried to make Alexi do something that she was definitely uncomfortable with. This event impacts the problem, Alexi's struggle with her secret,, by making it tougher for her to conceal, since Hayden's actions only made her relive the event that she has tried so hard to heal from and forget. So far, this novel has been easy to follow, actually. Some event that have taken place would be what happens after the homecoming dance when Alexi's drunken date forced her to do something she did not want to do upon leaving the dance early. This is also an issue that greatly adds to the main issue in the novel, which is Alexi's internal

After reading chapters 2 and 3 and watching the video on the advantages and disadvantages of the newest DSM, I feel very overwhelmed with information but also intrigued.

This article provides an interdisciplinary framework for studying marital and other intimate relationships. Three levels of analysis are distinguished: (a) the society, characterized in terms of both macrosocietal forces and the ecological niches within which particular spouses and couples function; (b) the individual spouses, including their psychosocial and physical attributes, as well as the attitudes and beliefs they have about each other and their relationship; and (c) the marriage relationship, viewed as a behavioral system embedded within a larger network of close relationships. The discussion focuses primarily on the interplay between the spouses and their marriage, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing, both analytically and

Greetings Professor Friedman, I am reaching out to you regarding my grade in the UW 1020 course taught by Professor Marcus. I have contacted my professor regarding this issue over 24 hours ago and have not received any response.With an academic scholarship on the line I decided to escalate my concerns. In my email, copied below, I requested that my Professor justify and hopefully reconsider my final grade in the course. The Professor noted in the syllabus that she "found the assigning of grades and/or assessing of written work by using a 5-letter system to be increasingly problematic" and that "We will use a contract grading system for this course. This means that you will not receive letter or numerical grades for any of your work during

From Colonial times to present marriage has been an integral part of American culture. The importance is has been evident in that it is one of the few institutions that started with the country and is still very popular. What makes marriage an important institution? This paper will discuss the perceptions of the importance of marriage for men and women, children’s influence in the marriage relationship, the links between psychological distress and martial conflict, attitude towards same sex marriages and the effects of cohabitation and marriage commitment.