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    Conflict is rarely unavoidable when in close relationships. As the text states, people most commonly handle conflict in one of five ways: accommodation, avoidance, collaboration, competition, or reactivity. There are positive and negative possibilities of outcomes from using any of the five approaches to handling conflict (262). Accommodation involves an individual’s abandonment of his/her own goals to the desires of the other individual, whereas avoidance, a lose-lose conflict style, involves

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    The New York Times newspaper. Susan Cane wrote the article in June 2011.The article used a variety of techniques to illustrate her point such as examples, sources, and new definitions. Cain writes about shyness, introversion, social anxiety disorder, and extroversion. She compares introversion to extroversion. We need equally kinds of people in society. In my experience, people display both characteristics at the same time. The article shyness and evolutionary tactic is an interesting article

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    blushing, sweating and they have pessimistic feelings about themselves like worrying about how others ponder them. They become vigilant about their attitude and behavior while facing others because they dread negative evaluation and criticism on their personality due to any blunder. In classroom there are many shy students who do not fancy of participating in class activities just

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    Social anxiety (or social phobia) is a disorder that alienates people and causes them to avoid social situations at all costs. It is described by the National Institute of Mental Health as “a strong fear of being judged by others and of being embarrassed (NIMH).” This means that people with this disorder have a fear of people’s thoughts and as a result will try to isolate themselves from others. Social anxiety has a very large limit as to the things that can trigger it. It can go from the simplest

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    SAMPLE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT REPORT identification data Name : Johan Dollah Age : 35 Date of birth : 16 February 1976. Sex : Male Race : Malay Education : Degree in Computer Science, Australia Occupation : Computer programmer at NEXIS Communications Marital Status : Married with three children pROBLEM Chief Complaint Mr Johan experiences symptoms of panic attack when he feels self-conscious in front of other people when performing certain tasks. He reported

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    It was hard for me to watch this movie and separate Napoleon’s behaviors from his friends and family members. Many of the things he does and says are like those of the people around him. His overall weirdness was not behavior that I immediately would have identified as Asperger’s, rather someone who is simply a little odd. However, as I continued to watch the movie I was able to find certain examples that could be red flags for Asperger’s. From the very beginning of the movie, it seemed like Napoleon

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    came up with the Structural Model which refers to the three parts of a person’s personality. These parts are known as the Id, Ego and Superego. He believes that by the time of the birth, a newborn, has already the Id which is the pleasure-seeker portion of our personality and through that we are able to know and get our basic needs satisfied. (Sarah Mae Sincero (Jun 15, 2012). Psychodynamic Theories of Personality ,Retrieved Aug 03, 2015 from

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    around the world continue to experience HIV-related stigma and discrimination” (Greene, Ion, Kwaramba, Smith, & Loutfy, 2015, p. 162). This discrimination is something that Shawna experienced on multiple occasions and affected how she viewed herself as a parent. Assessment of Pre-Crisis Functioning Early in Shawna’s pregnancy she was she was in a state of relative equilibrium. She certainly had a great deal to contend with, but she was showing that she is capable and resilient. Shawna had a history

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    unsociability. They are related to Behavioral Approach System (BAS) and Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS). Behavioral Approach System acts as a regulatory tool on one’s approach behaviors and desires while Behavioral Inhibition System regulates avoidant behaviors and desires. The researchers were also interested in whether these three withdrawal subtypes are uniquely related to different theoretically inclined outcomes during emerging adulthood. This developmental period has been a gray area for

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    Shy? Or Social Anxiety DIsorder? In the essay, “Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic?” Susan Cain, the author clear her point and tell the readers the difference between shyness and introverts, stitter and rovers and she has also given great example that prove her point and which make the essay clear by the examples.In the essay the author, Susan Cain, have used so many rhetorical strategies which makes the essay more clear and more understanding but the main three strategies which was used by the author

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