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European Diploma in Psychology: a Common Framework for Psychology Education in Europe
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No full textThe word sincerity has profound connections with both religion and philosophy, in which we can find the very essence of its meaning. The need for sincerity is the need to find the truth in people, facts and the world in general. It is the desire for illumination, which motivates human existence on an intellectual and spiritual level; even though sometime such a need is revealed unconsciously or, perhaps, in a peculiar manner. Generally speaking we have access to world’s reality through our own limited senses. This reflection of the surrounding reality leads us only to obtain the observable facts, but it is not entirely sufficient for explaining why the world is seen this way and not another. This situation motivates us for the principle of causality. Finding the reasons for why the world exists the way that it does counts as the second and most important reflection of one’s image of the world. It would be a re-reflection, a process of question and conformation about what we know of the world. Accordingly, human beings face inner tensions and conflicts that sometimes contradict the external world. They do so through manifestation of instincts, reflexes, needs, aspirations and self motivation. In such a context we find ourselves more often than desired, in the position where the so called “outside reality” is hard to accept. Now, because of the inner conflicts we face, the external reality is trimmed and adapted to our personal needs, according to our own beliefs and interests. All these internal storms have an influence on the psychosocial behavior described, from a qualitative point of view, through – what I will call – sincerity behavior. The sincerity behavior should give an indication of how one relates with the world and how they cope with themselves
The Role of Organisational Innovation in Corporations
No full textThe article stresses the question of organisational innovations in the field of SME in CEEC. For the analysis, examples of characteristic phenomena are chosen which mirror the strengths and weaknesses, the opportunities and threats of CEEC in transition economies. Besides various economic images, three fields will be presented in which the EU exercises little direct influence. These three fields cover 1) education, 2) science and research, and 3) SME. They are seen to be essential terrain for initiating national and corporate competitive advantages. Education is the basis of future human resources; science and research open potential sources of development for new products and service. A national culture of SME-carried economy can be seen as an effective structure to implement such innovation. Necessary conditions are seen in helpful political framework programmes which build up economic structures contributing to national wealth by creating SMEs, by the corporate support of individual initiatives of collaborators and by effective corporate competence creating organisational team structures. In conclusion the Department-UNESCO Chair Master Course of Intercultural Management in Bucharest is presented as an adequate tool to initiate as well as to form young people in a way that prepares them to recognize and to support necessary change impulses in social and corporate organisations
The Link between the Mathematical Game Theory and the Transactional Analysis. A New Kind of Psychological Game Comes into Being in New Interpersonal
No full textMGT studies human games to find the best strategies for gaining a concrete advantage. TA studies human games to get the answer to the question why people make efforts in order to suffer, (to win negative payoffs), and how these people can be helped to give up these daily repeated games. These cause sufferings for all participants, and are the causes of many psychological diseases. However both describe the human conflicts, suffering having a sense of lost in MGT, apparently MGT games and TA games are in contrast with each other. Studying the evolution (the degeneration) of MGT games, we can observe that the majority of human conflicts start off with a “Prisoners Dilemma”, goes on with the “Chicken! Game” and degenerates into a “Dollar Auction Game”. The last one is a trap, and its main characteristic is that all participants, even those who wins the “dollar” (the target of the game), loose, having invested more than they could earn back. The psychological games result for the need for self-justification, for psychological pay-offs of the participants. The more you play the game the earlier the suffering as a target appears in the MGT game, transforming it into a „Fireman game”, than in a „Double target game”. At the end the concrete target transforms into gimmick, a pretext for winning the psychological pay-off of negative strokes. At this point we can speak about a real psychological game. In the author’s opinion the negative stroke is not a real target, it is only a way, a means of winning the real one, the self-justification, which is a positive pay-off in comparison to loosing without having any justification
Interview with Dr. Carol S. Kelly
No full textCarol S. Kelly is a Professor Emeriti in Child and Adolescent Development at California State University Northridge. She has been honored for her teaching and mentorship of students including receiving the Outstanding Teaching Award from the University in 1995. She has served at USA representative to FICE, a UNESCO affiliated organization that supports children and adolescents at high risk. In this capacity, she has supported FICE Romania through presentations at the 1996 international symposia on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and at the 2005 International Conference on Children and Domestic and Community Violence. In addition she is on the FICE Romania Editorial Board. She was presented with the medallion of appreciation for the Romania International Federation of Educative Communities. Carol has also presented at many international conferences and has published in her field. She serves on the Board of the Association of Child and Youth Care Practitioners where she has been on national committees including National Certification of Child and Youth Care Professionals. She also serves on their editorial board. Carol was a Senior Consultant at the United Nations in Vienna for the International Year of the Family in 1993. She worked at the international level as well as working with Hungry to prepare for this special year honoring families. Carol was director of a Peace Expo in 1989 in which over 60 community agencies, internationally know speakers shared with an audience of over five thousand participants including children and adolescents. Her work reflects her goal of contributing to a less violent more peaceful world
Enhancing the success of outsourcing initiatives
No full textOutsourcing has become an increasingly powerful option for many companies seeking to reduce costs, enhance service and focus on core competencies. Most commonly used for information technology services, this trend of business process outsourcing (BPO) is very prevalent in Human Resources (HR). It is a 37.8 billion-plus industry in the United States, up from $25 billion in 2002, for an 8.6 percent growth rate
Effects Of Group Cultural Differences On Task Peformance And Socialization Behaviours
No full textDrawing on Hofstede’s theory and research, this study examined the hypothesis that differences in cultural dimensions of individualism/collectivism and homogeneity/heterogeneity will influence the level of task performance and socialization. Swedes (individualists) and Greeks (collectivists) were assigned to two separate groups. In the first phase of the experiment the two groups were homogenous – consisting of 3 participants from each of the cultures (3 Swedes, 3 Greeks). Their task was to put together a 54piece puzzle. Both homogenous groups were timed and observed separately. The next step was to bring in two heterogeneous (ethnically mixed) groups. For this purpose the size of each homogeneous group was increased to 6 participants by assigning one American, Canadian and German representative. Their task was to put together a larger, 300 piece puzzle within a certain time frame of 25minutes. Individual and group responses were measured using a fine-grained checklist. The hypotheses were: 1) Homogenous individualistic group would finish the task faster than the homogenous collectivistic group. 2) Heterogeneous individualistic group will finish the task faster than heterogeneous collectivistic group. 3) Collectivists will be more socially interactive than individualists. In this research hypotheses 1 and 3 were supported, whereas hypothesis 2 was not. The implications for future research are that individualism/collectivism and homogeneity/heterogeneity of a group may have an influence on group dynamics as it relates to task performance
Positive Contributions of Constructivism to Educational Design
No full textThis paper contrasts contemporary traditional and constructivist educational models to show that constructivist models have invaluable advantages over and are more effective than more traditional models. Bruner’s constructivist theory is discussed, as well as some of its influences, then traditional and constructivist educational models are contrasted point-for-point. The paper then refers to factual examples of successful constructivist education models in practice and suggests methods for using constructivist theory to improve traditionally designed curricula