What did you learn from, take away from, or get out of reading this book? First of all, through the book, I was introduced with the term, bounded ethicality, which means systematic ways in which people engage in unethical behavior without their own awareness. It was eye opening and a bit scary for me because I have to discover my own biases and judgments underlying my decisions out of my awareness. I thought about how I can get in touch with my thoughts and feelings and confront with them in the face of my previous ethical dilemmas, bring my own ethical gaps into light, and be more aware about bounded ethicality for my future decisions. For example, I had a female client who has anger problems. She was defiant during the session. …show more content…
Before coming to the Unites states as I noted earlier, I thought there will no favoritism and people are way more ethical here. Honestly, until reading that chapter, I was not quite aware of favoritism is happening here, which was shocking for me. Beforehand, I heard that it happens here but very rare. Currently, I feel like my radar pertaining to favoritism is getting broadened. I have begun seeing a variety of favoritism playing out with regards to race, gender, sexual orientation, financial status so forth. It is obvious to me that nobody is immune to blind spots per se favoritism. As I have to, I put myself in pedestal and ask “could I favor somebody who is similar to me?” Let’s say, I became faculty member and a Turkish student applied for the graduate school? Is there is risk that I would favor that student just because she has same national identity with me? Or, if I witness a good friend of mine performed an ethical violation, is there a risk that I will ignore it? I am also astonished by the fact that people can undergo psychological cleansing to restore their self-image. Said differently, individuals tend to rationalize their unethical behavior and they maintain thinking that they are ethical
I always looked at death as such a sad thing that is eventually going to occur to everyone. However, after reading this book, it made me realize death can actually be a beautiful thing. Death allows a person to go to a next life, one where they will be loved and others will be there for them. It was interesting to be able to read about stories that these hospice care workers witnessed themselves. I have experienced a few deaths within my life and I never coped with them very well. After reading this book, I honestly believe I will be able to look at the positive side of death and be able to deal with my emotions better. I can also help others surrounding me deal with a death that they are experiencing. This book was filled with information that I loved learning. For example, I never knew that a dying person can choose a time to die. The thought of this never occurred to me before. I always thought that when it was someone’s time to go, they had no choice. But, a dying person can “put off” passing on until they see a certain person or event that has great significance in their life. Nevertheless, there are still people who will wait to die until they’re all alone in the room. This book makes you think of real life situations and think what you would do in them. Taken as a whole, it was a very in depth book that changes the way you would naturally perceive
I learned a lot from this book. I learned a lot about why some stores are structured the way they are and how race, class, and gender are deeply imbedded in everything in the world and in everything we do. There is nothing we do that does not involve at least one of these aspects.
6. From Chapter 1 I learned the difference between ethical relativism and ethical absolutism. These two concepts are very important, because as a future criminal justice professional you deal with different cultures so it is important to know the rules from various backgrounds.
It was very useful in enhancing my understanding of the procedures involved in becoming an ethical helping professional. The pause for reflection sections incorporated in the differing chapters has allowed me the opportunity to engage in more critical ethical thinking. Additionally, the book stresses the importance of competence and how vital it is to engage in self-reflection as an effective tool in evaluating my progress within the field. I also felt like the authors explored and validated quite a few of my past and current ethical experiences I have encountered within the field thus
Building my ethical tool-kit and adding to it frequently will not only help me keep ethics in the forefront of my mind but grant me a great resource when I’m in the midst of an ethical dilemma. In order to build a robust ethical tool-kit I will need to keep up on current research and literature, which will benefit me in multiple ways. I will stay informed about ethical-based practices and any new treatments that could be effective for my clients.
It is about what normal people can learn from psychopaths, in a good way. Kevin Dutton is a famous psychologist who has very intelligent insights on abnormal behavior. I think it is very interesting how he took something that people would necessarily think is bad and turned it into something good. I think this book would influence my life in a way that I might see people differently and understand what is going on inside their heads. Psychopaths are considered to have too much of a good thing and that is what puts them in that category. One trait of a psychopath is being overly confident so one of the points Dutton refers to in the novel is that a lot of people fear things such as public speaking, social situations, etc. so in that sense, we should learn to be as confident as
In the book Mistakes Were Made But Not by Me, there are several aspects that could be rendered the most important, but the one that stood out to me most was self justification and how practicing it could hurt people a lot more than they are aware of.
Chapter three mainly focuses in on how to deter individuals from committing crimes. I see it as individuals can commit crimes as much as they choose to, but are they willing to deter themselves from those crimes? Some may be willing to change their ways, but for others, it gives them the adrenaline to continue this process. The next thought that comes to my mind is: What benefits are coming to an individual who constantly commits crimes? What I can see happening to the individual is that they will get in trouble for the crime they have committed and start to think if what they did was actually right or wrong to them.
On the implicit association test (IAT) on weight, I got “no automatic preference between fat people and thin people.” It was my second time taking this specific IAT, and my result has changed since the first attempt. I took this test in the beginning of the P3 module a few months back, and at that time, the result showed that I have a slight preference for people who are thin. I knew that I had some bias towards obesity, but I thought it was not strong enough to show up on the result of this test and that it doesn’t affect how I treat others, so I was somewhat surprised after getting my first result.
Even though I may not go into the Human Service profession, the lesson I learned can be applied to any career that I choose to go into. Every person should be taken out of their comfort zone in order to understand people of a different race or culture. Being exposed to different cultures and beliefs can also help me to education my young children when it comes to different worldviews. So in reality, this course is not only helping me, but another
There are certain lessons that I picked from the book, The Family Crucible, which can be put as simply as being an intense experience of a family therapist. The book looks into the ways that this therapy can find practical applications and tells a tale of a unique way in which this family therapy was used. Though the reflection that I have gathered up in my mind started in the face of how family ties, and blood relations are not honored and loved with the deserving intensity that they should have been, and how this unique way in which this family therapy can be applied in life.
There are two kinds of lineups that police generally rely on: sequential and simultaneous. In a sequential lineup, suspects are presented to a witness one at a time. This can be achieved either in person or through photograph. That witness is required to make a decision about each suspect presented before moving on to the next. The witness must use absolute judgment to evaluate the suspects during a sequential lineup. In a simultaneous lineup, all suspects are shown to a witness at the same time. Similar to a sequential lineup, this can be achieved either in person or through pictures. Because the witness can compare the suspects at the same time, they are only required to make a relative judgment. The use of judgment is an important distinction
Primarily, accepting that everyone can be unethical and immoral at times, it continually allows us to learn and grow from our decisions. Acting sinful and shady has helped in the past, as an example of this is in
Upon finishing A Complicated Kindness, I felt a sense of relief. Finally, Nomi was free. What’s interesting is that at the end of the novel Nomi doesn’t leave the community, although she now has the freedom to thanks to her father, Ray, for leaving. It surprised me that Ray left, however, it was the only way that Nomi could be free. Nomi had promised her father she would never leave him however after Nomi was excommunicated Ray knew that the only way for Nomi to leave was if he left. It was confusing why the family could not move all together at the beginning of the story? That would have saved much heartache and suffering. I suppose it’s like what Nomi said, that Trudie did not want to force Ray to choose between the church and his
In this media, I will use various contents, which represent positivity, especially interest and inspiration. At the beginning, I would like to introduce positivity to the audience. I found that the two stories of how positive and negative mindsets influence one’s life from Fredrickson (2009) would be informative. Furthermore, the scenarios might also be related to the audience in general. Therefore, I could cite or create similar scenarios as an introduction to explain the positivity.