Cross Gender Oral Communication from Biological Difference and Socialized Identity to Mutual Understanding

Language is an indispensable instrument whereby we organize and build our social ties in our communities, and society at large. Human language is critically interwoven into the processes whereby human beings communicate, build knowledge, transmit information, and determine the identity of both the addresser and the addressee in any communicational exchange. We could hypothetically assert that if there is unmistakably one thing without which man as a species can hardly live in the social realm, it is language par excellence. In an admittedly multi-layered and inherently complex sociolinguistic configuration, the individual speaker’s linguistic choice, the different roles he or she plays, be they in a position of addresser or addressee, and the various situations where the speech takes place do serve as markers reflecting one’s identity and communication styles. In this respect, factors such as sex, age, level of education, occupation, race, and geographical origin can virtually be reflected via one’s speech. This article sets out to analyze (1) the influential role of speech, (2) gender and identity, (3) dominance/difference, and (4) cross-gender oral communication in the Moroccan context using a homogenous convenience sample of Moroccan participants. This study falls within the scope of gender studies. Its major aim is to demonstrate the roles that mixed-gendered interlocutors can play in order to maintain effective communication. Therefore, their perceptions regarding interruptions, conversation dominance, turn-taking and choice of topics in conversations are analyzed. Different research instruments have been implemented to collect data including recordings of real-life conversational speech, classroom observation, and interviews. The findings indicate that gender-based differences permeate the conversational styles of both men and women across cultures and with divergent degrees of strength and expression. It has also been shown that although communication breakdown is a source of frustration, it remains a common phenomenon in social interactions. Therefore, overcoming difficulties in maintaining effective communication between members of different genders is dependent on the interlocutors’ belief that accepting difference in language and communication styles can make cross-gender communication a satisfactory social experience. This study is expected to raise awareness regarding the socialization processes the two sex groups have gone through which shape in substantial ways the way they speak, behave and interact among each other.

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Families driven drug development and clinical trials: a pilot study in Dravet Syndrome to delineate what really matters

10.21203/rs.3.rs-293272/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Théo Teng ◽

Tommaso Lo Barco ◽

Elodie Marie ◽

Anne-Sophie Hallet ◽

Isabella Brambilla ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Trials ◽

Outcome Measures ◽

Daily Life ◽

Real Life ◽

International Study ◽

Epileptic Encephalopathy ◽

Dravet Syndrome ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Age Related ◽

The Individual

Abstract Background Dravet syndrome (DS) is a developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Patients rapidly develop drug resistant seizures but patients with DS develop non-seizures disorders that are often age related. We aimed to identify the caregivers’ opinion on the outcome measures that matters in clinical trials in individuals with DS and their correlation with the age of the individual with DS. Methods We conducted a prospective international study with convenience sample based on a 11-closed questions survey developed with three European patients’ advocacy groups (PAG) for DS (France, Italy and Germany). The items were about seizures and daily life outcomes that a clinical trial should target according to family opinion. Items were scored from 1 (not important at all) to 5 (highly important). Statistical analyses were performed to evaluate country (ANOVA and khi2 tests) and age effect (Spearman's ρ). Results Hundred and fifty-three caregivers answered the survey (68%: France, 28%: Germany and 24%: Italy; affected individuals’ characteristics: 86 males, age: 11.4 [25th -75th percentile:7-20.4] years). Demographic characteristics were not significantly different between countries. Families ranked as important almost all the items proposed. However, most of the items related to daily life had the highest rank in all 3 countries compared to items about seizures (p = 0.02). Positive correlation between age and age at diagnosis (ρ = 0.26, p = 0.02) and negative correlations between age and targeting seizure duration and between age (ρ =-0.25, p = 0.005) and targeting the need of referral to hospital (ρ =-0.26, p = 0.005) were identified. Conclusions This study emphasized the DS families’ expectations from therapies beyond seizure efficacy. These data can help to adapt patients-centered outcome measures in future clinical and real-life trials in DS.

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On the Individual

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027//1016-9040.4.4.205 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 205-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

David Magnusson

Keyword(s):

School Psychologist ◽

Real Life ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Developmental Research ◽

Future Directions ◽

The 1950S ◽

The Individual ◽

Over Time

A description of two cases from my time as a school psychologist in the middle of the 1950s forms the background to the following question: Has anything important happened since then in psychological research to help us to a better understanding of how and why individuals think, feel, act, and react as they do in real life and how they develop over time? The studies serve as a background for some general propositions about the nature of the phenomena that concerns us in developmental research, for a summary description of the developments in psychological research over the last 40 years as I see them, and for some suggestions about future directions.

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“Utopia First!” A Machiavellian Conception of Solidarity in More's Utopia

Moreana ◽

10.3366/more.2018.0031 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 55 (Number 209) (1) ◽

pp. 79-93

Author(s):

Marie-Claire Phélippeau

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Human Beings ◽

Farm Work ◽

The World ◽

Social Difficulties ◽

The Republic ◽

The Individual ◽

Democratic Elections ◽

Communal Organization

This paper shows how solidarity is one of the founding principles in Thomas More's Utopia (1516). In the fictional republic of Utopia described in Book II, solidarity has a political and a moral function. The principle is at the center of the communal organization of Utopian society, exemplified in a number of practices such as the sharing of farm work, the management of surplus crops, or the democratic elections of the governor and the priests. Not only does solidarity benefit the individual Utopian, but it is a prerequisite to ensure the prosperity of the island of Utopia and its moral preeminence over its neighboring countries. However, a limit to this principle is drawn when the republic of Utopia faces specific social difficulties, and also deals with the rest of the world. In order for the principle of solidarity to function perfectly, it is necessary to apply it exclusively within the island or the republic would be at risk. War is not out of the question then, and compassion does not apply to all human beings. This conception of solidarity, summed up as “Utopia first!,” could be dubbed a Machiavellian strategy, devised to ensure the durability of the republic. We will show how some of the recommendations of Realpolitik made by Machiavelli in The Prince (1532) correspond to the Utopian policy enforced to protect their commonwealth.

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Perfecting Communication Skills of the Students

IJELLH (International Journal of English Language Literature and Humanities) ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v1i1.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Dr. Neeta Sharma

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Oral Communication ◽

Effective Communication ◽

Major Elements ◽

Communication Process ◽

Listening Skills ◽

Student Centered ◽

Effective Use ◽

Listening And Speaking

Abstract Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The teacher should adopt a student centered approach. The learners should be encouraged to do things in the class which result in developing their communication skills. The trainer has to focus on both the linguistic and paralinguistic features of the communication process while enhancing learners’ communication skills. These features involve the effective use of words, forming grammatically intelligible sentences and an appropriate use of voice and intonation. The teacher should encourage and train his students to use positive body language while listening and speaking. In order to hone the communication skills of the learners, it is very important to make the learners comfortable with the language they have to communicate in. Shedding their inhibitions is also one of the pivotal areas of concerns. This paper explores different techniques that could be useful while training students in communication skills. Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The major elements of a communication process are sender, receiver, message and feedback. Effective communication is a two way process. It involves both expressive (speaking) skills and receptive (listening) skills. It entails receiver’s understanding of the message sent by the sender and his feedback to the sender. Listening plays a very important role in the language learning process. It is the most primary of the four basic skills of any language i.e. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Listening paves way for speaking. One can never be a good speaker if one is not a good listener. An effective communicator is first a good listener and then a good speaker. According to Tickoo ( 2003 ), ‘Good listening skills not only lay the foundations of good speech, but they grow best through effective communication’.

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Chimeras In Time-Honored Societies

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v22i2.8751 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 463-466

Author(s):

TUMMALA. SAI MAMATA

Keyword(s):

Major Elements ◽

The Sun ◽

Human Beings ◽

Life Changes ◽

Inner Self ◽

The World ◽

Nature And Nurture ◽

The Individual ◽

The Right ◽

Superstitious Beliefs

A river flows serenely accepting all the miseries and happiness that it comes across its journey. A tree releases oxygen for human beings despite its inner plights. The sun is never tired of its duty and gives sunlight without any interruption. Why are all these elements of nature so tuned to? Education is knowledge. Knowledge comes from learning. Learning happens through experience. Familiarity is the master of life that shapes the individual. Every individual learns from nature. Nature teaches how to sustain, withdraw and advocate the prevailing situations. Some dwell into the deep realities of nature and nurture as ideal human beings. Life is a puzzle. How to solve it is a million dollar question that can never be answered so easily. The perception of life changes from individual to individual making them either physically powerful or feeble. Society is not made of only individuals. Along with individuals it has nature, emotions, spiritual powers and superstitious beliefs which bind them. Among them the most crucial and alarming is the emotions which are interrelated to others. Alone the emotional intelligence is going to guide the life of an individual. For everyone there is an inner self which makes them conscious of their deeds. The guiding force should always force the individual to choose the right path. Writers are the powerful people who have rightly guided the society through their ingenious pen outs. The present article is going to focus on how the major elements bound together are dominating the individual’s self through Rabindranath Tagore’s Home and the World (1916)

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CYBERBULLYING PADA MEDIA SOSIAL: Menyoroti Perilaku Cyberbullying Menurut Perspektif Model Konseling Realitas

10.31219/osf.io/2arwb ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Darimis Darimis Darimis

Keyword(s):

Social Relationships ◽

Choice Theory ◽

Human Beings ◽

Important Goal ◽

Application Procedure ◽

Negative Impacts ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The Individual ◽

Counseling Model ◽

Real Responsibility

Use of the Internet has changed the paradigm of human beings communicate with one another, especially on social media. Indonesia as one of the highest in the world Facebook users make significant consequences specifically for teenagers. The trend using Facebook by teenagers has created negative impacts that is the rise of cyberbullying.Cyberbullying can significantly influence the lives of teenagers and it can be a huge burden as it can happen for a long period of time. In cyberbullying, there are cyber bullies and cyber victims as individuals involved to make the message as a reference the behavior of cyberbullying. This paper attempts to looking at the perspective of the cyberbullying behavior by reality counseling model, because reality counseling as one of the models of counseling that focuses on behavior now unrealistic and dysfunctional.Reality counseling based on the choice theory, counselee make more effective choices about the development of relational satisfactory with others. The most important goal of therapy is to make people aware of the reality that the real responsibility for her behavior was himself. This counseling can helping the individual reality of cyberbullying offenders realize the consequences of his behavior, responsible, develop positive social relationships through the application procedure techniques WDEP and techniques reality Counseling.

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Living within Limits

10.1093/oso/9780195078114.001.0001 ◽

1993 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Garrett Hardin

Keyword(s):

Population Control ◽

Human Beings ◽

Population Problem ◽

The Earth ◽

The Commons ◽

Garrett Hardin ◽

The Individual ◽

Free Flow Of Information ◽

Flow Of Information ◽

Original Thinker

We fail to mandate economic sanity, writes Garrett Hardin, "because our brains are addled by...compassion." With such startling assertions, Hardin has cut a swathe through the field of ecology for decades, winning a reputation as a fearless and original thinker. A prominent biologist, ecological philosopher, and keen student of human population control, Hardin now offers the finest summation of his work to date, with an eloquent argument for accepting the limits of the earth's resources--and the hard choices we must make to live within them. In Living Within Limits, Hardin focuses on the neglected problem of overpopulation, making a forceful case for dramatically changing the way we live in and manage our world. Our world itself, he writes, is in the dilemma of the lifeboat: it can only hold a certain number of people before it sinks--not everyone can be saved. The old idea of progress and limitless growth misses the point that the earth (and each part of it) has a limited carrying capacity; sentimentality should not cloud our ability to take necessary steps to limit population. But Hardin refutes the notion that goodwill and voluntary restraints will be enough. Instead, nations where population is growing must suffer the consequences alone. Too often, he writes, we operate on the faulty principle of shared costs matched with private profits. In Hardin's famous essay, "The Tragedy of the Commons," he showed how a village common pasture suffers from overgrazing because each villager puts as many cattle on it as possible--since the costs of grazing are shared by everyone, but the profits go to the individual. The metaphor applies to global ecology, he argues, making a powerful case for closed borders and an end to immigration from poor nations to rich ones. "The production of human beings is the result of very localized human actions; corrective action must be local....Globalizing the 'population problem' would only ensure that it would never be solved." Hardin does not shrink from the startling implications of his argument, as he criticizes the shipment of food to overpopulated regions and asserts that coercion in population control is inevitable. But he also proposes a free flow of information across boundaries, to allow each state to help itself. "The time-honored practice of pollute and move on is no longer acceptable," Hardin tells us. We now fill the globe, and we have no where else to go. In this powerful book, one of our leading ecological philosophers points out the hard choices we must make--and the solutions we have been afraid to consider.

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The Emergence of Subjectivity in the Ancient and Medieval World

10.1093/oso/9780198854357.001.0001 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jon Stewart

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

Middle Ages ◽

Philosophical Anthropology ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Western Civilization ◽

Individual Freedom ◽

Human Beings ◽

The Family ◽

The Individual ◽

Different Cultures

This work represents a combination of different genres: cultural history, philosophical anthropology, and textbook. It follows a handful of different but interrelated themes through more than a dozen texts that were written over a period of several millennia. By means of an analysis of these texts, this work presents a theory about the development of Western Civilization from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The main line of argument traces the various self-conceptions of the different cultures as they developed historically. These self-conceptions reflect different views of what it is to be human. The thesis is that in these we can discern the gradual emergence of what we today call inwardness, subjectivity and individual freedom. As human civilization took its first tenuous steps, it had a very limited conception of the individual. Instead, the dominant principle was that of the wider group: the family, clan or people. Only in the course of history did the idea of what we know as individuality begin to emerge. It took millennia for this idea to be fully recognized and developed. The conception of human beings as having a sphere of inwardness and subjectivity subsequently had a sweeping impact on all aspects of culture, such as philosophy, religion, law, and art. Indeed, this conception largely constitutes what is today referred to as modernity. It is easy to lose sight of the fact that this modern conception of human subjectivity was not simply something given but rather the result of a long process of historical and cultural development.

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Psychology: Volume 1

10.1093/oso/9780199498840.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Positive Psychology ◽

Human Life ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Real Life ◽

Human Beings ◽

Cognitive Capability ◽

Affective Processes ◽

Abstract Level ◽

The Impact ◽

Cognition And Affect

This survey of research on psychology in five volumes is a part of a series undertaken by the ICSSR since 1969, which covers various disciplines under social science. Volume One of this survey, Cognitive and Affective Processes, discusses the developments in the study of cognitive and affective processes within the Indian context. It offers an up-to-date assessment of theoretical developments and empirical studies in the rapidly evolving fields of cognitive science, applied cognition, and positive psychology. It also analyses how pedagogy responds to a shift in the practices of knowing and learning. Additionally, drawing upon insights from related fields it proposes epithymetics–desire studies – as an upcoming field of research and the volume investigates the impact of evolving cognitive and affective processes in Indian research and real life contexts. The development of cognitive capability distinguishes human beings from other species and allows creation and use of complex verbal symbols, facilitates imagination and empowers to function at an abstract level. However, much of the vitality characterizing human life is owed to the diverse emotions and desires. This has made the study of cognition and affect as frontier areas of psychology. With this in view, this volume focuses on delineating cognitive scientific contributions, cognition in educational context, context, diverse applications of cognition, psychology of desire, and positive psychology. The five chapters comprising this volume have approached the scholarly developments in the fields of cognition and affect in innovative ways, and have addressed basic as well applied issues.

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Pro-Environmental Behavior in an Aging World: Evidence from 31 Countries

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18041748 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 1748

Author(s):

Yan Wang ◽

Feng Hao ◽

Yunxia Liu

Keyword(s):

Linear Models ◽

Population Change ◽

Population Aging ◽

Environmental Behavior ◽

National Level ◽

The Elderly ◽

Human Beings ◽

Individual Level ◽

Contemporary World ◽

The Individual

Population change and environmental degradation have become two of the most pressing issues for sustainable development in the contemporary world, while the effect of population aging on pro-environmental behavior remains controversial. In this paper, we examine the effects of individual and population aging on pro-environmental behavior through multilevel analyses of cross-national data from 31 countries. Hierarchical linear models with random intercepts are employed to analyze the data. The findings reveal a positive relationship between aging and pro-environmental behavior. At the individual level, older people are more likely to participate in environmental behavior (b = 0.052, p < 0.001), and at the national level, living in a country with a greater share of older persons encourages individuals to behave sustainably (b = 0.023, p < 0.01). We also found that the elderly are more environmentally active in an aging society. The findings imply that the longevity of human beings may offer opportunities for the improvement of the natural environment.

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