Ego Case Studies Samples For Students

When people make their choices in life, they are influenced by the society that surrounds them by changing their social conditions in ways that may at some point encumber or even support their life with family. Interplay exists between an individual’s family and the society, and throughout the adulthood stage, an individual makes choices that are family related. Development is the movement, growth, and transition made by an individual from one state to another in life. This research has been able to state clearly the stages made by people who are developing from one stage to another. This ...

Introduction

Conflict is a discord between two or more parties. The causes of the conflict differ depending on the situation or environment. Conflict is bound to occur when people are working or living in the same environment. The key is to approach and solve the disagreement in a sound manner that leaves both parties satisfied with the resolutions made. The process of resolving conflicts is known as reconciliation. Reconciliation is the methods of facilitating peaceful ending of conflict and retribution. The conflict resolution process is facilitated by a mediator (Barsky & Allan., 2014).
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Question 1. Cliff provided his employees with positive reinforcement. He did so by often complimenting their good work, by providing lunch of Fridays for those who met their weekly goals and by giving extra time off to those who worked hard. By doing all of these things, the boss in the case study was performing operant conditioning, a form of behavior reinforcement that seeks to change behaviors. In this particular case study, the boss used positive reinforcement in that he provided the workers with additional perks, such as lunch and compliments in order to reinforce productive behaviors.
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Counselling theory

The essay aims to address person-centred theory in detail including the main features of this theory with regard to how useful they are even in real life situations. The essay will also take into account how this model is different from other therapeutic models in particular cognitive behavioral approaches and psychodynamic approaches. It also takes into account the similarity of the models listed.
Personal-centred therapy which originally was known as non-directive therapy is a therapy that was developed by the psychologist Dr. Carl Rogers (1902-1987) that moves the idea that the expert is the therapist to a direction where one ...

1. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM(S)
The problem that was indicated in the case study was the obstacles that the company faced during creation of new entity. This entity was created with the merger of ATK and EDS but with this merger, there were a lot of critiques and questions that were raised as both the organizations had totally different background and were operating in different market as well. It is important for the organizations to carefully analyze and evaluate the different factors and elements before taking a decision of merger or acquisition. If the organization is able to manage ...

Introduction

In the words of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But finally, there are others which a man is afraid to tell himself, and every decent man has considerable number of such things stored away” (Wedding & Stuber, 2010, p. 134). This case is about the reminiscences of one such young girl.
An 18 year old girl, Dora who, since 12 years of age had been suffering ...

Elements of the Self-Determination Theory

The Self-Determination Theory proposes that autonomous motivation is distinct from controlled motivation (Gagne and Deci, 2005) where autonomy “involves acting with a sense of volition and having the experience of choice” (Gagne and Deci, 2006, p. 333) while controlled motivation involves external regulation. It proposes that uninteresting activities require extrinsic motivation; thus, making the activity externally regulated.

External regulation is the use of external factors to initiate and maintain a behavior. However, the Self-Determination Theory names another type of extrinsic motivation where the regulation of a behavior and the value that is associated with it becomes internalized. Internalization is when people have ...

Introduction. Egoism is derived from ego, a Latin word that means “I” in English (Moseley, 2011). Egoism is the obsession of self-importance and considering one-self the most important person. People are motivated by self-interests and own desires and therefore want the best in their life whether they deserve it or not. Egoism is also a form of complex that is mostly the inferiority complex. Philosophically, egoism is the theory that one individual himself is the motivation and he himself is the goal. In simple words, egoism is the over-evaluation of one-self about himself. People who do not care for interests of ...

Psychology Case Study

According to Sigmund Freud, the conscious mind includes all the things that are within the awareness of the individual while the unconscious mind includes all thoughts, urges, memories and feelings that are outside the conscious awareness of the individual. Most of the content of the unconscious mind are feelings and emotions that are unpleasant or unacceptable to the individual. They include such feelings as conflict, anxiety or pain. Moreover, the unconscious exerts a significant influence on the daily experiences and behaviors of the individual even though the individual is not aware of the presence of such influences. (Cherry, 2013). According ...

1. What is piercing the corporate veil?
This is a situation whereby an individual from a corporation is held liable for the debts of the corporation by the court. It overlooks the principle that holds the corporation solely liable according to contract or tort (Miller & Cross, 2013).
2. What are the factors that a court considers to pierce the corporate veil?
- Whether the owner came up with the corporation with the objective of his own personal gains.
- When a corporation transfers its assets to another corporation to avoid liability.
- When the owner transfers his property ...

Fight Club is an 1999 film based on the novel of the same title by Chuck Palahniuk published in 1996. The movie appears to be a story about an underground fighting club that the narrator and Tyler Durden have created. Apparently, there is more in the movie than what an average viewer could decipher. Fight Club is a depiction of a mental disorder known as Dissociative Personality/Identity Disorder or DID, at least in a psychological point of view. Evidently, the mental imbalance suffered by the character in the film is obvious in the plot. At the beginning of the movie the narrator can ...