5.Plagiarism and Referencing

Plagiarism and Referencing

What is Plagiarism

“Plagiarism is using other people’s ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information.” Indiana University Bloomington (2004)

We all learn from other people's ideas, we learn from theory's that have been proved in the past ,whether it's on human behaviour or how children learn speak and use language.  We read about these theorists in our college books and hear about them in our lectures. We discuss their ideas in class and we use their theories and facts to prove or to back up our own understanding and opinions. So it is very important that we reference the source and give credit to the theorist whose facts we are using in our studies.

How to Avoid Plagiarism

“To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use another person's idea, opinion, or theory; any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings, any pieces of information that are not common knowledge; quotations of another person's actual spoken or written words; or paraphrase of another person's spoken or written words.” Indiana University Bloomington (2004)

What is referencing

Referencing is giving credit to the person or theorists work by stating who wrote the material. Here are some helpful tips below and a link to a Harvard Referencing tutorial 

• If you have read a book and use the information but in your own words always reference the book.

• If you take the information directly from the source, Use” quotations marks at the start and the finish, use the author surname, year and page number.
  

• If you are citing something from a book, use the author's surname, year of the book and page number.
  

• If there are more than two authors in the book that you are referencing, use the first authors surname and et al instead of the other authors , Byrne et al (2009 p.29), Put all authors names in your Bibliography.
  

Reference List

• Image PB WORKS (online) available at http://oliveharveycollegelibraryguides.pbworks.com/w/page/47192856/Plagiarism accessed on the 07/12/12
• Harvard Tutorial (2005) (online) available at  http://www3.ul.ie/referencing/index.html accessed on the 06/12/12
• Indiana University Bloomington (2004) (online) available at http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml accessed on the 06/12/12
• Images, Information Literacy (2012)  (Online) available at http://ixion.cput.ac.za/library_2/infoLit/referencing.htm accessed on the 07/12/12 

4.Literature Review on Psychology( Classical Conditioning)

Review on Classical Conditioning 

The piece of literature I am going to review is in relation to an area I have recently studied in my psychology coursework. The two books I have used for my reviews are Psychology for Social Care by Emma O'Brien and Simply Psychology by Michael W.Eysench.I decided to review Classical Conditioning. 

This topic examines why we are afraid of certain things like spiders or rats. We are not born afraid of these things; is this type of behaviour innate(in us) or learned.

To describe classical conditioning Eysenck (2002 p.97) refers to the experiment of Pavlov (1849-1936). Pavlov carried out an experiment on a dog; he noticed the dog used to salivate to the sight of food. Pavlov found he could train the dog to salivate to other stimulus. He presented a bell just before the food on a number of occasions, so that the bell signalled that food would be arriving soon. Finally, he presented the bell on its own with food following. He found that the dog salivated to the bell. The dog had learned a conditioned reflex.

When I reviewed my second book Psychology for social care O'Brien also uses Pavlov experiment to explain classical conditioning, but argues he came across it by accident. O'Brien (2011 p.60) states that Pavlov had been studying digestion in dogs when he noticed the dogs began to salivate upon hearing footsteps of the researcher bringing their food. This observation set Pavlov on a new path of exploration.

What is the relevance of this for social care?" Pavlov believed that if something like salivation could be conditioned then it might also be possible to apply the process to bodily processes that affect illness and mental disorders. Nowadays the principals of classical conditioning are applied in the treatment of phobias and in aversion therapies.” O'Brien (2011 p.60) 

Reference List

• ·        Eysenck W, M (2002) , Simply Psychology 2^nd Edition (2002) New York, Psychology press.

• ·         Image (online) available at :http://blog.lib.umn.edu/meriw007/psy_1001/2011/10/pavlovs-conditioned-reflex.php accessed on the 28/11/2012

• ·         O'Brien (2011) Psychology for Social Care, an Irish Perspective, Dublin, Gills and Macmillan.

• ·         Indian express limited (2012) (online) available at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/parents-pass-on-irrational-fear-of-snakes-to-children/742339 accesed on the 07/12/12.

2. Presentation

  The Launch of the I phone 3G

Here is an amazing presentation of the Launch of the I phone 3G presented by Steve Jobs in 2008. Steve Jobs did not have to do much to engage his audience as the product he was advertising was the star of the show.

 Stephen Jobs presentations are famous around the world and he uses the same technique every time , his presentations are (KISS) he Keeps it simple stupid.

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Steve Jobs dresses very casual , he engages the audience by announcing  I phones first birthday. He then wows the audience with the new improved I phone 3G. He shows how slim and compact the new I phone is and demonstrates the new applications and features of the I phone, inbuilt camera, video, flush audio headphones, faster download speeds compared to its predecessor , amazing GPS devices and so much more.

He comes to the end of his presentation by announcing that the new I phone 3G will be available for $199 dollars, in his words"  affordable to everyone". Steve Jobs is a natural when it comes to presentations and is one of the best in the world.

(2008 Steve Jobs) - iPhone 3G

Creating a Great Presentation

The trick to a great presentation is less is more, if you put too much information into your presentation you over load your audience and they end up getting distracted and bored. Use less slides and key points and add a bit of humour.

"A great presentation "should really just give the highlights," says Bornemann. Steve Jobs, for example, is famous for using virtually no text at all an icon of a new product or two or three "big picture" words will suffice. "People are afraid to use a slide with one word, but it has merit, because we have to process information before we go on to the next idea," Bornemann says. It's also good to segment presentations in places where your audience's mind can sum up and process the information, so that they're actually able to think about what you're telling them" Mansueto Ventures LLC(2011)

Reference List

• Mansueto Ventures LLC(2011) (Online) available at http://WWW.inc.com/guides/201102/how-to-create-a-great-powerpoint-presentation.html accessed on the 28/11/12
• U tube Steve Jobs Iphone 3G (online) available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40YW7Lco0og accessed on the 28/11/2012
• Image Likeable Media (2011) (online) available at http://www.likeable.com/blog/2012/09/keep-it-simple-stupid/ accessed on the 09/12/12 

1.Cognitive Intelligence (IQ) or Emotional Intelligence (EI).

Cognitive Intelligence or Emotional Intelligence

Is it more important to have a high cognitive intelligence or a higher emotional intelligence or do we need both to be successful working as a professional social care practitioner. 

 

What is Cognitive Intelligence?

"Cognitive intelligence is the intellectual ability to reason; have logic; reading; analysing and prioritizing and writing. It is your brain that uses the neocortex and not the emotional centers of the brain. In other words you have great control over your own emotions in order to resolve many problems most individuals will have to deal with in a rational and controlled manner. "Answers.com (2012)

What is Emotional Intelligence?

“Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize your emotions, understand what they're telling you, and realize how your emotions affect people around you. Emotional intelligence also involves your perception of others: when you understand how they feel, this allows you to manage relationships more effectively.

People with high emotional intelligence are usually successful in most things they do. Why? Because they're the ones that others want on their team. When people with high EI send an email, it gets answered. When they need help, they get it. Because they make others feel good, they go through life much more easily than people who are easily angered or upset.” Mind Tools (LTD)

In order to work as a social care practitioner you need to be able to plan and implement individual specialised programmes of care, depending on the needs of the service users. You also need to be able to relate to people from different cultures or backgrounds or people with mild or severe disabilities or people who may have become homeless through poverty, alcohol or drug addiction, you need to have empathy and compassion, be trustworthy and have altruism.

In my opinion you do need to have cognitive intelligence but your need to have a higher emotional intelligence to be able to relate to people as a caring professional in Social Care. 

Reference List

• Images (online) available at http://www.123rf.com/photo_16629196_abstract-word-cloud-for-neural-network-with-related-tags-and-terms.html accessed on the 07/12/12

• Answers.com (2012(online ) available at http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_cognitive_intelligence accessed on 25/11/2012

•  Images (online) available at http://blog.matrisms.com/?p=1811 accessed on the 07/12/12.

•  Images (online) available at http://oneinabillionconsulting.blogspot.ie/2011/04/emotionally-intelligent-leaders-by.html accessed on the 07/12/12

• Mindtools Ltd (2012) (online) available at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_59.htm accessed on the 08/12/12

• Images (2012) (online) available at http://oneinabillionconsulting.blogspot.ie/2010/09/can-you-really-walk-in-someone-elses.html 09/12/12