It is important that we show respect even though it can be hard at times (Paggi, 2012). Some elderly people experience changes in speaking ability, and their voices become weaker, or harder to understand. ... Even though listening to the elderly can be a challenge at times we need to make an effort to be attentive and respond to their needs (O' Brien). ... How you speak is just as important as what you say. ... So in conclusion, just because an elderly person's life experiences may be very different from ours, it is important for us to let elderly individuals express their thoughts a...

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Self-Concept and Identity Management Who you think you are can be described as self-concept. ... Perception Checking and Empathy Many people probably don't even realize all the things that can influence their perception. ... Perception also is harsh at times as when Momma first appears on the movie you think of how fat she is. ... In the positive way of thinking though Gilbert shows how facilitative emotions and expressions can change the atmosphere. ... Many people probably don't even realize all the things that can influence their perception....

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Those who have mastered its effective use can change their own experience of the world and the world's experience of them." ... In addition, in my family, we are not supposed to tell how we feel. ... Then, one day we became friend and got to know her more, my point of view about her immediately has changed. ... Most people can not communicate, they think they are incompetent. They afraid once they say something, it can never be changed or taken back. ...

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But when you are with your mother as a child, a mother can instruct you on the ways of knowing how to love someone unconditionally, on accepting an individual for his or her own uniqueness, or even how to be an excellent citizen of state and country. ... I had always had a problem with blurting out every thought that passed through my mind. ... Since ER Physician are welcome just about anywhere, I don*t think I will have a problem getting a job when I change locations. ... All of her lessons has had such an influence on how I interact with people and even with my mother. Teaching me how to bec...

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"...we need to remember - in between texts and e-mails and Facebook posts - to listen to one another, even to the boring bits, because it is often in unedited moments, moments in which we hesitate and stutter and go silent, that we reveal ourselves to one another" (Turkle). ... A mother texted her daughter who was away at college asking how things were going. ... Undoubtedly, it's only when we can hear a tone of voice or look into someone's eyes that we're able to know someone's true emotion. ... Are we really communicating? ... A real conversation should take pla...

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