Q's for help  group A Aim for 500 words minimum,and for 300 words for essay B. group A 1. Why is Mead’s model of human existence incapable of accounting for conflict? Group B 2. Write about personality A.First explain the authors point view then explain your point of view….. Opinion agree or disagree GROUP A Mead’s model of human existence George Herbert Mead model of human existence is a theory based on social psychology. A collection of Mead's work dealing with thinking, behaviorism social consciousness, and social control was compiled by Charles Morris in 1936. This edited work tried to explain the nature of human existence in a world full of conflicts. Much of Meads work focused on self -development and human existence within the social realm. An individual thought is only relevant if interpreted by other people. Thus a person existing alone could not have relevant thought and he will not be in conflict with any other person. Mead interpreted human existence through symbolic interactionism. Human is always in constant reaction with the world. A person interacts with the world consciously. A conscious individual is able to interpret the social world as he interacts with other people. Thus, human interactions are intentional and can be controlled. If the interactions are fair and satisfactory to different actors they enhance social interactions. These social interactions can result in a conflict if one actor is biased or has an ill motive. According to mead social interactions are successful through communication. He classified communication between people as social behaviorism. Human actions are given meaning through communication. An individual is able to pass a message to another through the use of gestures and words. Social behaviorists value the role of the mind in communication. The mind plans actions and executes them through different body parts. Social interactions are formed as a result of human thought. The mind and the human body work simultaneously to achieve an action. The action is then communicated to other people through a language. George Herbert Mead identified the process of communication. According to him the communication process involves two phases; gestures and language. Communication through gestures is unconscious. Gestures are mostly used by animals. In most cases the involved animals don’t respond because they don’t perceive them accordingly. When used by human beings they must be put under a certain context so that they can be understood. Gestures form the basis of language. Communication through language is conscious. The involved people can understand one another. Communication is dynamic. Using language for communication is core for social interaction. Communication enables individuals to socialize and minimize conflicts It keeps on changing as people interact. Language evolves from simple forms to complex forms as social interaction advance. A developed speech enables people to communicate through ...

1. Q's for help
group A Aim for 500 words minimum,and for 300 words for
essay B.
group A
1. Why is Mead’s model of human existence incapable of
accounting for conflict?
Group B
2. Write about personality
A.First explain the authors point view then explain your point
of view….. Opinion agree or disagree
GROUP A
Mead’s model of human existence
George Herbert Mead model of human existence is a theory
based on social psychology. A collection of Mead's work
dealing with thinking, behaviorism social consciousness, and
social control was compiled by Charles Morris in 1936. This
edited work tried to explain the nature of human existence in a
world full of conflicts. Much of Meads work focused on self -
development and human existence within the social realm. An
individual thought is only relevant if interpreted by other
people. Thus a person existing alone could not have relevant
thought and he will not be in conflict with any other person.
Mead interpreted human existence through symbolic
interactionism. Human is always in constant reaction with the
world. A person interacts with the world consciously. A
conscious individual is able to interpret the social world as he
interacts with other people. Thus, human interactions are
intentional and can be controlled. If the interactions are fair and

2. satisfactory to different actors they enhance social interactions.
These social interactions can result in a conflict if one actor is
biased or has an ill motive.
According to mead social interactions are successful through
communication. He classified communication between people as
social behaviorism. Human actions are given meaning through
communication. An individual is able to pass a message to
another through the use of gestures and words. Social
behaviorists value the role of the mind in communication. The
mind plans actions and executes them through different body
parts. Social interactions are formed as a result of human
thought. The mind and the human body work simultaneously to
achieve an action. The action is then communicated to other
people through a language.
George Herbert Mead identified the process of communication.
According to him the communication process involves two
phases; gestures and language. Communication through gestures
is unconscious. Gestures are mostly used by animals. In most
cases the involved animals don’t respond because they don’t
perceive them accordingly. When used by human beings they
must be put under a certain context so that they can be
understood. Gestures form the basis of language.
Communication through language is conscious. The involved
people can understand one another. Communication is dynamic.
Using language for communication is core for social interaction.
Communication enables individuals to socialize and minimize
conflicts It keeps on changing as people interact. Language
evolves from simple forms to complex forms as social
interaction advance. A developed speech enables people to
communicate through symbols. These symbols are common and
all the community members understand them. Thus in
communication a person is able to get correct response.
Meads communication models laid a lot of intensity on the
significance of symbols for effective communication. Gestures
are interpreted because they are significant. An intelligent mind
is able to give meaning to any significant gesture. Through

3. thinking the gestures are allocated a particular meaning. As a
result of a common socialization people are able to give a
similar meaning to a particular gesture. According to mead the
mind is not a substance separate from the body. It is a series of
events that take place within the human physiological structure.
Thinking is shaped by socialization. A person’s social behavior
is shaped by his thoughts.
Mead was able to identify causes of social conflicts. He
identified some components of disputes such as attitudes, roles
of individuals or group. He argued that disputes emerge as a
result of insufficient differentiation of roles and adoption of
self-centered attitudes by individuals or groups during social
interactions. According to him, disputes can be solved by
adopting other centered attitudes and sharing roles on the basis
of merit among the conflicting parties.
Meads tried to form a consistency in explaining the nature of
disputes but his theoretical explanations have several
inconsistencies. He cherished the principle of sociality as the
foundation of disputes. According to this principle, disputes
are as a result of a broken social contract. In this case, then the
conflicting parties must operate on the same social practices.
This can only apply to an equal society. Unfortunately, the
world societies (whether capitalist or socialist) have remained
to be socially stratified. Mead failed to acknowledge the
domination of the ruling class over the peasants. Therefore
sociologists have been forced to look for other theoretical
explanation to the concept of conflict.
Mead played a major role in the formation of modern social
theories. His theoretical explanation of the relationship between
the mind and communication has been scientifically proved by
modern scientists. Modern language develops in the mind. The
language is shaped by community members through
socialization. A person can learn any language provided he is in
the right social environment. Today proper communication is
the best method of avoiding and solving conflicts.

4. GROUP B
PERSONALITY
Introduction
Personality is a combination of inherited and acquired
characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s character.
Personal traits include values, attitudes, habits, skills and social
relationships. These personal differences can be easily observed
when an individual exhibit similar tendencies. These personal
traits persist in an individual’s daily actions despite prevailing
circumstances or change of environment, (John, 2008).
Personality becomes part and parcel of an individual life. A
person finds it extremely difficult to adapt to changing
situations. Therefore, personality controls an individual’s
thinking, feeling, and behavior.
Measuring personality
Personality temperament can be determined through a variety of
tests. Examples of personality test tools include:
· Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. It was created
by University of Minnesota psychologists. It measures different
families of pathologies.
· The California Psychological Inventory. It measures ordinary
personality concepts.
· Personality factors test pioneered by Raymond Cattell. It is a
psychometric test that measures personality over 16 dimensions/
independent scores
These personality tests are not accurate, they lack validity and
consistency. They rely on individuals voluntary data only
analyzed on a scale. Such data cannot be scientifically proved.
All the same personality test results enable Human resource
managers to get a perception of employee’s personalities.
Components of personality

5. Personality is broken into five stable components:
· Openness to Experience.
This is willingness to accept new changes and adapt to a new
environment. Those people who are open- minded pursue self-
actualization by seeking out intense experiences. They are
willing to take risks and get results. Those people who are
closed minded are easily fulfilled by little things on sight. They
are not willing to adventure and learn new things.
· Conscientiousness.
This is a personality trait of being careful. Conscientious people
are efficient and organized in their tasks. The act with a lot of
care and they are scared of making mistakes. Low
conscientiousness is easy going. Sometimes they can be sloppy,
disorderly and unreliable.
· Extraversion.
It is a personality trait that shows how a person is social. People
with high extraversion are very social. They talk with other
people including strangers. They are likely to attend social
gatherings and even give public speeches. People who score low
extraversion are self-absorbed. They rarely speak in public and
they don’t interact most of the time.
· Agreeableness.
It is a personality trait that explains the behavior of people who
are kind and sympathetic. They can easily identify another
person’s needs and try their best to offer any available help.
Those with low agreeableness are highly competitive and
challenging people. They always question situations. They think
critically and easily engage in arguments over issues.
· Neuroticism.
It is a psychological disorder associated with anxiety.
Individuals who score high Neurotism scores experience
feelings of anger and depression. They are likely to suffer a
mental dis-order.
Personality and self-efficacy
A good personality leads to self-efficacy. Self -efficacy refers
to an individual’s belief in his or her capacity. It reflects

6. confidence and ability to exert control over one own behavior
and manage prospective situations. Self-efficacy determines
how humans think, behave and feel. Self-efficacy determines
how an individual reacts when he/she faces a difficult situation.
It plays a major role in how we perceive situations and how we
behave when we are exposed to different situations. This
concept is connected to Albert Bandura social cognitive theory
which praises observational learning and social experience in
developing an individual personality. As an individual
personality develops he acquires self-efficacy.
Unit III Blog
In the Course Blog, post about three concepts (Carcinogenesis,
mutagenesis, teratogenesis) you learned from the readings in
Unit III that will directly relate to your future employment.
This is a big unit for cancer and how toxins affect us.
Carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, teratogenesis, and lactation issues
are all huge subjects. And somewhat controversial as well. So
pay attention here. At some point you may have to deal with
this in your life or in your families lives. Understand what each
means and remember, that with a Master's Degree people look
to you as the expert in the field of safety and health.
Minimum 200 words and all reference use should be on APA
Format. My current job is related to Safety and Health.