Social Science - 2 September 2007

I have been employed by an organisation for 3 years. I enjoy my job immensely, however it is only a small office (2 people - me and the coordinator).

Over time the Coordinator has increasingly emphasised that certain things need to change in my working role to assist reaching targets. I have adapted process slightly, although still inline with policy and the way things are completed in other regional offices.

On looking into the statistics I found that my working role was well above state averages and in fact the Coordinator role was under performing. When the Coordinator was requested to justify the poor performance of the overall statistics it was presented that my role was not up to scratch.

Now I find I cannot trust the Coordinator and things are being put in place to justify me being fired in order to protect the Coordinator role. The Coordinator is incompetent, continuously defensive and certainly a sociopath - without walking away from my job - what can I do?

2007-09-02 12:28:07 · 6 answers · asked by mlcah01 1 in Psychology

I've been feeling real down lately. I dont seem to enjoy anything anymore. Not even my closest friends' company.. I even get bored when I'm with my bf. Nothing seems 'fun' anymore. I feel tired all the time and I'm easily annoyed by things that didnt used to annoy me before. I'm kind of hopeless when it comes to the future.. dont see it bright at all. I wasnt like that. Sometimes it seems like there's no good reason why I feel so down but also there isnt a good reason why I shouldnt! My father passed away about 4 months ago and its not getting easier by time. Looks like I'm the kind of person who would start greifing after so long. It was a sudden death abroad so I was busy finishing the procedures to bring the body back, I wasnt really thinking of anything but my mother and sister and how I wanted to be strong as the older sister. I didnt even cry enfront of them. I cry now at very stupid things and almost al the time I end up remembering my father. I don't feel much these days..

2007-09-02 12:25:10 · 8 answers · asked by I Am Jack's Wasted Life 5 in Psychology

im 15 years old, since the beggining of the year ive been hearing voices, seeing people that arent there... hearing growling and snarling outside my window when my dogs spend the nights inside, sometimes when my friends are over and i hear one of the voices, they bring it up, but i also heard it, i sometimes wake up with wounds, a few weeks ago was 3 perfectly even sized cuts one above the other on my thumb,,, and last night, i was about to go to sleep, i was home alone, it felt like someone was rubbing my back... some nights when im home alone, i get a feeling someone is around, watching me, but like..... a soothing feeling like i was being protected

is something wrong with me?

2007-09-02 12:24:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-09-02 12:20:08 · 7 answers · asked by Michael R 1 in Psychology

Is this world we percieve really real? Think about it. We are told that are mind is more complex than we think. What if all we see and feel is just imagination? Does anyone understand? The "Truths" we have been told we have no way of knowing if they are true. What if this perception of the world is mind control, we are controlled. What if, what if, what if! We can never stop wondering about the truth. What do you think?

2007-09-02 12:12:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

A lot of evolutionary science is based on teeth because they tell a lot about the species. Especially the number of teeth they have. If a human was born without a set of wisdom teeth at all (x-rayed) what would that say about them? Would they be more evolved than someone who did? Would that happen randomly or could it mean that individual was more advanced?

2007-09-02 12:07:50 · 17 answers · asked by Derek Bair 2 in Anthropology

those that are single

2007-09-02 11:59:48 · 9 answers · asked by ♥Ashley K. 5 in Psychology

A a young age, at least 10, my father died. I have had a couple of odd dreams with him in it and I have seen him as the spirit. These days, I seem to be hearing odd stuff. I've heard the piano being played, a man's voice saying "Come on.", and singing. is something wrong with me?

2007-09-02 11:56:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

That maybe if you were better-looking (if you're not that happy with your looks already) that maybe you would have the confidence to be doing more things? Maybe go to more parties or socialize without feeling self-conscious? I think I would be a whole different person. I feel EXTREMELY adventurous all the time, like I want to go off and do my own thing and try something new. I'm actually quite independent, but because I lack the confidence (my looks, as I feel), I don't feel as though I can do everything I please to do, show my true self without worrying about what others think. What about you? Serious answers, please...

2007-09-02 11:52:47 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

I really want to break my addiction of TV and yahoo answers

HOw do you break any bad habit or addiction?

2007-09-02 11:43:21 · 1 answers · asked by noner 2 in Psychology

Do you think the infiltration of third world workers will cause an economic collapse and disolve our system into worse than the system we currently have?

2007-09-02 11:31:04 · 6 answers · asked by Vivianna 4 in Economics

About time i talked about a womans issue which i perceive as very common and the most important nowadays.

The role of a mother and a wife combined with being a career woman can be a really tough task and i realized this after observing these ladies !!!!

What adjustments could be made from the male gender side to make atleast their life a little more amangable and for these women to have a beleif that there men are supportive????

2007-09-02 11:29:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2007-09-02 11:25:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

Since I was very young I've been having bad water dreams, eiether I'm at the beach and the ocean waves become violent and very large tsunami size even, I run from them by running up a sand hill I barely get away, but I always do, or I will dream that I am on a pier and the ocean becomes violent and the sky stormy, or that I am in my car and I trying to drive away from tsunami size waves its awlful.

2007-09-02 11:10:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

How many non-smoking people would feel the pinch when their tax went up by 35%?

Just to cover the revenue lost by not selling the legal drug tobacco?

2007-09-02 11:10:08 · 14 answers · asked by wonkyfella 5 in Sociology

I've been wondering about this for some time now.
I asked an English guy the same question and he said he thinks it's because the Australian economy isn't as strong as the British one, so their currency is dollar, not GB pound (because dollar is also weaker than GB pound). But still, why, when Australia is a member of the Commonwealth, an ex British colony?

2007-09-02 10:50:13 · 4 answers · asked by mbjunkmail4me 1 in Economics

2007-09-02 10:29:28 · 12 answers · asked by confused000100010001000100000011 2 in Sociology

If you and a colleague share the same boss what would your reaction and advice be to them if that colleague came to you in confidence and said the boss had exhibited inappropriate behavior.

2007-09-02 10:27:21 · 3 answers · asked by angel_rat_83 1 in Other - Social Science

I know this is similar to "if a tree falls in a forest...", but I'm curious whether color is a subjective experience, or whether different wavelengths have "color" as an attribute.

Hope I worded this correctly...

2007-09-02 10:21:43 · 9 answers · asked by Tunesmith 3 in Psychology

Even if it is only sub-consciously and unknown to the person?

2007-09-02 10:19:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-09-02 10:19:00 · 4 answers · asked by aaroncolby2001 1 in Psychology

What were the motives?do you feel remorse?what is your opinion of verbal abusers?do you secretly respect or admire them?would their social status or appearance affect how you view them?

2007-09-02 10:16:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

To help and to protect

To reflect and to delight in

To collaborate and to acquire

To suffer and to conquer

2007-09-02 10:15:01 · 4 answers · asked by d 1 in Other - Social Science

Instead of the long wait and the slow psychological torture, and instead of the agonizing pain of the electric chair or the needle, why don't they fight the guards to the death? Being shot to death quickly and on your own terms seems less painful. At least in their very last hour, why do they allow the state to strap them to the chair and do all the preparations slowly without fighting the state?

2007-09-02 10:07:11 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-09-02 10:04:09 · 28 answers · asked by Wulfruna 3 in Psychology

I'm wondering about the feelings evoked by the words "Vanishing American"

for a psychology exam....

Just spit out some words about this... Don't censor yourself...

2007-09-02 09:55:57 · 5 answers · asked by emore 1 in Psychology

What does this mean?
i was standing in the stands of a super-sized highschool football stadium.still all metal & not very good, but huge & everything. then about halfway the huge stands, there was this platform that lead out into dark navy blue water. Not smooth water, but rough & choppy like the middle of the ocean. I have a bunch of friends on a volleyball team at my school, & i saw them playing in this water. I could only see the tallest ones, the water looked like 5 1/2 feet deep.
they were playing as though the water wasnt there.
Then the platform got higher, like i blinked & i was really high above the water & i couldnt see my friends anymore. I saw these two children, a boy & girl, they look kinda like the kids i babysit regularly. They were playing with these toys & then one of them, the boy i think, threw the toy out over the water & he i think lunged after it. Next all i remember was having the kids in my arms, falling through the air thinking "oh god, oh god, etc."

2007-09-02 09:48:40 · 3 answers · asked by calitexscgal 2 in Dream Interpretation

Can you tell me some techniques to improve memory?...like i have to study a lot and remember a lot...for the exam and so on...what are some general techniques?...
And where on the Net can we find some efficient techniques/ tutorials?..
Thanks!

2007-09-02 09:27:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

If someone else takes a picture of just a mirror and you look at that picture...why cant you see your reflection?

2007-09-02 09:21:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

nice guy in late twenties, but really shy.

smart and successful, but self consciois because short and thin

2007-09-02 09:12:20 · 7 answers · asked by . 1 in Psychology