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Essay 1 Pre-Draft: Thesis Paragraph

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Happiness can be determined throughout many variable ways. Many things or certain ways can make people happy. Throughout all the stories we read about happiness determined it in many ways in the article “How to Buy Happiness” by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton argues how we spend our money does it bring us or happiness or for the moment, and in “How Happy Are you?” by John Tierney discusses the happiness levels of people in the population on what in particular makes them happy. Therefore their isn’t a measure of quality on happiness just as love, you can be in a relationship with someone for years and feel nothing, but can be in a relationship for two months and feel everything. Time is not a measure of quality; of infatuation, or love. I think it’s based on how a person feels and what makes them happy and more positive about themselves.

 

CHAPTER 8

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1. Describe how the client empowerment model for change effectively impacts a client’s well-being status? Include what the professional would do to implement the model in the counseling session.

Client’s empowerment model for change impacts a client’s well-being by supporting them, being there for them and giving them hope that a change will come and they will be a little more proud about themselves. The job of a professional in the counseling session is to help the client think on their own and make their own decisions like for example on what may be the right or wrong thing to do in a certain situation and how they can better their lives.

2. Describe how a community based agency’s mission and goals promote well-being and happiness for their clients.

A community-based agency’s mission and goals promotes well-being and happiness for their clients by communicating the purpose of the agency and summarizing its guiding principles because in order to make the client feel comfortable, the workers has to follow the rules in order for the client to open up and plus he/she has to respect the guidelines that they are asked to do being assigned to help a community and knowing you’re helping a person and helping yourself understand them, it’s for your well-being.

3. Describe how an agency’s organizational chart promotes well-being through the chain of command.

An agency’s organizational chart promote well-being through the chain of command because it refers to the layers of authority in an agency, it helps agencies keep control of responsibilities and holds them accountable of what they have to do, in order to keep the environment safe workers and clients are in controlled not by people, but by credentials.

4. Describe how the referral process is utilized in the relation to the client’s well-being.

The referral process is used in the relation to the client’s well being by first making sure the client is getting the best service they need in order for them to get better, also making use if one service doesn’t work for the client then the agency makes sure they receive a better one. Second if the service helps then it’s successful for them, and lastly if the service works its due to the fact of the success of the referral in multiple ways to the clients well-being.

5. Describe how an informal network can aid in the referral and well-being goals.

An informal network can aid in the referral and well-being goals of a client by reaching out to organizations that are public and/or private agencies such as self-help groups, churches, businesses and schools. It’s a network of communication meaning informal or formal connections clients and agencies in the social service. It uses these types of communications to help the client engage in a two way communication to help them fully understand the participant in the system.

6. Describe how documentation and paperwork requirements aid in the well-being of the client.

Documentation and paperwork requirements aid in the well-being of the client because it is used to transfer any important information about the client to other professionals if they move on to different agencies and help them know what’s going on and how to help them go through whatever it may be that they are going through.

7. Describe how stress and “burnout” of the worker can impact the client’s well being.

Stress and burnout of the worker can impact the client’s well-being because if the worker is having negative changes in their attitude or behavior then it’s going to affect their day to day work. It also has affect o the environment and their profession as well as the helping process; if the worker isn’t having their best day then it’s affecting everyone. This happens because the workers could be disappointed, lower expectations of the client performance or could be having concerns within themselves. Therefore if they come to work with a negative vibe, then it’s not going to make the situation better only more difficult. They wouldn’t help the client, they would just have a negative affect towards the clients and not help them like they are suppose to. It will only make the situation more difficult.

8. Describe how professional development activities can impact the well-being of the worker. Describe how it also impacts service delivery to the client.

Professional development activities can impact the well-being of the worker by making a commitment to their professional development and being engaged and well supportive to their clients. Also improving is a commitment and being more of a helper and being able to respond to each helping opportunity in a positive way, and how to move in a certain situation to give the their best work to their clients.

9. Describe how a human service worker can utilize client empowerment as a tool in the well-being of a client.

A human service worker can utilize client empowerment as a tool in the well-being of a client by everyone working as a team and building their skills to advocate themselves and learn something, and then make their own changes. Also letting them make their own decisions, supporting them in what they may want to do as an independent, and not having people thinking for them as they go on in life.

Conservative vs Liberals

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In the article “Why Conservatives Are happier Than Liberals“by Arthur C.Brooks states the difference between who are happier liberals or conservatives? And research found that conservatives are happier about their lives because censuses summed up the more who were married, religious and had a family were happier than liberals who are not and didn’t have kids.

Something Brooks points out is that people, who are married combine with people who are happy and their relationship, go together and if one is married and the other is not the married person will be 18 percent more likely to say he/she is happier than the unmarried person (paragraph 3). Brooks is explaining that couples or people in general who are married have a better increase chance of being happier because they’re with their soul mate and is more able to be more open with someone and have more support.

On the other hand Brooks compared the task of a liberal and a conservative. Conservative are more about being in a positive spirit and they are inattentive of negativity or what goes around them that doesn’t matter, they don’t get involved because conservatives are more likely to be spirited and religious. As for liberals they are less happy than conservatives because they are more about justice, unlike conservative they don’t recognize injustice which is why they are happier. Liberals believe that people in society are more dependable on government rather than conservatives they believed in hard work and dedication, if a person wants something they should work for it instead of being dependent on government when a person should get it for them.

However, according to a study from the University of Florida Barry Schlenker and John Chambers and the University of Toronto psychologist Bonnie Le studied suggested that liberals not only were for justice, but believed in what was right, fair and wanted to improve things in the society whether it dealt with economic, wealth, or equality. Unlike conservatives situations that concerned liberals doesn’t bother conservatives as much. In fact research stated “Why Conservatives Are happier Than Liberals“that what if the roles were reversed and conservatives felt as Liberals did, and liberal felt as conservatives did. Conservatives would be fine with the changes, but on the other hand liberals would try to avoid it and would think it would be a silly idea.

Not only did a study thought about the opposite, but they also focused on moderates versus extremist. A moderate is more of a liberal and an extremist is more as a conservative. However extremist are happier than moderate people because the percentage of happiest is also known as “extremely conservative” which is known as extremist. Brooks’s states that based on study extremist have their world figured out, and are more analytical about their surroundings and people they deal with which researched states they are known as “happy warriors”. As for moderate they are more based on now and don’t know what to expect next.

Lastly Brooks broke down the difference between conservative and liberal people, then noticed another political gap that can compare moderate versus extremist both had the same meanings, but had s different idea. Overall the more people who were happier were the ones who were religious, family based and focused on what’s important, rather than people who worried about things that are less likely important.

Chapter 9

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1. Describe how the Human Services Code of Ethics initiates guides and promotes a clinical arena for professional and client well-being.
The Code of Ethics is a statement of ethical standards of behavior. It’s a guide to the professional on their roles, rules, responsibilities to their client, and the profession. It is also setting rules and limitations to their client.

2. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to clients promotes well-being.
The responsibility of the human service professional promotes well-being to the client by acknowledging what is important, therefore being there for their client making sure that their client are doing what they suppose to do , so they’re not in danger , and not only recognizing situations but also making sure everything is alright. Human Services professionals are also responsible to have a well knowledge of their client’s culture in making treatment plans, and problem defining to promote the well-being of the client.

3. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to the community and society promotes well-being.
Human services professionals promotes responsibility to the community and society promotes well-being by if the worker see that the client isn’t following rules, or doing what they suppose to do. The worker is suppose to talk to the client and if talking to the client doesn’t work then the worker has to ask for help or report it.

4. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to colleagues promotes well-being for the client.
Human Services profession promotes well-being to their client by since it’s their profession the worker should have useful ways to increase their professional’s strengths by knowing better ways to make their client more comfortable to promote the client’s well-being. Another responsibility to the profession is that the workers recognize what is wrong with their client and figure out what to help them to make them better.

5. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to the profession promotes well-being for the clients.
The human service professional’s promotes responsibility and well being to the clients by the workers makes a commitment to themselves and client by being there and supporting them. Another responsibility is by helping their clients grow it makes them grow as a person knowing that they can help someone else and having a personal growth of their attitudes and values towards their clients. Also providing care, help, and assisting them in a situation that they have difficulty in.

6. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to employers promotes well being for the client.
The human services professional’s responsibilities to the employers promote Well-being to the clients, because the worker has to make sure they are doing everything they suppose to do for their client and having it done to the best of their abilities. Also promoting well being for clients the worker has to be trustworthy, committed to the task and the client and worker must work together to solve the issue that the client has going on help the client out.

7. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to self promotes well-being for the clients.
Human service responsibility promotes well-being for the clients because since the workers know what they are getting themselves into by meeting different people with different situations. They are responsible to help them and if the client tries to hurt themselves then they have to report it, but besides that the worker is a person for help and being there for someone for a person who didn’t have anyone there for them.

8. Describe how the human service professional’s responsibility to educators promotes well-being for the client.
Human Services professional’s responsibilities to the educators is something that is important because it’s important that the worker is aware of the clients health, and making sure that they are being taken care of which is importance of their well-being. Also if giving someone or another upcoming worker an opportunity the worker can help them by promoting the well-being or importance for the client and having full commitment on teaching others on well-being.

9. Describe the four stages of ethical decision making. Indicate how it strives to promote well-being to the client/society.
The four stages of ethical decision making are that an ethical decision is when there isn’t a statement or code of ethics that can solve a problem or situation in the human service field. The stages are resolving a conflict that doesn’t promote the well-being to a client and or society. Therefore stage one is that a person can figure out a problem or situation. Stage two is asking others for help such as supervisors and co workers. Lastly once you seek helped and figure out the situation you can chose how to solve it.

Visions of well-being NYC

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In Bill De Blasio’s primary victory speech he discusses various points in making New York City a better living for its citizens. He addresses to current situations that needed to be solved. De Blasio mentions how New Yorkers should all stick together and support one another, he believed that as society they should stick together to make a better life and living for one another. He also discusses about the pro active policing became racial profiling, the wealthy are supported from the great recession while half of New York citizens are living in poverty and parents who are not able to support their children will not be able to obtain a college education (17:23) . His hopes is to make New York a better place to live and get it back to how it used to be where everyone was for another ,and stood up for each.

He believes there was a time when New Yorkers supported each other and helped each other throughout any circumstance, such as September 11, when it wasn’t about race, color, ethnicity, it was all about survival, and helping each other get through a horrifying tragic. In the year of 2000/2001 was when people helped one another without any questions asked or economic stability, race or anything else. De Blasio also believes that all children should be given the opportunity to reach their full potential because they don’t have many opportunities because of their parents. De blasio mentions how the wealthy who makes half a million dollars or more are being asked to pay a little more in taxes, to fund in after school programs and pre-k, but the wealthy think that is a bit too much to do. De Blasio disagrees and goes on to mention why it’s necessary and is important because he felt we should dedicate ourselves to each other and it’s a risk that they can’t afford to take. (16:02-17:00).

De Blasio states New York as a tale of two cities (10:46) the rich and the poor, but De Blasio is for the poor, he is trying to make a change in how society live and wants to have equal opportunities between the rich and poor. He believes New York can go back to being a city where everyone cares for one another and have each other’s shoulders to lean on. He wants the city where he is trying to re-create and re-establish, by tackling the current problems that burdens New Yorkers and solving them it will eventually equal to our well-being and happiness. He believes that New Yorkers have come too far to go behind.

In Joe Lhota’s primary victory speech he speaks on unifying the city and making the public and government go hand in hand. Lhota believes that everyone in the city has more in common rather than differences. When speaking about the common desires for more of the people he mentions safer streets, proper education for children for a better future, good paying jobs to secure food and shelter for their families and a better life. Lhota believes that New York is on the right path and wants it to continue. Something major Lhota talks about is Crimes. He discusses that crimes are at its lowest points, but noticed that the economy is expanding and large industries are providing good paying job which is what they are rooting for. Throughout his speech he not only makes his view point of things, but also made sure to hear another point of view that the audience is aware of the other parties of what he believes and others. He believes that stop and frisk should continue and that New Yorkers should support NYPD in order to have safer streets. Also he wants children have a good strong education, just as Bill De Blasio, but believes parents should be involved in the process with their child. Lhota states that he can bring the city together so that we can have a stronger foundation and get things done.

How to buy happiness

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In “ What good is money if it cant buy happiness” ?  By Sonja Lyubomirsky argues that can money actually buy happiness? She discusses how no matter how much money you have it cannot bring happiness to you. People who were the most wealthiest weren’t actually happy because, although they may had have everything they wanted it wasn’t something that would last that made them happy, they were more sad and miserable. Lyubomirsky suggested that instead we should spend our money on being adventurous such as vacations, trips, concerts, involving in more positive activities, doing things for others that would make us feel more positive about ourselves. She stated that “the key to buying happiness is not how financially successful we are, but what we do with it” (3),

However I agree that money doesn’t bring happiness all the time maybe for the moment, but when it’s gone, a person is back to their regular self again. I say this because as Lyubomirsky stated when she spoke to an Ivy League educated plastic surgeon, he was someone who had it all, but even though he had it all he said “I had difficulty feeling motivated, and I have trouble getting out of bed this morning” (1) which he explain that although he doesn’t feel motivated he also discusses that he was completely miserable. Therefore a person who can have everything isn’t the happiest person because when you have a certain amount of money you get used to it and it doesn’t mean much to you anymore.

Lyubomirsky compared the comparison between money and happiness. Once a person gets use to positive change in their life such as getting high expenses, cars, clothes, as Lyubomirsky stated “we quickly become inured to changes in our lives and my colleagues and I have found that we get used to the positive changes” (1) that although her and her colleagues get used to the positive changes, they weren’t using it in the way she believed that they should. Therefore people who are rich and wealthy instead of spending money on materialistic things, they don’t necessarily matter it’s the experience that count and how you use it.

An additional thing to buy happiness is spending it on others, as Lyubomirsky believed. She believed that having money were able to have the ability to help one another such as our loved ones, society, charities, and to change the world. When we are able to give to others makes he/she feel more accomplished and positive because they are doing something for another person beside themselves, such as helping an elderly person cross the street, or helping them getting on the subway it makes us as society feel good. Therefore the more there are more people involving, engaging with one another could see that money doesn’t always bring happiness it can be there for the moment and then it’s gone.

Lastly the key to buying happiness isn’t how financial stable we are, but how we use it and it isn’t about how rich a person is or how much they have its all about giving back to one another and helping our society.

9/2/14 Class notes Vocab

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Adjective- Describing something
Noun- person, place, thing
Verb- action
Adverb- describes verbs, adjectives, (usually ends with LY)
Concise (adj) – Short getting to the point
Distill (v) – filter
Reductive (adj) – reducing too much
Prominent (adj) – noticeable
Inalienable (adj) – something that cannot be transferred
Municipal (adj) – local self government
Bastion (verb) – a projecting part of fortification
Gentrifies (adj) – upgrading cities/town that were once slums
Hailed (v) – to salute or greet
Correlation (n) – a parallel relationship
Turbulence (n) – disturbance
Systematically (adj) – affecting the entire body
Blissful (adj) – Extreme happiness
Manic (adj) – affected or marked
Nuance (n) – settle distinctions b/w things
Qualify (v) – to limit, add more information
Renounced (v) – to be known of
Pioneering (adj) – first person
Behest (n) – a command or direct
Objectively (n) – Unbiased facts
Bias (n) – not having an opinion
Indifferent (adj) – without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic
Apathetic (adj) – having or showing little or no emotion
Subjectively (adj) – belonging to the thinking subject rather than tothe object of thought
Aesthetic (adj) – attractive

 

The Composition of Well-being & Happiness

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1. The problems in living and how individuals experience these problems by human service develops the needs of individuals in order for them to have a better life for themselves. Individuals who can’t help themselves whether it has to do with people or society, elderly, people who are sick, homeless people those people are people who doesn’t have much ability or mental capabilities/physical is why human service assistance is there in order to help them.
2. For the well being for clients human services networking in the well being help clients by assisting individuals with problem in living, helping them and interacting with them and also helping the modern world as well because they can help to.
3. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach within the work of a human service profession aid to the well being of a client/society by being concerned for individuals who aren’t always able to meet their own needs, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach to a client or society is guiding and leading them in the right direction or the right steps.
4. Social care, social control, and rehabilitation contributes to the well being of an individual because that is something to assist them in order to help them and have a better life. Within society to persuade others is to help one another and having remorse for others in need of help, everyone needs a helping hand at some point in their lives.
5. The relationship between the worker and the client can be an integral part in the well being of client because they may seem as if the worker is more than a worker and would try to get information out of them because they’re giving their own information to the worker. In order to let the client know why they are here the worker has to let them know what is right and what is wrong.
6. The clinical/professional job that a human service performs in order to aid the well being of a client is interacting, engaging, supporting, assisting, guiding the client to help them lead in a better direction and getting them to understand why they’re in their situation in the first place and making a change within themselves.
7. Being a generalist human service worker aid in the well being of the ones they serve by having concern and having more social care, social control to help clients have a better living.
8. The clinical/professional may steer the client to be self sufficient because as a human service worker and their professional skill, they are the ones who are in control and are concern for the client’s well being. The client may be self sufficient because of what the worker has done for them. The worker cares and concern for the client and to only direct them in a better direction, the client is control of the actions and movement.
9. Human service delivery systems provides Alameda with social care, social control, and rehabilitation in order to create path of well being in her life by directing attention on her problems of living. Human service delivery systems focuses on and recognize her situation by not being able to take care of her child, and working a job with minimum wage pay and not having the ability to finish school. In order to change her future, human service systems wants her to make a better life for her and her daughter.
10. Evidence based practice knowledge can be utilized by the profession to aid clients well being , by responding to the needs of clients, and helping them change their lifestyle and making them more happy about themselves .

How to buy happiness by Elizabeth Dunn and Micahael Norton

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In “How to buy happiness “by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton states how money doesn’t necessarily bring happiness, it can bring you happiness at the moment and once the money is gone you are back to your old self again. Dunn and Norton discusses how when having money, instead of spending it on materialistic things, you should use your money on things that you can remember such as doing something for another person, traveling , trips, concerts something that you can remember overtime, not doing something because you have the money and then it doesn’t mean anything later on to you. They believe that using your money matters, rather than how much you have.

Dunn and Norton studies showed that people are happier from buying experiences than from buying materialistic things. Which I believe is right because for example if someone mom has cancer and she doesn’t have that much time to live. They should want to spend as much quality time with her, rather than watching television. Although that may be memories, but going on a adventure and doing something they can always reminisce about can bring more happiness to them because, they’re thinking about the time and experience , rather than spending money on medicine and how much it cost.

Studies showed that if doing things for other people brings more happiness, then Dunn and Norton tested students at a university campus by giving out star bucks gift cards to students. They tested a experimental group, the group that gave their card to someone else, and the group that bought someone else something. Then the control group that just bought themselves something, results showed that the group that did something for someone were more happy because instead of thinking of themselves, it brought more happiness to do something for someone rather than yourself and doing something that required spending less money brought more happiness then spending more.

Lastly how we use our money does affect us much more then how much we have. Dunn and Norton suggested that you should use your money on experiences and not for yourself because money is the root of all evil, and doesn’t always have to be spending on useless necessities. It can be used to have something to remember for yourself and others that can lead to more happiness.

Article Response How happy Are You? Tanaye A

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According to The New York Times’ 2011 article; “How Happy Are You? A Census Want to Know” by John Tierney, Somerville, Mass. started to question, “How happy do you feel right now?,” on their census. Citizens are given a scale of one to ten. Some people were actually happy at the moment. The purpose of asking this is to become the first city in the United States to track people’s happiness and to advertise policies and make changes in a city that was once in danger to gain happiness. Somerville wish to see the effects on installing bike paths and opening new parks to see if people’s feelings will change while mass transit is getting improved.

However I don’t think happiness can be measured the way Somerville did because; the census didn’t come in everyday. Therefore people feel different everyday or at a different time of day. For example when asked in “how happy are you? A census wants to know, “how satisfied are you with your life in general?” a guy gave himself a six only because he wants to be three inches taller and wants to speak Quechua fluently, which is accurate for him because that’s something that he wants, but being three inches taller isn’t going happen instinct it’s based on his genes. But speaking Quechua can happen if he takes the time to learn it.

Yes, I do think happiness can be promoted because it only takes one person or something that makes you happy, and it can be the little things that make you happy, just by someone saying Hi to you and it made you smile or brighten up your day. For example Somerville was known as “Slummerville, but sense its city is getting gentrified its making the city’s reputation better and looking better as well. Vanessa Lagerman who have lived in Somerville for six years, is a resident who appreciates the city’s effort of making changes to the city, such as adding bike lanes, but that may be happy for people who ride bikes, but not for people who drive cars because it may can cause a lot of traffic.

I think many things are important to our well-beings, according to Mr. Brennan the owner of P J Ryan’s, a pub In Teele square who also noticed the city’s effort, but noticed that while the census was taking surveys it’s going to be high because of what they are doing now to the city, as he said it depends on the mood of the person at the moment, as I said before. If the city wants to something to happen and they see it happening, or there are changes being made. Then of course its satisfying their well beings. As for me I think transportation should lower its prices because it’s too much. Yes, its only $2:50, but that can be a meal for lunch. I don’t think it should increase , and the government continues to increase transportation, but trains are still running slow, having delays, and aren’t working proper, and machines take our money, and for you to get your money back ,you have to go through a whole process by filling out a form and mailing it, is ridiculous . But as for some New Yorkers like me we are spending $30 every week for a weekly metro, which I think is highly too much and $115 for a monthly is even worse. The government knows exactly what they are doing by taking our money. If transportation lower its prices I think less people will hop the trains and will it satisfy everyone well beings, it definitely will satisfy my well being.
Lastly I think their can be a conflict with individual and community well being because, one can say people who are on public assistance shouldn’t have to pay taxes, the community might love that, but the people who aren’t on public assistance will disagree because they will think it is unfair. However I don’t think it’s a measure to people’s happiness it’s based on your mood, and how you are feeling at the moment because people feelings change every day.