Professional language: understanding and being understood

Understanding and Being Understood The Impact of Intelligence and Dispositional Valuations on Social Relationships

"She took the time to make sure she understood": mental health patients' experiences of being understood.

The foundation of psychiatric/mental health nursing is the relationship between nurse and patient. Caring for persons with mental illness within the context of this relationship requires knowledge of the individual. To gain this knowledge, understanding the patient's perceptions and concerns is essential. Research suggests that this understanding does not always occur. The study reported here e...

social understanding and language

social interaction requires the ability to understand people’s mental states (their intentions, desires and believes). the ability for attributing mental states is called “theory of mind.” theory of mind leads the person to explain and predict behavior. researchers showed a great interest in the relation of language and mind/language and thought. some researchers focused on methodological conce...

Understanding Professional Self-Regulation

In the course of daily life, people routinely come together to make business transactions in which they buy and sell products and services ranging from groceries to dental care. When making these transactions, some people may be disadvantaged as compared to others, due an imbalance of information and knowledge. While the average person will be able to determine when a piece of fruit has spoiled...

Understanding Human Well - being