Ressentiment (French pronunciation: â), in philosophy and psychology, is one of the forms of resentment or hostility. It is the French word for resentment (from Latin intensive prefix 're', and 'sentir' to feel).
Watson's definition of environment/society addresses the idea that nurses have existed in every society, and that a caring attitude is transmitted from generation to generation by the culture of the nursing profession as a unique way of coping with its environment.
Bronfenbrenner s ecological theory consists of five systems. They are the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem. We can apply this framework in discussing the achievement for a minority child. Beginning with the microsystem we can begin to assess the core of the minority child s potential for achievement.