Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Chapter 16 Blog
The process of attribution is the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition. The fundamental attribution error is the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition. Stereotypes are a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people. Illusory correlations are related to stereotyping because illusory correlation is the expectation of a relationship of any kind to exist when it doesn't and sterotyping is the belief about a group of people. So they are related to each other because they both are making opinions about people that are not true or making opinions about anything that isn't true.
Chapter 13 Blog
My personality I would have to say would be from how my parents raised me as a child. I also think that I am a twin and that I am the oldest of the two of us so I think of the roll as being a role model to my brother and that he has to listen to me because I am the oldest. A lot of people say that I am a lot like my dad because I like to work hard and I am very determined at what I do and my dad is alot like that. The way that this has made my personality the way it is now is because my dad has always told me that i need to work hard at what I want and if you do work hard you will get it. So I believe my personality is very good and it will get me vary far in life because of my dad.
I thought the video with the Japenese wrighting was very interesting and I think that I can relate to it a lot because it talks about how we can find our personality through different pictures that we see and what our opininos may be about those pictures. They also talked about how our individual qualities may show what kind of personality we might have. I think this is very interesting because I have asked people for example what their opinion was on this specific object that I showed them and I could tell what kind of personality they had by liking this object or not because they would go on to say "no I don't like this picture, I like this picture better because it has more colors". So this person may have a colorful or outgoing type of personality.
I thought the video with the Japenese wrighting was very interesting and I think that I can relate to it a lot because it talks about how we can find our personality through different pictures that we see and what our opininos may be about those pictures. They also talked about how our individual qualities may show what kind of personality we might have. I think this is very interesting because I have asked people for example what their opinion was on this specific object that I showed them and I could tell what kind of personality they had by liking this object or not because they would go on to say "no I don't like this picture, I like this picture better because it has more colors". So this person may have a colorful or outgoing type of personality.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Chapter 9 Blog
The first thing that I found interesting was overconfidence because a lot of people these days think that they can do things that they cant or they will have a cocky attitude thinking that they know everything and they can do everything perfect. I have been like this before but I don't get to over my head if I don't know how to do something, I will just stay humble.
The second thing that I found very interesting was how people understand intuition. The reason why this is very interesting is because people will always have their opinion on something that has happened in the past. For example, on 9/11 when those airplanes were hijacked and all those people died a lot of people stopped flying and started driving every where because of the terrible thing that happend that day with those airplanes. They didn't want to take the chance of that happening to them.
The last thing that i found interesting was our grammer. I found this pretty cool because everyone needs to communicate in some way to one another and I found it interesting that their are many different launguges in the world that speak differently or they sound different from English but they all mean the same thing or have the same basic principles as English.
The second thing that I found very interesting was how people understand intuition. The reason why this is very interesting is because people will always have their opinion on something that has happened in the past. For example, on 9/11 when those airplanes were hijacked and all those people died a lot of people stopped flying and started driving every where because of the terrible thing that happend that day with those airplanes. They didn't want to take the chance of that happening to them.
The last thing that i found interesting was our grammer. I found this pretty cool because everyone needs to communicate in some way to one another and I found it interesting that their are many different launguges in the world that speak differently or they sound different from English but they all mean the same thing or have the same basic principles as English.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Chapter 8 Blog
Memory is very important in who we are as human beings. The reason why it tells us who we are is because some people have better memory than others and in that case it will tell us what type of job may be suitable for us. For example, a person with a very good memory may be come a doctor and a person without a good memory may become a construction worker. The reason why this determines who we are is because are jobs may tell us what level we are at in the world.
If we didn't have memory are life would be like chaos and everyone wouldn't know who was who. Nobody on this Earth would have friends because they wouldn't remember who they met. Their also will be no jobs in the world because nobody would remember what you had to do for that job.
Clive Waring is still a normal person its just that he doesn't remember short term memory. Because of this he will repeat the same things that he did 10 seconds ago so his memory is not very good because he is always living in the past.
I would say I still think memory is just one big thing not divided into parts like short term and long term. But I do understand what short term and long term memory is. I do not see my own memories differently. I see them the same way that I always have. I do trust my own memories because it's what I think and what I remember and no matter what anybody says it is what I remember and that's what I think will be true.
One thing that I found interesting in this chapter was Deja Vu because I have experienced Deja Vu in my life many times. I will sometimes think to myself that I have been in this situation before because I will remember what exactly had happened the last time I was in the same situation.
If we didn't have memory are life would be like chaos and everyone wouldn't know who was who. Nobody on this Earth would have friends because they wouldn't remember who they met. Their also will be no jobs in the world because nobody would remember what you had to do for that job.
Clive Waring is still a normal person its just that he doesn't remember short term memory. Because of this he will repeat the same things that he did 10 seconds ago so his memory is not very good because he is always living in the past.
I would say I still think memory is just one big thing not divided into parts like short term and long term. But I do understand what short term and long term memory is. I do not see my own memories differently. I see them the same way that I always have. I do trust my own memories because it's what I think and what I remember and no matter what anybody says it is what I remember and that's what I think will be true.
One thing that I found interesting in this chapter was Deja Vu because I have experienced Deja Vu in my life many times. I will sometimes think to myself that I have been in this situation before because I will remember what exactly had happened the last time I was in the same situation.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Chapter 7 Blog
The first thing that I found intersting chapter 7 was how animals or even humans will develope a cognitve map of a certain place. For example when a mouse is in a maze it will get a mental representation of the maze so it can find cheese or any type of food much faster. The mouse will also use its nose but the mental representation of the maze also plays a big part in reaching it's goal.
Another thing that I found very interesting was how mirror neurons work in animals. One way these work is a monkey will grasp, hold, or tear something and these neurons will fire off inside the brain. When these neurons do fire off in the brain the monkey will do the same as what another monley was doing. In other words monkey see monkey do.
The last thing that I found very intersting was the way we take positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. When we take a positive reinforcement our brain will release a desirable stimulus and we will be happy and on the other side if we get a negative reinforcement our brain will release an aversive stimulus and we will be mad or sad. The reason why I found this intersting was because I never new that our brain released a stimulus to make us mad or happy. And they weren't endorphins.
Another thing that I found very interesting was how mirror neurons work in animals. One way these work is a monkey will grasp, hold, or tear something and these neurons will fire off inside the brain. When these neurons do fire off in the brain the monkey will do the same as what another monley was doing. In other words monkey see monkey do.
The last thing that I found very intersting was the way we take positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. When we take a positive reinforcement our brain will release a desirable stimulus and we will be happy and on the other side if we get a negative reinforcement our brain will release an aversive stimulus and we will be mad or sad. The reason why I found this intersting was because I never new that our brain released a stimulus to make us mad or happy. And they weren't endorphins.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Chapter 6 Blog
The first thing that I found interesting was the parts of the eye and how they work. What I found intersting about them was how the cones in the eye read light and send the images back to the brain and then the brain will comprehend them. The other thing I found cool about the eye was just how it is built and how the eye has many parts and everyone of those parts has to be their to see clearly and work properly.
The second thing that I found interesting was how your eyes will see things in parts and not in a whole. For example when a person is looking at something like a bird we will see the color of the bird, then see its motion, then the form of the bird or outline, and then also we will see the depth of the bird. I found this very fascinating because it is very true. This is the only way we describe things, is how big it was, what color it was, or what did this object do.
The last thing that I found interesting was how are ear adjusts to different pitches or waves of sound. The ear is very complex and I found it interesting that the ear can sense when something is to loud or to quiet. The sound will travel through many organs, bones, and tissue in the ear and all of these objects will act as one to able us to here in our everyday lives.
The second thing that I found interesting was how your eyes will see things in parts and not in a whole. For example when a person is looking at something like a bird we will see the color of the bird, then see its motion, then the form of the bird or outline, and then also we will see the depth of the bird. I found this very fascinating because it is very true. This is the only way we describe things, is how big it was, what color it was, or what did this object do.
The last thing that I found interesting was how are ear adjusts to different pitches or waves of sound. The ear is very complex and I found it interesting that the ear can sense when something is to loud or to quiet. The sound will travel through many organs, bones, and tissue in the ear and all of these objects will act as one to able us to here in our everyday lives.
Illusions Blog Chapter 6
The Illusions i went to were the waterfall, spiral aftereffect, reverse spoke, wagon wheel, sigma motion, flash-lag effect, Enigma, and motion binding.
I learned a lot from these tutorials because all of these illusions will play some sort or trick on you and I would start to see different things that weren't their. The worst ones were all of the illusions that would spin in a circle and I would fall for what you would see that wasn't actually their.
Nothing surprised me about the tutorials because I have done these before and I would fall for them everytime. It is really intersting that no matter how hard you try someway your brain will play a trick on you.
From what I have experienced nothing has changed my mind on how we sense or perceive because these illusions are ment to screw people up and show how people see different things and how your mind will play tricks on you and this hasn't changed what I perceive because these tricks happen to people everyday, for example a mirage.
These experiences can effect me on a day to day bases because one day I will go to school and I will think i saw someone I know so i will double take and it won't be that person or another example would be wanting to go and pick something off the floor that you may have heard drop and it won't be their because you realized that it actually never dropped. These are both two ways that your mind can play tricks on you.
I learned a lot from these tutorials because all of these illusions will play some sort or trick on you and I would start to see different things that weren't their. The worst ones were all of the illusions that would spin in a circle and I would fall for what you would see that wasn't actually their.
Nothing surprised me about the tutorials because I have done these before and I would fall for them everytime. It is really intersting that no matter how hard you try someway your brain will play a trick on you.
From what I have experienced nothing has changed my mind on how we sense or perceive because these illusions are ment to screw people up and show how people see different things and how your mind will play tricks on you and this hasn't changed what I perceive because these tricks happen to people everyday, for example a mirage.
These experiences can effect me on a day to day bases because one day I will go to school and I will think i saw someone I know so i will double take and it won't be that person or another example would be wanting to go and pick something off the floor that you may have heard drop and it won't be their because you realized that it actually never dropped. These are both two ways that your mind can play tricks on you.
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