1. According to Ehrenreich, “no job is truly unskilled”. When the author states this, she is meaning to say how even minimum wage jobs require skills and skills are learned while on the job. 2.…
Will our rejection of other ideals lead to self destruction? The main focus of Influencing Machines by Brook Gladstone and Josh Neufeld is informing the reader on how the internet cultivates homophily: the instinct by which humans tend to group themselves with likeminded individuals. Because of this, people narrow their worldview and their ideals grow more and more extreme. Some would disagree with this notion because the internet presents a vast amount of information in a wide variety of fields, and no matter where you search on the internet there is enough permeation from other bases of information and ways of life that it could not cultivate extremist ideals. I disagree for the following reasons and real life events: the vast majority of…
An occupational therapy student at Temple University by the name of Emily Wishnick interviews a man named Tom Dixon in the video. They both discuss how Twitter can be used as an assistive technology device. In matter of fact, Tom Dixon himself began using Twitter as an assistive device due to his injury. Tom Dixon sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2010, which affected his episodic memory. Since he does not mention in the video how severe his injury is, it it is not known if the prognosis is stable or progressive.…
According to hedonism, a life is good to the extent that it is filled with happiness (pleasure) and bad to the extent it is filled with unhappiness (pain). It is important to note that hedonists are not referring to physical pleasure as the key to the good life, rather, they are referring to it as enjoyment (attitudinal pleasure). Another way to interpret this is by saying that a good life is having many pleasurable experiences and nothing else. A hedonist might say that if you enjoy doing something, then doing so is pleasurable, so your life is good. Well, according to Robert Nozick, a very famous philosopher, a good life is not just about having a good time, it’s about having a true time.…
In Brave New World, one of the characters introduced to the reader is Helmholtz Watson. In a society that is based upon consumerism, Helmholtz had a role he needed to fulfill. Helmholtz Watson's contribution to this society was being a lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering, also known as the Department of Writing, and, when he wasn't teaching, he was an Emotional Engineer. He also wrote for The Hourly Radio, composed feely scenarios, and enjoyed writing slogans and hypnopaedic rhymes. What this all means is that Helmholtz was in charge of convincing citizens to buy certain products and also write the phrases to condition other members of society.…
All parts of Adam’s computer can be found online on Amazon and Newegg. The PC Adam is interested in having is a productivity/gaming PC, the components of the computers picked will work well together in order to satisfy his needs. He states ‘the main things I use for my computer are for gaming, running server applications like web and file servers and doing a lot of virtualization, which is running several operating systems inside of the main operating system.” Based on his preferences I’ve prepared a list of parts for a powerful and efficient PC that will suit his needs. Starting off with the CPU I’ve selected the i7-6700k at 4.00 Ghz with an unlocked quad core.…
3. What type of assessment is it (e.g. screening, criterion referenced, norm referenced, standardised interview, clinical observation, self-report, checklist etc)? RBMT-3 A series of studies were subsequently undertaken to evaluate the properties of the test when used in clinical memory assessment of older adults. Results supported the use of the RBMT as both screening and diagnostic tool. (GLASS, 2000).…
With every new advancement in technology, as with new gizmo, it has this new effect on the way we think, I find it inevitable that our brains are going to be rewired according to what we…
I can truly remember a lot of school events and encounters that assisted and helped me to achieve and or what helped me to develop my education goals and what helped produce who I am today as a person. The teachers attitude towards me and the materials presented. Also the love that the teachers showed in making sure that I understood and applied the material that I supposed to gain are elements that influence my education and my life today. The superlative significance lesson that I learned is to never give up on a student and my children and for me to do all that I know and can do for my students and children. Our textbook states that “ Clearly, the types of nonparental experiences that children have with other adults influence not only…
Mind Games What separates human beings from most of the living world is the ability to be free thinking individuals, to which one can communicate and connect their thoughts to the everyday world. Even though humans may take this gift for granted, it is only when the ability begins to diminish that one seems to understand how crucial it is really is to everyday life. Although, even while losing this gift, the individual may not even know it, for the reality one creates is only visible to that one person, and in turn, that person usually does not realize that this perspective is not what others perceive. It is this phenomenon precisely which grants the full understanding of what the mind, and its established boundaries of understanding, is…
Robert Nozick introduces a statement on what it would be like if there was a machine that was plugged into our heads that stimulate experiences of our choosing rather than actually experiencing them for the rest of our lives. Being able to choose to live any experience I want and making the same decisions over and over is not a life worth meaning. Also,growing as a person is very important in the long run and making mistakes and learning from them through experiences help create who we are as a person. If we are stuck in that machine, we are never changing as a person and that's not something I would want because change is essential in someone's life, it's what makes us unique as a person. Not only that, but if life was the same routine, it…
The movie that we viewed in class was My Beautiful Broken Brain. This film was mainly about Lotje Sodderland, and how she had experienced an intracerebral brain hemorrhage or a stroke. The film allows us to see what it was like along the road of recovery with her and all the struggles she underwent. A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident, is one of the most frequent cause of brain damage (Gilliam & Marquardt, 2016). There are multiple types of strokes (Gilliam & Marquardt, 2016).…
On October 15th, I participated in an experiment called “#673 Goals & Memory.” Brandon Magenheim was the conductor of this experiment. It is a three-credit experiment due to its longer involvement. The first part consisted of various activities that lasted for about an hour.…
Experiment 1: Observing The Familiar The skill of keen observation is vital in all educational subjects and in all aspects of life. The ability to describe and learn from observations undoubtedly results in a more educated, insightful, and inquisitive outlook. In science, observation is essential to the analytical process and in the findings of solutions for the world’s most perplexing issues. During this experiment an observation was conducted of a single ice cube in water.…
Analyzing “Brainology” In the following essay, we will analyze and discuss the article “Brainology” by Carol Dweck. Starting off by the title, the opening paragraphs, the claim, the author’s purpose, methods, persona and closing paragraphs as well. Because I believe Dweck’s article was more effective than ineffective, reasons of why I believe she could've done a better work will be discussed and explained in short. The title the author chooses for this article, “ Brainology”, introduces the audience to what she will be talking about, it is important to point out that the word “brainology’ induces us to think of a very broad topic which could be understood as a study of the brain.…