The video Misunderstood Minds explores five different students who suffer from learning difficulties. The first story takes a deeper look at Nathan who was diagnosed with a phonemic awareness problem. This deficiency left Nathan with an inability to distinguish between the different letter sounds that form words. One struggle for Nathan was that by the time he was done decoding individual letters that made up words left him struggling to comprehend what he had actually read.…
Not every individual will share the same beliefs or opinions. We can also share facts without forcing them on another person. One last word of wisdom to help fight the urge to judge others, when you notice a weakness that a person displays, rather than judge them for their shortfall, stop and recall a weak moment in your own life. Would it have been easier if someone passed judgement on you, or offered you a helping…
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to free themselves from the way they are perceived; they must create a new identity for themselves apart from how they are perceived by their peers. They must explain why they need to overcome these false perceptions in order to live their lives as they see fit. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people deserve to be free from judgement. We are often forced to live the way others perceive us.…
In life, all sorts of people are misunderstood throughout their lifetimes. Some of them face it at work, when others face it in school. In the story “One Green Apple” by Eve Bunting, A girl named Farah comes from another country to move to a new home. She goes to a new school with no friends. People misunderstand her because she doesn’t know English very well, they treat her like she is unintelligent, but that soon changes.…
How does one change misperceptions? This issue regarding false beliefs is analyzed by Maria Konnikova in her essay “I Don’t Want to Be Right”. In her piece, Konnikova evaluates various previous studies regarding the effort to change beliefs ̶ particularly false beliefs. Taking an untraditional approach on a fairly traditional topic, Konnikova argues that self-image is directly related to open mindedness as opposed to traditional, advertisement-based studies.…
Ignorance can stifle learning, especially if the ignorant person believes that they are not ignorant. A person who falsely believes he or she is knowledgeable will not seek out clarification of his or her beliefs, but rather rely on his or her ignorant position. He or she may also reject valid but contrary information, neither realizing its importance nor understanding it. This concept is elucidated in Justin Kruger's and David Dunning's work, "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments," otherwise known as…
They thought that since they were “perfect” nothing can stop me from doing what I want to do and other must listen to me since I am…
Misconception happens on a daily basis, whether we notice we’re doing it or not. Our faulty thinking leads us to be inaccurate on a number of occasions. Have you ever assumed that a person from across the room has certain personality traits based on silly stereotypes? I believe we’re all guilty of doing so one time or another. It’s a common issue that our society has been challenged with, and unfortunately it raises conflict upon us all.…
Have you ever been falsely stereotyped by another individual? What is the reason as to why people are stereotyped? Stereotypes and preconceptions, as discussed in Judith Cofer and David Sedaris essay, is a reoccuring problem that many Americans undergo. Stereotypes and preconceptions are activated automatically and most of the time not thought out thoroughly. There are advantages and disadvantages to stereotypes, however they all depend solely on the minority and situation given.…
The relationship between the hearing community and the deaf community has often been a lack of misunderstanding due to it’s values. Misconceptions and stereotypes are different from each other in its perspective and opposite point of view on the groups. Misconceptions and stereotypes are usually found in the social media basics. Misconceptions are used to determine groups as different ways like basis that are wrong facts and opinions. Stereotypes are useful to describe the truth and views of a person facts or statements in society.…
Misunderstood Minds Question 1: Briefly discuss each of the student’s specific learning disability and what you think of the interventions that they received. The first child shown in Misunderstood Minds is named Nathan Vanhoy. Nathan’s teacher became aware of his lack of phonemic awareness.…
The Top Ten Misconceptions About Blondes In everyones everyday life weather we like it or not, we all judge each other and can't help it. You hear the saying "dont judge a book by its cover" and everyone tries not to, but like it or not everyone does it. It's like saying red heads have no soal or even blondes are dumb, and thats where my 10 misconceptions come in.…
There are many questions in life that people don't know the answer to or understand, but this is going to help with two of those many unknown or misunderstood questions. Many questions that are asked are about health and how to help control it. People don't understand just how bad some of these health questions need to be answered and today two of them will be. So let the question answering commence with an explanation of the two questions are being answered. Many don't know about what diabetes is.…
Very insightful post! The impact of cognitive distortions has a vast impact in our lives. Therefore, it is imperative to recognize them and dispute them through various methods. This is done through the client and clinician collaborating and finding alternate cognitions that have more validity and are likely to be more helpful (Seligman & Reichenberg, 2014). Your friend’s situation is unfortunate and very common to feel regrets after losing a loved one.…
To say that effective communication is a vital part in succeeding in life is a huge understatement. Communication is so important because it is used in our homes, at work and in public. Good communication can not only better ourselves, but can better the community as well. However, not all communication is good. Sometimes there are barriers that can make good communication difficult to achieve.…