Psychology 201 has been a very intriguing course for me so far. I really enjoyed learning about how the brain works and how big of a role it plays in our lives. Some specific areas of psychology I enjoyed studying were Operant Conditioning, the theories of motivation, and Jean-Dominique Bauby. Operant Conditioning was a familiar concept, even though I was not familiar with the specific terminology. I think reinforcement and punishment are very interesting topics that apply to everyone's lives.
The first thing I thought about when I read about negative punishment was watching children. Negative punishment seems to be the most effective when resolving issues with children. For instance, if a child is running around even though I had repeatedly …show more content…
I cannot imagine living for so long with only control over your left eye. I can barely stand to just sit and do nothing now, so being a prisoner in your own body would just make me feel powerless. It would rob you of being able to express your emotions, and the ability to make facial expressions or speak louder or convey a certain tone.
The fact that he was able to write a book by only blinking his left eye just astonished me. The book gave a summary explaining how he wrote his book, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. An assistant would read out letters and Bauby would blink his eye to indicate the letter he wanted to use (Pastorino & Doyle-Portillo, 2016). To write a book using that process took a very long time, but that was the only way he could communicate with the people.
Something I was curious about is how did they distinguish when he was blinking to indicate a letter versus blinking out of necessity. Accidental blinking could cause the assistant to write down the wrong word and Bauby could not tell him or her that it was the wrong letter. Blinking twice to indicate a letter could have been one solution, but accidental blinking would still be an obstacle. I did some research to see if it was known how the process worked, but most sites did not go any further than to say he blinked to indicate a letter (“Jean-Dominique Bauby,” 2016). Although Bauby could communicate with others, it was a very painstaking and difficult process that had many
The first thing I thought about when I read about negative punishment was watching children. Negative punishment seems to be the most effective when resolving issues with children. For instance, if a child is running around even though I had repeatedly …show more content…
I cannot imagine living for so long with only control over your left eye. I can barely stand to just sit and do nothing now, so being a prisoner in your own body would just make me feel powerless. It would rob you of being able to express your emotions, and the ability to make facial expressions or speak louder or convey a certain tone.
The fact that he was able to write a book by only blinking his left eye just astonished me. The book gave a summary explaining how he wrote his book, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. An assistant would read out letters and Bauby would blink his eye to indicate the letter he wanted to use (Pastorino & Doyle-Portillo, 2016). To write a book using that process took a very long time, but that was the only way he could communicate with the people.
Something I was curious about is how did they distinguish when he was blinking to indicate a letter versus blinking out of necessity. Accidental blinking could cause the assistant to write down the wrong word and Bauby could not tell him or her that it was the wrong letter. Blinking twice to indicate a letter could have been one solution, but accidental blinking would still be an obstacle. I did some research to see if it was known how the process worked, but most sites did not go any further than to say he blinked to indicate a letter (“Jean-Dominique Bauby,” 2016). Although Bauby could communicate with others, it was a very painstaking and difficult process that had many