Attention

The process of putting these books in order from best to least was fairly difficult for the top 3 and even more so for American Sniper and Prisoner B-3087. The fourth book on the list was an easy choice for me because of a couple of different reasons. First off, The Red Badge of Courage was a very difficult book to understand, which made it hard to read and know exactly what was going on in the book. Secondly, I just could not get into the book because to me, it was boring and very slow paced.…

The moment someone does not pay attention to detail is the moment they lose sight of the opportunity to be great. Attention to detail is the nucleus of greatness; an awareness of surroundings and its’ context, using it best understand content. It is critical to understand this, as it is the difference between being mediocre or great. Attention to detail is an adopted mentality, a mentality that is best utilized with preparation for life and its’ most critical moments. Lacking this adopted…

Flow is a complete, naturally stirring awareness that people feel when they are totally involved in an activity or are on automatic pilot. The essential elements of the flow state include the balance of a task and the skills necessary to perform it. The most important part of Csikszentmihayi’s definition of flow is the balance between one’s perceived skill and challenge. The athlete has complete absorption in the activity and they are so involved in the activity that nothing else seems to…

Attention can be defined as the concentrated direction of the mind. We can also improve and develop it in our struggle to grasp the best possible understanding of the world around us so as to exploit it to our best interest. Without the aptitude of attention the amount of information available in the environment would be infinite. For example when someone is faced with a life-threatening situation one needs to be economical in dealing with the information arriving at his/her senses. Even in…

inclusion in the DSM II there were several examples of attention problems by early physicians and philosophers. The earliest reference to attention was made by William Shakespeare. In 1623 Shakespeare describes one of the characters in King Henry VIII as "having difficulties with inattention, hyperactivity and poor impulse control" (Mather, 2012, p. 16). A little over 100 years later, early physicians observed and identified problems with attention amongst their patients. The first medical…

Veitch suggests that we can turn stressful moments and make them enjoyable. Veitch’s main idea is that we can make our own fun out of frustrating situations by creating a game out of it. In my opinion, I agree with Veitch’s argument because, this is helpful for people to turn frustrating moments into an enjoyable one instead. In my experience, when I was waiting at a doctor’s office, boredom made me frustrated because I was waiting so long and had nothing to do, it made me mad about the…

Personally, reading is not a task that is prominent in my life. This summer, however, I was able to read two books, Room and Out of My Mind, because I, as previously stated, spent a large portion of my summer at a camp in which the usage of cell phones was prohibited. Through this experience, I determined that although I do enjoy sitting down and getting enveloped by the plot and characters of a book, I can never find time to do so. Still, those few times that I have been able to experience a…

A.) Selective Perception/pg.335: seeing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others. Selective perception is when someone can see certain aspects of something but remain blind to others, whether that blindness is intentional or accidental is unknown. Selective perception become extremely apparent in the film about the asbestos disaster in Libby, Montana. The owner of the W. R. Grace display a huge case of selective perception in the court files showing him being…

Memory, and attention have a very close relationship because of how they need one for the other. “Memory is the means by which we draw on our past experiences in order to use this information in the present” (Sternberg, 1999). This quote embodies how memory is because it's created by the 5 senses, and the experiences which these senses allow us to have. Attention holds a big part in this too because of how when a new smell, sound,feeling, taste, and sight is received it’s a factor of us focusing…

For as long as I can recall I have enjoyed the ability to observe society and those that live within it, henceforth, recently in the past weeks I have enjoyed spending time with a few close acquaintances from going to a public restaurant to enjoying a motion picture flick. In all these activities I was able to not only observe the public but the environment around us and found some interesting aspect that stood out to me. Observing while spending time socialize is anything from easy as I felt…