Risk perception

Spatial cueing .... According to the spotlight theory, spatial cues influences how one views objects. The "spotlight" helps capture specific features and bring them to heightened attention. This theory was coined by Giovich and Savitsky (1999). Both researchers analyzed how the spotlight effect influenced social relationships. The found that the spotlight theory causes individual's to misjudge other's behaviors. According to a study conducted by Richards (2005), infant's attention was…

The word "telepathy" comes from the word "tele" meaning "distance" and "pathy" meaning "feeling." Telephony is the connection between two further distances, without the use of certain five senses to prepare. At one or the other we have all Telepatizza. Perhaps you think about a man who has not spoken to me in a month, and she will call you once. Or if there are more than two people, they can be present at the same time. They were self-centered, and they struggled to divide amongst them. These…

The disinclination of humans to question the information they perceive is a timeless phenomenon. This concept dates back to 380 BC, when Plato wrote the short story, “Allegory of the Cave”, in his magnum opus, The Republic. The allegory depicts humankind as prisoners, bound so they can only see what is directly in front of them: shadows cast by various objects passing behind them. However, as they have only ever been exposed to the shadows, the prisoners believe they are the true forms of each…

31/10/15 Discussion of Rothfuss quotation in relation to Atonement “It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” This quotation, by Patrick Rothfuss, rings very true to the story of Atonement by Ian McEwan. In this analysis, we will explore the connections and comparisons between this quotation and the novel, and we will be able to note the links between each characters’…

1. Introduction In the article Polysemy Advantage with Abstract But Not Concrete Words Jager and Cleland discuss that related senses cause a polysemy advantage on abstract words. According to this study, the role of ambiguous words seems more important as compared to unambiguous words. These ambiguous words role is taken as advantageous that is peculiarly termed as polysemy. This specific term caters many meanings and certain aspects of language in it. In Jager and Clelands’ paper, the research…

1 Knowledge of the outside world is something we can only attain through our senses. Unfortunately, we can easily fall for illusions. Descartes explains in his First Meditation that he cannot trust his senses to obtain knowledge of the external world because they have deceived him before ( Descartes, 1 ). The major deception of the senses is dreaming. So dreams falter the true knowledge we obtain through our senses. The argument of lacking trust in senses due to dreams is commonly viewed…

Do we as human beings get to chose the thoughts that pass through our brain? That is the big question. What is thinking? Often times when reprimanding and trying to persuade someone one will say to another “don’t even think about it” but is that a choice somebody can even make? Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell argues that thinking is an involuntary action that humans do not have control over. What we do have control over however is how we react to our thoughts.…

Essay #2 Assignment When it comes to names in philosophy, there are many different arguments and views for how names should be dealt with and in what situation. Linguistic tokens, such as names and referential terms, have been the center of philosophical questions into the nature of reference. In his book, Naming and Necessity, Saul Kripke outlines his causal theory of reference for names. Gareth Evans, who, along with many others, was not satisfied with Kripke’s causal theory, wrote, The Causal…

between both empiricism and rationalism. The major difference between rationalism and empiricism concerns their knowledge basis. rationalism is the belief in innate ideas, reasoning, and deduction, while empiricism is the belief that there is sense perception, inductions, and no innate ideas. To make more clear the rationalist theory says that knowledge is gained through pure thinking and reasoning and that knowledge is gained prior to experience. This a priori knowledge is reached through…

The brain and how it functions is largely complex and holds within various phenomena. One such phenomenon is known as the Stroop Task. The Stroop Task poses a seemingly undemanding challenge, yet reaction times and accuracy are noticeably, negatively affected when compared to the skills found within it and the trend holds true for even the most competent of brains. The test is designed to assess whether being shown a color word that is a separate color and then being asked to name the color of…