Sensory system

The changes which happen within a child’s first few years of development are truly astonishing. Caregivers as well as professionals have noted this in children’s development when they do the most basic things, like touch, taste, smelling and even hearing. During this age the child starts to socialize and becomes cooperative with many other children when they are interacting together, while at the same time defining who they are themselves. They begin to acquire many important skills that assist…

The Sense You Could Live Without The five senses: taste, smell, touch, sound, and sight, are the things that make life worth living. They are what illuminate and diversify life. Sight is a truly remarkable sense, as is hearing. These two senses allow you to be aware of everything that is going on around you. The sense of touch allows you to be able to describe your surroundings. Words like soft, rough, smooth, hard, etc., would be nonexistent without the sense of touch. The sense of…

Personal distance is a concept associated with proxemics. Personal distance has both a close phase and a far phase, but this paper will be focusing on the close phase. Personal distance is defined as the consistent space between two communicators, having no physical contact with each other (Hall, 1966). Edward Hall (1966) states, “It might be thought of as a small protective sphere or bubble that an organism maintains between itself and others” (p. 119). Hall (1966) claimed that the proxemics…

Was does it mean to be real? It wasn’t until I finished the final draft of Poison Lip Gloss that it struck me how often I write about this topic. I struggled quite a bit with my “reality” when I was younger, and even sometimes now. I can touch a blade of grass and know that it exists to me, but do I exist to it? Well, if I can bend the blade down to the earth then I have affected it. My presence, my touch, has changed that leaf and though it has sprung back up the same as before, it will never…

Only few events in one person’s life change how they see the world with their senses. The trip I made to Anna Maria Island last summer was one of these moments. The multiple sights, smells, tastes, and the sound and feel of the beach give you a whole new sense of the world around you. It tells you about the people who live there, what they eat, what they do in their free time, and so much more. Our five senses opens us up to so many different things that impact our lives, and my trip to Anna…

What if we could one day feel things we couldn’t see, or taste sounds? As strange as that question sounds, it could be reality according to David Eagleman. In his TED talk he outlines several ways to substitute or increase our senses with technology. Some of these innovations might even be cheaper or replace the current technology being used. He explains that each animal has its own “umwelt” or surrounding world. For instance, humans can see less than ten trillionth of light rays, these rays…

me to see that Matt would benefit from breaks from academic task to ensure his sensory needs are met in order for him to continue with the classroom activities. Giving Matt a choice in his learning I feel will help him to have more preferred activities in the classroom which will in lieu increase his on-task behavior. The informants helped me to really think deeper about Matt’s target behavior in regards to his sensory needs. I am going to look into finding a specific time when the off-task…

Locke argues that our senses give us knowledge of ‘the existence of things outside us’. How does he argue for this view and do you think his arguments are plausible? If so, why? If not, could they be improved or should they be rejected? Provide an argument to support your view. John Locke was a 17th century English philosopher, who played a crucial role on representing Empiricism. In his well-known essay, Knowledge of the existence of other things, Locke argues that we know the existence of…

The Secret to Love: Analyzing the Relational Stages shown in the Movie When Harry Met Sally There are many relationships that can be seen inside the movie When Harry Met Sally, a comedy directed by Rob Reiner. The most underrated and interesting relationship, I would argue, is the relationship between Jess and Marie. Where Harry and Sally resemble many other common love stories, Jess and Marie’s relationship is much deeper and significant in its meaning. On the surface, their relationship is…

A true hero is: someone who puts others needs in front of theirs and never does anything bad to hurt anyone. In The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, three law-breaking Greasers are said to be heros from saving a few kids from a fire. But, a hero stays with that sense of heroism forever, which Johnny and Dally don’t have, but Pony seems to be the only one that does. Even though, Johnny and Dally may have had a small sense of heroism when they were willing to risk their lives to save the children, there…