Situated cognition

My main area of concentration for all of my art pieces was to portray the ideas of suffocation from stress. Initially, there were several concepts that I had in mind to focus on, however, I feared that I would have failed in constructing it properly. Thus, I settled with concentrating on this idea for I had various ways of representing suffocation under stress, and how it entraps one in a singular place. I hoped to create drawings that emphasized on my application of colors, which frequently…

Videogames, they have had many controversies in the past years as having negative influences on the brain. Sure the effects of Grand Theft Auto, and Mario Kart might be completely different, but if so can either of them improve memory and problem solving skills? There have been many studies regarding the topic, yet there have been many different conclusions regarding the topic which has since sent the topic into controversy. Still the bigger question might be what genre of videogames improve…

In reviewing my 360 evaluation, I was surprised by some of my findings. I was unaware of what people really thought of me and honestly I avoid knowing what they think at all costs. I have always been self-conscience and worried about what others think of me. After reading my scores, I was both shocked and relieved of my findings. I was not aware I see myself at such a lower level than what others do. It saddens me to know my peers and my supervisor have a higher level of respect for me than…

Many researchers have noticed a similarity in the way birds develop songs and the way infants acquire language. Michael Goldstein had a particular interest in examining how social influences in birds relate to humans. The purpose of the Goldstein study was to determine how social feedback impacts vocal development in infants. Specifically, Goldstein wanted to know if the timing of a caregiver’s response to their infant’s vocalization influences the infant’s vocal behavior (Goldstein, 2003).…

Writing Prompt Making decisions can be at certain times very easy, and other times very difficult. Decisions are made on a daily basis, for a great variety of different reasons. With some being bigger and more important then others these decisions require time to consider all the different possibilities and different results. In the short story, The Waters of Babylon, certain characters were put into tough situations and were forced to make some tough decisions. These tough decisions don’t just…

It is amazing how much effort actually goes into “paying attention”. Until reading this chapter and listening to the classroom lecture on attention controls, I never realized how daunting of a task focusing on the right thing at the right time could be. From getting ready for school in the morning to completing academic tasks throughout the day, there are so many opportunities for a child to become distracted or overloaded with information. Without having the proper attending skills to…

AlZheimer’s Disease & the Caregiver By David Nolte Purdue Calumet ObJECTIVES • The caregiver will be able to verbally identify techniques to keep the dementia patient grounded in reality at the end of the teaching session. • The caregiver will be able to verbally identify techniques to deal with an agitated patient at the end of the teaching session. • The caregiver will be able to verbally identify ways to provide a safe environment for the dementia patient at the end of the teaching…

Ezi Rangel In Meena Alexanders autobiography, the author discloses her thoughts on being lost within her own skin. Her somber diction makes the the audience aware of the desolate life that she has had to live through; always perplexed due to her mixed culture. Alexanders use of inquiring words sets for a very doleful tone. It is evidently prominent that she is diffident of herself when she directly states that she interrogates herself “night after night”. The notion of self-doubt is a very…

In 2002, two men savagely attacked Jason Padgett outside a karaoke bar, leaving him with a severe concussion and post-traumatic stress disorder. But the incident also turned Padgett into a mathematical genius who sees the world through the lens of geometry. Padgett, a furniture salesman from Tacoma, Washington, who had very little interest in academics, developed the ability to visualize complex mathematical objects and physics concepts intuitively. The injury, while devastating, seems to have…

Extensive research has been conducted on attentional mechanisms of the visual system over the recent decades focusing specifically on stimulus-driven attentional capture – an exogenous system of attentional capture by a stimulus that occurs independent of top-down control of the observer, that is, it is irrelevant to the task of the observer. The effect of capture by the stimulus is most powerful when stimulus is a sudden onset - entering the field of view of subject abruptly without priming…