Situated cognition

Question: The broad question of Johnson et al. (1998) is will infants gazes only follow humans? The specific question of their study is will infants gaze follow an object of contingent behavior with or without a face and an object of non-contingent behavior with or without a face? Alternatives: One alternative is that infants gaze will follow an object of contingent behavior with or without a face. Another alternative is that an infants gaze will not follow an object of contingent behavior with…

Brain Pathways When I say “macaroni,” you might think “cheese;” when I say “peanut butter,” you could possibly think of “jelly.” Often people refer to blue as boy’s color and pink as a girl’s color. You normally think that these things would coincide because we often see them together. This is an example of the pathways that the world around us has engraved in our brains. Researchers interested in neuro-pathways conducted a study on a group of dogs. At meal times, when the dogs would be fed,…

In this paper, I will discuss an observation that was done on an infant in a child care center. The infant is a male who is 13 weeks old, I will call him Moses. During the hour and five minute observation I was able to see Moses roll over, use different sounds, cry, lift his head and observe his own surroundings. Moses is definitely in the sensorimotor stage of Piaget’s cognitive development theory. Moses seemed to be very active and on track for his development. I arrived in Moses…

Motivational Interviewing is an appropriate model for working with Nancy’s case. One of the reasons is that exploring and resolving ambivalence is the emphasis of the MI approach. It is clear that Nancy’s ambivalence affecting her to living a healthy and fulfilling life. Obviously, the obstacles that are blocking the development of her spiritual life tie to her sexual abuse, her history of multiple addictions, her failed relationships, and her career problems as she mentioned in the first…

Is Water For Elephants Still Worth Reading? By: Mikayla Duvall What is a banned book? A banned book is a challenged book that was removed from shelves at certain places for various reason. Water For Elephants happens to be a banned book. The book was banned by parents at Bedford High School. By examining the graphic sexual content, foul language, and the circus life, it is clear that this book is still worth reading. The books graphic content doesn’t overshadow the literal merit in my opinion.…

Cognitively based attitudes focus on a person’s beliefs in the subject and what is being presented to them. People who have these attitudes focus mainly on object appraisal which is “The knowledge function/ attitudes serve as a frame of reference helping us to size up an event or object”. A person will classify an object based off of the type of reward and/or punishment it provides. On the contrary, an affectively based attitude focuses on a person’s emotion towards a person or object. A person…

Have you ever forgotten something like where you are, or what you need to do? This has happened to Alice Howland multiple times. They are becoming more frequent and its beginning the frighten Alice majorly, which led to her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. In this journal I will be identifying three objects that have a meaning to this story. The first object is Alice’s notepad. Alice always has stuff going on like teaching a course, going to a meeting, and revising papers written by her students.…

The definition of insignificance is “small” or “not worth considering.” This enforces the many reasons for the insignificance of the trapper in the oil painting “Trapper in the Wilderness” by Sydney Laurence. Two such reasons are the size and the color of the trapper. The size of the trapper in the painting contributes greatly to the general triviality of the trapper. The tent and trees near the trapper tower over the trapper, thus drawing away from the attention given to him or her. He or she…

Discovery offers the opportunity to alter perspectives and change typical understandings of the human experience. Robert Frost’s poems ‘Mending Wall’ and ‘Fire and Ice’, each portray the process of discovery that has resulted from their respective persona’s observation of the world. Similarly, Henry David Thoreau’s personal memoir ‘Walden’ acts as a thoughtful reflection regarding the impact of the natural environment upon the world-view of the author. Finally, Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych…

I left everything behind when I was nine. I restarted almost my entire life, just like a game where I could respawn. One thing I kept deep inside my heart were the memories. Each one specially stored in a spot. When some memories remain for a long time, I consider them treasures. The one special treasured memory of that last day would never fade. It was a wintery Saturday and the air chilled me to my toes. The thin blanket may have been fluffy but it certainly could not keep out the cold. Last…