Situated cognition

In chapter 3 of the Social Psychology, the psychologist David Myers talks about interesting topics under the title of Social Beliefs and Judgments. In this chapter, he focuses on important concepts and one of them is self-fulfilling prophecy. As Myers (2014) said, “When our ideas lead us to act in ways that produce their apparent confirmation, they have become what sociologist Robert Merton (1948) termed self-fulfilling prophecies” (p.109). So basically he talks about beliefs that may lead…

This third chapter of Skinner’s Box is called “On Being Sane in Insane Places”, which is the perfect name to set up this section. The main scientist is David Rosenburg, who does an experiment that fits this part’s namesake, but there are many others involved, including Oskar Pfungst, R.Rosenthal, and L.Jackson. Each of these scientists have their own stories to tell of the experiments that they investigate, which all tie into the central themes of this chapter. Do doctors really know their way…

In my perspective, I found the book Mind Wide Open to be very useful. It was a great book to read, it had numerous of strengths. The main strength of the book was Johnson’s writing style. It was simple and it can be understandable by anyone who lacks the fundamental background to understand brain science books, in which leads the reader to increase his/her awareness about how the brain work in action. His language made me feel like I was sitting next to a close friend and having a warm…

The concept of believing someone’s words or having solid information towards a subject has people misinterpreting what is fact or fiction. In the article Things People Say, Niel Degrasses Tyson crafts an argument that heavily relies on analogies and providing examples to explain the thesis of the article. Tyson begins his essay by questioning why people believed Aristotle’s theories and the negligence of religion to facts. The rest of the author’s article compares various heavily misinterpreted…

In this news article, Deborah MacNamera, a clinical counselor, addresses the development of separation anxiety disorder from children as young as three years old, continuing into their adolescent years. She explains the signs that a child/youth are experiencing a form of separation anxiety, discusses the affects of not addressing it, and possible treatment or coping strategies. She continues with stating that the older the child is, the less prominent the signs are of probable anxiety. Typically…

Decisions for a person like me, who thinks way too much about way too many things are absolute HELL!!! They also take FOREVER! You go from thinking about the options, to the consequences the, “am I going to regret this later?” sort of thing. Like I can totally see myself ten years from now, sitting in front of a table covered in bridal magazines, cake and fabric samples. Trying to choose between chocolate, or red velvet, or vanilla cake, and trying to choose between Chiffon or Taffeta. while…

Ideas come from lots of people but most of them only know the base because of the Greek and Romans. Ideas of blueprints came from Leonardo Da Vinci, a Greek man. Politics were introduced by Greek and Romans. Religion, was both. Voting, Roman. Kings/Queens, Greek. Formation, Roman. Citadel, Roman. Volume, Greek We all are influenced by Ancient ideas no matter who we are, rich person? Politics, poor person? Money, we are all influenced by Ancient ideas. Ideas have certain effects, like……

Chapter 3, Memory: Remembering Names pp120-121 The whole idea of remembering people’s names is interesting, and resonates with me personally. Throughout my entire student career, I have made it a personal task to memorize all my peer’s names. Unfortunately, that ceased to continue in University due to the lack of name usage and importance. University students are often recognized by a number, rather than their name. However, the article mentions the use of technology can vastly enhance one’s…

Direct Quote Despite all of the thoughts on music and helping you study it may have an opposing effect. Clifford Nass, a professor at Stanford University states“Music with lyrics is very likely to have a problematic effect when you’re writing or reading.” I believe this to be true, though I do like to listen to music in class it is very hard to focus on music and reading or your music and your teacher lecturing the class on your next assignment. Glenn Schellenberg a professor in the psychology…

Perfect Your Poker Face When you’re trying to make a great first impression, you want to make sure you are giving off great body language. Mastering the art of body language is very useful in both social and business interactions. It’s great if you want to be a professional actor, nail a job interview or give good vibes on a first date. Yep, body language is great…except when it comes to the game of poker. In fact, showing how you feel is pretty much the worst thing you can do in this game.…