The Observer

The article entitled “Gorillas in our midst: sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events” discusses the theory of inattentional blindness. At its simplest level, inattentional blindness means that we do not always see what is in front of our eyes. Accordingly, experiments were set since the 1970’s to prove this hypothesis. Scientists agree on the fact that perception is the ability to consciously identify the things we see and the changes that occur around us, but according to the…

possible to calculate whether an action will yield the greatest sum of happiness due to the lack of time in the decision making or the uncertainty of all the variables in an individual’s life. This objection does hold value in that most cases, the observer can’t take his time fully evaluating the situation. Even if the intentions of an action were in the right place, the outcome is all that matters within the Principle of Utility. An additional objection to Utilitarianism in general is the organ…

This is why the level to which independent observers report the same values for the same events is critical for the study. The advantages of the interobserver reliability are to establish competence of the new observers, note the observer drift, argue about the clarity of definitions and system, and expand believability of data. To make the study most valuable, the observer must receive training, utilize the same observation code and measurement system, watch…

Question #2: Photographs are unwritten stories waiting to be deciphered. Photographers use their cameras as a medium for exploration of the human life, and their art is a reminder about reality. For the virus infection AIDS, photography not only helped bring awareness to the disease but also helped put human faces to the battle. Sometimes it takes a photograph or two to capture an epidemic for people to understand the existence of it. An example of such a photograph is Lucinda W. Bunnen’s AIDS…

It may have never happened if the prisoners were treated adequately in the first place, it may have been stopped peacefully if the inmates would have come to an agreement with the negotiations, and finally, there could have been less death if the observers would have warned the inmates about the impending shooting. In September of 1971, the inmates of the facility were fed up with the ways they were being treated,…

family and the progression of her character. These are events that aid to the characterization of Kambili through the close-knit relationships with those around her. Based on these experiences, Kambili is the observer of the family who seeks to please everyone around her. Being an observer is a disadvantage for Kambili because she is not able to grow personality wise. Kambili is forced to abide to her father’s rules and cannot express herself the way she wants. Purple Hibiscus…

down and lack of state and federal assistance. He also should not take accountability or responsibility for his failure to assist people in the Superdome and the convention center. He blamed these on situational factors and other people. The actor-observer bias shown here is that the media blames mayor Nagin for the failure of people to evacuate, but Nagin blames the government for the lack of a timely rescue effort from federal assistance programs. If Mayor Nagin made an earlier attempt for…

information about an individual's progress in each area of development the practitioner needs to be aware that the child may feel left out if the practitioner made too obvious. This can be avoided if the practitioner observes the child in a group but the observer has to focus on only one…

unaware so they would be able to find out more detail because the participants are unaware they would not change their behaviour. (Mrnorthernstorm,2015) A limitation of covert observation is covert observation is harder to do, it is hard for the observer to record changes about individuals behaviour and general behaviour without raising suspicion, and if the…

General relativity is fundamentally incompatible with quantum mechanics- they have been at odds with each other since its discovery in 1915- relativity breaks down at the subatomic level and vice versa. A conjecture by two physicists may finally reconcile relativity with quantum mechanics and put an end to the chain of inconsistencies began by Hawking’s information paradox. Albert Einstein first discussed the concept of quantum entanglement in a 1935 paper co-written with his colleagues Boris…