When I Woke

rise from hopeless circumstances. Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and the author of “The Mind’s Eye”, takes an unfortunate situation, like blindness, and shows how people from all over the world embrace being blind through the use of memoirs. From “When I Woke up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday”, by clinical psychologist Martha Stout, the author shares illustrations from her clinical cases discussing the consequences of dissociation and how it affects the lives of people. Even through…

In Robert Thurman's article "Wisdom," published in 2004 in The New Humanities Reader, he explains that the purpose of realizing your own selflessness is not to feel like you are nobody, but to become enlightened. Martha Stout, creator of "When I Woke Up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday", discusses about two of her patients, Julia and Seth, who experience the effects of dissociative disorder. That is, they experience "power outages" every so often for which they would be physically present. This is…

sister and I on a small, five day trip to different places. This year, we decided to go to St Louis. Little did I know that this trip would soon turn south very, very, fast. It was the middle of August, 2013. I believe it was around the 13th. My dad, sister, and I were on our way to St Louis to do various activities before the start of my first year of middle school. By the time we got on the road, I decided to take a nap. I am usually good at staying awake on the road, but for some reason, I…

(McLeod, "Kohlberg - Moral Development | Simply Psychology"). For the most part, each of these stages corresponds to an individual’s age; however, “it seems that reasoning about right and wrong depends more upon the situation than upon general rules. When we exam Armstrong’s life we can see that the path of his moral development began at the pre-conventional level and over time matured to the post conventional level. (McLeod, "Kohlberg - Moral Development | Simply…

cognitive dissonance. Leon Festinger, a psychologist at the University of Minnesota, originally introduced the theory of cognitive dissonance to psychology in 1957. The basic way of thinking about cognitive dissonance is that it refers to a situation when two or more cognitive elements (such as behaviors and attitudes/ beliefs) are inconsistent, causing psychological stress and discomfort. Festinger tested his theory by constructing several experiments to observe if participants changed their…

For example, when Price’s character sings The Beautiful Ones the camera begins to zoom in on Apollonia. This is done to show that the song is a confession of his feelings for Apollonia and so that the audience can see her reaction as he sings. Another example, is when ‘the kid’ sings Darling Nikki. Close up shots are used to capture the reactions of Apollonia, the boss, Morris, and a couple…

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on-going cognitions in people’s minds, particularly- dissonant cognitions. His model stated that unpleasant feelings produced by dissonant cognitions motivate us to do something to change our state. My essay will focus on the reduction of dissonance, as I noted it to be an interesting phenomena which can be done in a multitude of ways- the most convenient being convincing ourselves that our behavior is logical and does, in fact make sense. Following Festinger’s interests, this essay will shed…

leadership for people of all cultures, faiths and genders. World vision promotes the needs of children, gender equality, education and skills training, HIV and AIDS prevention and affordable technological solutions. Over the many years since 1966, when it was first established in Australia, World Vision’s motives have been focused on ensuring people are given opportunities to lighten their suffering and live a healthy life. World Vision has many campaigns that are well known for example…

When a catastrophe strikes, people that are not prepared often find that their survival instincts will kick in, and this makes them start to consider doing things that they normally wouldn 't do just to be able to live. Unfortunately, this means that they will be willing to attack others who took the time to prepare, so they can get their supplies or steal their form of shelter. Because of this, it is essential that people plan ways that they can protect themselves and their supplies ahead of…