PS

My post on self-sulfilling prophecies is not aimed at anyone. It is solely a defensive blog to defend my point, myself, and my beliefs. It is not an attack on anyone what-so-ever.

self-fullfilling prophecies

the book mentions them in the intelligence chapter. the book talks about how tracking aptitude tests and always measure intelligences and things of that sort create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Basically if you track a student or ignore or tell the kid something (or things of all that sort) will lead the child to be 'smarter' (what the tracking of aptitude tests would do) or make them 'dumber' (ignoring or telling them they can't do it)

Self-fulfilling prophecies are kind of funny because of how true they are and how often they happen. For example in coaching student-athletes if the coach never puts the kid in or bashes them at practice instead of encouraging them the student will (almost always) develop into a 'cripple' at that sport and not try and then become worse. this could then lead into problems with other things in the child's life. An example of my own life: working this summer I always complained to my coworker about how i was crazy and that 'this place' (taco bell) was driving me out of my skull. and he always said 'hey man if you think it, it will happen' he always told me 'your a walking self-full filling prophecy.' eventually that happened. I worked days and nights at taco bell. I had no sleep schedule. my sleep was erratic and short. soon I was becoming delirious (even more than i already am haha) and I actually had hallucinations at certain points during some work night. they were mostly audible hallucinations but I was hearing things that weren't there or happening. I told my boss and he laughed he explained to me that taco bell and working days and nights kills the brain. He told me that I would return to normal when school came around and i stopped working nights and days simultaneously. I then told my coworker that i was losing my mind and he explained to me that fluorescent lights block the production of melatonin in the brain and because of the hindered ability that your brain goes through due to the lights you won't be able to sleep.

that is merely one example of those self-fulfilling prophecies. what are some of yours?
one way that a self-fulfilling prophecy in my life that relates to our book is that my mother, yes i am talking about her again and frankly i have every right to. she raised me very well in comparison to a lot of people these days and she is a wonderful and very intelligent person. so deal with me talking about her. I have to listen to all of your s**t all day but i digress. She always encouraged my mental development and pushed me to do my work and all of that and never let me accept giving up

6 terms

I had a matht est today. I used algorithms all first hour. algorithms are methodical rules that solve problems and gaurantee a solution the down side? the take sometimes a long time

I started running out of time though so i started using heuristics to solve the multiple choice problems. Heuristics are fast problems solving stratagies that work by say eliminating options or say using okham's razor to solve things. the problem: they are more prone to error becaus eof the speed

I also used a flashbulb memory. awhile ago i got a question wron on a test that cost me 8 points. i was pissed! that solution to that particular problem is burned into my head. that exact problem was on the test and i used my flashbulb memory to solve it

In psych i used a prototype to figure out the nail problem. I was shown the solution of that along time ago and had a mental image of the solution and concept of solving it

I also fell victim to overconfidence (overestimating your own abilities) in psych. I am farely good at logic and puzzle stuff but in class i was thrown by the logic puzzle. i blame the math test frying my brain (possible over stimulation of neurons causing a lack of firing due to exhaustion?)

and today i noticed a large amount of Belief perserverance. the tendency to maintain your own beliefs and views in the face of contrary evidence. The subject that was held by the belief perserverance was people's own moralities. Some people moralities were questioned by others and despite the 'evidence' that was given the morally wrong people withheld there behavior as right and justifiable. haha i' not one to judge I am an extremist. i don't tell people what they do is wrong. because i succomb to that sin of belief perserverance many a time as well

another thing i experienced today is insight ( a sudden burst of knowledge and 'hey! that's the answer!') during my test i looked at a multiple choice problem my mind went blank then suddenly BANG i had the answer.

syntax

I read the other night about syntax and what it is. basically it is our grammer and stucture of our language. but the reason i bring this up is because tghe book also sighted upon how language links us. but language is also limited. sure it allows us to comminicate and pass information from one person to another but it is not... complete. let's say fro example a person feels a certain way about another person or has a problem with a that person. If the person feeling that way does not know the right words our how to combine other words to convey that feeling the certain person or others will never accurately know how the person with the feeling feels.
or in the example of the problem. if the person DOES NOT or again lacks ability to describe what the problem is and how he/ she does not like or how she/ he would like it to change then the problem is impossible to mend or change.
This two examples pose two major issues in our society. Lack of vocabular knowledge and commiunication failure. Look at texting and online chat. it is so fast that people become lazy at talking to others. vocabularies deminish and feelings that are supposed to be conveyed are not. plan and simple we as a group of maturing people are killing our syntax. we are becoming (in terms of language) simplistic, that is in america. Me personally I love in person discussions and on the phone chats. it allows for a broadening vocabulary and MORE INFORMATION to be communicated between two people in a FAST and EFFICIENT manner.
the one thing i find interesting about our decline in language is what the book first mentions in the thinking and language chapter. People are and always will be able to commiunicate the GIST of whatever they want or need to. Babies do this when they are learning to speak. I find this interesting but also ironically hilarious that as a technologically 'advanced' nation we are becoming no more than infants in terms of merely talking and that is all because of online and texting. all because of our 'being advanced technologically.'

and yes i know this is quite an extreme we as a people are not that bad, yet. I am merely looking ahead a grteat deal and using a hyperbole to demonstrate a possibilty. my point: I really don't think of our communication skills as that bad and i know they are not but hey who knows what the future will hold

motivation

Intrinsic motivation : all for yourself. you do something because you WANT to do it. YOU want to DO something for YOURSELF.

Extrinsic: You need a reward to do something.

I am instrinsicly motivated to do this class. I love this material. I find it incredibly interesting. And my interest in this class motivates me to do and learn all of this

but in english i am extrinsicly motivated. I LOATH that subject gah it drives me bonkers. I only do that class to get it down and out of the way so i don't have to take it anymore. my motivation? the REWARD of not having to take it anymore.

an example you can attribute to your own life: chores: no one really likes doing chores so it'll go like this 'oh jimmy! do the dishes.' "NO!! I don't wanna!!" 'if you do the dishes you can go to the movies.' "YEA!!!" want something done, you do it for a reward = extrinsic

an example for intrinsic: sports: you really won't do well in sports unless you WANT to do well. unless YOU want to motivate YOURSELF.

to some up intrinsic = in = motivate self
extrinsic = outside = rewards

my question I have for you guys is about perception. What do you think reality is? your reality is obviously different from mine. So how do you guys perceive the world? and also to bring up Drier's (sorry for spelling) point. How many of you are more focused on immediate gradification? rather than waiting for your rewards?

conditioning

After doing the project and the readings i'm noticing just how easy conditioning is. for example food poisoning
When my parents were pregnant with me they went to hardees and got horrible food poisoning. since then they haven't gone to hardees. The only had 1 association moment and they were conditioned. or with operant conditioning. take a look at the freshmen. they drink, they screw, they swear and they all get away with it. Their parents were probably reinforcing the 'bad' behavior by giving in to the child's plees. or also 1 of the side effects of punishments. it is possible that the children learned discrimination. 'Hey I can't drink, smoke, screw fight or swear at home but maybe i can do that in... my neighbor's car! or a bus station, or a park, or school...' ect.
I am just amazed at how fast people in general can be conditioned. I mean heck my example with me wrestling doug. I learned to stay away from him pretty quickly.

And as for the project. I recommend that you all get started soon because you might find out tha you have more work than you originally planned (this happened to me)

to everyone

something that will help all of you understand everything in this class more is

READ YOUR BOOK!!!!

Mr. D this is not my weekly blog. just letting you know

psa announcements

My video is not up yet and i was not able to get the link yet but i will post it when i find it

here are my favorite psa's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0qoY_5mOo Katie, mariah and patrick
I found this video very entertaining as well as diverse. This video covers a ton of things in Ashwaubenon that aren't confined to one specific area such as community service

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F09d5fzO44 Lauren Candice and Sara
I found this article incredibly stimulating intellectually. I liked how in depth they got with their definitions. My only recommendation is stay further away from the mike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7-5enn7vY Cory, Ben, and melissa
I enjoyed this video simply for the humor haha nice job on the trace like voice ben

sensation and perception

my weekly post:

on the topic of sensation and perception. The book constantly stated and states that we see, hear, feel, sense with our brains. It showed this will by explaining the fake hand test. when a rubber hand is put in front of you and you cannot see your real hand: when the fake hand is stroked many people will often PERCIEVE that their own hand is being touched.
I am noticing that as sensory information stays the same perception changes from person to person. For ex. today in class we did the hearing test and although there were many i could not hear myself i knew there was a sound being admitted because i was getting a horrid headache. I did not hear anything but i knew there was a sound causing my hair receptors to be stimulated and this constant ringings always have given me headaches as long as i can remember. So therefore i am perciveing the sounds when i don't hear it and it is causing me a feeling of uncomfort.
I am just commenting on how sensory information, sights, sounds, pain are all in your head. If you can find out a way to block or stop the stimulus you won't feel or hear or see really anything. Just something interesting to think about that reality is all up to the beholder. my reality and what i percieve is much much different from yours