Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Culture Revolution
I also think that as things like the internet and online social networks get available to more people cultures will start to integrate into each other and they will "evolve" into a new culture.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Top down
Monday, April 26, 2010
Motivation Chart
Behavior | Theory | Explanation |
A human infant rooting to find the mother’s nipple. | ||
Getting a glass of water when you are thirsty. | ||
Going for a walk when you are worried or restless. | ||
Reading a book on a long car ride | ||
Studying hard to pass an exam. | Incentive | |
Crying when hurt or upset. | ||
Developing a lasting, intimate relationship. |
Motivated to win
1)The father is probably at the 4th level because of his status in the family and his ability to be competitive without outside motivation. The 3 year old is probably at the 1st level because of his age and need for sleep. The 13 year old is probably at the 3rd level because of her concern of being embarrassed in front of her family.
2)The father would most likely shrug it off if the team didn't win because he is beyond his need for family approval. The 3 year old would most likely not care either as he is still concerned with his very basic needs. The 13 year old would probably be the most set back by a loose because she is still at the stage of trying to gain family approval. This also depends largely on how the family handles the situation by either being supportive anyways or by stressing winning.
3)The Fathers motivation to win is based in his competitiveness and therefore he probably has external motivations. As the worksheet stated he would probably not need motivation. The 3 year old probably doesn't have any motivation to win according to Maslow. To encourage him you would have to introduce an external motivator such as food or a prize for winning. The 13 year old already has internal motivation to win (to get approval from family). You could use this to create fear if you don't win or use this as encouragement.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
1) Inappropriate reactions to surroundings meaning person usually looks cold or out of place.
2) Odd actions
3) Poor rapport with other usually leading to social withdraw
4) Odd beliefs or magical thinking
5) Paranoid ideas
6) Occasional hallucinations usually auditory
Sometimes this disorder has "evolved" into schizophrenia. There are said to be two types of Schizotypal Disorder Timorous and Insipid.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizotypal-personality-disorder/DS00830
Thursday, April 15, 2010
ZzzzzZZzzzz....
Thursday, March 25, 2010
MORE BLOG POSTS! WOOO EDUCATION!
2)Concept. People use concepts everyday in their life to group similar objects. This is used especially in the high school social setting.
3)Heuristics. I use heuristics to make judgements about things and solve problems. I specific example would be tonight when I go home I could study or I could hang out with friends. I would use heuristics to solve this problem.
4)Insight. An example of when I use insight in my life is when there is a word on the tip of my tongue but I can't quite think of it. Then when I suddenly remember the word that is insight.
5)Conformational Bias. Everyone uses conformational bias all the time. People, including myself, use this the most when it comes to core beliefs such as religion and politics.
6)Fixation. An example of when I use fixation in my life is when I am fighting with my brother about something and I can't see his side of the story.... because he doesn't have one ;)
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Conditioning
I also think that conditioning reviles the basic motivation for every human action. In one way or another get high. I don't want anyone to limit this to getting high off of a drug; it can include this but it is not limited to. Whether it's the good feeling someone gets from donating money, the high that a cop gets from busting a drug house, or the high a terrorist gets out of blowing up a car full of soldiers. While I agree that they are all different highs everyone is just looking for their fix. I just depends on through your life what the highs have been associated to. Say there is a 8 year old that gets a special award for getting good grades. The bigger "high" the kid gets off of it the stronger the association is. This may result in the kid getting much better grades in the future if the trigger (of getting good grades) is strong enough.
Reality is fluid. And humans just learn and react to their reality.