The article titled "What? Me Biased?" from the New York Times was about how people may say they're not biased about things such as Obama being president but actually are. In most cases though their bias is not done consciously. The article says that most people subconsciously thought that Barack Obama was less American than some other white candidates. I learned that, that it is probably very true that people have bias even when they don't think they do. It's relevant to me because I'm sure I'm the same way. I don't think I'm racist or think that Obama is less American than anyone else but my subconscious may say something different. I took the test that they used in finding their information. It said that I moderately favored European Americans over African Americans. Which probably is true even though I don't think I'm racist what so ever. Although I don't see how this study could actually prove how people think of African Americans as less American. Because the things they ask you to do don't really give the idea that some people are more foreign than others, at least I don't see how it could. Honestly I think of African Americans just as American as any white person I'd be more likely to say that someone of a different race could possibly be less American, But not African Americans and I'm not saying that I have anything against other races either but now that I've read this I'm thinking a little more critically of my own thoughts. But then again who knows what my subconscious really thinks. This article really made me think, I really enjoyed writing this reaction.
I learned that if you want to remember a dream all you have to do is get up and stay awake for a few minutes. I can't even remember how times I've had a dream that I wanted to tell someone and then I couldn't remember. Now when I have great dream or even a crazy one that I have to share I'll know exactly how to keep myself from forgetting it.
The thing that surprised me most was that our five senses take in about 11,000,000 pieces of information per second. But we only consciously process about 40 of those pieces of information. Wow! Its the perfect example of my conscious mind and my unconscious mind and how much that goes on around me that I don't even realize is happening. It just makes me think how can that much actually be going on around me and me not even realize it.
I agree that dreams may serve as many different functions. Mainly because sometimes my dreams make sense and I know why I dreamt about the things I did. And sometimes they are completely random which may be the activation synthesis theory.
I know they say that if you really accept hypnosis it can really happen to you. But I have a hard time believing it's true. I think that people are just really relaxed and because they are open to it and because they want to be hypnotized they think they are. I've seen a few shows before where people I know are the ones hypnotized. And honestly I think they are playing it up a bit. Although after reading the section on pain I'm Beginning to think a little differently only because it's pain. You can only take so much pain and if something should hurt and it doesn't than maybe you really are hypnotized. Maybe you really are in a different state.
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I also found it interesting that all we really need to do to remember a dream is to wake up to let it soak in. It's also pretty crazy that our senses can detect that much information in such a little time period! I can see where you're coming from when you talk about hypnosis, people are relaxed and it's like they can talk you into almost anything!
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