Classical Conditioning is a way of learning by relating certain things with anticipated events. So it would be like after so long, every time you saw or heard something you knew that something else was going to happen along with it. My cats obviously salivate when they see food. So when we moved the food into a container that makes noise when we opened it, the cats eventually learned that the sound of the container opening meant they were going to get fed and would come running. Operant Conditioning is a way of learning by either reinforcing or punishing a certain behavior in order to strengthen the behavior. So In other words when you do something and how your parents react, will either cause you to behave in that way more if it was reinforced or less if you were punished for it. I’ve learned that if I do my chores I’m usually rewarded (reinforced) by getting to go out with my friends. So now I do my chores without even being asked. This is all very interesting to me because I think it’s amazing how you can have such an impact on animals and people. I mean you can alter someone’s behavior, to a certain extent anyways. That just seems crazy. This applies to my life in the fact that I can think of many examples in my own life where I’ve shown classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Both examples in this blog and a lot of the ones we’ve mentioned in class like the lightening one and a ton more, all show my own classical and operant conditioning.
Positive reinforcement is when you are “rewarded” for a certain behavior in order to get you to behave that way more. Negative reinforcement is used to remove certain things in order to increase a behavior. Since my grades were good I got positive reinforcement by getting a curfew extension. So as long as I kept up my good grades I could keep my curfew extension. When I was sick I took medicine so that way I would feel better and after taking it I did. Punishment is when you get in trouble for behaving a certain way. I was punished when I arrived late for my curfew and the next time I went out I had to be home early.
Honestly I thought all the statistics that were mentioned in the section about observation learning were extremely interesting. I mean I knew people watched a lot of TV but I for one, didn’t realize it was as much as they said and two, I didn’t realize what was actually going on with the violence on TV. All the stats that went along with the antisocial effects were crazy, like how most of the time violence on TV goes unpunished or is considered justified and the pain of the victims aren’t really shown. All of these things influence kids in one way or another. I think its getting really bad and I really don’t like watching it myself anymore and I don’t plan on letting my kids, in the future, get into the whole violence craze that’s going on right now. It kind of gives an explanation to why people are doing the violent acts they are. I’m not saying its right but that could be part of the reason why it’s going on.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Blog Post #7
Sensation and Perception are how we take in our surrounding environment and how we react and interpret it. Something I learned from this chapter was when you touch something that is cold and warm at the same time it feels like burning hot. I think that’s interesting because it just doesn’t make sense you would think that it would just make it somewhere between warm and cold. It changes my thinking because sometimes thinking logically isn’t always going to be right. Your brain may perceive things differently than you would think. I’m going to start comparing some things that, through logic, would appear one way and how our brain actually perceives them.
The article I read was called “18 ways attention goes wrong”. It gave a list of how you’re attention can go wrong. Like when something in the brain is damaged you might do things you wouldn’t usually do or not do things you usually would. It gives examples of what the brain can do automatically when your senses take something in, whether it is through sight or touch or any of the 5 senses. I thought it was interesting what some of the things your brain automatically makes you do and how your senses can create weird illusions. All of this makes me think a little more critically about some of things people do without thinking. It just makes me more curious and it’ll be interesting to watch other people do certain things and try to figure out what could be making them do that.
The article I read was called “18 ways attention goes wrong”. It gave a list of how you’re attention can go wrong. Like when something in the brain is damaged you might do things you wouldn’t usually do or not do things you usually would. It gives examples of what the brain can do automatically when your senses take something in, whether it is through sight or touch or any of the 5 senses. I thought it was interesting what some of the things your brain automatically makes you do and how your senses can create weird illusions. All of this makes me think a little more critically about some of things people do without thinking. It just makes me more curious and it’ll be interesting to watch other people do certain things and try to figure out what could be making them do that.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Blog #6
In my interview with my grandma I learned that there was almost no free time. She didn't even really get to hang out with her friends that much outside of school. What I thought was surprising was that when I asked her about how much she worked she didn't include farm chores. She said they knew it had to be done and no one complained about it. I would definitely consider that work. I think that how it used to be and how it is now is totally different. I mean I get a lot of homework they didn't, they had to work we don't always have to, our clothes are completely different, and I was not allowed to date at age 14. So in some ways it was better and in some ways it was worse than it is now. But I think I'd still rather have it the way it is now. The the things that are harder I can still deal with and I would not want to work that much on a farm for sure. I think we've got it pretty good now-a-days.
I thought the video was very accurate. Most parents are strict about harmful things and a little more lenient on other things. I think its also true about how the little tings are what causes the fights between parents and their kids. Some kids just want their space and the parents usually take it personal when their kids grow distant. I think my time as an adolescent was great but it went by super fast. My parents let me do a lot of things but were still strict when they should have been. They were the perfect, mix most of the time. Even though at times I didn't agree with them, in the end they were usually right. My adolescent life should make me a better adult and parent.
In chapter 4 I learned about all the different types of norms that cultures have. Some of the things other culture do seem very weird to me but I'm sure a lot of what I do seems very weird to them as well. Even just the little things like the different ways people greet each other has a very wide variety. In chapter 5 I learned what crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence was and that crystallized intelligence( accumulated knowledge and verbal skills) increases as we age and fluid intelligence (our ability to reason speedily and abstractly) decreases with age.
I thought the video was very accurate. Most parents are strict about harmful things and a little more lenient on other things. I think its also true about how the little tings are what causes the fights between parents and their kids. Some kids just want their space and the parents usually take it personal when their kids grow distant. I think my time as an adolescent was great but it went by super fast. My parents let me do a lot of things but were still strict when they should have been. They were the perfect, mix most of the time. Even though at times I didn't agree with them, in the end they were usually right. My adolescent life should make me a better adult and parent.
In chapter 4 I learned about all the different types of norms that cultures have. Some of the things other culture do seem very weird to me but I'm sure a lot of what I do seems very weird to them as well. Even just the little things like the different ways people greet each other has a very wide variety. In chapter 5 I learned what crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence was and that crystallized intelligence( accumulated knowledge and verbal skills) increases as we age and fluid intelligence (our ability to reason speedily and abstractly) decreases with age.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Blog #5
The video on evolutionary psychology and sexual attitudes was very true. I do think what people are looking for in a partner are changing as time goes on and I feel that when I'm looking for a long time partner I will be more interested in the new trend that women are looking for now-a-days. In the other video I learned what subversion of kin was and how its a part of religion in many ways and a part of my life through religion and many other aspects.
In chapter 4 I learned that fraternal twins don't share any more common DNA than do any other siblings. That seems so weird to me you'd think being twins they would have extremely similar DNA especially because a lot of the time they look so much a like more than you would expect regular siblings to. I mean I know a few sets of fraternal twins that look so much a like.
I also thought it was very interesting that if one of the identical twins is divorced the likely hood of the other twin getting divorced is very high. I didn't realize there was a connection between your genetics and divorce. I still think that it sounds a little odd that your genes play that much of a role. I don't know any twins that have gotten a divorce but that makes me wonder about other people who have gotten divorces. Is it because of their genes? Neither set of parents have been divorced so why are their kids genetically prone to? It just makes me question a lot of things now.
A third thing I learned was that people who grow up together, whether biologically related or not, do not act much like each other when it comes to their personalities. I guess if I really thought about it though its true when it comes just to their personalities. I know a lot of siblings who have the same parents and the same environment who have totally different personalities, my sister and I are some of them. When it comes to other aspects though, people who grow up together, whether biologically related or not, should be similar in many other ways. It shouldn't matter whether they grew up with their biological families or not more than likely all of the ways they interpret things will be similar. It's their nurture.
In chapter 4 I learned that fraternal twins don't share any more common DNA than do any other siblings. That seems so weird to me you'd think being twins they would have extremely similar DNA especially because a lot of the time they look so much a like more than you would expect regular siblings to. I mean I know a few sets of fraternal twins that look so much a like.
I also thought it was very interesting that if one of the identical twins is divorced the likely hood of the other twin getting divorced is very high. I didn't realize there was a connection between your genetics and divorce. I still think that it sounds a little odd that your genes play that much of a role. I don't know any twins that have gotten a divorce but that makes me wonder about other people who have gotten divorces. Is it because of their genes? Neither set of parents have been divorced so why are their kids genetically prone to? It just makes me question a lot of things now.
A third thing I learned was that people who grow up together, whether biologically related or not, do not act much like each other when it comes to their personalities. I guess if I really thought about it though its true when it comes just to their personalities. I know a lot of siblings who have the same parents and the same environment who have totally different personalities, my sister and I are some of them. When it comes to other aspects though, people who grow up together, whether biologically related or not, should be similar in many other ways. It shouldn't matter whether they grew up with their biological families or not more than likely all of the ways they interpret things will be similar. It's their nurture.
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