Friday, December 17, 2010

2 big vs 3 smalls

This week during class we learned about cognitive develop, and Piaget stages of classification. It was so ironic to me that when Mr. Drier explained how children would chose based on the number of slices of pizza..but in reality they would be taking less amount of pizza due to the size of the slices. A similar thing happened when right in front of my own eyes Wednesday night when my billet sister Tatum started to scream and cry at me when I tried to give her the wider bowl of chips that actually had way more chips then the less wide bowl that I wanted to enjoy. It just made me laugh and immediately left the room with a chuckle and a glimpse of dejavu of the concept from class that that was so humorous to me later that day




Also for the other concepts of Piaget enjoy!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Brain Dieases

This week in class we went over brain diseases, some I never knew existed or could exist. I was dumfounded by some like savant syndrome. I would have to say honestly that it was the most intriguing topics I have ever learned about in my education so far! But anyways when we learned about savants and how their right brain takes over for the lack of a better words, for the impaired, disabled, or destroyed left brain. It immediately had me thinking through the amazement for myself, what if the brain impairment took place in the right brain rather in the left? At this point when I was thinking about and relating it back to what we had learned about the left brain and how it was the more logical mathematical half of the brain. What if "savant left syndrome" could be the solution to finding ways through mathematics to reach planets we've never been to, cure some of the most extreme illnesses, and redefine cities, or possibly solve crime all in ways that no one person have even thought of being able to do. This thought that I had in class was somewhat triggered from the class presentation and the combination of the show Numb3ers, where a mathematical genius solves crime for the FBI. Which something I could believe someone that a left brained savant souls have the ability to do, in my thinking. Maybe I just get to hyped up in the show..but it got me thinking



Thursday, December 2, 2010

Left or Right Training

From our discussions this week referring especially to the left brain right brain discussions I ask the question of "Can someone be more extreme right brain or left brained if they were very dominate with either one noticeable more then the other?" But, since asking that question knowing that right brain is "artistic" and less "logical" then right brain folks.. What if someone trained themselves like some parents to their children when they're infants to become the handedness of their choice. But, the first question that came to my mind was is the brain to fully developed and wired to permanently to rewire it as an adult? Just think what if a left brained logical person could rewire themselves to accommodate their their job? Then as I was in my life issue's class on Thursday and we were talking about love, lust, and marriage the same question arose to me, what if someone could rewire themselves to match their mate's brain. Because if you think about it the divorce rate in America is 60%. What if the rewiring to become more like each other could save marriages, and give more children in America the wholesome family lifestyle, rather then a separated controversial one.