Investigation- Knowledge In Symbols

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/19/192.html

1. The cultural origin of calcinated gold is not listed in the description. 

2. The knowledge portrayed by this symbol is that it stands for calcinated gold.

3. The symbol is not vague, and it is not very mysterious. It pretty much means what it says. However, it could relate to the emotion of greed, for someone would desire gold if they wished to make a lot of money off of selling it. 

4. The problems of knowledge are that the description of the object is very short, and the origin of its naming is not listed. If there was more description to this symbol, and if it contained a greater origin, then we would know a lot more about it. 

5. Here are some other images related to my own:

          

 http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/19/191.html

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/19/194.html

http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/19/193.html


http://www.thefreedictionary.com/emotive

WOK language - global views

1. I agree with the nature of the quote. When a human learns other languages, they learn more about the roots of their own language, particularly if they study an older language. For example, I take Latin. When I learned the definition of the Latin word "dico" (to say) I realized that several English words are derived from dico, such as "dictate" or "diction." Foreign languages also increase humanity's knowledge of how to communicate with one another. When I traveled to Costa Rica, if I was able to speak Spanish, I would have been able to communicate with the people much more easily, and we could have had many great conversations. Nevertheless, that did not happen, for I only know how to speak English. I will never know what would have happened in those conversations, and I will not know anything about this hypothetical person. The nature of this quote rings true for me.   

2.  Alex and Ray seem to crave a desire to gain pure knowledge. They feel that each language has its own specific identity and culture. Alex and Ray feel that if they learn to speak these languages, they will be more worldly people and they will know the personality's of the society who inhabits each language. They are also glad that they can use this knowledge of many languages to communicate with these people and build relationships with them. My friend Andrew is similar to these individuals because he hopes to become fluent in Spanish before he graduates high school so that he can communicate with Spanish speaking people.

3. I would say that I am more of a visual learner when it comes to languages. When I learned French during middle school, I always did better when I read the words and memorized them in my head. I learned best this way, and because I memorized the words visually, the reading part of the French tests were usually easy for me. However, once our class got to the listening part of the test, the French became harder to understand. The people on the tapes had all sorts of different accents, and as a result, I couldn't pair up the words I heard on the tape to the ones I had memorized on the paper. Taking this evidence into consideration, I think the best way for me to learn a language would be to memorize the words on paper and work out their pronunciation on my own. 

4. "One good thing about a uniformed language would be that everyone would be able to understand one another, and communication would be so much easier. However, I do not think a society's native language should be abandoned in the process." 

Illogical Thinking

1. I. Healthy skepticism is reserving judgement on a situation until sufficient evidence is able to present the right conclusion. Unhealthy skepticism is when a person believes that no truth exists in a certain situation.

II. Evasive agnosticism is when a person uses the phrase "I don't know" as an excuse towards a certain subject. Unlike healthy agnosticism, where the knower cannot find an answer after long hours of research on a topic, evasive agnosticism is when the knower doesn't bother to do any work, and uses ignorance as an excuse for not knowing about the topic. 

III. Narrow mindedness is when a person does not explore an issue because it does not meet his biases on what are important issues to explore.

2. Skepticism was a problem in reasoning during the era of WWI. Back in the early 1900's all of the European nations were developing an arms race. As each new weapon became invented, the countries announced that they were only using these weapons for defensive purposes. Unhealthy skepticism became involved, as the nations decided that each country was creating these weapons in order to gain the power to invade the other. Due to the fact that they did not believe one another, the European nations grew paranoid and they attacked each other in fear. If they hadn't been so skeptical of each another, these countries might have addressed the problems of the arms race in a reasonable manner. 

Logical Falacies - utility and cautions

1. The "Straw Man" fallacy occurs when a person's position is ignored and distorted by another person.

Luke: I think that we should get out some more
Jack: What are you talking about?
Luke: We spend too much time cooped up in this house.
Jack: Why bother? All you ever do is stay inside and play video games.

2. The "Appeal To Spite" fallacy occurs when spite is the driving force in an arguement against a certain claim.

Jason: I think that the Ra'zac are my favorite characters in the novel, Eragon.
Henry: What? Don't you remember that the Ra'zac killed Brom?
Jason: Oh man, I forgot about that. I hate the Ra'zac!

3. The link below leads to a video that involves the Ad Hominem. In this video Barack Obama is in an interview with a newsman, and the newsman presents a claim from Sarah Palin. She complained about the fact that Obama's nuclear defense policy was bound to hurt America in the long run. Obama uses the logical fallacy of Ad Hominem, for instead of addressing Palin's claim, he attacks her knowledge of the situation by saying that she is not an "expert in nuclear issues."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebT1Oo6yDMI

Reaction Time, Synthesesia, and Sense Perception

3.  Trial                                                      Number of Dots           Percentage Change In Score*
      1                                                                 23                                                  0%
      2                                                                 27                                                  17.39%
      3                                                                 28                                                  3.7%
      4                                                                 28                                                  0%
      5                                                                 26                                                 -7.14%

4. My performance on the Hit-the-Dot game was fairly decent. I scored more points than some, yet I scored lower than others. Sense perception affected my score because I was able to use my sense of sight to perceive the dots that were appearing right in front of me. I did not use reason during this game, for my main tools were sense perception and reaction time. For the most part, my reaction time improved with each new round, however, I screwed up at the fifth game. It might have been an anomaly, or I might have lost some of my focus while playing. Through this game I learned how to make my reaction time get steadily faster as the game progressed.

7. Synthesesia is a condition in which a sense is stimulated through the wrong sense. (Example: a person can taste color.)

8. When I listen to various sorts of music, I experience pleasure, for it manages get my mind off of stress. For me, nothing more than the sense perception of hearing is involved while I listen to music. For WOK, I experience emotions which differ depending on the tone of each song. Language is expressed by the singer when he/she signs the lyrics to their song. Sense perception allows me to perceive the song in my mind.

11. Word Set 1 Time = 17.207 seconds      Word Set 1 Time 33.063 seconds  Difference = 33.063 - 17.207 = 15.586 seconds

12. The Stroop effect is when a person sees a color word written in a different color. The Stroop effect causes the person to hesitate on naming the color that is presented to them due to the fact that the word spells out another color. The nature of the word would interfere with the person's quest in their environment because even though the person sees a certain color, the word is saying a different color. Despite the fact that the person knows the word is written in red, for example, he would hesitate on saying the shouting out red since the word says green.

Selective Attention VS Inattention Blindness

• Selective attention is when an individual focuses their attention on only one item or action in their environment, and block out possible cases of interference  Inattention blindness is an effect of selective attention. It is when an individual is so focused on one objective that they are unable to notice differences that occur in their environment outside of the scope of their attention.
• A personal example of selective attention came to light when I was in the depths of my own mind. I was thinking about TV, and I blocked out everything else during that time  An example of selective attention in the Area of Knowledge known as human sciences came in the form of a video called  Selective Attention Test. The objective that the video asked the viewer to complete was that they had to count how many times the people in the white shirts passed a ball. As a result, the viewer's sole focus would be to pay attention to the players in white, and they would block out everything else.
• A personal example of of inattention blindness continued when my mom asked me to do a chore while I was thinking about TV. I was so into my thoughts that I did not even hear my mom when she presented her request.  An example of inattention blindness in the Area of Knowledge of human sciences appeared at the conclusion the Selective Attention Test, video. The people in white made a total of fifteen passes, but in focusing on the objective, the viewer may have experienced inattention blindness when they might have failed to see a gorilla walk right into the middle of the scene and beat his chest. 

http://www.mind-meditations.com/concentration-attention/selective-attention-inattentional-blindness/

Knowledge Issues Questions

1. A mind boggling event happened in the world of medical science when Scott Routley managed to communicate with his doctors. Scott was about twenty-seven years old when he was involved in a car accident that left him in a vegetative state. For over twelve years, he could not communicate with anyone until the day Dr. Adrian Owen preformed an experiment on him. By reading his brain activity with an fMRI machine, Dr. Owen was able to gain yes or no answers from Scott, even to the question which has haunted the loved ones of vegetative state patients for years: "Do you feel any pain?"
Now that this method of communication has been enacted, there are several thought provoking, knowledge issue questions to be considered:
I. (If a patient answers yes to the question of pain, what should be done to alleviate it?) What does good evidence present as the correct solution?
II. (If a patient answers yes to whether or not they wish to die, should the doctors take his life?) In what ways does value effect our perception of ethics?
III. (If the family wishes to keep a patient alive even though they want death, should the doctors obey the family, or the patient?) Whose opinion is of more value?


2. Movies can create a great amount of controversy for their viewers. Some movies make more money, and gain more popularity than other films. This statement can even be applied to movies that are made by the same company. Some people love a certain movie while others cannot stand it. In order to gain further insight into the world of films, here are some knowledge issue questions that apply to this subject:
I. What makes a movie so popular to the masses?
II. Why are some movies more liked than others?
III. Why do some people like one movie while others hate it?
IV. What does a viewer search for when he or she watches a movie?
V. If a movie does not make a lot of money, can it still be popular?
VI. Can a movie truly be bad or good?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/scott-routley-vegetative-patient-yes-no_n_2125481.html