This theory is unique. The media has such a significant influence on society that it can change our beliefs and perceptions, but why is this? The media had done a great job of inviting our minds. Since learning about this theory, I have seen it everywhere. Everyone I know has an addiction to their cell phones. They have so many personalized things and information just for you. Social media especially does a great job of making people feel they may need to dress or act another way. Nowadays, everyone is glued to their phones, constantly entertained, and continuously looking for new kinds of entertainment; it’s getting more accessible for people to search for something new and improved. There are ads everywhere now; on TikTok, which was just an app to post short video clips, has now turned into where you can buy and sell items. Some people will continually promote products, making you think you need them; the products are usually discounted significantly, or TikTok gives out different coupons ranging from other prices. However, this cultivation theory is interesting because it also includes changes in beliefs or mindsets about specific topics. This theory ties into having a sense of core self, which helps form being cultivated or persuaded to think or believe something. People with a high sense of self find it hard to be cultivated to change a belief or value because they already feel strongly and sucre with themselves. The fast, widespread media will ultimately find something you feel you need or agree with. Going forward, I think it’s vital for people to engage critically with the media and what we watch, especially with how we let it affect our perceptions. I believe that cultivation theory is a reminder that media is not just entertainment. It significantly influences how we perceive reality and let it shape our attitudes and beliefs.
In-class reading of Kimberly Myers et al, “Broken Speech” pp. 6-11 in Clinical Ethics UNE ebook
In the Clinical Ethics, “Broken Speech,” Mr. Ito’s trust in his children could be broken or at least changed because they’re not telling him his real diagnosis, the severity, and all the options that he could choose. This prevented him from making his own decision about whether to try medication or go without it. His work shows as a metaphor at the beginning; he broke his work due to him being ill and not knowing his children, not explaining his diagnosis. He ends up not being able to continue his artwork, just like the relationship with
I can understand why Mr. Ito’s children would withhold information from their father because of the concern with the loss of their father. This ultimately hurts him in the long run, as the treatment was making him sicker than healing him. I think that by the way the PCP brings in a translator to make sure that Mr.Ito can understand his diagnosis and steps going forward, he would like to continue a treatment that had little probability of helping or go a different route. This allows him to voice his feelings and control his autonomy.
I think that this shows the many differences between curing and healing, as the children of Mr.Ito wanted him to be cured with the treatment and the medication to get rid of the disease completely. Mr.Ito just wanted to return to his home country where he could heal and become whole again, but he was not necessarily cured. I think it’s also essential that he was able to discuss it with the PCP because they can give their medical input and advice on the probability of each course of action. This is because they want the patient to do what’s best; they must respect his choice to opt out of the treatment as it is aggressive; he is also at the age where he would like to heal without treatment.
Help me understand what experiences you have with practice or rehearsal and the relationship that preparation has to performance—academically, professionally, etc.
Throughout my education, I’ve had to give presentations in my courses, which have required me to practice how I would deliver the speech to people. I would take my time rehearsing, ensuring that I was not speaking too fast or slow so that it was easy for my audience to digest. I like to be very prepared because the more prepared I am, the less anxiety I have about the presentation or speech. There have been cases when I wasn’t prepared, and as I spoke, I would lose my train of thought or get tripped up in my words. My relationship with presentations and presenting myself have always been a bit of a struggle for me, but more exposure to it will push me to be more comfortable with what’s to come.
What are the big takeaways from chapter 1? In a full journal entry, help explain the significance of what you found important and what you connected with in the chapter.
Public speaking does have this way of empowerment; in many cases, when I do have to give a speech or a presentation, I do have a bit of anxiety about it, although, in the end, I feel like I have overcome a hurdle. I found the different communication types fascinating; it made me think about how much communication I do as a person. I’m so used to dyadic communication, which is the conversion between two people and small groups where we can bounce ideas and thoughts off each other. It comes more naturally than public speaking does because they’re similar but also different. In public speaking, there is an overall message that you are trying to convey while also keeping the audience engaged with what you’re saying. This can be harder in public speaking than with dyadic communication because you can ask questions and follow up. That’s why it can be challenging; I and many other people don’t have to speak in public every day.
Consider the social process and social reaction theories discussed and think about your own conformity and/or deviant behavior. Do any of the theories resonate with you? I think that the biggest theory that has a lot of social control over me is the labeling theory. I have this immense fear of what other people think of me and this can deter me from doing deviant acts. For example, my mom and I have a big trust that we have built up over the years. When my friends wanted to do a risky act I would most likely not go or do it because I don’t know what the consequences of that action would do to that trust. On top of that, she has also labeled me her easy child which I have felt that I need to uphold, I don’t want to get into trouble and have to burden my mom with me not being the “easy child” for her anymore. this could also tie into the social bond theory that fear or work of losing a bond that I have that’s very dear to me. For example, if you are mostly a conformist, do social control theories help to explain why? As a conformist, I think that social control has made a big difference in what deviant acts people may pursue if society is looking at your less likely to commit a crime unless you don’t have any regard for what society thinks then I don’t think that it would stop anyone. I think people would do things of their own free will because they can. If you have engaged in deviant behavior, but have avoided being labeled, would your current circumstances be different had you been publicly labeled? I think that they would have been different if I wasn’t being labeled I may have continued to do deviant things of my own free will. on the other hand labeling and the judgment of other would have deterred me from doing those kinds of acts and I would be more of a conformist. If you have engaged in criminal or deviant behavior, to what extent was it learned? if I have been involved in criminal behavior it was likely to avoid being labeled by my peers that I’m with, they want to do something deviant and I’ll follow because I don’t want to be labeled lame or scared.
Rational choice and determinist theorists have very different ideas about what causes people to engage in criminal and deviant behaviors. Describe the main differences between the two. Rational choice theorists believe that people have thought about the consequences of the crime that they’re going to commit. many times it’s because the people about to commit the crime feel that they have nothing to lose if that consequence is put into action. while determinists believe that there could be another underlying cause for someone to make those choices like mental health. What is the goal of the pre-crime unit in Minority Report? They could see the future of crimes which helped them with figuring out crimes and the criminals who had or are going to commit the act. The goal of the pre-crime unit is to arrest people before they commit their crimes. Hoping to save their victims from being murdered. What assumption does the unit make concerning the cause of criminality? Consider how this might relate to deterministic theories of crime. I believe that the assumption that had gone into the unit is that all the crimes were done with a rational choice that the criminals had thought about it and ultimately chose to still commit the crimes even knowing the consequences. As I think about it the deterministic theory there could have been other factors that were causing them to commit those deviant acts like mental illness, and financial burdens, there could have been many biological factors that go into someone committing a violent act. Does ‘free will play any part in the behaviors and actions of the characters in the film? That’s a big question to answer it’s hard to tell in the movie because they’re testing the theory of free will and deterministic theory. In the movie, they’re trying to see if things in the future are set and there is no way of stopping it. It is the fact that people generally have free will when it comes to most things and this can cloud the consequences. In what ways can “pre-crime” prediction be useful/beneficial to society? In what ways can it be harmful? Use examples from the film to explain. The pre-crime prediction can be useful in the fact that I could be saving another life and ultimately stopping someone from committing a violent act. on the other hand, there are some harmful aspects of these predictions. what if there and they arrest the wrong person and there is still wrongdoing? there are mant flaws what about self control how do we know that these perdictions are really going to happen.
Quote: “The company president saw the new hire goofing around with his contraption and called him into his office. “I thought I would be scolded,” Yokoi recalled. Instead, the desperate executive told Yokoi to turn his device into a game. Yokoi added a group of colored balls that could be grabbed, and the “Ultra Hand” went to the market immediately. This was Nintendo’s first toy, and it sold 1.2 million units” (193).
Comment: I find it very interesting that he was working a matnece for NIntendo and goes straight creating a game for them. out just by playing around with things and thinking of new ideas vn lead to something that you never expected.
Question: Why don’t people take more risks? Why don’t people follow their interest more often?
I read an essay called “Making Conversation and The Primacy of Practice” by Anthony Kwame Appiah and I had to prepare it for discussion. I went through the essay highlighting areas where I had questions, terms that needed extended definitions, and what connections I made with the article. Once I found quotes for each section, I provided an explanation on what my take was on the quote (this is provided in black after the quote). This process helped me get use to analyzing important texts and other scientific articles. Below, the questions are in Blue, the definitions are in Red, and the connections are in green.
Outcome lll: Employ techniques of active reading, critical reading, and informal reading response for inquiry, learning, and thinking.
Appiah, Kwame Anthony. “Making Conversation and The Primacy of Practice.” Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers, 2nd ed., Bedford/St. Martins, 2010, pp. 66–82.
“The cluster of questions I want to take up can seem pretty abstract. How real are values? What do we talk about when we talk about difference? Is any form of relativism right? When do morals and manners clash? Can culture be “owned”? What do we owe strangers by virtue of our shared humanity? But the way these questions play out in our lives isn’t so very abstract‘(pg.73) ( these are questions that I may need to ask myself when working on my essay. What’s the main idea what am I trying to change? I think that it is something that ties into cosmopolitanism and how its not going to form new values but it makes you think.)
‘It’s not surprising, then, that what makes conversation across boundaries worthwhile isn’t that we’re likely to come to a reasoned agreement about values. I don’t say that we can’t change minds, but the reasons we exchange in our conversations will seldom do much to persuade others who do not share our fundamental evaluative judgments already”(pg.75). (it’s about informing people about your opinion and the facts that you withhold. But is also about listening to other people and maybe it may change your mind. Be open-minded.)
“that there are some values that are, and should be, universal, just as there are lots of values that are, and must be, local. We can’t hope to reach a final consensus on how to rank and order such values. That’s why the model I’ll be returning to is that of conversation—and, in particular, conversation between people from different ways of life”(pg.73) ( I think that I would agree with this because there are just some things in many people’s eyes certain values are normative. There are certain things that we as a group have concisely labeled in some way. Everyone going to have different values because of the local tribes they are subject to change but most of the time I feel as through values usually stay the same.)
“Cosmopolitanism is an adventure and an ideal: But you can’t have any respect for human diversity and expect everyone to become cosmopolitan. The obligations of those who wish to exercise their legitimate freedom to associate with their own kind—to keep the rest of the world away as the Amish do in the United States—are only the same as the basic obligations we all have” ( why do so many people get stuck with a fixed mindset when it comes to different issues that don’t naturally involve them? But I think that it best we are still informed about other existing issues.)
“I’ve said we can live in harmony without agreeing on underlying values (except, perhaps, the cosmopolitan value of living together). It works the other way, too: We can find ourselves in conflict when we do agree on values.” ( buy this does Appiah mean that I can be scared to relive you’ve had a change in values?)
“But if there are friends of cosmopolitanism who make me nervous, I am happy to be opposed to cosmopolitanism’s noisiest foes. Both Hitler and Stalin—who agreed about little else, save that murder was the first instrument of politics—launched regular invectives against “rootless cosmopolitans”; and while, for both, anti-cosmopolitanism was often just a euphemism for anti-Semitism,“( I’m not sure if I understand how Hitler and Stalin are an example of cosmopolitanism? It seems to be that they were more of the opposite.)
“Cosmopolitanism is an adventure and an ideal: But you can’t have any respect for human diversity and expect everyone to become cosmopolitan. The obligations of those who wish to exercise their legitimate freedom to associate with their own kind—to keep the rest of the world away as the Amish do in the United States—are only the same as the basic obligations we all have” ( why do so many people get stuck with a fixed mindset when it comes to different issues that don’t naturally involve them?)
“The recent history of America does show that a society can radically change its attitudes —and more importantly, perhaps, its habits—about these issues over a single generation. But it also suggests that some people will stay with the old attitudes, and the whole process will take time.” (people don’t want to change their habits so this can make a change. but I also feel as though many people want to change some of their habits when they think it’s bad for them but we could also think of this for others. )
Quote: “I realized there was always going to be this somewhat serendipitous outside thinking that was going to make a solution more clever, cost-effective. more on the money than anyone else’s”(172).
Comment: Everyone isn’t going to have all the knowledge. Even if they do have a specialized degree there is always going to be someone who is going to know a possible solution or another way to help. Ultimately this is not that bad we can work together and create a social change by communicating with our communities.
Question: Why must humans be specialized in something? why haven’t we always listened to outside thinkers?
For the two majors, I have chosen Applied Exercise Science and Nutrition. I picked these two because I have always wanted to be better to my body. I think being able to take the time and learn what is good and bad for our whole body. When I was looking into an Applied Exercise Science major I was really interested in how many internship opportunities there were, like Fitness Quest, Saco Bay Physical Therapy, and many more. I was also interested in the state-of-the-art facilities that are provided like the Motion Analysis Lab. Nutrition also sparked a lot of interest in me with the travel abroad opportunities as there are many different nutritional changes in other places around the world. Just like the Applied Exercise Science major Nutrition also had amazing internship opportunities at the Maine Medical Center, Saco Sports and Fitness Center, and Southern Maine Health Center.
They both collectively have a lot of science which I love but It can be tiring and a lot to understand, I Don’t like how much is required but it must be done to achieve the goal and all the information. Both of these majors have very interesting careers. Applied Exercise Science had listed Exercise Physiologist, Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist, and Personal Trainer. There was a wide range of different careers to pick from and relatively interesting too. Nutrition careers I came across as dietitian, nutrition education, and nutritionist. I found that there were very few jobs for nutrition or careers that I find interest in.
