Just a random old pic. Dont judge those heavy jackets, it was really that cold in Canada
I just feel like putting this up because I heard there was SNOW IN MAY up in Washington State. It was also my first time skiing. I was just good enough to pose for that picture, it started going down hill from there.
I’ve been posting a few Concept theories up on my blog, and I will continue posting more, probably once a week.
Just to clear things up, so far all the concepts I put on here are inspired from my Management 350 class. I just think that what I learn in class is so exciting and helpful, not only with business settings but we can also apply these theories in real life, so because of my instinct, I share. Sort of another kind of psychology I guess. But I will also be posting other concepts that are not MGMT-course-related soon.
Last day of school is on May 20th. For the most part people often have their breaks before the last day of school. I’ve been having my vacation a couple days early, I guess same goes for other students.
But thanks to my Finance professor for making us take our final exam on exactly the 20th, in the afternoon. Yah and not just that, I just took my last Management lecture on Tuesday the 4th. And the final exam for that class is all the to the freaking 18th. Why the heck do I need that 14 days in between the last lecture and the exam. Hopefully I won’t forget too much.
Oh and I just took my first final exam earlier today, the 5th, for my RWS class, the rhetorical writing that is the least exciting class. So this time my final exam period is actually 15 days long, for most people it’s only about 5 days in between. Just complaining for no reason =)
Watch out for this impressive new artist. B.o.B aka Bobby Ray, a rapper from Atlanta is a super talented individual.
B.o.B can rap, he can sing, he can produce great beats, he’s also a multi-instrumentalist (including trumpet, guitar, piano and so on). Last but not least, he makes his own genius and meaningful lyrics. What more can you ask for in an artist? Oh and he’s only 21.
Not only being talented, B.o.B’s music is extremely well-done, superbly produced.
I first listened to him in the beginning of 2008, when he put out his single “I’ll Be In the Sky”. I was hooked to the song but didn’t really know who this guy is and didn’t care enough to look for more. He actually didn’t have that much more to look for anyway.
In September 2009, I saw him again in T.I.’s “On Top of the World” in “Paper Trail” along with Ludacris. This song was not very recognizable around the globe as T.I.’s other songs in “Paper Trail” such as Live Your Life, Dead and Gone, or Whatever You Like. On Top of the World was way underrated, but I started to notice B.o.B then.
I actually love all the songs in his debut album, which rarely happens, so I can’t really decide which are the best. But listening to the album for a couple days makes these songs stand out for me: Nothin’ On You, Don’t Let Me Fall, Magic, Fame, Letters from Vietnam, Lovelier Than You and Airplane, Pt. II.
Such a sweetness in life.
Oh and the only 1 thing I dont like about the album: The freaking album cover. It looks like some kinda Fantastic Four or other Marvel and DC Comic books cover.
Extrinsic reward: Rewards that comes from the outside, such as money, presents or praise.
Intrinsic reward: Self-granted rewards, such as you feeling proud of yourself.
Cognitive Evaluation Theory simply says that if you add an extrinsic reward to a behavior that was done by a person who already feels intrinsically rewarded will often decrease that person’s motivation to continue that behavior in the long run.
For example, if your little brother likes to cook for you, just because he feels good doing that, or just simply because he feels proud of something he does. Then later on, when you feel like you should do something back, and started doing that something by paying him for every meal he cooks. Finally, after a few weeks, or months, he will feel like it’s his responsibility to make food for you and will not be as motivated to do so then.
Perception: how a person interpret their impression to give meanings to an event.
Selective perception: People only see what they want to see. What they want to see is also based on their own interests, background, and experience.
We all do that, we all judge other people and events based on many other factors, while it should only be about the person him/herself. Just like you heard your co-worker talks bad about another co-worker, and if you don’t try to get to know the other guy, you will spend the rest of your time at the company thinking about how bad that person is.
There is also halo effect. This is simply our first impression on a certain event. For example: you have a very bad impression on a guy and you “decide” right away not to like him. You will spend the rest of your time around that guy trying to find more evidence to prove that you were right in the first place, by looking for more negative things about him. And that, is when you don’t try to get to know him better.
Quote from my lecture notes:
“People’s behavior is based on their perception of what reality is, not on reality itself.”
“The world as it is perceived is the world that is behaviorally important.”
I just bought tickets to go see a Kings of Leon concert in Spokane, Washington.
They’re a big band, so yeah, their tickets were sort of expensive. It’ll be well worth it though, I just know it. I’ll probably try to upload my own Kings of Leon video from their concert.
Oh and they’re coming down to San Diego as well, along with many other places. Their tour will be from now til the end of September.
Delay of Gratification is the ability of a person to wait for what he/she really wants in life.
A study performed by Walter Mischel in Stanford University involved 4-year-old kids and their ability to get what they really really want: marshmallows.
So basically, each kid was put in a room, with 1 marshmallow. They can eat it right away, or if they wait for 20 minutes, they would be given another one. Here’s the clip:
The university keep track on these kids later on in life and found out that
– Kids who ate the marshmallow look at short term orientation, often moody, envious & jealous, indecisive and more likely to use drugs.
– Kids who waited for the second one turned out to be long term oriented, works well under pressure, scored 250 points higher on SAT, success in school, self reliant and confident.
The ones who has the ability to delay gratification are the ones who can manage self discipline well.
SDSU offers a social event called Coffee Hour every Friday. New food representing different countries is up every week. I dont really know why its called “Coffee Hour” while its serving mostly food. The word “coffee hour” just sounds like an old British “tea party” for me. It might confuse a lot of people. Anyways, there had been Brazilian food, Mexican, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Swedish, and so so on. Last week was Vietnamese.
I and a few more Vietnamese people were responsible for making the food based on the $125 that International Student Center (ISC) provides. We spent from 8pm the night before till freaking 3 in the morning to finish making all the food. It turned out good, fed lots of people, they all seemed to love it. People hung out, got to know each other while we were serving food, it was a great experience.
I’ll start off by admitting I didn’t have the “usual fun,” or the “wildness” that most people come to Vegas for. I was just there to help my buddy pick up a car he just bought and drive back to San Diego with him.
We stayed at his family’s house, had lots of food.
The car he bought was kinda awesome, he pretty much just had to pay 3/4 of the actual dealer’s price, since he got some connection.
So yah, Vegas last week was just a sort of family gathering for me, and I was an outsider of the family. It was still fun, a different kind of fun.
After all, I still consider myself as a Vegas-virgin, I’ll have my first time when I’m all ready haha.
My first impression was: "Is that a claw or a buttstock?!"
As many of us know from Psychology 101, or even way earlier than that, that reinforcement always outworks punishment.
There was an activity in my class the other day. Class activities are rare, especially in university since all the material are often serious, plus class capacity and time don’t allow many activities. Anyway, two volunteer, each take turn to do the activity, while the other has to wait outside. The first person had to find a hidden object in the auditorium, following the class instruction. The fun part is the instruction, whenever he got close to the object the class would clap hands and cheer for him, the closer he got the more cheers he received until he find whatever was hidden. Second person had to do the same thing, except he received “boos” as a punishment whenever he’s far away from the object.
Results: The first person found the hidden object way faster than the second one.
Lesson learned after 5 days since I didn’t pay attention at first and think more about it as the days went: If you want someone to achieve a certain thing, there is only 1 or very limited ways to do the job right. If you help and point him/her to the right direction, they will eventually be successful with the task. On the other hand, there are tons and tons tons of ways to do the job wrong, and if you just point out whatever was done wrong, the person would not find the real path as effectively. All the reasons why he’s not doing it right, all the BS and drama along the way will confuse him. (the second person in the activity ended up running around, looked all confused and we could see his face turning red from embarrassment and pressure)
Quick & easy definition:
Positive reinforcement is when you add a stimulus right after a behavior to increase future frequency of that behavior. Giving your little brother a candy after he gets a good grade to increase his future likelihood of getting another good grade.
Negative reinforcement is when you remove an unpleasant event for an increase in future frequency. A headache is an unpleasant event, you take a pill to remove it so you can feel better.
Punishment is whatever the heck you do to decrease future frequency. When you punish a kid for peeing in the floor as an example.
I just bought tickets to go see a Kings of Leon concert in Spokane, Washington.
My Very Own Experience at SDSU 